| celine said: FF7 is so highly regarded because it was the first mainstream cinematic JRPG. It was released at the right time ( when cnematic trend was arising ). Its biggest merit ihas been the presentation. |
That and the market campaign which made the Halo campaign look silly in comparison. It was one of the main focuses of a 100 Million dollar campaign in the US.
In the UK they spend 100 Million pounds. Which is like 2 million for the UK alone.
It was mostly the money. There is a reason most critics rate the game below FF6 and FF4 in the "best games of all time list".
Ranking well below other RPGs as well such as Balders gate and Chrono Trigger.... really only being mentioned for the massive sales and making FF mainstream.
Some things are big because they're considered good, others are considered good because they are big.
FF7 is a case of the later.
Outside of number of dimensions it's behind FF6 in every way in my opinion... including graphics. the 2-D sprites were much better art direction wise then the weird blockshapen characters that were everywhere outside of the FMVs. (which just made the rest of the game worse.)
Note I bought a PS1 for FF7 too... as Square is the only company I was ever a fanboy for.
