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That's interesting! Watching a friend play Final Fantasy 7 was the reason I never cared to get a Playstation. The graphics were horrible. I mean, sure it was 3D
by thesuitonym 5y ago
That's interesting! Watching a friend play Final Fantasy 7 was the reason I never cared to get a Playstation. The graphics were horrible. I mean, sure it was 3D, but everything was so ugly. I went back to playing games on my SNES and Genesis, and didn't buy any Playstation games until much later.
In retrospect, I missed out, but the way that game looked really soured my view of Playstation for years. I should play one of the remasters some time to see what the story is all about.
- destructionator 5y agoYeah, I like FF7 a lot, but my view in the 90's was that 3d was ugly and the older games had better graphics. The ff7 backgrounds look a lot better than the characters, and even the FMV sequences still pretty meh if you ask me. I'd take the art style of Lunar or Phantasy Star or something over it any day..... in fact I still prefer that style to the newer 3d games anyway. Thankfully there's more to the game than the appearance. The music <3
- swagasaurus-rex 5y agoThe backdrops and environment were gorgeous. The in-battle 3d models were realistic for their time. The controllable characters in the overworld were strangely blocky and angular. https://www.google.com/search?q=cloud+ff7+original https://www.google.com/search?q=cloud+ff7+original When I first saw the game as a kid, I was baffled by how thin the character's elbows were. It's almost doll-like, and you get the feeling you're a puppet master witnessing an epic and sometimes tragic performance.
- dave_sullivan 5y agoFWIW I remember seeing it at stores when I was a kid and thinking the graphics were best I'd ever seen. Like my mind was blown and I was sad I didn't have a PS1. The pre-rendered backdrops helped a lot here. It was a different time.