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Alara317 on 24 March 2018
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Alara317 said:

I dunno, I defend it because I do think it's a great game, and I'm replaying it and still enjoying it, but it's not the best game ever. The graphics are pretty ugly, the gameplay is super simplistic, Sephiroth is trying WAY too hard to be cool, and there are a lot of problems with the story concerning the two main characters (Cloud and Sephiroth). 

That said, the rest of the storytelling and writing is well above average. It was a game way ahead of its time in many respects, and I have to commend it for that. But like I said, it gets a lot of undue praise for simply being the first of its kind in many respects, same as Ocarina of Time.

Yeah, I can agree with that.  Both FF7 and Ocarina came out about the same time, and both are often treated as the first in the series, even though neither clearly is.  I have heard that one reason FF7 and Ocarina get so much attention is that they both came out at about the same time that the internet was becoming popular.  Since they were both popular games when people started using the internet, they are treated as the first in the series.

One thing I don't understand about Ocarina though is that it doesn't get the same level of hate against it as FF7.  I have yet to play it, so I guess I will have to try it out first.  But FF7 gets both a lot of love and a lot of hate.  Ocarina just gets a lot of love.  Not sure why that is.

And gaming was really beginning to hit the mainstream around there, so N64 and PS1 were the first consoles to become mega hits. As such, Ocarina of Time and Final Fantasy VII were both the first experiences people had with their respective franchises - two of the best franchises of all time. 

Also, two of my favourite games ever are Final Fantasy VI and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. These are the two SNES games in each respective franchise, and games I think are superior to the N64 and PS1 equivalents. That said, I actually do think Final Fantasy VII is a great game, but I think Ocarina of Time is simply a decent game with a lot of problems people tend to overlook.