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RenCutypoison on 24 February 2014
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forevercloud3000 said:
RenCutypoison said:

My point here wasn't that it was the first you played, but that it featured an impressive tech at the time, and that gave it more attention it should (A lot of people played it while not being interested in J-RPG). Just like I wouldn't have been interested in Uncharted 2 if it hadn't the best graphics on ps3 at the time, cause I have no interest in TPS.

What other J-RPG series do you play ? (FF and Persona aside)


I've played my share of the early ones. Xenogears(I love the combat but I feel like THIS series is so far overrrated story wise) and Xeonosaga, Chrono Trigger/Cross, Legend of Legaia, Star Ocean(one of my favs), Dark Cloud series,Pokemon, Golden Sun.

I had known of Nintendo....but didn't care for anything I saw on the systems eally. It wasn't until the Sega Genesis came along that I even owned a console. Sonic and Art of Fighting were like the only games I ever owned on it. I really wouldn't have called myself a gamer then still. My friend had a Nintendo and he would bring it over. This was how I was exposed to FF originally.......I just wasn't impressed. Admittedly, the graphical flare of FFVII and PS1 era games really caught my eye. Graphics are not everything but they are a valid enough selling point. PS1 and FFVII turned me into a true gamer and thats not a side effect rather a testament of their appeal.

If FFXV comes and many start to say that is the best ever are we going to just chop that up to the fact it will be the best graphically and the first to show full on action combat? Yes, the game has these features because of advancement in tech but is it not a better game for it?


Well, I'm a big fan of Kingdom Hearts and Tetsuya Nomura in particular, so was hyped at first sight. Still, I think the tech hype should remain just prelaunch hype and not influence the critical reception.

And I was indeed partially impressed by FFX because of the graphics (I didn't have the chance to play VII/VIII/IX before PS2 era). But think about all the showcase games that were incredible and had amazing reviews on launch. Do anyone remember them now ? (Blue Dragon, Kameo, ...)