Was LOD a complete rip off of FF7?

Well at first i said no but after many long boring discussions with my Friends i decided to post this one up. At first i would have said no and left it at that but my friend convinced me that this was a worth while discussion. My personal opinion on this is it shares aspects of ff7 but has it's own story line but looking back on it now they were very close to one and other. I just need some honest player feed back on the matter that way i can lie this one down to rest.

for people who don't know

LOD: legend of dragoon

FF7: final fantasy seven these were from the PlayStation one ERA.

You'll want to take this topic to General Games Discussion or the Legacy Platforms Board. SmashBrosLegend

That was a mistake sorry i was going to put it general but when i clicked back nothing happend and i went out of my room and thought it was on regular discussion my bad sorry every one.

no.... LOD production came way before ff7, but it would seem like it was to people who didnt know. FYI- LOD is my #2 game for PS1, I went back and beat it after a year of not playing it. It is an epic game, the soundtrack is WORTH 20 bucks. 52 tracks 130 average.. nice! awesome compositions. And the additions made the game imo... it wasnt mindless select-attack-defend-repeat