I tried FFVII after FFX and was annoyed and frustrated, it has all the faults that classic jRPGs ever had:
- Too frequent random encounters.
- No motivation to do random encounters.
- You have to do backtracking all while guess what.. random annoyments.
- After each annoyment, even when you fled, you have to click through 3 or 4 menu screens.
- If you can't beat a boss you are welcome to do more random frustratments.
- When you die you have to watch a slow game over scene and click through several screens before you are back in game.
I know that it was a game of it's time, but that is my point - I can enjoy FFX whenever, it will never age, while FFVII and FFVI hold no value as games today.
Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
