FFVII is like the "Black Album" of JRPGs. It made a niche genre mainstream and acceptable. Was it the best? Hell no. Still, it was a damn important moment.
I'd put 7 ahead of 8 for the better story and better characters. The FF8 story was fine for the first disc, they then pulled that bullshit "crazy magic alternative dimension God did it" plot device that is just....genius. Same thing they did with FF9. Except in FF9 it only appeared right at the end so didn't do much to affect the story.
FF8 is still a brilliant game though. Characters that aren't angsty teenagers might've helped though.
7 is my favorite of the series. Always has been, and by the looks of what the series is now, it always will be. I enjoyed the characters, the plot, but most of all I loved the battle system. The limit break idea was just done perfectly in my opinion, and I liked the materia system. I don't hate 8 though. It has a fantastic soundtrack and, minus the junction and draw systems, I liked the combat. Hated the scaled enemies though. It took the reason for leveling away. I had issues with the plot too. The love story part was a bigger focus than I wanted it to be. Someone above listed the rest of my reasons, forgetting they grew up together, the Edea situation, etc. I still play it every now and then because I do like the game overall.
For me, ff8 had better mechanics, gameplay AND story vs ff7.
Plus Rinoa.
I actually really enjoyed FF6 xD but the last boss was a bit disappointing xD As was the ending in my opinion, not a bad game otherwise.
Pretty much this, 8 as a game would have been much better without the draw system.
Still to this day my favorite system was FF7's materia system, it made for allot of customization, you would always have to strategize and figure out if you wanted a more damaging weapon or would a weaker weapon with better materia slots work better for the situation, and hopefully you wouldn't make your weapon deal healing elemental damage to your enemy because you made a grave mistake in what linked materia to use.
This is the main reason why 7 is the one that some many people want a remake of in modern day graphics.
I recomend final Fantasy Legend 1 for the GameBoy, the final boss battle raises more questions then it answers...
Out of the 2 of them its 7, but 6 is best of all time.
Wish granted!
I loved FF7 never beat it got stuck on one of the discs it wouldn't load because Playstation sucks the disc was brand new with not one scratch. But the characters were so loveable which most the other Final Fantasy's failed to create. I could never get into 8 I didn't like the battle system and I know I will catch flak for this but gun blades? I mean really come on that shit is just stupid, I honestly gave it a shot and just could not get into it. They did recapture my love with Final Fantasy 9 I absolutely loved it, It was a tad to easy but great story and awesome characters. I was so excited over 10 then I played it wow never been so disappointed before in my whole life it was a terrible story and couldn't get into it at all. Then I hope 11 would change all that went to the game store to buy it and started talking to the salesmen and we were talking about the older games and he explained to me I would hate 11 because they changed the entire battle system at that point I gave up.
Sorry to get off topic I know we are only talking about 7 and 8 just had to let it all out.
Sadly the new remake of FF7 is supposed to have a different battle system and a different story line. This really scares me because there is a possibility that it will suck and just ruin it. I was just hoping it would be the same story same battle system with modern graphics and voices but I will give it a chance.
Does anyone know if the remake will be out for PC or only PS4 I hate console gaming but am considering buying one just to play it.
Oh and one last thing the side game in FF9 the card game was awesome. The soccer based game in 10 made me want to die.
I think both are essential plays.
I think that 7s remake will find its way to PC shortly after release on PS4. My hope is that the battle system will only be tweaks to the small errors in it from before. There were some instances where switching between who you wanted to attack with would be clunky and not go in a specific order properly, and I think some fixes to plot holes would be a great thing.
WE NEED MORE VINCENT!!!!!111one
Just as one last thing...... If they do not kill her off in this one I will burn the copy I buy, as sad as that momment is (one of the most tragic deaths in game history) it is so essential to the entire story.