[quote name='Stargun007']And so the fanboys are released! You know, Square could make a Final Fantasy game that gives you a blowjob at the end of every random battle, and you'd still complain that it's not as good as VI. I am so sick about hearing how it's the pinnacle of the series and everything else sucks. Was VI an excellent game? Hell yes. Was VII an excellent game? Hell yes. Was X an excellent game? Yes. Square's RPGs have all been fairly high caliber. Maybe some are better than others, but they're all still better than 90% of the other games out there.
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Yeah, FFX had a pretty depressing ending. I think that's why I didn't like it too much. X-2 was awesome, though.[/quote]
I don't think FF7 wasn't really excellent in the grand scheme of FFs. It opened the series up to the mainstream, for better or worse, but it's plot was weak to the point of needing an iron lung and the battle system wasn't all that great either. Any game where you have a move that completely unbalances the whole rest of the game isn't very good from a technical standpoint. Frankly, if the game that became FF8 had been released first no one would mention FF7 at all when discussing best of the series.