GotY 2024 Ultimate Award Prediction - The Game Awards (TGA)

[BraLoD]

Leynos said:

BraLoD said:

FF7 is often considered the most important RPG in gaming, it doesn't need to be the first to become that, as FF7 marked the change in status for the genre, RPGs are still relevant to people nowdays because almost 20 years ago FF7 made it go from niche to the biggest thing in the industry.

Over exaggerating there a bit and JRPGs fell out of favor in the 7th gen but things like Xenoblade and Dark Souls helped bring it back. There is no Final Fantasy at all without Wizardry. RPGs were successful on 16-Bit machines mind you just FF7 helped further expand the popularity in the west but Secret of Mana in Japan was more popular as is DQ. FF7 did not inspire any RPGs to copy it or create any new mechanics to be emulated and create an entire genre. Wizardry did. No FF. No DQ. No YS. No falcom. No Enix. No Square. No Legend of Dragoon. Wizardry wasn't the first either. Ultima was.

I know the discussion itself is silly to begin with, but putting LoD there just to try to make fun is pretty much ridiculous.

Xenoblade Chronicles 5 games and 2 remasters, combined together, still have yet to outsell FF7 on the PS1 alone. Xenoblade helped bring the genre back, but FF7 is not the biggest name in RPG story? lol, just come on brother.

You are mentioning Japan, and FF7 was the game to make the whole world want to get into RPGs.

After FF7 the genre went from being another genre to the prime genre in the industry, just because of FF7 alone. Presentation in RPGs changed drastically and a LOT of games came trying to be the next FF7.

You are talking about making ground, I'm talking about becoming the biggest game there was.