Why is FINAL FANTASY VII overrated?

[Meier Link]

Honestly I am one of the people who think that FFVII is overrated by other gamers, don't get me wrong I do not think this game is a bad game. For what it's worth I thought it was beyond a good game, lets just say a great game and leave it at that for now.

I have seen members come and go from this forum and have friends that VII is and will always be the greatest game Square made. I can see why they think it. It has revolutionary graphics(for its time), a more then mediocre plot, an awesome sound track, the materia system was nice, and it had some bad ass moments when I almost thought Cloud wasn't Emo and that Sephy wasn't a momma's boy.

I understand why SE has "milked the utter dry" on VII and honestly I don't think it is completely out of milk yet. FFVII is a profitable corner of the gaming / RPG market, why would SE as a buisness not take advantage of their biggest cash cow? In all honesty that is all SE really intends to do on the buisniss side of things.

What makes FFVII overated is the FANBOYS/GIRLS, seriously they have made this game out to be 100% more then what it is intended to be. I don't know how many times I have heard FFVII is better then any other FF. I am not sure how many more times I can hear one rant at how Sephy owns every other villian out there. How with out FFVII the RPG market would be nothing and the world would end.

I hate how most of the FFVII fanboys down on the older titles of the series and many other RPGs before it's time because "the graphics aren't as good", sometimes when I ask they haven't ever played the older titles.

If you look at this forum alone, go to the members list and see exactly how many people have a variation of the name(s) "Cloud" "Vincent" or "Sephiroth", it is rediculous. Then they come here and try to act like their prespective username instead of just being their selves.

The funny thing is I was beating this title before some of the newer fan boys where even out of diapers.

So back to the game: do I think the game is bad, no. Not at all. I still to this day enjoy the hell out of it. I still laugh every time I see Cloud in drag, tear up at the events that happen at the end of Disc 1, and scream and curse everytime I have to do that stupid Junon parade. It is a great game.

On a closing note of this rant I must add. This game over shadows alot of games that IMO are better. For instance Xenogears (not Xenosaga) was released the same year. Due to the fact that VII was a FF and the fact that it was released before Gears.

I swear if 1/2 the VII fanboys and girls wouldd drop their almighty guard on VII and give gears a full play through by the end they would be asking "Whos Cloud" "Fei FTW!" and "Id would own Sephy"

[Josh_R]

FF VII is my favorite of the FF series but I do agree that it is overrated, I have heard countless people say it is the greatest FF ever but yet they have not played any of the other FF games, I mean I have played just about every FF there is therefore I can say it is my favorite without being biased...

This game over shadows alot of games that IMO are better.
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I agree that it did over shadow a lot of games that came out that year, in case anyone forgot FF Tactics came out the same year so did the first of the Oddworld series, and even the first Fallout which kicked ass by the way...But despite all of this it is still my favorite simply because of the story and how all the characters are entertwined somehow...