Quote Originally Posted by Breine View Post
Basically, yeah. Ten years after it's release it's still very hyped and loved, and it truly is a great game, but let's face it - in the end it's probably not the best FF out there.

The hype probably has something to do with the fact that it was Square's first Final Fantasy game on the PlayStation (they jumped from Nintendo to Sony because of the fact that Sony decided to make their games on discs, whereas Nintendo decided to stay with the block-like thingys, which were reportedly difficult making games for), and that it was the first big RPG on the - at the time - new consoles. The fact that it is a very good game also helped of course.

But, yeah.. I think that's it's generally considered as one of the best games ever (along with titles like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Tekken 3, SoulBlade, Metal Gear Solid, Super Mario 64 etc. etc.)
if you were a gamer at the time, you wouldn't have to guess.

FFVII changed gaming. most games on PS1 were still 2D, and just like X did a few years later, it was the game that really showed how much the system could do.

the incorporation of FMV's to advance the story was unlike anything we'd ever seen. it really blew our minds.

When you played FFVII, you felt apart of gaming history. not to mention it had a great story and a flexible ability system, it's no wonder it gets praised as the greatest game of all time, and deeply despised by the FFVI fanboys