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Kyuu 16 hours ago
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Leynos said:
BraLoD said:

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.

It doesn't exist without it https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-wizardry-the-landmark-rpg-that-inspired-dragon-quest-and-final-fantasy

You used the words most impactful which is wrong.

So many games including Dark Souls and arguably the entire Soulslike genre wouldn't have existed as we know them without ICO (a highly influential PS2 title that couldn't sell a single million copies). Miyazaki (responsible for lifting FromSoftware to godhood) may have not even entered the industry without ICO. I don't know if this makes it more impactful than Dark Souls though, they're just influential in different ways. Tens of thousands of games have some influence one way or another on tens of thousands. Gaming is the accumulation of countless influences. Zelda and Team ICO games literally influenced each other according to Eiji Aonuma.

I think it's fair to consider FF7 the most impactful RPG as long as you don't pass it as a fact, because it's not an apples to apples comparison. It's not something that can easily be measured.

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