Quote Originally Posted by Vivisteiner View Post
Oh really?

What about the millions of people who buy trash music then? (naming no names) Its a weak argument. Just because lots of people like it - doesnt mean its good.
Nobody picks up a Backstreet Boys CD 10 years later to appreciate the creative effort put into it. Britney Spears' debut album doesn't generate pages upon pages of in-depth analysis into every facet of the work. And credible magazines will never acknowledge "Bye Bye Bye" by N'Sync as one of the best songs of all time.

There's no way that a story using so many plot devices, that has such an exhausting amount of artwork (in pre-rendered backgrounds alone), that pushed the boundaries of the medium in so many ways, that inescapably changed its genre forever, that left such an astounding impact on the community, could be undeserving of the praise that it gets (especially) more than a decade after its release.

If it was, actually, a decent game that has been overrated due to the low standards of the masses (rabid fanboys), it would not have received virtually universal acknowledgment as "The Revolution" from the critics at the time. Hype is something that dies down fairly quickly. Not only has the game stood the test of the time, but almost any publication feature on Final Fantasy mentions the insatiable demand for its remake, it consistently ranks among the greatest and most influential games of all time (reader and critics polls), and its characters also consistently rank among the most memorable and cherished.

FFVII is held in superb regard, not only by the fans, and the critics, but by the developers of Final Fantasy franchise themselves. The developers most important to previous games in the franchise, especially the masterpiece that is FFVI (Sakaguchi, Kitase, Uematsu) all have put forth that they knew during development that they were creating a very special game that was going to not only change everything, but that would effectively stomp all of their previous works.FFVII Developer's Interview

Overdose - welcome to the forums, you gave a very good original post to one of the more discussed topics. The Crystal - as always your posts are insightful and increase awareness to those who read them.

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