Final Fantasy VII: Really the best?

[Sepho]

To be honest Seph0zo, all you did is state something a particular character or event had in common.

First off, I stated absolutely nothing. I made it clear more than once that I didn't write it. It's a comparison between the two games that was written by someone who I used to post with on the GameGossip forums who went by the username Shotokan Order. I'm not sure what was intended when it was written (and I don't know where the guy is anymore), by it certainly should cause one to open up their mind and think a little. I can honestly say the guy was more intelligent than I am, or at least more insightful, because I could never come up with something like that. You can take it as what you will - I personally thought it was an enjoyable read if nothing else, and it made me think.

And secondly, in response to the "a particular character or event had in common" part.

The person who wrote it compared many key plot points and characters from the two games. Both of you are clearly attempting to make the comparisons seem exagerrated, but I can say you're doing the opposite with that statement by significantly downplaying the uncanniness of the similarities mentioned.

If you really wanted to you could do that same thing with more than half the FF series.
EDIT: actually you could do it with most RPG's. Boo hoo.

Thare are so many RPG cliches in stories these days that the majority of them are, on the whole, unoriginal in relation to most of the other games on the market. That statement I would agree with entirely.

However, there are a few that don't fall in that category, and those are the gems that often find themselves on the list of my personal favorites . Moreover, while most people claim to play the FF games for their stories, I've never thought they were particularly original compared to some plots(Xenogears, for example, as well as the Xenosaga series).

If you can write up some comparisons like that between two other RPGs, I'd most definitely find it as something I'd enjoy reading.

Whatever your feelings are, the likeness of the two games, in the way that it's illustrated in the above-written comparison (which is admittedly written in a way to make the games appear as like each other as possible) is more far more profound than any similarities between any two other RPGs I've noticed (although as I've mentioned, I don't really have an eye for these things), and the number of them is greater. And its the fact that they are two games in the same series and sequence that makes the similarities (running out of synonyms for that word ) more interesting.

Anyhoo, I honestly think you guys are making a bigger deal out of it than it really is.

in the words of uber language i believe we just owned you

I believe you "owned" nothing, although if you had I wouldn't know - I didn't read more than the first paragraph of your initial post because the utter lack of any commas or periods gave me a headache. I didn't expect a big huge debate out of it, but to be realistic, I should have, and that's my fault. I just knew that it was going to be taken way too seriously (which was why I was "holding it back").

I can understand someone posting and saying "Well, that's interesting, but I think some of the similarities are questionable" (and I've seen plenty of people write similar posts), but you two just went right to town on it.

and that theory unless you can think of something else

As far as I can tell, it's not a "theory". The similarities mentioned above aren't made-up explanations for certain events or anything of the like. The story events written took place, and the character backstories certainly didn't stem from his imagination.

And I don't have to think of something else to satisfy you. It's there for your entertainment purposes only, and if you're somehow offended (which is something I can't comprehend), well, then, I apologize ? *shrugs*

EDIT: Btw, *snip*

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chaos: IMO, FFVII is too overrated. I preferred VI and IV over it, and always will.

I agree.