FFIX is my favorite FF (not counting XIV, but it's a different beast), but I love FFVII and it was the first game that introduced me to the series. At the same time, I recognize FFVII is an objectively bad game. The story is terrible (although it started out great), the battle system is bland and uninspired; every character is a blank cookie cutter slate*, the graphics were kind of trash even for the time and have aged horribly. The music...okay, the music is smurfing fantastic, as are the pre-rendered backgrounds. Lordy.
FFIX improves on all of this in every way (except maybe the music is tied). The story is great, the characters are complex. The battle system is much more fun with jobs and being able to pick and choose your abilities based on an area or fight. The mini-games are stupidly fun--actually, I'd venture a guess that that's what people enjoy more about it. It's not some edgelord emofest. Sure, FFVII had humor, but FFIX is just so much more light and ENJOYABLE while also having a moving and mature story. Admittedly, the art is something that a lot of people have an issue with, and I do think is an acquired taste. But still leagues and away better than FFVII. Save Cosmo Canyon and Midgar, even the areas are more interesting and fun to look at and explore.
But I still love FFVII. And rarely do I trout on it. At times I've been known to give it what myself, and others, consider fair criticism. But that's not the same as hating it.
A lot of people make jokes about how FFVII is overrated trash (it is), but still love it. Maybe you don't understand how jokes work?
Also, maybe you shouldn't come out with "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!" if you want to have a serious discussion or are asking a question in good faith. But maybe that's just me. ¯\_(ツ)_/
EDIT: *I mean within the context of battle, not the story. The characters are actually one of the few truly good things the story has going for it. Except Aeris and Cloud.
Originally Posted by Fynn
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