I haven't read all seven pages of this thread, so I hope I'm not repeating anything here, but this is a really interesteg topic...
When wer're talking about FF-VII, it seems as though there are two groups of people; those that had played the FF series before, and those who started with VII. I am in the latter group, and really the only reason I got VII is because, *gasp* they made if for PC. I think that if you started with VII, you are going to love that one best because that is your frame of reference for all other Final Fantasy games.
Not having played the series bofore, this one got me hooked. I still consider it the best gaming experience I've ever had. The characters, music and story all just worked for me and kept me wanting to do every little thing there was to do. When I was done, I wanted more but had no way to play the older ones (I had no consoles...).
I have since been able to play FF-I, FF-VI some of FF-IX (in Japanese -- it just took forever to do that much reading!) and FF-X. I still like VII the best, though VI was also a great one.
For people who were with the series before VII came along, if you didn't know Japanese, you were only able to play 2 or 3 (?) of the first six, and of those, VI is the defining game. Where I compare all FF games to VII, you compare them all to VI. For you, VII doesn't compare to VI, and to me, VI doesn't compare to VII. Yes, those of us who started with VII may be latecomers, but we are every bit as genuine FF fans as those who started with FF-I. And really, does it really matter which game brought us to the series? Now that we're all here, we can all enjoy its greatness!
Here's an interesting question:
-To people who played FF6 first -- how many of you like FF7 better?
-To people who played FF7 first -- how many of you like FF6 better?
I think we'll find that people will like the first one they played the best.
Sorry for the long post! |