fuzzylogik
Gawd
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That was a pretty intense moment for sure, but I found myself remembering a more intense moment of watery eyes and heart palpitations from witnessing the apparent suicide of Celes shortly after watching the world be utterly destroyed by Kefka and most people killed and cities ruined beyond recognition in FF6. FF7s attempt to tug at heat strings felt old-hat as Square had already brilliantly executed that emotional shock on audiences of the previous FFs. And lets not forget badass Tellah from FF4 who gave his own dammed life to cast one Spell (Meteo) to avenge his daughter. Then Galuf in FF5 who refused to die and fought the seemingly invincible Exdeath to a dammed standstill by himself to protect his granddaughter, going back to that scene makes me grin thinking about it. It was a jaw dropping moment of heroism and determination.
FF7 has the jump to 3D as its biggest trick under the hood, but if FF6 or FF5s world, story, and characters had been used instead, FF7s assets would look like a joke compared to the last two installments. My biggest irritation with FF7 is how many people praise it without knowing or experiencing the others to see 7s pathetic rehashing of 6s far better steam punk and technology/magic intermixing. And to say nothing of Sephiroth being treated like he was so cool, when he was a silly weakling of a villan, compared to Kefka or Exdeath, who both committed far more atrocities then one useless flower girl being killed.
FFVI (3 for SNES) is still by far my favorite. One of the few RPG's that i've played through several times - man that game is great.