How "hardcore" were the N64 and Gamecube?

[theprof00]

Words Of Wisdom said:

theprof00 said:

FF7 was simply a change. FF7 wasn't meant to appeal to a wider audience, it was just an original game that deviated from the endless fantasy settings of past FF's. Seriously man, it was a never ending stream of castles, caves, and the elements. I also don't see how anyone could call FF7 more or less casual than any other FF game. They are all basically the same except for the setting, story, and leveling system.

How exactly did it deviate setting-wise?  Pretty much all the settings from technologically sophisticated city to dank cave were present in both FF6 and FF7.  I can see someone making the argument that FF6 deviated from the FF4 and FF5 settings and that FF7 continued in that direction, but saying that FF7 deviated from all the rest is silly.

You are right. It was more of an evolution. ff6 was similar to ff7. In that vain though I wonder if people also complained about 6 deviating from past ff's..

I knew I should have just included ff6 in my original argument.