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GameSpy simply wants to piss off gamers in order to get more media attention. Sadly enough, it works very well. Final Fantasy VII was not overrated in any aspect. It lived up to and surpassed the hype of every media article about it, it had easily the best RPG magic system I've ever dealt with, and the characters were all magnificently created in a way that each player becomes attached to them. I've played my fair share of Final Fantasy's (even the old-school ones) and I still say that FFVII and FFX are simply the best. They deliver the best stories and best developed characters out of the series. They don't own all in every aspect, but overall, they are simply the best damned RPGs you'll play on console. If you don't agree, that's alright. This isn't an argument about people forcing other gamers to like FFVII, this is an argument about it being overrated. And it's not. If you bought FFVII the day it came out, played it to death on your PS1, and got teary-eyed when Aeris died, then you know what I'm talking about. I've yet to play a game that had an impact on me like FFVII. FFX came close (as well as a few other non-Squaresoft RPGs), but FFVII still holds the throne. Long live Cloud, Vincent, Tifa, Red XIII, Rufus, the Turks, and all of the other characters that made FFVII the best. They'll always have a memory in my head that can't be surpassed.
PS: Halo wasn't overrated either.
-Lasereth
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