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Johann on 12 April 2009

Popularity = Internet Hate. It makes you look "hip".

I used to make fun of FFVII. It was funny. Since I've started coming here, I've stopped. What's the point of hating on something if 30 people are going to agree with you?

The series is not that bad, nor is it that good. But have you seen how pahetic people look meeting each other halfway? Compromise is for pussies.



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Dinomax on 12 April 2009

I don't hate the series. I just hate how the series has evolved to playing itself while other RPG's don't get the credit they deserve for more immerse game play.



griffinA on 12 April 2009

Eh, i've had they chance to play a bunch of FF games and I can honestly say that they are not for me. I find the turn based gameplay used after FF4 to be way to complicated. I usually can't stand random encounters, especially if im traveling somewhere.

But hey that's me. There are some JRPGs that are my favorite games of all time. I just find FF to be average.



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Esa-Petteri on 12 April 2009

I think it has something to do with that the series went to ps1 instead of n64 which made ninty-fans butthurt and now ps-fans are butthurt because it is a multiplat. :P



rocketpig on 12 April 2009

I don't hate FF, I'm just sick and tired of the new games. The best thing going in the franchise right now IMO is the DS remakes.




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linkthe2nd on 12 April 2009

I've always found the FF series to be seriously mediocre in terms of story and gameplay. It has never really evolved from anything. (Except graphics)



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Pyramid Head on 12 April 2009

cus of the melodrama in the games

as a kid you can live with it, as an adult youre embarrassed you ever liked it



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Feylic on 12 April 2009
Pyramid Head said:
cus of the melodrama in the games

as a kid you can live with it, as an adult youre embarrassed you ever liked it

 

lol, you must not like many games anymore then.



GOONYDUDE on 12 April 2009
Xxain said:
I dont hate FF just blind FF fanboys who think FF > everything else

And I hate Blind Metal Gear fanboys who think MGS > everything else

Same goes goes for blind Halo fanboys who think Halo > everything else

This also includes blind Zelda fanboys who think Zelda > everything else

This can be said about any fanboys of a series not just Final Fantasy.



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amcdc79 on 12 April 2009
Quickdraw McGraw said:

I think equating "success" with "hate", while on the right track, is fundamentally wrong.

People don't hate the series because it is popular, they hate it because it is popular despite better alternatives being on the market. One can argue the quality of Final Fantasy titles in regards to its competition, as they can with any game.
However, it is very clear that other franchises, especially recently, have been successful in pushing the genre forward and drastically improving the formula Final Fantasy popularized, yet receive little credit past critical acclaim.

Another way to look at it involves brand name. It is, all subjectivity aside, quite obvious that Final Fantasy has brought the Japanese RPG to the mainstream audience, and in many ways created that genre.
Despite this, can the same be said for the recent Final Fantasy's? Have the recent installments in the series had the same innovation and quality that those before them did? That's debatable, and many find that they fall well short of their competition while simultaneously selling much better.

Agreed, many other better rpg's have been overlooked due to it's popularity.

Also FFVII single handedly sunk the Saturn and cemented the Playstation brand in that generation, had it been released on the Saturn instead, we would still be playing new games on a Sega console.

And all would be right in the world of gaming.

Am I bitter, damn right!

 



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