[Classic] Old games are great, don't forget

Sticking to my strength here, I love every game from the FF series I have played (goes back as far as VI), but as soon as X came out my best friend got interested in it and so did my brother. People expect better graphics because of the power of the console and I think they really miss out on some damn good gameplay because of it. Bear in mind though, amazing graphics doesn't necessarily = shitty gameplay.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Null

As for gameplay, even amazing graphics should be considered at a somehow "chronological" context. FF7's pixelated sprites would look crappy as hell compared to some new stuff, say FFX-2. However, FF7's graphics were among the most sophisticated when it was released, probably around 1997. My point is that old "rich" games were quite well-balanced, and therefore the graphics part was never that neglected.

Although X-2 had amazing graphics it was, in all fairness, shite.

I get your point though. What I was trying to get across was that although I hadn't grown up with the graphical style of FFVI, I didn't write it off as a shitty game because the graphics aren't as good as the later games (which I did grow up with).

There's nowhere I can't reach.