Wed 28 Jun 2006
12:50 pm
Does anyone have a game that they’ll defend to the death against anyone, they just love it that much? I do, and that game is Final Fantasy 7.
I don’t care about how bad the graphics are now (recall that they were state of the art at the time), how antiquated the battle system seems in comparison to games like FFX, FFX-2, and FFXI (which I have not and will not play, btw), how MIDI-ish the music sounds (I love the music!), or that there’s no voice acting. Final Fantasy 7 is just, overall, a kickass game, and it, to an extent, revolutionized RPGing for consoles.
The reason I bring this up is because I was sitting at Candice’s house last night with her and Mangas, racing chocobos to get GP to go to the Battle Square and get BP to get Omnislash (I know…I know.) and Mangas, who has indeed played FF7, was teasing me about how bad the graphics and sound were (like it’s my fault, right?). And Candice and I automatically went on the defensive - like someone had personally assaulted our personality.
Does anyone else have a game like that? Cuz, I mean, I’ll defend FF8 and FFX to an extent, but FF7 I’ll argue with people over hours at a time. FF7 got me into Final Fantasy and RPG’s as a whole, and essentially changed the entire direction of my life (or else I’d have probably gotten that Naval Academy appointment I wanted, but you know, I was too busy playing Final Fantasy 7 to care about homework).
Another one is Bust-a-Move. I don’t care how crappy an arcade game it was, it’s AWSOME. And there’s no way you can talk me out of it.
But yes, that’s my question - what game do you love to the point that you’ll defend it to someone who isn’t going to be convinced? It could just be an awsome game, or it could be the game that got you INTO gaming, or it could be something that just amuses you, or it could be a combination of graphics, sound, storyline…whatever. Which one?
(Tasha certainly likes asking questions, doesn’t she?)
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June 28th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
You like FFVII!? Bwuaahahaha *holding sides* Nah, I’m f*ckin’ with ya. It’s a great game. I didn’t get into the series ’til FFX which I’ll fight tooth and nail to defend. Actually my top choice would be FF Tactics Advance. I’ve logged 109 hours into that game. Never gets old. The Lotion has spoken!
June 28th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
I would say a game I defend a lot is Shadow of the Colossus. People are always bagging on the controls and graphics but that game is amazing. It does have some problems but most of the time it is because the person didn’t take the time to really learn the controls. I feel old now, the first RPG I ever played was Dragon Warrior for NES. I also love FF7 in fact I skipped two whole days of Junior High to play that game.
June 28th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Any game I like that someone else doesn’t. But then again, I’m naturally argumentative.
June 29th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 40 is absolutely a game that I will defend from here to eternity. Best. Military. Shooter. Ever.
July 5th, 2006 at 7:52 am
LOL. I played Shining Tears through almost twice. Loved the game despite the faults. It really is one of the crappiest entries in the Shining universe, but I still loved playing it and will hold on to it forever.
Makai Kingdom is arguably NIS’ worst title, but it is my favorite, even over Disgaea.
Man I know I love me some other crappy games, but I can’t think of them right now.
On FFVII, man that game still to this day has one of the most inventive battle systems for an RPG, though I hear 12 has redefined the RPG experience, so I can’t wait for that. The materia combos are truly awesome. I played the game mostly for that aspect. It’s funny, I usually play RPGs for the battle system, not the story…