sc94597 said:
There's an identifiable protagonist in Final Fantasy IV - Cecil. Diverse party members are a Final Fantasy staple lol. The first final fantasy to have a playable character die is Final Fantasy II. Use of language? What does that mean? Weird situations? Foudn in all final fantasy games. Conjuring of emotions within the player. Sorry, but all Final Fantasy games before VII were acclaimed for this, certain ones like IV and VI especially. Material System, yes however each game has its own new addition to the battle system. Mini Games, I'd give you that. As for 3D (and this applies to Kyuu as well) I only really see it as innovative if it drastically affects gameplay as it did in games like LoZ and Mario. Otherwise, it is just the next step in development. In the case of VII it was primarily a graphical feature, not a gameplay device (the camera is not 3d.) |
When I say diverse playable characters I'm talking about characters like Barret Wallace. The first black playable character. Weird situations. Have you ever been to the honey bee inn, or that part where you have to meet the Don? The Use of language. Barret Wallace, and Cid Highwind is one of the only "Final Fantasy" Characters that has used curse words in-game.
I'll give you conjuring of emotions in other Final Fantasys, but it went above and beyond in FFVII, and when it comes to special abilities, Final Fantasy VII was the first game to use the term "Limit Break". FFXIV is using Limit Breaks, and Materia, in case you didn't know.
You have my irrefutable evidence and reasoning. In terms of relevance, success, and innovation for over a decade. FFVII tops it.