FF7 - over-rated or under-rated?

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What do you say. Over-rated or under-rated?

I say under-rated if i'm talking about how people feel about it. I hate any negative critisism this game gets because it's Square's best game, and imo the best game ever made. I hate the way Nintendo fans (mostly Nintendo fans anyway..) say Zelda is better than Final Fantasy 7. When Zelda is one of the most boring, repetative games i've ever laid eyes on. It's like this.... Nintendo had a flagship title, namely Mario, the whole Princess gets stolen, then someone saves her and there's a big bad boss. That worked a treat and mario sold out everywhere. And it's basically the same with Zelda but with different characters. Let me show you in a table:

Mario >> Link
Princess Peach >> Zelda
Bowser >> Gannon
Yoshi/Luigi >> Navi (and some other character i forgot)

And the storylines are extremely similar.

Now compare these storylines to Final Fantasy 7's. There's no competition. Final Fantasy 7 is about :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII

best to check that for the storyline, because it's so big and complex. So when people say Zelda is better it annoys me, because Zelda and Mario for that matter are simple games. They are also not even RPG's. There's no health. stats etc. You can't level up. You stay doing a repetative thing for the whole game. FF7 can lead you on a huge different path through the game. Plus, Final Fantasy is a MUCH BIGGER GAME. So if you buy Final Fantasy, you're definately getting your moneys worth out of the gameplay.


But you see what i mean? Anyway i'll stop being a fan-boy and let you decide.Is Final Fantasy 7 over-rated or under-rated?
 
your a very brave man shyne because most fan boys of other ff games will say its over rated while most fan boys of ff VII will say its under rated.

Well it was good knowing you.

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Kentaro said:
your a very brave man shyne because most fan boys of other ff games will say its over rated while most fan boys of ff VII will say its under rated.

Well it was good knowing you.

*Teleports out of this thread*
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lol :P i'm not brave, i'm stupid. But i think this forum is great in that we all like Final Fantasy so i can't see anyone falling out with me too badly...

*ducks before someone hits me*
 
I wouldn't say it is over-rated but would definitely say it is not underrated. Quite a lot of the time when I see peoples top 10 lists on various sites, FFVII is always somewhere at the top.
 
JustDaz said:
I wouldn't say it is over-rated but would definitely say it is not underrated. Quite a lot of the time when I see peoples top 10 lists on various sites, FFVII is always somewhere at the top.
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yeah thats right. I kinda worded it wrong. I ment that it's under-rated by Zelda fans and the like. I definately don't think it's over-rated though, even though it is the best Final Fantasy i'd say...
 
I believe that most negitive comments on FF7 are from people who want to be "different."
And if you ask me, the game's under-rated.
 
Under rated? Far from it. I don't see how it is under rated. The game deserves credit for being good and all, but it's got way too much attention. You hate any negative comments made about it? Well deal with them. FFVII isn't going to appeal to everybody.
 
Excuse me, but I didn't say I hated negitive comments, it's quite obvious that everything is going some negitive opinions. I'm just saying, that being different could be a motive of negitive opinions. It's my theory, just saying.
 
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..The comment was directed at the thread starter thank you. Even though I didn't mention his name, you would have seen in the first post he didn't like any negative comments. If I wanted to direct it at you, I would have said so.
 
Judge Rulia said:
Under rated? Far from it. I don't see how it is under rated. The game deserves credit for being good and all, but it's got way too much attention. You hate any negative comments made about it? Well deal with them. FFVII isn't going to appeal to everybody.
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I explained in my last post what i ment by under-rated, and about the negative comments, most of the time people leave them without backing them up. When i argue for a Final Fantasy game, i always argue with facts and back up what i'm saying. What i ment was, i hate people saying: ''FF7 is crap''.......and leaving it at that. I said why Final Fantasy 7 was better than Zelda and gave points :) You know what i mean..
 
Eh, I understand. Kinda peed me off when people did this with FFXII ;p
 
FFVII will never be under-rated. Regardless of some of the negative comments it gets from various people, there's more people that love it, so just cause it has some people that don't care for it, doesn't mean it's under-rated.

Now, when talking about fanboys, and people who have negative comments towards VII, things can be a little different from person to person, and there are certain people who dislike VII that I have no respect for, because they dislike it for the wrong reasons which are:

1.) "It's too popular. People talk about it too much, I'm sick of hearing about it"

2.) The person likes another FF more, and thinks that particular FF should get more praise than VII, so they purposely start nitpicking at VII fans and VII itself to make themselves feel better.

3.) "The graphics look really weird, and I couldn't play it" - Never talk to someone who says anything remotely close to this again.

The one and only reason someone can say something negative about VII and still be taken seriously from me is a simple one. You've played VII, and you just truly don't like it. You gave it a chance, you tried, and you just don't care for it, based on VII itself, without judging fanboys, popularity, etc..

So anyway, does it really matter? Someone obviously loves VII out there xD Otherwise it wouldn't get so much attention paid to it. That's why when I hear any negative comments anyway I just don't care. I love it, and that's all that matters. Under-rated? Never.
 
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Nice post. My cousin said he prefers FF8 to FF7 because of graphics and i couldn't get through to him that FF7 is a better game, the storyline and gameplay is better. But i think he just likes better graphical games. That being said, FF7 had fantastic graphics in it's day and the CGI was top notch. Even now the graphics look nice enough to play, but i'd love a release of Final Fantasy, just with the graphics bumped up. It'd be beautiful whilst retaining the type of gameplay that X and X-2 didn't deliver.
 
Kentaro had it right on the money, this game is overrated completely.

Pretty much the whole fanbase of the entire FFVII Compilation depends on the fanboys/fangirls of Sephiroth and Cloud. Then CloudxTifa/CloudxAerith. If those people didn't exist, then this games success would have been minimal. How can this game be underrated? Every FF forum or video game forum, or website (whatever), you see people bowing down to the 'greatness' known as FFVII (but I refer to it as a mediocre game with little to offer).

Overrated, for sure.
 
ffvii has the longest part of a wiki dedicated to "Story" of any rpg ever. Case closed
 
IMO its over rated. As comparing it to Zelda, I dont see how people can because they are 2 completely different genres. 7 is over rated to me because its just been milked so much and everyone sees it as the best Final Fantasy of all time. Fair enough, think that, but IMO its isnt the best FF and it isnt the best game overall.
 
I would say that the game is both under-rated and over-rated at times.. FFVII was like a huge breakthrough, and even though it is an older game it is still very popular and gets a lot of publicity. It's the first Final Fantasy game to have a movie made out of it, and it's got the most sequels
 
Under-Appreciated.

I agree that the game gets a lot of fanboys that just whore over one character... and that does get very old. In that way, each character is typically over-rated... but not to everyone. It's usually just one character for one person. But I say it's under-rated as a whole because most people don't take the time to understand it's plot and depth in the way that it should be understood. It's very very rare to find someone who has a great understanding of the details of the characters and plot. Most people just whore over a single character and that doesn't do a service to the game. It just detracts from the overall package.
 
neither. the fact that this game is owned and loved by millions of ppl in different countries all over the world speaks for itself
 
Eh, Final Fantasy VII is probably a bit overrated. Make no mistake--the game is very good--but it isn't overwhelmingly amazing. It gets extra attention with it being the first Final Fantasy game to grace the more modern consoles.

There's absolutely no way that game is underrated.
 
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