/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3971459
>or graphics.
But that's the only objectively good thing in FF.
>The games were competently made
Debatable, most of them have many glaring design problems, none of them have any replayability whatsoever, except maybe the first one, they can hardly even be called RPGs in the first place, but people nowadays consider stuff like Witcher or Mass Effect RPGs so I can let it pass, most people don't really like RPGs anyway.
>and the combat was solid.
Combat in FF has always been garbage though, FF has some of the worst gameplay in the entire genre, I can't see any reason to praise it unless all you know is FF, DQ and all those cookie cutter story driven RPGs of the time.

Saying that the games are good because they sold well is like saying that the Da Vinci Code is a good book because it sold well, FF sells because it has zero skill requirements, massive advertisement, looks flashy and has a bland writing that can be digested by the vast majority of the audience, and the brand power of course.
Same with all the multimillion selling games and any form of media really.
The sales figure argument is devoid of any actual indicator of quality, especially in our time and age where mediocrity is put on a pedestal precisely because of sales figures.

Would you honestly have a lower opinion of FF if it sold like shit?

Do Boom map only use defeault textures and sprites, or is it compatible with custom stuff? asking for a silly friend of mine.

How is the Arch-vile sound supposed to be written? It doesn't sound like annything, especially the laugh... thing they do when following you. I do know that they are supposed to say "why?" when you kill them though.