/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8816096
We really don't have that breakdown I think, or do you have access to company's yearly reports? But yes that the mid 90s were the peak of SEGA's arcade, but the whole market immediately shrank down in the second half. And considering the Saturn was quite successful in Japan alone it's even harder to tell if the western failure was offset by it.

Wasted potential. Good ideas, bad execution. People who love FF7 love what it could have been, not what it is. FF7 apologists are autistic masochists.

Look, games are software. Programming narrows concepts down. Stories broaden and deepen. Story isn't videogames's strong suit because videogames are programs, not stages.

Games are good at letting you figure stuff out, then act upon that knowledge. FF7 doesn't have much to figure out. Therefore, this doesn't light up your brain the way a Mario 64 would. You don't get excited when you make progress in 7 because YOU aren't doing anything besides hitting a button to move the dialog forward. Yeah, there IS a battle system, but you can brute force your way through the game. You don't need much finesse at all when it comes to the combat.

FF7 is an underdeveloped anime, hence it attracts autistic, depressed, sexually confused losers who defend it because it was one of the few exciting, meaningful things they grew up with.

Go ahead and say you like the story, atmosphere, characters, music, and even the battle system. It doesn't change the fact that it's junk food. With bad translation.

>>4214058
Every fucking time.

>>4214068
Why should there be a fucking difference. If a Japanese game is going to call itself an RPG, it better fucking live up to the pre-established standard.

>>4214395
The correct answer.

>>4214440
Not an RPG.

>>4214443
The setting can't decide if it's sci-fi, and there's too much illusion of choice.

>>4214513
>Meme answer: Xenogears is my pic for both best rpg and worst rpg at the same time
It may be a meme, but it's correct.

>>4215982
At least Link has the excuse of being a Nintendo product.