ya know I'm gonna sway from the croud a little bit, and say that I would much rather see a FFVIII remake then a FFVII remake. Call me a sucker for a love storey, but Final Fantasy VIII was much more emotionaly driven, and the gameplay was much funner. Interactive attacking, and Limit Breaks. Again call me a sucker for a love storey, but I think Final Fantasy 8 had much better story telling then Final Fantasy VII's overrated garbage. I loved the game and all, but take it from me (someone who has played through the game 13 times... yes 13 complete playthroughs)
I have played through 8 probably half of that (only becuase my copy was stolen by a stupid friend of a brothers(I think)... I just havn't go around to buying it again)
Final Fantasy 7's dialogue sounded more and more cliche' every time I played through, and got even that much more boreing to read (good dialogue just doesn't get boreing [Xenogears anyone?])
Sure the characters were great, but without good dialogue the character were just blah. Maybe if they redid some of the storyprogretion, and rewrote a lot of it, I would like it more, but it just didn't emotionaly capture me, like 8 did)
8's dialogue seemed much more down to earth, like reading an actual book, I don't know about anyone else, but I hate Novels that are fluffed with exaggerative words, that really are unneccesary( I'm not saying 7's was like such a novel, just makeing a point)
It also seemed more believable... which sounds crazy when I hear myself say this, but 8's storey seemed like fantasy mythology derived from a true to life story. the Characters were real, the emotion was real, and the music just helped to excel both of those. Btw, the music in FF8 was(is) just great. I'm listening to it right now. It really reminds me of old 80's artsy rock (it almost seems as if 80's genesis material was the music artists main inspiration) Listen to songs like "Force your way" which is played I believe when fighting most of the boss battles. The music is just so much more exciting, Even though the music is played off of cheap MIDI like quality, play some of those songs on 5.1 surround (the soundtrack ofcourse) and you'll swear your listening to an orchestra... (even though you know you arnt) it almost tricks you for a second. Even the most played song ("the battle music") is so energizeing (for me atleast).
Can you tell I enjoyed Final Fantasy 8? Well your right I did. Can you tell I really don't like Final Fantasy 7 as much as everyone else? Your right, I don't like it hardly at all actually. (used to)
I think it's one of the most highly overrated RPGS of all time. It just isn't that good. Turn based RPGs have to do something REALLY special for me to really stick with them.
heck the only reason why I played FF7 so much when I did, was becuase it was the only game I had for my PS for the longest time (so I was cheap... shoot me)
then I got XENOGEARS! :D Probably one of the greatest RPGs I've ever played :P
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