Will there ever be a JRPG as well known as FF7? A FF7-Killer, if you may.

[pastro243]

Khuutra said:

pastro243 said:
I still think that the impact the TC is talking about is more than just sales, its sales and quality and the way FF7 is in the "legendary" status with games like OoT.

So pokemon may have sold more, but wont do what FF7 has done, it has the potential to do it, since it sells so much, but quality improvements are needed.

Cinematic storytelling already existed in Final Fantasy VI, and that game did it better. In terms of quality, it gets the Hell kicked outo f it by several games in its own series.

In terms of influence, even "cinematic games" go back to Final Fantasy 2 (the NES one). In terms of influence on genrne tropes, Dragon Quest kicks the crap out of Final Fantasy VII so hard it's difficult to even comprehend.

In terms of cultural impact, Pokemon eats it alive.

I'm not sure by what metric one could say that FF7 is the most "well-known" JRPG.

I think its kind of a cool thing to say that FF7 isnt good quality. FF7 is arguably better than 6, some agree some dont. ff6 may have done it before, but it was a step forward for making FF7, which to me and many people made following games try to emulate this.

In influence in the genre, DQ is the leader in japan,  FF worldwide, and 7 was more well known than the rest of the final fantasies in the series in the west thanks to the sony advertising.  DQ and games as such marked how RPGs including early FFs would be untill FF7, and DQ still follows the same formula and u can see the difference from other RPG from today.

Pokemon had its great cultural influence thanks to the anime series which is a way to boost game sales, as u can see, the mediocre series continues after 10  years to support the games(when a new game appears, the series moves to a new setting with the pokemon in the series). I tell you, all the people I know wouldnt play pokemon if it werent for the series, as wel as noone would play Yu Gi Oh! if it werent for the same reason, the list as things such as beyblade continues.

Pokemon wont be remembered as a masterpiece as FF7 is, even if u dont want to admit it, and I dont know how its so hard to do it.