Reviewers gave similar praise to the PC version but criticized its various technical faults. "Computer Games Magazine" said that no other recent game had the same "tendency to fail to work in any capacity on multiple name=cgm></ref> "Computer Gaming World" complained that the music quality suffered on PC sound cards and "Next Generation Magazine" found the game's pre-rendered backgrounds significantly less impressive than those of the PlayStation version. However, "Next Generation" found the higher-resolution battle visuals "absolutely stunning", and "Computer Games Magazine" said that they showed off the potential graphical power of PCs. All three magazines concluded by praising the technically flawed game, and "PC Gamer" summarized that, while "Square apparently did only what was required to get its PlayStation game running under Windows, ["Final Fantasy VII" is still a winner on the PC".