Quote Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
I agree with what most everyone has said, but I'd like to add that I've noticed that some of the 'old school' players are immeadiatly put off by the newer games. Many of them spend a lot of time complaining about every little aspect of the new games (I was guilty of this until I realized how dumb I was and stopped) rather than just playing and enjoying them for what they are (though I still like more of the other games than the newer).
Praise Yevon...someone FINALLY pointed that out instead of being the one sided "OMG new games suck the old ones were better and the new ones are all about graphics just because they have better graphics because technology has evolved since I was 10 years old!" cliche.

But yes, I've seen some 'new schoolers' who don't really understand how to appreciate the old 8-bit FFs...but then, think about it when it comes to younger gamers (which I believe are the newschoolers guilty of such judgement)...can you blame them? I mean really, sure I agree whole-heartly that they could stand to open their mind a little bit more to the older games, but its just not the same for someone whos always had something far more efficent than that...its kinda like if someone suddenly sat you down and replaced all your CDs with audio cassettes and your compact color tvs with black and white radiation boxes where you had to turn a knob with buttons labeled around it...wouldn't you prefer the stuff you have now over that? Ok maybe thats not quite the same but I can see how someone whos always had instrumentally composed music and realistic SFX have to suddenly listen to midis and beeping would have a difficult time...I actually am guilty of this myself, and its why I haven't completed any FFs below 6 yet, but I'm not downing the games, its just not nearly as easy for me to sit and look at and listen to say, FFIV as it is for me to sit and play FFX. Does that make me think the game is any less of a game? Of course not...its just less efficent because thats the technology they had at the time.

I played FFs in this order: 7,6,Tactics,8,9,1,2,3,4,MQ,5,10,10-2. I don't appreciate the old ones any less, but like I said, its easier for me to play whats nicer on my eyes and my ears. I like good graphics and sound, yes, but i won't base my judgement of a game off such things alone. Hell, other than the fact that it makes things easier on my eyes and ears, graphics mean nothing to me really. I play games for fun, not for how they look.

But anyway, I think these 'oldschoolers' who just prejudge new games after 5 mintes of play (like a ton of people have done with FFX-2) are far worse, because they been around longer, seen more games, and a wider variety, so they should know better than to do that. Plus, they arn't ignorant like the younger players, they're just being prejudice because of...stupidity I guess.

But anyway Final Fantasy VII is still my favorite till this day, even though it looks like crap compared to the newer ones...hell, it looks like crap compared to FFVIII, but I still prefer it. I've been playing it lately, and its still just as fun as it was 7 years ago.