@forevercloud3000
it boils down to the age old policy of "to each his own", doesnt it?
Its just your preference ,when you say characters should have a voice. The LoZ series has stuck with the silent hero, and look how popular he still is.
My point was that CT was simply more fun to go through than FFVII, which too is a highly enjoyable game.You cant just compare two games in some pre-determined fields, cause there always is The "X" Factor involved.

P.S i really doubt the FF series overall outsells the Pokemon series so maybe take it off the FACTS list?

I disagree. Im playing 6 right now, and it has more overall challenging gameplay, more lively characters with better designs, more intersting plot points. It sported a greater number of well defined characters, with different abilities. The materia system is basically the Espers system from 6. With the materia system it didn't matter who you brought into battle because everyone can be the same.

FFVII was basically FFVI for the mainstream, graphic whore crowd. It was
basically the start of the fall of the series and JRPGs in general when they became mindless, simplistic affairs to appeal to casual gamers who can't handle the challenge of older RPGs and prefer wannabe movies.

And overall the FF series is not even the best RPG series, let alone best game series, which 7, not being as good as the games that came before it, is barred from being best game of all time.

I was thinking ur post was the joke im afraid. If you are going to spout a blasphemous(and might i add, blatent flamebait) opinion here then you could at least find the courage to put a full in depth opionion as to why it is so bad.

Otherwise I am forced to think you are just trying to get a rise out of me, so begone you.....

FF7 is the best game ever because it's an easy way to find out if people aren't worth being friends with.

The good people at IGN disagree.

Yes, obviously a negative opinion directed toward a video game is intended to make you angry.

There isn't a rolleyes big enough. Seriously, just go back to gamefaqs already.

It is not the top selling game because of its different versions.  Rarely do people get more than one - look at Pokemon Yellow, it alone did over 14 million.

Also, handheld games are not vastly superior to console sales.  It only looks that way because Nintendo has had a monopoly on its software, and they've had a larger handheld market than their home consoles.  Take a look at the Wii, I bet we'll be seeing games pulling off similar numbers.  Anyway, I've gone totally off topic, sorry about that.

I liked VII but Sephiroth irritated me. The whole mother thing and the typical anime silent villain display just grated with me like Michael Bay movie dialog does.  That and Cloud reminds me of the emo kids that I want to put under the wheels of my truck.

VII was a good game, but it doesn't get within a stone's throw of my top 10 list of the best games I ever played.

I give this thread a 9.4.

I kno, I just thought it would bring some good ideas on why ppl thing"PUTGAME HERE" is the best, over FFVII. Or why FFVII is SOOO terrible to some ppl (Who by the way have yet to give any reasons why, they just put this sucks blah blah...)

As far as the FACT that FF is the best selling series. I completely forgot about Pokemon. It does sell more but in a very unfair way. RUBY EMERALD and SAPHIRE are all lumped into one sales chart and treated as one game. A single person grabs all three so they can "CATCH THEM ALL" but in essense they complete one game. Its like playing FFVII and they sell the discs seperately. Thats why I did not have Pokemon in mind when I said that.

Last time I checked tho FF was in 4th place for best selling series of all time. Just behind Mario,Pokemon, and the Sims.

Super deformed characters does a Western-esque game not make.