>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.

>>12512741
I 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 it

Nobody knew anybody because were all too busy being fucking kids.

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>>12512741
Pretty 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.

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Laguna is one of the Chaddiest mofos in all FF.

>>12512741
Me 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.

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>no one hated it
nice LARP, zoomie.

>>12512741
I'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

>>12512741
I 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.

>>12512741
Reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5gcYA8xf8

>>12512741
I 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.