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Topic	Jeremy Parish ranks the Final Fantasy games
Jeff Zero 12/19/17 10:07:45 PM #29:	iiicon posted... Jeff Zero posted... Oh nevermind he just has a horrible opinion of it lol By far the biggest game in the franchise in terms of its cultural footprint, Final Fantasy 7 exploded the series from cult favorite to global blockbuster. Ironically, the things that made it so popular 20 years ago are the ones that make it feel so profoundly dated today. Its nearly seamless blend of real-time polygons, pre-rendered backgrounds and computer-generated cutscene footage represented a brilliant example of game developers harnessing technology in new ways to blur the line between games and cinema (with far greater elegance and substance than the "Siliwood" movement of the early 90s). Yet those elements feel clumsy and intrusive now, leaving FF7 with some of the ugliest visuals and shallowest game mechanics in the series' history. The flexible Materia skill system was done better by the games on either side of FF7, and the flashy monster summons fail to dazzle today; they're just drawn-out and dull. No, what makes FF7 worth revisiting today is its ambitious story and character development. Although its convolutions are poorly served by the localization, FF7 makes some gutsy choices for its memorable cast. Protagonist Cloud Strife demonstrates a whole lot more personality and growth than the series' expanded universe works would have you believe, and the villainous Sephiroth cuts an imposing figure even as the narrative drops hints that he's more a pawn than a mastermind. I'm curious to see how the upcoming episodic remake processes and reinvents this landmark work in a best-case scenario, it'll revitalize the game's best parts without losing the essence that made the whole thing so beloved in the first place. how awful I applaud the second paragraph but nah. The visuals are still some of my favorites and the materia system is still my #1 customization system in the series. Parish is is a good writer though, and I can respectfully disagree with him on his ranking. But the beauty of my occasional traipses to Board 8 is that this place is so frakking extra that I can shift gears from my conventional, "I'm actually going to type meaningful sentences and offer legitimate critique" self and boyishly dismiss entire articles in barely a single sentence instead. --- http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Babylon5/babylon5-animated-gif-8.gif http://i.imgur.com/iqEc2Wk.gifv <cite>Jeff Zero posted [p:892537655] in Jeremy Par... [t:76117236]...</cite> <quote><cite>iiicon posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Jeff Zero posted...</cite> <quote>Oh nevermind he just has a horrible opinion of it lol</quote> <quote>By far the biggest game in the franchise in terms of its cultural footprint, Final Fantasy 7 exploded the series from cult favorite to global blockbuster. Ironically, the things that made it so popular 20 years ago are the ones that make it feel so profoundly dated today. Its nearly seamless blend of real-time polygons, pre-rendered backgrounds and computer-generated cutscene footage represented a brilliant example of game developers harnessing technology in new ways to blur the line between games and cinema (with far greater elegance and substance than the "Siliwood" movement of the early 90s). Yet those elements feel clumsy and intrusive now, leaving FF7 with some of the ugliest visuals and shallowest game mechanics in the series' history. The flexible Materia skill system was done better by the games on either side of FF7, and the flashy monster summons fail to dazzle today; they're just drawn-out and dull. No, what makes FF7 worth revisiting today is its ambitious story and character development. Although its convolutions are poorly served by the localization, FF7 makes some gutsy choices for its memorable cast. Protagonist Cloud Strife demonstrates a whole lot more personality and growth than the series' expanded universe works would have you believe, and the villainous Sephiroth cuts an imposing figure even as the narrative drops hints that he's more a pawn than a mastermind. I'm curious to see how the upcoming episodic remake processes and reinvents this landmark work in a best-case scenario, it'll revitalize the game's best parts without losing the essence that made the whole thing so beloved in the first place.</quote> how awful</quote> I applaud the second paragraph but nah. The visuals are still some of my favorites and the materia system is still my #1 customization system in the series. Parish is is a good writer though, and I can respectfully disagree with him on his ranking. But the beauty of my occasional traipses to Board 8 is that this place is so frakking extra that I can shift gears from my conventional, "I'm actually going to type meaningful sentences and offer legitimate critique" self and boyishly dismiss entire articles in barely a single sentence instead. --- http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Babylon5/babylon5-animated-gif-8.gif http://i.imgur.com/iqEc2Wk.gifv</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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