Jumpin said:
I think that one is very underrated these days. It's still a fantastic game design, even by todays standards. It's just behind on visual tech due to the time of its development. |
First, as my avatar might suggest, I disagree whole-heartedly with the bolded part lol... there is positively zero chance the world would have reacted to the news of a "remastering" of FFIX anywhere near to the degree that they did FFVII. The hype for FFVII has never really died down, but I suspect most people haven't gone back and tried playing it again.
Otherwise, the visuals of FFVII are the thing I'm actually most impressed with; they made the jump from 2D to 3D about as well as any franchise, alongside Mario and Zelda. It is that fact, in my opinion, that garnered it such praise, as it was the first 3D RPG that many people got to experience and they were blown away by it. If you go back and play it today, though, I think most would find it hasn't aged well... not sure there's ever been a game with more forced minigames than this one lol
Still, it's a good game. I just listed it because it's one of the most hyped games in history, and I'm not sure it completely warrants that level of praise... but I still enjoyed it.
