Quote Originally Posted by Yaridovich View Post
I just thought that XII was incredibly overrated, but by the media, not the fans. The reviewers and critics in the gaming media were like: "OH JESUS BALLS YOU MUST BUY THIS GAME IF YOU DON'T YOUR HEAD WILL EXPLODE INTO XII PIECES YAY NO RANDOM BATTLES AND YOUR CRAPPY BATTLE SYSTEM IS GONE." While much of the fan base was "meh, this isn't so great. It's just a pretty game to look at," or "this isn't really much of Final Fantasy" or "wow, a game that plays itself? I paid $60 for this?" (That last one is mine. A little of the second, too.)
XII overrated? Before I touched the game, I'd only heard bad things about it. I don't ever listen to critics reviews of a game. But basically any person I talked to about the game said it wasn't any good. However when I actually started playing it, I loved it. It was new, it was different, and it had a lot of customization. It's actually one of my favorite games for those reasons.

I base overrated purely on what is said about a game. The overwhelming majority of people hate FFVIII, or FFXII. Therefore, I don't see them as overrated. In fact, I find them highly underrated. FFIV, and FFVII receive a lot of praise from fans, and I find both to be highly overrated. FFVI is in there, but I'm not sure if it's overrated or not. It's teetering on the edge, but besides this forum, I've never seen many people really praise the game that much, while I hear tons of people praise VII and IV pretty much anywhere.

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