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[Zora]

Underrated - Final Fantasy IV and VI cos no one ever notices their amazingness

FFVI have so many fanboys and is so overrated that is not even funny.

Compared to others in the series, not really. Also when it comes to people "proving" FFVI's greatness, they often actually point out real stuff. Using FFVII as a comparision, people said "Cloud got shot in the face, he is so cool," or "Sephiroth is just cool, so this game rocks," as opposed to stuff like "Kefka began as a general and became a god just because he was crazy" or "The story was deep with characters and their backstories and the espers..." ect. You see the difference? Not only that FFVI gots a dead community compared to VII and X

Overrated- FFVII- not that it's bad, but it is not the be-all and end-all of FF greatness.

Underrated- FFII-Damn good story considering when it came out, and the leveling system was fun. Also, IX-Has a good story, solid characters, and one of the best villans in the series. I don't know why more people don't appriciate it.

Finally I met someone who recgonizes the story, albeit ripped from Star Wars.

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Seriously, Final Fantasy gets too much credit for just being a successful knockoff of Dragon Warrior/Quest

Wasn't Dragon Quest/Warrior released after Final Fantasy?

Alright, I'll try to be clearer for you, Bolivar. Many VII/VIII fans do hate Originals because of their graphics. They also probably hate them for their "simple" storylines. They also probably hate them because of the fact its medieval-ish and not futuristic like VII/VIII, the story they are used to and first started off with. The same goes for IX, (excluding graphics) that it was not futuristic as the previous two. I'm just saying, there are a lot of people that I have seen that hate IX for those particular reasons. They are not willing to consider that IX could be anywhere as good as their first FF, which in the case is VII/VIII. Also, yeah, many VII and VIII fans that I have seen don't really get along, since they are about as equally ignorant and stubborn people saying that their favorite game is better.

There are probably reasons why VII could be better than I-VI more than just the graphics. It's just that I've seen very few VII fans who are actually serious and go beyond just the graphics, which is what's said by the majority of ignorant VII fans, and one of the reasons why VII is the most liked. If you think VII is not overrated, you really need to go read the posts of certain people in the FFVII forum.

Here I am, just simply telling what I have seen, and you come in and shove your own opinions down my throat saying that you like VII and IX along the lines of: "you're totally wrong, I liked them both, therefore every VII/VIII fan likes IX as well" with your earlier post. The fact is, you are 1 person who denies that there are MANY more VII fans who might have different views from you and might not like IX with just your sole opinion. The world does not revolve around YOU.

1.) Your first paragraph doesn't make it sound like you played FFI-VI at all. For example FFVI was futuristic and FFIV and FFVI had deep storylines, considered more deep then many other games.

2.) The vast majority is often split between FFVII, VIII, and X. Too many times do I meet people like this. For example I like FFI-VI and VII seems to be built off cliches from what I seen. I am also enjoying IX the most. Guess what? The other person at my school (keep in mind my school is very small, with only 50 kids) who like Final Fantasy have similiar opinions than I do. On the forums it seems to be like this. Like many people said it is often because many people started with FFVII. FFVIII came along and people thought they knew the style. FFIX came along and bam, they thought FFIX ruined the series (when in reality started incooperating elements from FFI-V). FFX came along and that made it up.

But on this same note there is also another key factor. Overshadowing. FFVII and FFX in particular got so much hype/good responses that it completely overshadowed the other games. Much like FFIII completely overshadowed FFVA and FFVIA. But I am just saying it isn't definite, but there definitly seems to be a pattern going on here.

Here is a good example. The friend who is letting my borrow FFVII bought FFVII why? It was the only one he heard about aside from one. The other? FFX. FFI? Drew a blank. FFII? Same. (Skipping III because it wasn't out yet at this time, likewise with XII). FFIV? Nothing. FFV? Nada. FFVI? I remember there was some crazy guy, but nothing else. FFVIII? Oh, ya I recall that one having Leon. FFIX? Blank. FFXI? I remember that one being online.

Yes this is one person, but think about the reponses. Almost all of them blank.


Okay now mine:
Overrated: FFVII due to obvious reasons. The other being FFIII, very overrated for being inferior to the FFIV-VI and everyone is forgiving on it (It doesn't have much of a story, but that is fine).

Underrated: Final Fantasy V. Seriously, no one knows of this awesome title. Dang it Square. Why did you have to choose the worst release date and have it overshadowed by FFXII and FFIII? WHY!