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#185  That's a matter of opinion, and nothing else. I personally prefer every numerical post-VII FF plus Tactics to every pre-VI FF (FFVII, for the record, is my favorite, and FFVI is my second favorite). Why, by the way, should it bother you if it sent the series mainstream? |
05-04-2005, 01:19 AM
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| Recognized Member  | The Enix merger had nothing to do with the quality of the games. Enix people do not work on Square games, Square does not work on Enix games. And in fact, except for Before Crisis, none of the games have been released after the merge (except for X-2, which was released not long after the merger... after the game was pretty much done). It's not Enix's fault in the least. Enix has just become a scapegoat for fans who cant admit that Square isnt perfect. |
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05-04-2005, 10:56 AM
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 | I'll just clearify what I meant to say earlier. I didn't like how Final Fantasy went mainstream after VII. Once that was such a huge success, Square (not Enix) has put out a Final Fantasy game just about every year afterwards, and IMHO they have not kept up with the standards that VI and VII had set. So once again IMHO, it seems that once Square got that taste of glory with VII, they have benn pushing to release another Final Fantasy each year; and I personally think they aren't living up to their predecessors. And for the record, that is IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, and I am referring to SQUARE and not ENIX. That is all I have to say on the subject. |
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05-04-2005, 10:57 PM
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| Recognized Member | I wasnt refering to what you said, I was replying to the post above mine. To note, however, Square's release schedule for FF hasnt changed. |
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05-05-2005, 12:42 AM
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| | Meh, I only read your post and the one that had a quote from me in it. Does it really matter? I do believe I stated a good 4 times in that post it is what I think. Please note that I made 'I' bold and large, because that is the point I am trying to get across. I don't think the games after VII lived up to the predecessors; I didn't think they were quite as good. That was what I think. Not some cliché opinion, but rather my personal opinion. I see no reason as to why there should be something wrong with me voicing it. If you want specific details as to what I held against the other games, I will tell you. But really all I want to see is a challenging game with a decent plot and gameplay. |
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05-05-2005, 02:20 AM
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| | 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! |
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05-05-2005, 06:32 PM
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 | In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII is the greatest FF and possibly game of all time. I have played FFs I-III and from VI-X2, and still regard it as the best. The combination of interesting yet diverse characters, an accessible yet sophistucated battle system and a breathtaking storyline led me to placing this game on a pedestal above all others. Compared to other FFs, the characters recieved a large amount of development (especially put up against VIII) and this allowed the story to flow, while retaining elements of ambiguity and posing questions. And the story, while occaisonally predictable, managed to throw up more than its fair share of memorable moments. And the thing that probably seals the fact that VII was a great game, despite its many doubters, is that it still manages to provoke more discussions than the other games, 8 years after its release. That post turned out to be much longer than I intended... |
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05-05-2005, 10:39 PM
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