All of this talk about it being dead is extremely silly, too. It's been said for TWENTY YEARS.
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FrostyDoom Feb 12 1998, 1:00 am
Yeah, that's right. FFVII makes me sick. It breaks all rules of decency. The
arrogant use of FMV ruins the entire experience. Plot thickening sequences
should be done in generally the same graphical format as the game play.
Otherwise the game has no cohesion. The story is diluted by shallow characters
who don't reach the standards that good RPG characters should reach(especially
FF characters). The load time makes the transition between playing periods
less meaningful. The music doesn't bring forth the emotion that a good RPG
depends on. All of the previous FF games are better than this piece of trash.
Sony's game industry will never survive if it doesn't realize that the quality
lies in the content of the game itself, not the level of technology used.
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Enamel Feb 27 1997, 1:00 am
Square is by far my favorite company, but I have to say that I was worried
that the high budget and CD storage space might spoil them. It seems as
if the nightmare is coming true. I'm glad sales are going very
disappointingly in Japan because that may be enough of a knock to bring
Square back to their collective senses. Square thrived as a small company
on a budget. Now they are giant and are perhaps inevitably starting to
lose touch with what really made their games great, going for profit
instead. I just hope that these low sales can turn them around. It goes
to show that even the very best are not immune to greed. It's not that I
blame Square; I just hope for the best for them. About Enix: if Square
can't take the heat, you can bet Enix will fair even worse. Though maybe
Enix will be wise and take note of Square's failure with FF7 as they make
DQ7.
Sony, you may be able to buy off the very best companies in the business,
but you can't buy creativity, inspiration, or any of the real elements
that make Square games the best in the world. Sorry, Sony; there are just
some things even your kind of money cannot buy.
-Siegfried
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Katsunori Y. Mar 11 1999, 1:00 am
Squaresoft is DEAD. Thats all I can say. What's up with all these
Squaresoft games coming out now a days. they are just relying on a
technology and graphic and they lost the storyline. FF7 was like a
Graphic game. Story was ok but you just play it to see more Computer
Graphic Animated movie. Bushido Blade 1n 2 was good that it give a
realisticness to a fighting. Saga Frontier was a joke. It was short and
I thought in the end everyone will come together as one big story but
didn't. Chocobo Dungeon was cute and was good for a while but had no
purpose to the game. Einhinder was one of the worst game I ever seen. It
was soo bad I didn't even bught it. Musashiden was ok but you just
basicaly buy it to see the Demo disc. Parasite Eve and Xenogear had
awsome intro but story wise wasn't that good. This new Squaresoft game
coming out... which your in a tube and you just keep shooting.. that was
a joke. I am expecting the Racing RPG game... forgot the name.. was
something like... "Lagoon" I am hoping this game is better then what I
have seen so far. Game Quality just dropped with Squaresoft. Or maybe
other company made us relaized Squaresoft wasn't good as we image them
to be.
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