11-25-2005, 12:42 AM
Yeah, just about everyone I've talked to online has been notably anti-Aeris. I'd go as far to say 90% of them are.
Regardless, skip FFVII anyway. It's not very good. The only thing it might have a strong claim to is total atmosphere.
PLOT: Good. By Final Fantasy standards, it's average. Final Fantasy X definitely pwn3d it plot-wise. By total RPG standards, it's actually above-average, though Tales of Symphonia definitely toasts it.
GRAPHICS: Incredible...for their time. I love how people always want to tout the graphics of an old video game as "remarkable for it's time", as if that's a good thing. It was a good thing in 1995 (or whenever it came out), but now, there's bigger and better graphics. Polygons aren't like sprites. Sprites are awesome, no matter how old they are. Polygons just get icky when you're spoiled by better graphics.
MATERIA SYSTEM: Meh, it was cool. It added plenty of variety. Though, again, FFX completely toasts FFVII here. The Sphere Grid was pure genius.
CHARACTER DEPTH: Horrid. Sephiroth is just an evil guy with a big sword. Cloud is just a confused guy with mental problems. Tifa is a martial artist hyped on herbs. The only characters that had some decent character work done with them were Vincent, Red XIII, and admittedly, Cloud. Cloud's was lame, though.
GAMEPLAY: Classic Final Fantasy style. What's to argue with?
Overall, from a scale of 1-10, this game gets a 9. FFX gets a 9.9, while Tales of Symphonia gets a 9.7.
On a sidenote, Super Mario RPG gets a 10.
Regardless, skip FFVII anyway. It's not very good. The only thing it might have a strong claim to is total atmosphere.
PLOT: Good. By Final Fantasy standards, it's average. Final Fantasy X definitely pwn3d it plot-wise. By total RPG standards, it's actually above-average, though Tales of Symphonia definitely toasts it.
GRAPHICS: Incredible...for their time. I love how people always want to tout the graphics of an old video game as "remarkable for it's time", as if that's a good thing. It was a good thing in 1995 (or whenever it came out), but now, there's bigger and better graphics. Polygons aren't like sprites. Sprites are awesome, no matter how old they are. Polygons just get icky when you're spoiled by better graphics.
MATERIA SYSTEM: Meh, it was cool. It added plenty of variety. Though, again, FFX completely toasts FFVII here. The Sphere Grid was pure genius.
CHARACTER DEPTH: Horrid. Sephiroth is just an evil guy with a big sword. Cloud is just a confused guy with mental problems. Tifa is a martial artist hyped on herbs. The only characters that had some decent character work done with them were Vincent, Red XIII, and admittedly, Cloud. Cloud's was lame, though.
GAMEPLAY: Classic Final Fantasy style. What's to argue with?
Overall, from a scale of 1-10, this game gets a 9. FFX gets a 9.9, while Tales of Symphonia gets a 9.7.
On a sidenote, Super Mario RPG gets a 10.
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