Except MGS1-4

This is the best part of the article

""Perhaps, for hardcore fans like Colin, it would be more appropriate to say that in comparison, Final Fantasy IV and VI are underrated," Clements counters. "There's no doubt that the games are fondly remembered and franchise-favorites according to a vast number of Final Fantasy enthusiasts, but they're often forgotten in favor of the flashier, more groundbreaking seventh iteration."

Moriarty doesn't exactly take such an assessment lying down and believes that gamers without history are responsible for putting Final Fantasy VII in such a vaunted position.

"If Final Fantasy VII was your first RPG, then it's understandable that it would be one of your favorites, since it brought you into such a robust and rich genre for the very first time," says Moriarty."

Final Fantasy VII is a great game.  The fact that it tries so hard to appeal to "non-JRPGers" with it's stereotypical characters and flashier graphics doesn't change that.   However, Final Fantasy VI is arguably better and most of the combat system in FFVII was copy-paste code from VI.

btw:
"Final Fantasy VII's gameplay is perhaps more focused than its narrative. The game employs turn-based battles with random encounters like most RPGs released up to this point, although Final Fantasy VII does move at a faster pace due to its active turn-based combat, which means while your main hero is waiting for a turn, other characters are acting. This speeds the battle process, which could be considered a mercy since there are a lot of random battles in Final Fantasy VII."

well...Chrono Trigger had that.  So did Final Fantasy VI  if memory serves.  That undermines their  credibility when supposed gaming experts act like active  turn based combat is a new addition with FFVII.

Great game, decent story pretty good magic system and great with limit breaks.

Overrated?

Yes

And this thread is concluded with the very first reply

Yes, this board is very anti-FF7. Extreme hate nearly across the board.

lt is no more overrated than Ocarina of Time is which was only rated as highly as it was because it was made by Nintendo and reviewed at a time when Nintendo had to have a big score to show the N64 wasn't totally worthless. Actually, FFVII-XII and MGS 1-4 and some of the GTA games including IV are all better games than TLOZOOT and the subsequent Zeldas.

What the hell does Zelda have to do with this topic?

@khuutra the fact that it was acompeting fantasy title from the same era that was even more overrated.

....This topic is not about Zelda.

This topic is about Final Fantasy VII.

There was already a topic for Ocarina of Time.  You wanna talk about it, go find that one.

yep. my best FF are VI and X.