Did you think Final Fantasy 7 was the best Jrpg ever at release or was it meh?

ff 7 is awesome but for some reason I liked ff 6 even more.

kriggy

Could have something to do with the fact that FF6 is an incredible game.

[QUOTE="kriggy"]

ff 7 is awesome but for some reason I liked ff 6 even more.

turtlethetaffer

Could have something to do with the fact that FF6 is an incredible game.

Ff7 didn't really amaze me when I first played it but I was to young to appreciate it being only 11 or so however when I came back to it a couple of years later I just loved it great story and characters well designed and artistic game world nice side quests here and there the material system was actual pretty good I though and the atb battle system in general was good my only question is this.... When ur in nibilheim and u defeat that fella who's name escapes me he ends up getting run. Over by a van always have wondered why?? Just made no sense!!Keepitoldschool

[QUOTE="Keepitoldschool"]Ff7 didn't really amaze me when I first played it but I was to young to appreciate it being only 11 or so however when I came back to it a couple of years later I just loved it great story and characters well designed and artistic game world nice side quests here and there the material system was actual pretty good I though and the atb battle system in general was good my only question is this.... When ur in nibilheim and u defeat that fella who's name escapes me he ends up getting run. Over by a van always have wondered why?? Just made no sense!!Shockwave-DASH

[QUOTE="Shockwave-DASH"][QUOTE="Keepitoldschool"]Ff7 didn't really amaze me when I first played it but I was to young to appreciate it being only 11 or so however when I came back to it a couple of years later I just loved it great story and characters well designed and artistic game world nice side quests here and there the material system was actual pretty good I though and the atb battle system in general was good my only question is this.... When ur in nibilheim and u defeat that fella who's name escapes me he ends up getting run. Over by a van always have wondered why?? Just made no sense!!Keepitoldschool

It was the best JRPG the year it came out, and it basically set the standards for role playing games in general for the Ps1.

That being said I think the game is overrated, but a lot of fun. I think FFIX, Chrono Cross, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Vagrant Story are much better games from Squaresoft for the Ps1.

Played it last summer but it's not on my top list.

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

There was no such thing as a "JRPG" when Final Fantasy VII released. Back then it was called a "console RPG".

Either way, when I first played FF VII back in 1997, in all honesty, I thought it was the best video game (RPG or not) I had ever played up until that time...

Shockwave-DASH

[QUOTE="Shockwave-DASH"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

There was no such thing as a "JRPG" when Final Fantasy VII released. Back then it was called a "console RPG".

Either way, when I first played FF VII back in 1997, in all honesty, I thought it was the best video game (RPG or not) I had ever played up until that time...

Jag85

i liked 9 better none the less 7 was great just as good as people make it out to be

I bought it maybe six months after release and it blew me away. Sole reason I bought a PSOne, and I was not disappointed. At the time, yes I thought it was the best jrpg ever and I still would keep it in my top 5. Just a great story, graphics (for the time), music and lots of content.

[QUOTE="Shockwave-DASH"]Now, I got Final Fantasy 7 when it came out, and I have to say, they actually artificially added to its popularity but not releasing all games in the U.S. and skipping games until more note worthy changes were present. The jump form 1, 2, to 3, then to 7 was a genius and and backfire type move, but the latter didn't happen till later so let's stay in the time period. For one, when Final Fantasy 7 released I didn't find it impressive at all because I played tons of game and Jrpgs before it that did a lot of what it did better. Also after. It just had too many things wrong, bad graphics in many areas where there was no excuse, dragging, and a bunch of other issues but this isn't an essay thread so just state your mind. Did you think Final Fantasy VII was the best Jrpg available when it was released? (Including the same and other/older consoles as well that gen and before.)Garysafc25

FF9 beat FF7, so...

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="Shockwave-DASH"] No the term did exist, even in japan. Which basically separated them already at that point.Shockwave-DASH

Remember that Western RPGs were pretty much non-existent for most Japanese gamers until just a few years ago (despite the popularity of Western RPGs among Japanese PC gamers during the early-mid 80s), so there was never any need to make any such distinction in the first place. To Japanese gamers, Japanese RPGs are called just RPGs, while Western RPGs would be referred to as foreign RPGs or American RPGs.

beat that game i don't know how many times

best game ever