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dude so trying to get back on topic.....what is it about 7 that makes it so special/great? it was the first non-nintendo system game, first game to use ore rendered /3-d graphics, first game to use playmobile people( i mean 3-d char) fisrt game to have a cool villian...waiiiit nope 6 did that first. first game to totally lack char uniqueness skill wise.( i mean exluding equipment and limits, thanks to materia they lack any unique features)
in fact I see the creation of 7 as the braching point for the enitire series. it was 7 that fully moved it firmly into sci-fi territory that still can be seen today(the beginning of 10, then beggining of 10-2)
Final fantasy 6 was I suppose the last of the old guard, the last game made for the hardcore fans, who remember the days with sprite villians, gilgamesh, and classic "feel" to it,
while 7 was made for a complelty new and younger generation, their were tv adds, a much more gritty setting, much more obvious japanese culture influences, moving away from the medival settings,,a chilling villain, modeled after japanse anime, with much more screen time added to him, to help create his depth, from his startling entrance, to his final end.
the old guard played these new ones, but they were forgotten by square, with espers replaced by "darker" GF's, swords replaced by...oversized swords and guns(and gunswords(excuse me "gun"blades), the series did a quick stint back to its roots, but square had clearly moved on toward the new guard,a completly new director was in charge of the psx games(excluding 9), which completly contributed to the series new direction
~OLD GUARD~
1989-1997
~ in memory to all that remember slam dancing moogles, elemental crystals, and black mages~