Casinos and Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII, released in 1997, is not the first game to feature a casino. What Final Fantasy VII did differently, though, is create the casino as a representative of the larger game it was involved in. Final Fantasy VII’s Gold Saucer exists as a microcosm of the larger game, especially the city of Midgar, in order to further cement VII’s plot message of classist divides through the use of gambling.