So I Just got Final Fantasy III... wot now? - Page 2

07-04-2005, 02:58 PM

Case in point: ^

CrimsonBlue · 07-04-2005, 11:20 PM

Well, anyone who talked like that about any game would be a freak...

sethsez · 07-05-2005, 08:19 AM

Agreed. But there are SO MANY who talk about FFVII like it's the second coming of Christ, and he's bringing free ice cream for everyone. There does come a point where people who just liked the game step back and go "okay, calm down everyone."

CrimsonBlue · 07-05-2005, 09:03 AM

That's very true. The game's been drastically overexposed and no games could ever live up to the hype that FFVII have gotten through the years. You're bound to be dissapointed if you expect it to be sliced bread part two. I hadn't played any console rpg before I played FFVII, so I didn't know what to expect, I just heard it was supposed to be good.

sethsez · 07-05-2005, 09:29 AM

That might be another thing. For so many people, FFVII was the first console RPG they ever played, so it was this huge new thing (and admittedly, it is a fine example of the genre). In my case, I'd already played through the other three American-released Final Fantasy games (Mystic Quest and the FFL games don't count, but I played those, too), the first four Dragon Warriors, Chrono Trigger, Lufia I & II, Lunar I & II, Earthbound, the Phantasy Star series, Wild ARMs, and a myriad of others. If we include PC RPGs, it'd be too many to count. So when FFVII came out, for me it was a prettier, more fleshed-out version of what I'd already seen before. I preordered it months in advance, started playing it the day it came out and loved it, but a good deal of it was familiar to me already (especially Sephiroth, whose appeal has always eluded me). So I never quite got the hype, and I've always seen it as "the one that got big" rather than the best one.

Even though I still do love it, warts and all.

07-04-2005, 02:58 PM	#21
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	Case in point: ^

07-04-2005, 11:20 PM	#22
CrimsonBlue Senior Member Last Online: 05-09-2012 10:57 PM Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,167	Well, anyone who talked like that about any game would be a freak...

07-05-2005, 08:19 AM	#23
sethsez Senior Member Last Online: 03-22-2008 09:05 AM Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 622	Agreed. But there are SO MANY who talk about FFVII like it's the second coming of Christ, and he's bringing free ice cream for everyone. There does come a point where people who just liked the game step back and go "okay, calm down everyone."

07-05-2005, 09:03 AM	#24
CrimsonBlue Senior Member Last Online: 05-09-2012 10:57 PM Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,167	That's very true. The game's been drastically overexposed and no games could ever live up to the hype that FFVII have gotten through the years. You're bound to be dissapointed if you expect it to be sliced bread part two. I hadn't played any console rpg before I played FFVII, so I didn't know what to expect, I just heard it was supposed to be good.

07-05-2005, 09:29 AM	#25
sethsez Senior Member Last Online: 03-22-2008 09:05 AM Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 622	That might be another thing. For so many people, FFVII was the first console RPG they ever played, so it was this huge new thing (and admittedly, it is a fine example of the genre). In my case, I'd already played through the other three American-released Final Fantasy games (Mystic Quest and the FFL games don't count, but I played those, too), the first four Dragon Warriors, Chrono Trigger, Lufia I & II, Lunar I & II, Earthbound, the Phantasy Star series, Wild ARMs, and a myriad of others. If we include PC RPGs, it'd be too many to count. So when FFVII came out, for me it was a prettier, more fleshed-out version of what I'd already seen before. I preordered it months in advance, started playing it the day it came out and loved it, but a good deal of it was familiar to me already (especially Sephiroth, whose appeal has always eluded me). So I never quite got the hype, and I've always seen it as "the one that got big" rather than the best one. Even though I still do love it, warts and all.