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[Jalem001]

Beocat wrote...

I think for many people, especially in the now 23-29 age range, FF7 was likely their first RPG that made them into RPG gamers. If it was their first RPG, you know you'll always look back on it with fond memories and it will always be the best game ever in your opinion, no matter what has come out since.

I admit, I've played it and I'm not sure why people swoon over the game, but for others it has that sentimental value and it had an effect on them. I had a friend who was one of those FF obsessed freaks and so I can say it definitely made an impact on that person. Each generation should have a game like that. It just happened to be FF7 for that generation.

Pretty much this.  It was my first RPG, and it was made me love em.  Good times.

[Wicked 702]

Pretty much ditto everything MaaZeus said.



Also, FF7 was somewhat edgy in that the story was extremely cryptic and was designed that way. For a lot of people, including some here it seems, that means they either fell in love with the story or thought it was terrible. I could make a similar judgment about the Metal Gear Solid series. That one is even higher on the crypto-meter.



Finally, Sephiroth is an extremely well done villain. Again, they cryptic nature of the story might not make this apparent. He's very much a cut above the rest.



Overall, I look back fondly at the game but the main thing I took away from it for so long is Sephiroth. Course, I'm much more a fan of the villain rather than the hero so...

[Busomjack]

I can't help but feel a little sorry for people whose first RPG was Final Fantasy VII. You missed out on a lot of great RPGs.

Hell even on the PS1 there was Wild Arms before Final Fantasy VII and that was an excellent RPG. I still whistle the main theme to that game every once in a while.

[Busomjack]

I'd pick Xenogears too. That game had an incredibly epic feel and a fascinating world. I loved the combat system too, still one of the best I have ever seen in an RPG.



Too bad Xenosaga sucked.

[Duoglas]

FF7 is a great game as far as FF games go. But FF6 (Final Fantasy 3 in North America) >>>>>FF7 and is the reason there was so much excitement about the release for FF7.

[SleeplessInSigil]

You wanna talk about Phoenix Down? How about the fact that every character in Dragon Age keeps popping back up the second they think no enemy is watching, no matter how badly they were repeatedly beaten up  Were they merely playing possum?

BUT OF COURSE the minute they decide to leave your party they're suddenly vulnerable to death. 

[Jalem001]

Busomjack wrote...

I can't help but feel a little sorry for people whose first RPG was Final Fantasy VII. You missed out on a lot of great RPGs.
Hell even on the PS1 there was Wild Arms before Final Fantasy VII and that was an excellent RPG. I still whistle the main theme to that game every once in a while.

I played Wild Arms, I just played it -after- I played Final Fantasy 7

[eldav]

FF8 FOR LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Personally everything about FF8 sucked hardcore, yet I find it infinitely more fun and replayable than FF7. I have no idea why.



Maybe because the combat system was kind of broken, yet in an endearing and exploitable way.

[smecky-kitteh]

@OP~ Its a little something called storyline. You should look into it sometime.



And if you don't like it then move on with your life. Thats what I had to do after watching Terminator Salvation.

[Druss99]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Personally everything about FF8 sucked hardcore, yet I find it infinitely more fun and replayable than FF7. I have no idea why.

Maybe because the combat system was kind of broken, yet in an endearing and exploitable way.

I thought FF8 was fantastic (pardon the pun) for the first few hours until I realised I may aswell be watching Dawson's Creek or some other melodramatic toss. I know all FF games are over the top melodrama and emo nonesense but FF8 took it way too far.  A bunch of overly talented military trained teenagers who just happen to end up joining forces after growing up in an orphanage together and forgetting all about it until now have to take on their former babysitter to save time itself....even remembering it is embarrassing.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Druss99 wrote...

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Personally everything about FF8 sucked hardcore, yet I find it infinitely more fun and replayable than FF7. I have no idea why.

Maybe because the combat system was kind of broken, yet in an endearing and exploitable way.

I thought FF8 was fantastic (pardon the pun) for the first few hours until I realised I may aswell be watching Dawson's Creek or some other melodramatic toss. I know all FF games are over the top melodrama and emo nonesense but FF8 took it way too far.  A bunch of overly talented military trained teenagers who just happen to end up joining forces after growing up in an orphanage together and forgetting all about it until now have to take on their former babysitter to save time itself....even remembering it is embarrassing.

Oh yeah, the story is a failure of galactic proportions!  Truly, truly terrible.

[Jalem001]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Personally everything about FF8 sucked hardcore, yet I find it infinitely more fun and replayable than FF7. I have no idea why.

Maybe because the combat system was kind of broken, yet in an endearing and exploitable way.

I remember not liking it at the time, and always kinda feeling that it was the odd man out.  But recently I've been looking back and thinking...it wasn't that bad.

GoGo nostalgia!

[ME2IsAwesomelyAwesome]

You did not just diss Final Fantasy !

[eldav]

FF8 for life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.