AlfredoTurkey said:
The original games (1-CV) were atmospheric, story based, puzzle games with guns thrown in to help sell said story. Guns were a complete after though because unless you were playing on super easy mode, you never had enough ammo to have them make a difference. There were times when you would end up having to dodge zombies for hours simply because you ran out bullets and couldn't find anymore. The newer games were straight up Gears of War. Totally different. I wouldn't say the original game was a shooter. |
Okay, then, so it was different and how well was it received by fans?
| kupomogli said: Yet despite that, the game sitll sold over 7 million copies. It still sold because of the massive amount of praise it received from the media and the fact that Final Fantasy is a casual RPG fans favored series. The worst Final Fantasy sold several times more than the best PSX and PS2 RPGs that weren't Final Fantasy and even many named Final Fantasy. |
It sold more on expectation. Many fans were eagerly waiting this game and bought on the expectation it would be as good as the previous FF games (ignoring 11). But one thing you have to understand is that 13 is not a bad game, which is why reviewers gave it the marks it did. However for FF standards it was poor.
A new FF game will sell loads regardless of it's quality, so more unknown RPGs have to do a lot to compete while FF needs just release to get sales.
Hmm, pie.
