As someone who also doesn't have memories of this game (Except for maybe an hour or two years ago.) before playing maybe two years ago, I really liked this game. I was worried by the people calling "overrated" (as if that was a problem with the game, rather than the fanbase), it took me six hours to realize "You know, this game is tons of fun". Then again, I played it on a PS 2.
You mention liking FFVI and then criticize FFVII for being too easy to break, which I find funny. For me, this game was harder to break than VI, mostly because the really bad stuff took more effort to get. I also found the pace of battle to be much better in VII. What I mean is that I put the battle speed at second-highest in both games and VII was more bearable than VII.
I also dislike reviews that dislike something because of Seinfeld Is Unfunny. I feel that if a reviewer cannot appreciate something for the time and place it was made, they shouldn't review it.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
^ They have been showing up a lit this year.
Crap, that wasn't really what I was trying to emphasize. I'll try to rework it a bit so it doesn't seem like I'm slamming it for being an old game.
It's really a question of personal taste; VII's cast didn't really click with me, and I love VI (and I hadn't played that until recently either, so it's not Nostalgia Filter).
There we go, that should be better.
Leave a Comment:
The Greatest RPG Ever? Not for me.
I wanted to like this. I went in with an open mind. But...I didn't enjoy this.
Story-wise, I can see why this was so revolutionary, but it didn't really tickle my fancy. I only came in knowing one major plot twist (you know the one), but I just couldn't get into it. The main plot was okay, but I didn't really find myself getting very invested in any of the major characters; the only ones I really liked were the secondary ones like Cid and Red XIII. I also really disliked pretty much all the villains, especially Sephiroth. And, honestly, if you don't like the main characters, you won't enjoy the story.
I enjoyed the gameplay a bit more, although it has some problems in itself. The Materia system was well-implemented and creative, although I preferred FFVI's Espers. It's also a little too easy to break; I accidentally stumbled across Big Guard, and made the entire game laughable. The insanely long attack animations for the more powerful spells/limit breaks/summons also ruined a lot of the fun of fighting, simply by messing up the pace of battling.
Was there anything I did like? Well, I did enjoy the music, and some of the minigames at the Gold Saucer were kind of fun. It's just...this really didn't click, at all. Age has not been kind to Final Fantasy VII, but even accounting for Seinfeld Is Unfunny, I can't really make myself like it. Maybe you needed to play it when it was new, maybe you need to play it on an actual console and not a crash-happy emulator, maybe you just need different tastes.