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Quote Originally Posted by Ulquiorra Cifer View Post
I cant believe people slagging off FF7. Im guessing its because they werent around, or werent old enough, to play the game around its release.
Sir, I beg to differ.

Final Fantasy VII was the reason I bought a PlayStation, part of it with hard-earned work. Breath of Fire III and Mega Man X4 were another two.

That said, I don't find it a masterpiece, and I was one that was in awe with Sephy and Cloud and the story. Yet, many years later, I still have a very special attachment to Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy Tactics over FFVII. I can pretty much remember the entire story of FFVI by memory, and not because it was short, but because it was captivating.

People who speak about FFVII over here, at least a fraction of them (mostly Xanatos, Zargabaath, Loaf and perhaps a few more: if Nate was here, I'd vouch for him as well) know what they're speaking. It doesn't take playing the game at its peak to enjoy it or not; it takes much more than that. It'd be ridiculous to treat the true FF fan the one that played FFVII right at its prime and claims it's the best FF game ever, much like the true FF fan isn't the one that plays FFVI and claims its the best in the series (it's formidable, but I would love to see a HD re-release and some polishing to the story to bring it up to the times). There's no true FF fan; there's the FF fan, who has played, and loves, and hates, and likes and dislikes various games in the series. Just because someone doesn't like Sephy doesn't mean s/he's not a FF fan, nor because someone hates Kefka doesn't mean they're not FF fans either. Because of this, to claim that bashing on FFVII is inconceivable (in its notion of "being unable to understand why") is folly at best. Most of us have strong reasons why we don't like, or even actually hate, FFVII, and that go beyond "counter-fandom" (i.e. to oppose FFVII fanboys by favoring NES/SNES era games).

So please, before going any further and claiming we don't know the game: we do. We've played it quite well. That doesn't mean we have to like it, in the same way as you don't have to like FFIV or FFVI to be a true FF fan. So yeah, you better believe that FFVII is being slagged; FFVI is being slagged as well, and you don't see many people thinking it's inconceivable either.