As told in the 1996 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII, the story takes place in a world where Shinra, Inc. draws out the planet's life force and uses it as an energy source, gaining overwhelming power and conquering the world.

The story revolves around the battle between Cloud, a former member of Shinra's elite SOLDIER guard, and Sephiroth, a man once revered as a hero. Eventually the fate of the planet itself is at stake in a great war.

Sephiroth plots the destruction of the planet using the gigantic Meteor. If Cloud and his companions do not stop it, they have no hope of winning the war. Struggle after struggle ensues, and though Cloud loses beloved friends, he strikes down Sephiroth, and the planet's Lifestream saves mankind from annihilation.

Sadness was the price to see it end. Or so it seemed...