under/over

[Red Phire]

Under - IX - It gets so much hate for not being like the two before it.

Over - X - While everything but graphics were average at best, this one gets WAY too over praised imo.

[Hazzard]

I equally like most of the games, and generalizing that if you're an VII fan, doesn't exactly mean you're a fanboy. I for one find it interesting how they're are the different scenarios in each FF, and never specifically cling to one, because they all have something they are remembered for, and I don't judge by the quality of the graphics-but by the Gameplay, Story, characters background etc. If some people think that VII is the best FF game ever, than that's their opinion and like it or not, you can't change it. I loved the whole Sephiroth concept and the warring tension between him and Cloud. I also grew fond of the badassness that Cloud had in his image, but I take turns to realize how good characters like Barret, and the others were.

I still think that X was a great FF, and solely because of Auron, and you can class me as what ever you want, but I don't really care because I know I can backup my points. I also like VIII because of various reasons, but tend to appreciate the stories in the originals; IV & V. I'm generally a fan of FF, and we've all got our own opinions why we think a certain FF is better, and like Chrissfan said earlier in one of his posts, that was quoted by PuPu- I can relate to how he is intrigued by the dark element and theme, in VII.

But at the end of the day, I think that VII is still overrated than others, although VIII is similarly the same in correspondent to time (Futuristic) But gains more hate than VIII, for what I think, baseless reasons.

[The Crystal]

@Crystal: What if somebody likes FFVII equally as some other FFs? Is he or she still a fanboy/fangirl? What does that make them?

They are FF fans. Why are you asking this?

[Bolivar]

I have to change my pick for underrated:

to FFII. just beat this for the second time today and I have to say this is a basis for almost every FF, not just XII. On DoS I had a great time playing it, and to me it rivals the SNES installments. So many things came up in this for the first time in the series that I have to give it alot of credit in that it odesn't get alot

[Zora]

Also when it comes to people "proving" FFVI's greatness, they often actually point out real stuff. Using FFVII as a comparision, people said "Cloud got shot in the face, he is so cool," or "Sephiroth is just cool, so this game rocks," as opposed to stuff like "Kefka began as a general and became a god just because he was crazy" or "The story was deep with characters and their backstories and the espers..." ect. You see the difference?

To people like Zora, the FFVII fans aren't capable of "pointing out real stuff" to prove their point, and only give poor reasons of why they like the game.
Unfortunately, Zora is not the only one that think like that.

I am merely going what I am observing. Yes fans are capable of choosing more factual based arguements than opinion based audience, but generally the VI and IX communities go back and give more factual information from what I seen.