Quote Originally Posted by The Crystal View Post
Ahhhh... So, because it's your opinion, no one can argue against it, right? Well... In my opinion, the planet Earth is a giant cookie. Don't argue with me, because I have the right to state my opinion.
Except that terrible example you just provided can be proven as wrong. The earth not a giant mother smurfing cookie, and that statement is NOT an opinion.
Quote Originally Posted by The Crystal View Post
Opinions have to be based on facts. If you have your facts wrong, your opinion IS wrong(yes, opinions can be wrong too).

By your argument, the success of the game = it being overrated. Sorry but that's wrong. Go find the definition of the word "overrated" AND "popular"/"successful" before using them. They don't have the same meaning, and that's a fact.
Momiji's opinion were based on facts. It was a fact, that he found the characters to be skullskullskullskull. It was a fact, that he found the story to be skullskullskullskull. It was a fact, that he found the plotholes to be skullskullskullskull, and it was a fact, that he found the music to be redeeming.

Opinions cannot, I repeat, CANNOT be proven wrong. Even if a person doesn't have all the facts to formulate a level-headed opinion, his opinion on the matter still cannot be proven wrong. Because an opinion would be how he feels on the matter.

Now, to this overrated/popularity/success deal.

Overrated deals with how people are finding something to be better than it actually is.

Popularity would be how many people find something fun, exciting, to be the best, yada yada.

Success, in VII's case, would be how many units are sold/how much $$ can be earned.

As a counter-example to the "popularity=overrating," I'll stay in the FF franchise and go with X. X was insanely popular. Still is today. But I don't think it was ever overrated. In fact, people actually cared to criticize the game in a negative light in some of it's aspects.

People try to do that to VII, but its whiny fan base won't allow us to. When we ask VII's fans to back up their claims as to why they prefer VII, some give us a detailed explanation. Yet, most say "oh you're just a hater/you just can't bare to see VII more popular than your favorite entry/you're jealous because we get more spinoffs/you're just on the hate VII bandwagon/wah wah wah."