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Chrono Trigger is just understood to have the best story. There has never been a game to rival CT in story yet, and there probably never will be.
About what Crazylife said about Final Fantasy 7, Yes, it is pretty linear. but that is the point. Its like complaining that a book or a movie is too linear. The game writer has made a plot, their own story, and is allowing you to experience it. The only way to do so is to follow the story from one event to another, as laid out by the writer. Even the title of the genre, Role Playing Game, you are role playing as their characters, not your own. and FF7 has it all: Good story, decent graphics (they were the best at the time), a realistic environment, good character development, and probably the best game music out there (second only to Chrono Trigger's music). Give me a list of better games than Final Fantasy 7.
About what Crazylife said about Final Fantasy 7, Yes, it is pretty linear. but that is the point. Its like complaining that a book or a movie is too linear. The game writer has made a plot, their own story, and is allowing you to experience it. The only way to do so is to follow the story from one event to another, as laid out by the writer. Even the title of the genre, Role Playing Game, you are role playing as their characters, not your own. and FF7 has it all: Good story, decent graphics (they were the best at the time), a realistic environment, good character development, and probably the best game music out there (second only to Chrono Trigger's music). Give me a list of better games than Final Fantasy 7.
I haven't played it myself, but I have heard that it is supposed to be pretty good. And from the people who say that, just some of my friends who are more hardcore game-wise than I am (only a little bit), that means awesome. But one game is not a list.
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About what Crazylife said about Final Fantasy 7, Yes, it is pretty linear. but that is the point. Its like complaining that a book or a movie is too linear. The game writer has made a plot, their own story, and is allowing you to experience it. The only way to do so is to follow the story from one event to another, as laid out by the writer. Even the title of the genre, Role Playing Game, you are role playing as their characters, not your own. and FF7 has it all: Good story, decent graphics (they were the best at the time), a realistic environment, good character development, and probably the best game music out there (second only to Chrono Trigger's music). Give me a list of better games than Final Fantasy 7.
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Sorry if i don't give you back a reply but everytime i comment on Final Fantasy being crap i always end up in some huge flaming topic where all the FF7 Fanboys are flaming the fu*k out of me for not liking 'their game'. Sure you don't seem like one of those people, but some of the FF7 Fans hanging out here will probably get quite pissed off at me. Final Fantasy is one of the worst most overrated games ever in my opinion, but if other people liked it then i guess they just have bad taste, at least they had fun though :P
About what Crazylife said about Final Fantasy 7, Yes, it is pretty linear. but that is the point. Its like complaining that a book or a movie is too linear. The game writer has made a plot, their own story, and is allowing you to experience it. The only way to do so is to follow the story from one event to another, as laid out by the writer. Even the title of the genre, Role Playing Game, you are role playing as their characters, not your own. and FF7 has it all: Good story, decent graphics (they were the best at the time), a realistic environment, good character development, and probably the best game music out there (second only to Chrono Trigger's music). Give me a list of better games than Final Fantasy 7.
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Sorry if i don't give you back a reply but everytime i comment on Final Fantasy being crap i always end up in some huge flaming topic where all the FF7 Fanboys are flaming the fu*k out of me for not liking 'their game'. Sure you don't seem like one of those people, but some of the FF7 Fans hanging out here will probably get quite pissed off at me. Final Fantasy is one of the worst most overrated games ever in my opinion, but if other people liked it then i guess they just have bad taste, at least they had fun though :P
I know other people who agree that Final Fantasy in general is not that great (and by 'not that great' I mean that they hate it) but I can't bring myself to just hate a game. Sure, you're probably right that Final Fantasy, especially 7, is overrated. Good games can be overrated. I like the game but I'm sure as hell not going to flame anyone because they don't like it. The world is full of opinions and If I can't accept them then life will be tough.
But the only reason why I seem particularly ardent about defending it is because I am here, in a gaming forum. If you would have said that anywhere else I wouldn't care. I am of the opnion that all video games are overrated. Sure, there are some good ones out there, but no video game is worth obsessing about. I heard this story about someone who killed himself because some NPC chick in the MMORPG that he played died. I am sorry, but life is more than video games. I've got people to meet, books to read, etc. and can't afford to play every game out there. I'm sure that there are quite a few games out there that recieved little or no publicity and yet are the greatest out there.
If anyone starts flaming about how great FF7 is I'll try to shut them down. Stuff like that is just pointless.
But the only reason why I seem particularly ardent about defending it is because I am here, in a gaming forum. If you would have said that anywhere else I wouldn't care. I am of the opnion that all video games are overrated. Sure, there are some good ones out there, but no video game is worth obsessing about. I heard this story about someone who killed himself because some NPC chick in the MMORPG that he played died. I am sorry, but life is more than video games. I've got people to meet, books to read, etc. and can't afford to play every game out there. I'm sure that there are quite a few games out there that recieved little or no publicity and yet are the greatest out there.
If anyone starts flaming about how great FF7 is I'll try to shut them down. Stuff like that is just pointless.
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I know other people who agree that Final Fantasy in general is not that great (and by 'not that great' I mean that they hate it) but I can't bring myself to just hate a game. Sure, you're probably right that Final Fantasy, especially 7, is overrated. Good games can be overrated. I like the game but I'm sure as hell not going to flame anyone because they don't like it. The world is full of opinions and If I can't accept them then life will be tough.
But the only reason why I seem particularly ardent about defending it is because I am here, in a gaming forum. If you would have said that anywhere else I wouldn't care. I am of the opnion that all video games are overrated. Sure, there are some good ones out there, but no video game is worth obsessing about. I heard this story about someone who killed himself because some NPC chick in the MMORPG that he played died. I am sorry, but life is more than video games. I've got people to meet, books to read, etc. and can't afford to play every game out there. I'm sure that there are quite a few games out there that recieved little or no publicity and yet are the greatest out there.
If anyone starts flaming about how great FF7 is I'll try to shut them down. Stuff like that is just pointless.
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Nicely said ;)
I know other people who agree that Final Fantasy in general is not that great (and by 'not that great' I mean that they hate it) but I can't bring myself to just hate a game. Sure, you're probably right that Final Fantasy, especially 7, is overrated. Good games can be overrated. I like the game but I'm sure as hell not going to flame anyone because they don't like it. The world is full of opinions and If I can't accept them then life will be tough.
But the only reason why I seem particularly ardent about defending it is because I am here, in a gaming forum. If you would have said that anywhere else I wouldn't care. I am of the opnion that all video games are overrated. Sure, there are some good ones out there, but no video game is worth obsessing about. I heard this story about someone who killed himself because some NPC chick in the MMORPG that he played died. I am sorry, but life is more than video games. I've got people to meet, books to read, etc. and can't afford to play every game out there. I'm sure that there are quite a few games out there that recieved little or no publicity and yet are the greatest out there.
If anyone starts flaming about how great FF7 is I'll try to shut them down. Stuff like that is just pointless.
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Nicely said ;)
It's more on a comparison point of view, Final Fantasy VII was a complete let down for me. I played Final Fantasy VII after playing Final Fantasy III (or VI). And the lack of any new type of innovation in VII was just competely missing. It basically stole gameplay mechanics and plot from each of the previous Final Fantasy games, and it simply felt like they made a complete mess of trying to incorporate them altogether.
When they combined that with rather mediocre 3D Graphics, (alot of people thought they were really good, i felt they were just ok) and used immense amounts of money to hype up the game as the 'First Ever 3D RPG' (which is a load of rubbish as there were many 3D RPG's released before on PC, and the First Ever 3D RPG for Playstation was Wild Arms) it was just a huge disappointment to be playing this RPG that was very uninspired, lacked innovation and originality, and was just not much fun at all to play.
I dislike overhyped games a lot, but if they live up to their potential, i would hardly care at all, but Final Fantasy VII for me, didn't live up to anything that the hype, the trailers, the fanboys had promised. It just wasn't good enough for me, i didn't like anything about the game at all, i'd seen it all before from playing other games, and at least if it were to rely mainly on it's Graphics, at least make the Graphics Good and 2D rather than Bad in 3D.
The Final Fantasy games after VII though were very good, and rated up there against the original 2D Final Fantasy games. They brought in new Gameplay concepts, and although they weren't that popular (Alot of Final Fantasy VII fanboys hated the new gameplay mechanics of Final Fantasy VIII, mainly because the extra challenge was 'too hard' for them) they at least were original and put new life into every new Final Fantasy game as having it's own concepts that put it apart from the rest. VII i felt was simply a mix of them and was nothing special.
i'd better just end it here before i waste anymore time on another one of these topics lmao.
When they combined that with rather mediocre 3D Graphics, (alot of people thought they were really good, i felt they were just ok) and used immense amounts of money to hype up the game as the 'First Ever 3D RPG' (which is a load of rubbish as there were many 3D RPG's released before on PC, and the First Ever 3D RPG for Playstation was Wild Arms) it was just a huge disappointment to be playing this RPG that was very uninspired, lacked innovation and originality, and was just not much fun at all to play.
I dislike overhyped games a lot, but if they live up to their potential, i would hardly care at all, but Final Fantasy VII for me, didn't live up to anything that the hype, the trailers, the fanboys had promised. It just wasn't good enough for me, i didn't like anything about the game at all, i'd seen it all before from playing other games, and at least if it were to rely mainly on it's Graphics, at least make the Graphics Good and 2D rather than Bad in 3D.
The Final Fantasy games after VII though were very good, and rated up there against the original 2D Final Fantasy games. They brought in new Gameplay concepts, and although they weren't that popular (Alot of Final Fantasy VII fanboys hated the new gameplay mechanics of Final Fantasy VIII, mainly because the extra challenge was 'too hard' for them) they at least were original and put new life into every new Final Fantasy game as having it's own concepts that put it apart from the rest. VII i felt was simply a mix of them and was nothing special.
i'd better just end it here before i waste anymore time on another one of these topics lmao.