ff7 is it as good as it is said?

[Rengori]

9=first
6=second
7=third

There, I fixed it.

[DJZen]

FFVII lives up to the hype if you're a trendwhore. The graphics were bad for their time, the music fails to live up to the standard Uematsu set for himself in FFVI, the plotline is severely cookie cutter, the characters are bland archetypes at best, the FMVs are shoddily done, the mini games are tedious and yet semi-required, and as a cherry on top, the translation was so horrible it's difficult to figure out just what the heck is going on at times. The only thing that doesn't suck about FFVII is its gameplay, which is simply generic. Sure, materia was a new concept, but it's not dissimilar enough from buying spells in stores to be groundbreaking. Even things like limit breaks which supposedly made the game unique had a very "been there, done that" feel, possibly because the idea was swiped right from the Street Fighter series. It's a fun game and all, but it's less than deserving of its own praise. The only reason people even seem to have for liking it so much is their maligned nostalgia for the first FF game they ever played, which was the seventh itteration of it. That's roughly the equivalent of discovering Good News For People Who Love Bad News and saying you've always been into Modest Mouse.

[crashNUMBERS]

You know I don't think s/he means about the hype. I think she just wants our opinions. And mine, I love this game a lot and all but it's overrated. And also not the best FF game. I'll give it a 9.3 but not as far to go and give it a damn 10...

[Rengori]

How many times must I tell you people, overrated means you HATE the thing and don't think it's that great. Not love the thing and think it's not that great.

[Dinnova]

How many times must I tell you people, overrated means you HATE the thing and don't think it's that great. Not love the thing and think it's not that great.

I thought overrated mean that the game didnt live up to the hype, thats all. It doesnt mean that it sucks. The hype could of bin for a super awsome amazatroy game, but then just turn out to be amazing.

[crashNUMBERS]

How many times must I tell you people, overrated means you HATE the thing and don't think it's that great. Not love the thing and think it's not that great.

Umm.. No. Overrated doesn't mean you have to hate it. Overrated is when people make a big deal out of something in a way. In this case it is almost like that. People make a big deal out of FFVII claiming that it is the best FF game. Overrated never means you "have" to hate it. I can say that homework is overrated due to the fact that it is a mandatory job for kids like me but that doesn't mean I hate homework all the way...

[Sepho]

They're all worth your time, and FF7 is no exception. The "FF7: overrated or best game EVER?" discussion is a waste of time, because there are so many factors that influence everyone's stance on the matter that it's hard to say if you can even trust your own judgement. I've personally gone from being overcome with glee at the sight of the game case to "this game is soooo overhyped" to "FF7, or day at the beach... looks like it's you and me, Cloud."

I still don't think it's the best thing to happen to video games in all their history, and giggle on the inside when someone makes it out to be so, but it's certainly a regular source of such heated debate for a reason.

Fun game. Play it.

[Dinnova]

everyone who hates the game give the same reason, "The graphics are $h!T". But common people, like was like 8 years ago. cry more noobs!

[?????]

FFVII lives up to the hype if you're a trendwhore. The graphics were bad for their time, the music fails to live up to the standard Uematsu set for himself in FFVI, the plotline is severely cookie cutter, the characters are bland archetypes at best, the FMVs are shoddily done, the mini games are tedious and yet semi-required, and as a cherry on top, the translation was so horrible it's difficult to figure out just what the heck is going on at times. The only thing that doesn't suck about FFVII is its gameplay, which is simply generic. Sure, materia was a new concept, but it's not dissimilar enough from buying spells in stores to be groundbreaking. Even things like limit breaks which supposedly made the game unique had a very "been there, done that" feel, possibly because the idea was swiped right from the Street Fighter series. It's a fun game and all, but it's less than deserving of its own praise. The only reason people even seem to have for liking it so much is their maligned nostalgia for the first FF game they ever played, which was the seventh itteration of it. That's roughly the equivalent of discovering Good News For People Who Love Bad News and saying you've always been into Modest Mouse.

I'm saving this paragraph to my hard drive.

I am curious, though, at what you mean by trendwhore. Are you implying that anyone who likes FFVII inevitably likes the music of Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson, or some similar thing?

[Dreddz]

No, what they all said was wrong
Its better than that
Best game ever IMO, I'd rather have FFVII than all the others put together............

[Slothy]

I am curious, though, at what you mean by trendwhore. Are you implying that anyone who likes FFVII inevitably likes the music of Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson, or some similar thing?

I think what he's saying is that if you think FFVII is the best FF ever, you're following along with half of most of the others who think it. I don't think he's implying anything that's any worse than what you implied about FFVI fans in your first post in this thread though.

It's generally been my experience that most of the people who consider it their favorite played it before any other FF's, so personally, I'd say it has more to do with everything feeling new when they played it, and that nostalgia factor that keeps a lot of people calling it the best.

I will say this for it, despite it's flaws, it is a very fun game. I don't consider it the best in the series, but it's up there as one of my favorites.

[Wiegrahf42]

You missed the stereotypical pretty boy villain. Let's not forget the disturbingly phallic weaponry on the main character and the villain. "Paging Doctor Freud".

[FFX_fanatiq]

1st 7
2nd 10
3rd 9

It's generally been my experience that most of the people who consider it their favorite played it before any other FF's, so personally, I'd say it has more to do with everything feeling new when they played it, and that nostalgia factor that keeps a lot of people calling it the best.

BTW ff9 was my first ff played
I still think 7 is best

[chocobo hunter]

1st ff 7
2nd ff 9
3rd ff 10

The first one I played was eight then nine and then seven. And I think that seven is the greatest rpg for playstation. It has a great story and good characters.

[Neco Arc]

1st would be a tie between 6 and 7 followed by 8 and by 5 (i actually like 5), and it is worthwhile playing 7 but try not to make comments on the crappy graphics and bad translation, etc because game is like around 8 years old...