I was alive back then. No one hated this game except for my dad who thought Squall was gay.
>final fantasy mc is gay hot take there dad
>>12512741>I was alive back then.I was too and you're correct. Many still prefer 7 but it wasn't considered a bad game. Nobody complain about the draw mechanic or the convinient plot points. All that shit came way after the fact, when forums became a thing in the early 2000's and contrarian mentallity took over.
>>12512741I was alive back then too and you're wrong. Many people did hate it. The junction system was retarded. Honestly FF8 and FF13 absolutely deserved the hate they got.
>>12512814>Many people did hate itNobody knew anybody because were all too busy being fucking kids.
>>12512741Pretty much. VIII sold and scored incredibly well and has always been seen as a good game. Idiots 20 years after the fact trying to sell this idea that the game is "le black sheep" because they grew up with Sp*ony were never and will never be the norm.
Laguna is one of the Chaddiest mofos in all FF.
>>12512741Me too. I agree, I didn't realize it was hated until maybe the late 2000s to early 2010 when "gamers" appeared. I remember seeing someone after school reading the FF8 strategy guide.
>no one hated itnice LARP, zoomie.
>>12512741I'm alive right now and you need to play better JRPGs. That being said, the localization of Squall telling everyone>No one is going to talk about me in the past-tense!was so hilariously and unintentionally badass I was really disappointed to find out the real line is more lame
>>12512741I remember it being seen as a 9/10 or 8/10 game compared to 7 which most saw as a 10/10.Finding an actual hater wasn't common but it wasn't hard to find people who were a bit letdown by it.
>>12512741Reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5gcYA8xf8
>>12512741I don't care what people thought in the 90s. I played this game for the first time a decade ago and fucking hated it. See, I actually play the games I dislike instead of pretending to and whining endlessly about it.
>>12512741I kinda hate the way online people hate everythingYour dad is secretly gay btw probably, did you ever ask him if he was secretly gay for men?
I got into FF in '00. Posted on FF forums daily 01-04.-I didn't like VIII that much as a 13 y.o. When I played it again in my early 30s it became my favorite game and I've played it probably 7 times in the last 5 years. I really, really like it.-On FF forums back then it was "the lesser-liked one" but wasn't universally hated.-I did not talk video games with other kids IRL except chicks, and they loved every FF. I have no idea what your average dudebro gamer thought at the time.
>>12512741I hated that my friends liked jrpg's because I thought they were gay as fuck and boring to play. Clicking around in menu's and random battles! So much fun!
>>12513418Based gameplay enjoyer
>>12512814Final Fantasy 13 was my favorite. All 3 of them
>>12513246Sounds like a (You) issue.
>>12513615my biggest problem with 13 was the party leader dying is a game over. second was the train tracks weren't even hidden at all
>>12512741I was one of the first wave of "level scaling" haters so I was immediately non-plussed. Absolutely nobody thought it was as good as 7 either. However there was no serious "it fucking sucks" backlash just because the production values were good.
>>12512741before 2007ish people didn't really hate games or movies they just said "it isn't for me" and moved on with their life
