final Fantasy 7

[Melkane]

On the contrary I did finish FF7 and did in fact beat the weapons. I've played every Final Fantasy except I and II and have beat all 3D Final Fantasies except XII and X-2. One of these days I plan on setting down and extensively playing XII..too many damn games to play.

..and FF7 is far more linear than KotOR. Yeah you could roam around the world a little more, but FF7 free roaming is but an illusion there is but ultimately one path, but KotOR offered branching storyline decisions, multiple endings based on different choices you chose to make. Nearly every conversation you got into, every event in the game allows you to make a choice of what to do that effects the overall game. Depth wise I mentioned side characters like HK-47 and Jolee Bindo, these were side characters that were not really needed for the main storyline and yet they had more depth to them than the main characters of FF7. You can easily compare KotOR to FF7 because they are both story driven, fairly linear RPGs. Full fledged Western RPGs likes Oblivion and Morrowind however are not so much about the preset storyline as they are about the player making their own place in that world, you can play those games for a hundred hours and not touch the main storyline. They are the prime examples of non-linear games which is why I have not mentioned them. KotOR is more closely like japanese RPGs in terms of element priority.

I get rather tired of seeing FF7 being the flagship RPG title , when you could have easily replaced it with any other 3D RPG of that gen and it would have done just as well. I guarantee you if FF8 had come out in place of FF7, FF8 would be proclaimed the best RPG of all time. FF7 is popular for the reasons I stated before. Hell I'd say if FF7 had came out with traditional 2D graphics it would be mostly forgotten as most of the first half of the series is.

You know what was a great Playstation RPG, hell it was Square made as well and one of my favorite games. Vagrant Story. now that is a great RPG with a very well told storyline.

[JaMakin07]

ff7 was awesome, but oblivion is just on a different level

[Spoken Word]

It's all relative. We can argue until the sun comes down but it's all a matter of opinion.
I've enjoyed every single one of the games we've mentioned. I understand what you mean by 7 being overrated. people need to let it go.
i say that now but i'll squeal like a school girl if they re-make it, PS3 style lol.

damn, you all got me wanting to play RPG's now.:jointsmile:

[dannyboy420]

I knew this thread would get people riled up.

[IanCurtisWishlist]

ah final fantasy 7. it reminds me of being 13 years old, no life, no social skills, just me breeding the golden chocobo to get the nights of the round materia. ahhhhhhhhhhhh. fuck emerald weapon i can never beat it.