This Game Is Awful

[Forsaken Lover]

The graphics are troute, every character is the same in terms of gameplay, it's about a bunch of terrorists and stereotypes I can't relate to, and the music was just a total ripoff of FFVI, the superior Final Fantasy experience.

Why it's popular, I'll never know.

[The Man]

oh boy

[Formalhaut]

*hunkers down to weather the storm*

[MJN SEIFER]

I agree, this game is awful...ly awesome.

(SPOILER)

and the music was just a total ripoff of FFVI

Any post by someone who's been here as long as you that says this, has got to be a joke post. Nice try though.

[Vyk]

The pot. It stirs.

[Wolf Kanno]

While I have no love for FFVII because it has a half-baked plot, cookie-cutter villains hiding behind cyberpunk stereotypes to pretend to be fresh, a battle system which is hampered by some poor design choices that creep in Disc 2, and has the dubious honor of being an early 3D title meaning all the mini-games that utilize the 3D have aged as gracefully as a peach in the desert heat, but it is hardly awful. The fact it is still playable and enjoyable is a testament that it's designers sort of knew what they were doing.

The true awful titles are games like FFX which suffers from an awful plot, half-baked battle system, lousy characters, and some of the most phoned in game design to grace a PS2 RPG until Suikoden IV. We could also discuss FFXIII which steals half it's ideas from better games and then proceeds to implement them with the skill and craftmanship of a drunkard trying to piss in a toilet. It has sequels that, while they improve the gameplay front, have proven to sink the originals awful plot to "OH FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THE MOOGLES AND CHOCOBOS, PLEASE LET THIS STOP!!!".

I don't feel VII deserves half the credit it gets, but I also don't think it is an awful game as much as it is a flawed one, of which I could say about every game in the series.

[Pumpkin]

I think VII gets too much love and isn't as good of a game as a lot of the others. I much prefer IX, VIII, X, XII, a few others. Other than Red XIII, I have to struggle to find a character I like, I can tolerate some of them, and that's a bad thing for me because characters are important to me. The story didn't grab my attention or make me care about it or want to know more, the world is forgettable and I have to look up a map to name more than 4 locations, the materia system is interesting, but could have been better.

But I don't think it's terrible either. Just... not good either. Kind of meh.

[Skyblade]

I agree, this game is awful...ly awesome.

(SPOILER)

and the music was just a total ripoff of FFVI

Any post by someone who's been here as long as you that says this, has got to be a joke post. Nice try though.

Interestingly enough, both of those words share the same root.

Awesome - Basically just a combination of awe and some, the meaning is to inspire awe.

Awful - Similarly, a combination of awe and full, meaning to inspire tremendous awe, and be worthy of respect or fear. The same word used to describe angelic or heavenly entities by those who have seen them.

[Dat Matt]

Ff7 is just a product of its time. People that were there for the evolution of final fantasy from III (IV) saw how it evolved from the 16 bit era. I think its a good game but I would prefer to play pretty much any numbered final fantasy thereafter.

[Jinx]

I kind of agree with you, honestly. I still love it for the nostalgia, given that it was the first FF I ever played. I still enjoy it, but yeah, it's pretty bad. I think part of its problem is that it's really missing soul. It's kind of a cold game. I do like some of the characters, however.

But sorry, I have to disagree about the music. The music from FFVII is absolutely stunning.

[Psychotic]

interesting

counterpoint:
mukki

the defence rests.

VII is the best, haters gonna hate

[Shauna]

Argh, why do people like things I don't like?!

[Ayen]

For the same reasons you think Snow and Hope are good characters.

For the same reason you think Ashley from Resident Evil 4 isn't annoying.

For the same reason most people like and dislike anything.

Personal preference. Different people have different individual likes and dislikes, and some times there is no extended explanation for why. They just like/dislike it. And there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong however are all the people who can't seem to accept this simple notion and assume there must be something wrong with the individual who like or dislike the thing.

[Psychotic]

For the same reason you think Ashley from Resident Evil 4 isn't annoying.

what

nobody thinks this

i refuse to believe it

you give me the name of anyone who thinks this and i will ban them right here right now

[Forsaken Lover]

Ashley wasn't annoying. She's one of the best escort quests ever. She'll go and come when you tell her to, she ducks whenever you point a gun any where near her, she is captured half of the game so none of the escort sections outstay their welcome...

She was a sweetheart.