I don't think that any game in history will ever quite match Final Fantasy VII in both hype and grandeur.
I remember when I first saw a commercial on television for Final Fantasy VII (FF7). It was awe-inspiring. The last game, FF6, was on the Super Nintendo, and while that game is still a classic, visually it could never come close to what FF7 brought to the screen over it's 3-disk set.
Story wise, I had never played a game with as much depth and as much emotion as FF7 before. People live, people die, and the world around changes with every step you take.
Suffice to say, Final Fantasy VII was a culture-changing phenomenon. It changed people's ideas of what a video game could and should be.
I remember when I first saw a commercial on television for Final Fantasy VII (FF7). It was awe-inspiring. The last game, FF6, was on the Super Nintendo, and while that game is still a classic, visually it could never come close to what FF7 brought to the screen over it's 3-disk set.
Story wise, I had never played a game with as much depth and as much emotion as FF7 before. People live, people die, and the world around changes with every step you take.
Suffice to say, Final Fantasy VII was a culture-changing phenomenon. It changed people's ideas of what a video game could and should be.