Quote Originally Posted by noxious.sunshine View Post
Okay okay, 7 was groundbreaking sales-wise and the impact it had over here in NA.

(Strange. I just remembered vaguely watching one of the kids in my 7th grade class doodling moogles all in his notebook & wondering what the hell it was.)

However, 8 was the first to have the modern day cut-scenes. And the 1st to have an official "theme song" (Sorry, One Winged Angel doesn't necessarily count).
Yes, I know, someone will probably scoot along and bring up the voice acting in X, but as far as RPGs today, I think 8 was a bit more "ground breaking" when it comes to graphics and movies and whatnot.
My experience with VIII is very limited, so you'll have to pardon my 'noobness'

I'd agree that VIII did have more modern day cut-scenes and its own theme song whereas VII lacked in these areas - however, we do have to remember that VII came out before VIII, and in the two year gap between releases, their technology (and experience with handling the new CD format and Playstation hardware) would have improved significantly.

But, in essence, i'd have to agree that VIII was visibly more 'ground breaking' in its portrayal of an emotional love story, although i do contest the claim its storyline was more ground breaking than VII - while they covered different issues, VII's concept of a bunch of people banding together and trying to save the planet from dying was really monumental and influential i felt. I guess it's just a matter of taste and what kind of narratives people engage with.

Long story short, i agree with you noxious.sunshine (mostly)