Most overrated games!!!

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Ajax said:

FF8 had better graphics, a more compelling story and the best side-game in ff history: Triple-Triad.

you got to be joking No I wasn't :) (that one was easy...)

Jenova, Reunion, cloning, wicked-science, SOLDIER, Shinra, Clouds crisis, Aeris' destiny, Zacks tragedy etc.
no way the story of FFVIII comes close to that of VII

Like I said, the story is so abstract and convoluted that it got to the point of being ridiculous. This was sort of pointed out by AC's story, no one except FF7 fans truly got the plot and even then there were some parts that were confusing. I'm not saying that FF7 had a *expletive* story, I'm saying it's an over-rated one.

and who cares that the grafix of VIII are a little better

Okay, the graphics were ALOT better, and represented the first time the characters looked realistic, that's a pretty big step for the franchise.

the grafix of VII are better than all those games on the SNES and Genesis
so what?

What you forget my friend is that FFVII was running on PS1, where as games on a SNES and genesis, were well, running on a SNES or GENESIS.

Fact of the matter is, Square poured all this money into developing the game, the graphics could have been alot better (as was seen in 8 and 9). I know people will say it's the first game on the platform so graphics can't be expected to be that great, but what irritates me and what makes me make the point about the graphics is that FF7 fanatics will claim that it had awesome graphics, when in reality it had terrible graphics AND awesome cgi video and backgrounds.

drawing was cool, but no where near what you can do with slots and materia

I agree with you on that one, though I preferred drawing as opposed to MP.

there are hundreds of combinations etc
Sephiroth, Cloud, Aeris, Vincent, Tifa have becomes all icons

They are only icons because of the game they were in, except for maybe Cloud and Sephiroth. If Squall and Rinoa were in FF7 and Cloud and Aerith in FF8, you'd be saying that they were the icons.

The only true main characters that have become icons of the franchise:

- Vivi

- Cloud

- Sephiroth

-  Kefka

Zell, Seifer, Rinoa and Ultimecia and others have no way made a legeacy like the FFVII cast, Nomura's finest

Like I said, it was the game they were in, because FF7 provided the first for many aspects of the franchise, that's why it is heralded as the best by many as the best game in the series and that's why the characters were so memorable (even though they are all stereotypes, pretty stereotypical that the first coloured main character also happens to be the first to utter profanity).

people really dislike FFVII so much while it's a extrodinary game
I've talked about it with Uematsu-san myself in Stockholm when I was there for a concert of him, and he really loves the game too

That's pretty sweet that you met Uematsu, but again, that's his opinion, you have your opinion and I have mine. Mine is that while it's a great game and important to the franchise, it is not the best game in FF history (thus making it overrated)


I always see a lot biased FFVII hate

I always see a lot of biased FFVIII hate from people that thought FF7 was the pinnacle of the FF franchise
people can't stand that

it came, it saw and it conquered

and you know it

:P

 Hey I thought this thread was about people being able to hate on games with out any retribution.........

 But my response to your comments is above.