forevercloud3000 said:
Unfortunately most of these sites no longer keep pages from 2005 and back so It is relatively hard to scrounge them up. Also many of these top lists were in Magazines.
Cant find the date but seems to be using an older list.... http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Famitsu_Japan's_100_favorite_video_games http://retro-sanctuary.com/Top-100-PS1-Games-Page-5.html 2004 http://videogameaddicts.net/toprpglist.html http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/final-fantasy-games.asp 2011 http://rpgfan.com/features/Best_of_Final_Fantasy/best_main.html http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/12/02/ranking-the-final-fantasy-series.aspx The guy actually says "Maybe there's some subconscious "it's super-popular so I like it less" pushback going on in my head..." As of 2012, This is how most FANS think of the game... http://www.listal.com/list/top-15-best-final-fantasy http://realotakugamer.com/best-game-ever-final-fantasy-vii http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136008 http://www.ign.com/blogs/gilgameshthepugilist/2011/07/09/re-ranking-15-final-fantasies-fan-art-edition-7-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Kcn8PplL8 http://www.computerandvideogames.com/318513/features/final-fantasy-vii-why-its-an-unbeatable-rpg/
here is an IGN article that touches on the new disdain many formed for the game... http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/03/is-final-fantasy-vii-overrated?page=2 FFVII might not have always been at the very top of the lists but it has always been ranked pretty high. When talking about the greatest games of all time in particular, it is relatively hard to have that conversation without mentioning the game and how it left a huge mark on gaming as a whole. Big sites like IGN are sort of the problem as they are the main ones that perpetuate such ideas (the "Lets roast a game everyone loves" article) because it drives hits.
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Well first off... most of your list seems to be one off fan lists... not proffesional lists like I mentioned.
Outside of the Famitsu one... which was in fact, a readers poll.
FF7 is going to win in readers polls, just out of pure numbers.
Not really when it comes to people who have played them all... and in order though.
Which like I said, was my point.
That FF6 is better then FF7 is something that has ALWAYS existed... generally by the minority that have played all the final fantasy games... and in order.
a majority of those people seem to like 4 or 6 best, and both better then 7.
You never really countered any of that, and are just kinda going off on a huge tangent.
There have always been a fairly large number of people who have played the FF games that think 6 is better... because well... any number of reasons related to telling a bigger story from multiple perspectives and having many emotional moments rather then just relying on one thing.
The big death in FF7 isn't really shocking if you had played other FF games before it... pretty common in FF games actually.
