Why is FINAL FANTASY VII overrated?

[nix]

FFVII did extremely well because its a fine fun game with a compelling story, and what you yanks seems to forget that not many people had a choice of dabbling into FF prior to VII as im pretty sure it was the first FF released global, i never seen a FF game on my shores prior to that and im playing computer games as long as i can remember (over 20 years).


So yeah, FFVII put the final fantasy series on a bigger map, because it was marketed and released in every country. I even remember the TV adds for FFVII, i remember being so excited getting it from all the hype my friends gave it, then when i played the first mission i was pissed off as i thought it was crap, but then it just got better and better.

And the reason it gets alot of praise to date is simply due to the fact that the other FF's released after it were no where close as good a story as FFVII offered, i understand some will disagree, we have our own preferences. But the majority will say its the best, because its the best they've played.

If FFV and the other supposed greats were released over here, I'm sure my opinion might be different, but it wasn't so i never played them

Heck i still have alot of NTSC rpg's i still need to play, but have no desire to now as they are dated.

If only

[Sasquatch]

... and what you yanks seems to forget that not many people had a choice of dabbling into FF prior to VII as im pretty sure it was the first FF released global, i never seen a FF game on my shores prior to that ...

If it's correct that FFVII was the first Final Fantasy game available to you, it wouldn't matter anyway. What's your point? It would mean the same thing -- it was the first Final Fantasy you played, so it became your favorite. Whether you had the chance to play prior Final Fantasy games or not i completely irrelevant.

Not playing other Final Fantasy games would be ignorance. Refusing to play other Final Fantasy games -- and still insisting that your favorite is the "best" -- is arrogance.

Hell, I was a huge fan of FFIV (FFII on SNES), FFVI (FFIII on SNES), and even FF: Mystic Quest before the Playstation was even developed. Mystic Quest was my first Final Fantasy (I believe ... I dunno, could have been FFII SNES), and I actually went and found a copy of the original Final Fantasy to play in my NES.

Besides, FFVI was released in Europe in '99. That's not long after FFVII's 1997 release. No excuses.

The first vehicle I owned is a 1998 Ford Ranger. Following the same logic that some people do with FFVII, I could claim that the 1998 Ford Ranger is the best vehicle ever made. Of course, I might not hav driven too many vehicles since then, and I may have no idea what older vehicles are like -- so I'm completely ignorant of anything else -- but dammit, it's the best!

[nix]

Not playing other Final Fantasy games would be ignorance. Refusing to play other Final Fantasy games -- and still insisting that your favorite is the "best" -- is arrogance.

Arrogance? hummm no its an opinion, I suggest you look up the word. As thats how pointless this convo is, your arguing opinions.

Your also missing the main point of my rabble, i thought it was pretty clear.

If the final fantasy games prior to 7 were released when everybody else got them i would have played them most likely. I didnt want to play them years after they were made as they look crap and boring to play by then.

Your point about FFVI released on my shores in 1999 (im pretty sure that date is incorrect, for my country anyway), Why didnt i play a 16bit game that was 5 years old in 1999? Because i was busy enjoying the current games that looked alot better and more fun to play.

Actually i remember trying to play an emulated version of FFVI, thats the one with kefka in it isnt it? I thought that was FFV.. ANYWAY I got up to that fella with the airship and then stopped playing, just wasnt feeling it. Annoyed me to play and tbh it was fairly boring up to that point, im sure it would have got better though, im sure i would have enjoyed it if i had it for my snes in 1994!!

Plus FF8 was out that year, and soul calibur, tiberian sun, system shock2, counter strike, i was knee deep in great games to play, oh wait hang on!!, let me whip out my snes and play a game thats over 5 years old instead! bah!