FF7 - over-rated or under-rated?

I've always felt VII was too hyped, but I can understand why it was as such. I mean everybody was excited about it at the time. It had a great story and good characters, and the story's context was well above it's genre for the time since it easily set the standard to what a good RPG should be like.

However with that said, VII isn't my favorite (VIII is simply because it's more realistic to me). I've played Zelda before as well, and honestly....it doesn't compare to any Final Fantasy game to my knowledge (at least when it comes to story). Just my opinion though.
 
This game is definitely not overrated that's for sure lol


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Where to begin...

The game isn't overrated because it certainly delivers.

-Excellent story
-An interesting cast of characters
-A user base friendly system
-A Hefty amount of gameplay and replayability

For it's time...

Even today it's hailed as one of the greatest RPG's of all time, but compare it to todays standard RPG it's considered sub par at best.

It's a wonderful game and it's one of my favorites. Square decided to capitalize on it's popularity and offer more from it's original story. Naturally we the gamer accepted their offerings without hesitation. With it's success Square decided to continue to capitalize on it's renown title.

With that said we now have four completely separate stories based on the original, and still there are more in development, and it seems to be losing its steam because now we're growing tired of being spoon fed the same thing, and with that in mind the games success and popularity it's being labeled overrated by most.

That's my thoughts.
 
I think Advent Children has made this game highly over rated.

Before, Final Fantasy VII was really just known by gamers. People thought the game was great, and they liked to discuss various theories regarding the game, but that was it.

Then AC came out, and people watched the movie after hearing the game was great. They claimed the movie was the greatest thing ever regardless if they even understood the story. Fangirls hailed Cloud as the hottest video game character and there was an explosion of god awful cosplays of Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, Yuffie, Aerith, and Vincent. Most of these people didn't even recognize people that cosplayed the characters from the original game.

Ugh and all the bootlegged merchandise that showed up at cons... You couldn't go to a single vendors table with out seeing something FFAC related.

Then some people tried to play the original game but then whined about the graphics and stopped quickly... but still claimed that FF7 was the greatest game ever.

So they moved on to FF10, and we got an explosion of god awful Yuna, Lulu, Rikku, Auron, Paine and sometime Tidus cosplayers...

So yes AC was bad for FF7

FF7 on it's own is a great game though.

 
I don’t think VII is overrated; I think it is a monumental game worthy of all the praise it has received.

Granted, games with better graphics have been released and compared to them the graphics of VII feel dated, but I think the graphics, outdated as they may be, still hold up quite well and the FMVs even more so. The graphical style of the game is very nicely done and still good to look at despite the game being over 10 years old. And taking into account it's age...I think it is rather unfair to criticize the game's graphics by using today's games as the standard. For their time, the graphics were jaw-dropping and among the best in the system.

Games with better sound quality have also been released, and ones which have used full orchestras in their soundtrack, unlike VII; which is not to say that their soundtracks are better than VII’s (I don’t think so), but that they have a fuller sound. But neither graphics nor sound alone are what make this game a masterpiece, it is in something that can be achieved apart from these things where VII truly excels and where it’s true charm lies: story, characters, pacing, game play, etc.

That’s where the magic is and after all these years this is basically all that remains and will remain of VII (unless there is a remake, in which case the graphics and sound would rise to new heights). These things are more than enough for it to soar head and shoulders above all others. New games may have better graphics and sound, but in my mind, they have yet to top VII in the other more important things.
 
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neither over rated nor under. people say its awesome and it is. no one says its perfect - because its not. that simple.
 
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FF7 is only overrated to people who haven't taken the time to play through it with a mind of it being more than a game. Because as just a game it lacks, but as an entertainment package its great.

A note slightly off, remake? Now that's hype.
 
FFVII is pretty overrated in my opinion, I'll admit the story and game play is pretty good but it kinda fell short of my expectations. With the way people were carrying on about it I thought I would be in for the best game of all time, but quite honestly it didn't compare to some of the other FF's I had played such as IX, X and VI.

 
I'll put it this way:

I came.
I played.
I enjoyed.

I expected nothing more than a decent game, and got what I asked for. Therefore, I was 100% satisfied.
 
Severily overrated IMO, VII is the first final fantasy I ever played, I stopped palying RPg's for 5 years before I found FFIX, which IMO was much more enjoyable, with it's witty humor, Extravagant storyline and better graphics.
 
If FF7 is overrated, then I'm a small chicken pie.

I first played it when I was 6, and I've bought it 4 times since. I'm going to let my kids play it, my grandkids play it, and I'm going to leave it in a box, with a PS1, so that far into the future, people will still know what a good RPG looks like. I love it that much.

ps. FF7 has a deeper storyline than any game I know of. It has hidden characters, hidden bosses, sidestories by the million. That's what I'd call extravagant.
 
Rydia said:
I think Advent Children has made this game highly over rated.

Before, Final Fantasy VII was really just known by gamers. People thought the game was great, and they liked to discuss various theories regarding the game, but that was it.

Then AC came out, and people watched the movie after hearing the game was great. They claimed the movie was the greatest thing ever regardless if they even understood the story. Fangirls hailed Cloud as the hottest video game character and there was an explosion of god awful cosplays of Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, Yuffie, Aerith, and Vincent. Most of these people didn't even recognize people that cosplayed the characters from the original game.

Ugh and all the bootlegged merchandise that showed up at cons... You couldn't go to a single vendors table with out seeing something FFAC related.

Then some people tried to play the original game but then whined about the graphics and stopped quickly... but still claimed that FF7 was the greatest game ever.

So they moved on to FF10, and we got an explosion of god awful Yuna, Lulu, Rikku, Auron, Paine and sometime Tidus cosplayers...

So yes AC was bad for FF7

FF7 on it's own is a great game though.
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I think Rydia here has got it right. I think FF7 has got alot of bad press lately because people are fed up with the emo'ish sequals and prequals that milk the original game beyond belief... On the other hand those same sequals have given birth to a new breed of FF fans, who love the sequals, but hate the original FF games. :rant:

It's realy sad that some people hold FF7 lower in their opinion because of this over-milking though. Final Fantasy 7 has one of the greatest sets of characters, story, side-story, mini-games, and music of any FF game...

I've said this plenty of times, and I will say it again.. In my opinion the best era for Final Fantasy was FF4-9. In this era the franchise was at its height with story, character development, gameplay elements, HUMOUR, and overall design.

So to say Final Fantasy 7 is overated.. In my opinion is a very sad thing for people to say, and my best advice would be to play the original game again (I have been cured from joining this sad viewpoint, by replaying the game this year and remembering just how good it is). Final Fantasy 7 is loved for a reason.

The only bad thing is that it now has a large new crowd jumping on the fanwagon, who don't know an awful lot about the original game, but love AC, Crisis Core and DoC... But realy, if these fans annoy you, and make you irritated with FF7, ignore them. Lock yourself in your room and play FF7 on your own. Then come back and tell them about Don Corneo, Bugenhagen, Red XIII, Barrett, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Reno and Rude, and all the light humoured parts of the game, and characters who don't all have silver hair and a big-ass sword, and they would be as confused as anything. "Uh... Sephiroth? Zack? Cloud? Who else exists in the FF7 universe!"
 
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FF7Guru said:
If FF7 is overrated, then I'm a small chicken pie.

I first played it when I was 6, and I've bought it 4 times since. I'm going to let my kids play it, my grandkids play it, and I'm going to leave it in a box, with a PS1, so that far into the future, people will still know what a good RPG looks like. I love it that much.

ps. FF7 has a deeper storyline than any game I know of. It has hidden characters, hidden bosses, sidestories by the million. That's what I'd call extravagant.
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*sigh*

FF7's storyline is decent. It's not the deepest ever, however. Hidden characters and bosses have been around forever. As far as sidequests go I thought FF7 was lacking.

It's a good game, but far from the best.
 
Aero Anguish said:
*sigh*

FF7's storyline is decent. It's not the deepest ever, however. Hidden characters and bosses have been around forever. As far as sidequests go I thought FF7 was lacking.

It's a good game, but far from the best.
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FF7 had lots of fun mini-games though.. The Submarine, motorbike, boxing, basketball, arm wrestle, mog game, snowboarding etc etc. And it had a theme park in which to replay them all AND much more in it.. I mean in what other FF's do you get a theme park with your own rollercoaster in it? Not to mention to fun of the chocobo racing...

As for sidequests, I wouldn't say they were lacking entirely. There were quite a few towards the end of the game, mainly defeating the Weapons, but also gaining the teams ultimate weapons and summons etc...

I think when people think so negatively of this game, to try and counter the hype of the sequals, they shamefully forget the good things that come from this game.
 
I don't think it is overrated...but I also can't say it is underrated either.

I mean there are SO MANY people nowadays that HATE FF7 (especially FF6 fans). If that is how they feel, I can't hate on them since I dislike many popular games too (Ocarina of Time, Bioshock, Gears of War...especially,etc.).

However, the people I can't stand are those that just say FF7 sucks because it is the cool thing to do. The poor graphics and emo characters arguments are so tiring.

Complain about the poor translation and the broken materia system, not because Cloud is emo....please. Of course even the poor translation argument isn't that strong. So many of my favorite NES games had ATROCIOUS translations.

I agree with the above posters about how the spin-offs have garnered some hatred toward the game though... I hate every spin-off except Crisis Core but that gives me no reason to hate the original game.
 
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The poor graphics and emo characters arguments are so tiring.
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I think those arguments are applied more to the sequals than the actual game. The real game wasn't emo at all.. But DoC, AC and a bit of Crisis Core was in many peoples eyes, and lacked many of the greatest elements from the original. But yeah, again how the spin-offs have made some ppl hate this game.
 
ff7 is part of gaming history to be honest, it is bar far the best in its genre and will be for years
 
torbonator said:
ff7 is part of gaming history to be honest, it is bar far the best in its genre and will be for years
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  • Gaming history is very recent, so any game released with that much effort would "make history".
  • That's an opinion that it's the best in the genre. I certainly don't agree.
 
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