I always thought that Final Fantasy VII was the most popular FF in the series. Everybody praised it, calling it one of the best video games of all time. When most people think of Final Fantasy, they think of 7, right? It's definitely been getting the most attention. But now I'm suddenly hearing that a lot of FF fans hate 7? WHAT!? When did this happen? What's with the sudden FFVII hate, I thought people loved 7. I don't understand.

Anything that becomes too popular becomes a victim of hatred from fans of a series. The same is true for FF7.

I think what it stems from is that to the outside world FF7 is probably the one that people think about and so some fans hiss at FF7 because they believe that other FF's deserve just as much attention as the FF7 game and spin offs.

It's also pretty much the fault of the spin offs as well. I believe Square made a mistake in focusing their efforts on making loads of FF7 games, films, anime and other stuff rather than giving some time towards other games too. The spin-offs have spawned a whole coach load of new fans as well, a lot of which hadn't played the original FF7 game but still consider it their favourite. So this annoys a lot of general FF fans who don't consider these newbies as proper FF fans, or proper FF7 fans at least. It sort of leads on to how some people see liking FF7 as a blind, thoughtless choice, and that you are just conforming to the masses etc. Which isn't always true at all.

Basically the more that they milk FF7, the more fans will grow irritated by FF7's popularity, and this can sometimes ruin their appetite for the game. This sometimes leads to hate and people start to preach against FF7. I've seen it happen a hell of a lot on here.

So that is essentially what has happened. That, and also that some people just genuinely dislike the game. However it is mostly just down to people being fed up with how popular it is. Quite a few people do things like that as it is seen as breaking the norm, being different, standing out etc. It's sometimes a subconscious thing.

If a lot of the haters let themselves enjoy it I'm sure they could, they just feel too angry to let themselves as now it is so much harder for them to play FF7 without trying to compare it with the other games and looking for every possible flaw in order to say "ha! THIS got made into a movie, why couldn't my favourite game which was perfect?" etc etc.


I don't hate FF7. Personally it is one of my favourites (FFVI and VII joint first place in my mind), but I personally don't care as much for some of the spin-offs. However, I don't let this affect my judgement of the original game. Personally I don't see the logic in writing the game off and spoiling it for me forever. Sadly so many other people do, which leaves a bad taste in their mouths regarding FF7.


That's what I think happened to it, from what I've observed.

Yeah. It may sound strange. But it's true. Some people dislike VII.

When something is hyped up so much, you really expected it to be great and wonderful.
And when you finally start to begin to play and realize that the graphics are not that flash or there is spelling mistakes in the character's speech bubbles. You would probably think.
WTF ? How is this game so great ??

But also think that the game's confusing storyline and not really explaining a few things clearly can leave some players lost and confused. Like the whole Sephiroth > Jenova debate. Who controls who ?, who is the real villain ? Who is the voice inside Cloud ??
How the heck did Nibelheim burn down and then have people say that it's not burnt down by it's villagers and then actually finding out that Cloud didn't lie & Nibelheim DID burn down..

Think the un-clear storyline can leave people confused and disliking the game.
Also heard that somebody disliked VII because of the stereotypical characters.

We have the cold & emotionless Hero
The tough chick that struggles to win over the heart of the hero
The innocent and somewhat naive girl
Animal that can speak and shocks everybody when he speaks
Dark skinned character that speaks in a ''Gangster " like tone
The silent guy who hardly says anything and stands by the corner
The annoying hyperactive girl
The cute & adorable animal
And the random comic relief - Cid who drives a Airship.

Think those characters may be stereotyped today. But back in 1997 these characters were so original and just wow. They were amazing. But not everybody feels that way.
Espically if you watched or knew anime or read manga before playing..

Love Final Fantasy VII because of nostalgic reasons and childhood memories.
But really dislike Advent Children and last Order, because of the random changes.
Crisis Core. Can't judge haven't played. xD

But also think alot of people dislike VII because of the chibi anime style graphics and lego hands and feet. With players being spoiled with today's wonderful technology they may look down upon VII's badly aged graphics. Like dirt.

Well, I'll admit that I don't like FFVII much. It is probably because I was expecting for something really great (after hearing for years how great the games is) and was disappointed. Even though I know that my "dislike" for the game may have grown from the disappointment, I want to believe that I am not a victim of this psychological trick.

Overall, I hate only one thing about the game: It is too famous and the other FFs look lame compared to it, even though most of them are great.

The reason I dislike this game is because I didn't really enjoyed it much.
It really has a great upgrading system, battle system and characters, but I personally didn't like the plot. And that is what ruined everything for me.
I really liked the beginning, but it became boring somewhere in the middle.
It had a few more nice parts since then, but somehow I didn't enjoy them enough.

While I can honestly say that the game has many good points and maybe even great, I can't say that I liked it. For example, it is better than FFI but I liked FFI more. It is just like that.

So basically, people hate 7 because they're jealous?

Unfortunately, I think it's almost become an internet trend to 'controversially' claim that FFVII is bad, and not say, one of the best games ever made. As far as I'm concerned, the game was, and still is exceptional, on every level – and despite being over ten years old it still shames most next-gen games. When a game becomes so successful and receives so much praise though, as FFVII has, you'll always get some people trying to work the fan-boys up into an angry frenzy by saying stuff like; the characters sucked and Sephiroth was a douche-bag, that's one of the most common attacks I've seen on FFVII. That said, some people genuinely disliked the game. For every ten people that loved the characters and the narrative, you'll always get at least one who hated them. For me though, FFVII was an utterly unique and engaging experience. But yeah, the game isn't to everyone's taste, and I think most people's annoyance stems from the fact that they think FFVII is overrated, and doesn't deserve the adulation it receives. That's my hypothesis.

Most people who hate FFVII haven't really given it a chance and listen to what other cynical assholes are telling them. D:<

I know that, but I'm just saying a lot of people really don't form their own opinions about Final Fantasy VII because they see all these fanboys/fangirls making the whole series look extremely retarded with their fanfics and awful fan-art. I don't blame them, but I think a lot more people would like FFVII if they actually played it.