[ SECRET POST #586 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #586 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 190 secrets from Secret Submission Post #084.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 - repeat ], [ 1 2 3 - take it to comments ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
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Comments

155

[dots.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have no problem with people thinking 6 or 7 are the best games -- I'll disagree, but hey, each his own. What annoys me is when people get outright fanboyish about it, dissing on people who like other games, refusing to acknowledge the other games in the series might be as good, only accepting other fans' opinions as valid.

I mean, I liked FF6 and 7 fine. Not my favorites, but still.

It's actually almost worse with the rabid FF6 fans, because they're so entitled and smug about it. "I liked FF before the 3D era, so I'm better than all those FF7 fans," sort of thing. It's silly. I didn't get into the series until the 3D era (the PS2 era, even) because we didn't own an SNES or a PSX. Why does this make me "less of a fan"?

Re: 155

[terra]

It's actually almost worse with the rabid FF6 fans, because they're so entitled and smug about it. "I liked FF before the 3D era, so I'm better than all those FF7 fans," sort of thing. It's silly. I didn't get into the series until the 3D era (the PS2 era, even) because we didn't own an SNES or a PSX. Why does this make me "less of a fan"?

Because true fans are always the first fans, or didn't you get the memo? See: I played FFVII before the sequels, I played Tactics and not just XII, I was a fan of the book before the movie, etc.

In the case of VI fans-- well, I've had people who flat out refused to acknowledge that there are, in fact, Final Fantasy games before VII, that they were worthless because they are "icky" and don't have FMVs. Not even exaggerating, and this has happened more than once. I think people overreacted to that attitude, and made a big stink because they felt forgotten. But recently I think the tide has turned: not that Final Fantasy VII and the 3d games don't have a wider fanbase (especially X) but now it's sort of become in to hate on FFVII and call it overrated. See how IGN rated FFVI #9 in its most recent list of best all time games (the highest of any RPG) and FFVII was at #76, behind Planescape: Torment.

RAMBLE RAMBLE RAMBLE, some gamers are freaking insecure, and try to reassure themselves by forcing their own tastes on others. Which in turn creates more insecurity.

Re: 155

[paperclipchains.livejournal.com]

FFVII is so vastly different from the sequels that it's sort of a different kettle of fish. I mean, someone who played the games later on and BECAUSE of the sequels is as much of a fan of FFVII as someone who played it in the 90's, but someone who has only played the sequels is really playing an entirely different game.

Re: 155 (last paragraph)

[voicing.livejournal.com]

Oh god, a real life friend of mine is like this. Exactly. Like. This. Because of it, he won't try any new RPGs, nor any of the Final Fantasy compilations (hell, he won't even try XII). Not Tales, not Star Ocean, not Kingdom Hearts, not .hack, nothing. The only one I've managed to get him even remotely interested in is Persona 3.

And yet he wants to be an RPG video game designer...and won't give away his copy of FFIX...and wants to try the FFIV remake...