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Comment on Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a JRPG, just got released on Steam—and this is a big deal because this game is to PC what Final Fantasy VII was to PlayStation.

missingno@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The technical merits were why FF7 was so impactful as a cultural landmark of video game history.

Is Trails a good game? Sure.

Is FF7 the right comparison to invoke? Not even close.

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atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The technical merits mattered when it launched. Do they matter now? Not at all. Otherwise FFVII would’ve gone the way of Battle Arena Toshinden—big splash at the time, forgotten in the long run.

What gives FFVII its staying power is the art. That’s why we play games. Not for specs. For creativity.

And this is where FFVII and Trails meet: at the rarefied height of JRPG artistry. The pinnacle. God-tier.

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