Okay, it's like this:

In 1993, my brother Jason rented Final Fantasy II for the SNES, and we played/loved it. A month later, he bought Final Fantasy for the NES for me and my other brother, Joseph. The three of us played FF1 probably everyday until we beat it, and then Jason moved out, and Joe and I went on to buy and love every FF game ever made.

I remember being so excited about FF3 coming out for SNES. Back when no one really had heard of FF games, we were playing them and enjoying them.

And then when I heard they were releasing 7, I was a bit confused since the last one was 3, but once I cleared that up, I was equally as exicted. Our playstation came with a FF7 demo, and we went crazy until the game was finally released, I believe in May 1997.

But now... Now everyone plays these games. They're huge. And squaresoft hasn't made a really good one like 7 since 7. I'm glad that people are getting enjoyment out of the series and all, but now people buy FFoS and beat it and think that they are FF masters because of it. They've beaten the watered down extremely easy version of FF1 and they think they're just the greatest FF gamers around. Well, we (my brothers and I) beat FF1 back when it was on the NES and no one had even heard of it. And now the little franchise that we used to be able to fit into our pocket has grown up. There was a time when FF games were so challenging that only the intellectual gamers could handle them. There were people who played games like Madden '95, and then there were people who played games like Final Fantasy. But now, they've made them all so easy that any schmuck can play and beat them. FF games used to be like an exclusive club that only a few of us could join. But now, anyone can. Anyone can beat DoS. And they've taken our "club" away from us, and all we're left with is these useless memories of way back when, the time when only smart people could play the games.

Jeez, I'm rambling again. I get really worked up over this subject.

But I'm curious if anyone feels the same way as I do. I mean, this a FF board, so chances are, I'm not the only one here who has been playing these games since then.

Feion