Ash
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The character models of FF7 have aged poorly, and the game falls off after the first disc. When people think of "FF7", what they are really thinking of is the dieselpunk dystopia of disc 1. There is a reason why all of the FF7 franchise stuff focuses on Midgar. No one's favorite memory is of meandering around aimlessly in disc 2. Later JRPGs have both better aesthetics and a more uniformly good experience that lasts beyond just the intro arc. FF10, Xenoblade 1, Trails of Cold Steel, etc. I would hesitate to recommend any of the PS1 FFs as your very first JRPG since all three of them fall off after a few hours in, but if I had to pick one then it would have to be FF9 since it's good for two discs and it looks the best. To be clear, they're not bad and they are worth playing, but they are not the best representation of the genre to newcomers nowadays.
Contrarian asf lol. And lol @ the dumbed down, ugly, feminized FF10 rec instead. Rewrite history and reality some more would you?
For the record, Midgar is my least favorite part of the game, because the gameplay is in training wheels phase. I like:
Optional exotic locations with lots of secrets or cool side content like Wutai, Under the Sea exploration or Cosmo Canyon.
Temple of the Ancients, Great Glacier and Northern Crater are epic dungeons, all three have a shot at top ten dungeons of RPGs (western included).
Gold Saucer is a fricken small-scale theme park built into a video game, even if a lot of it sucks that's still wild, impressive and memorable.
To name a few.
Later FF7 media is completely irrelevant. They focus on Midgar for a variety of reasons, none of which says anything as to the quality of the other 85% of the game.
As usual it's a case of storyfaggots, weirdos and edgelords shitting things up, unable to comprehend what is reality.
Cryomancer said:I hate ANY game that forces me to play as a crossdressing dude with spyke hair and oversized sword. If FF7 had character creation, would be better.
Crossdressing...why are you taking that seriously? It's a silly quick section of the game handled humorously and does not try to make any statement of any kind. It's a fricken joke. Other equally cool media has done the same. This was back when you could make fun of the subject.
Highly suspicious you have even played the game.
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