taintedfeather
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Ever heard of the word 'example?'
That's because you're too blind to realize what the point is.
Again that is just YOUR opinion, how is that using other 'factors?' Other factors are stats, which are objective, i.e, sales.
Let's look at my Post shall we?
That's weird, I see no mention of sales?
Alright, here's one mention. And that wasn't even the main point of argument,
Wow, again, no mention of sales.
Does Ace Combat even come close to Sims sales? No. Do the same amount of people play/enjoy Ace Combat compared to Sims? No.
Okay, two mentions of sales. And in this case, it is 100% justified.
I see no mention of sales here?
Sales? Where are you?
So what did I end up including? Critic scores, platform, controls, genre, revolutions, and two points in sales.
In case you haven't realized, these are OTHER FACTORS, that you would consider when dubbing a game "the best."
So don't exaggerate the fact that I only used sales in my argument. You just ignored all my other points in total. That's hardly fair.
And once again, surprise surprise, you judge your games based on content:
Musical score is content, and can be disagreed easily. Storyline is content, and can be disliked easily. Character development is content and can be loathed easily.
I've played Vagrant Story, and judging it alone based on 'content' music was not that great - can I even remember the name of one song? No. I also disagree with storyline, it was cliched, whilst FFVII transformed the typical fantasy genre into a futuristic world (it was clever how the Monk was Tifa, the Archer was Barrett, the Templar was Cid etc.) Character development in Vagrant story...I didn't really care for it. I didn't even care when my character died.
But unlike you, I look at other factors.
Platform - PS, so for a PSX game, the graphics were quite well done in comparison to other games at the time.
Controls - the battle scheme was quite well done, as was the customizations and control schemes (although chaining and magic was sometime frustrating).
Content - Okay. Will I remember it? Not likely.
with a 9.6, it's a great review from the critics.
Revolution It is revolutionize anything? Unfortunately no, as despite the overall good gameplay, other games also saw aspects of this game before it was released - e.g, Dungeons and Dragons games.
Sales 100, 000. Not a remarkable figure, but still alright.
Verdict: Best game of all time? Well, I think its release date of 2000, may have hindered its performance due to it being released at the end of the PSX's lifespan, hence - for graphics, + for sales. Overall, whilst a great game at the time, there are much better RPGs, that do well in more of the aspects, leaving Vagrant Story to be ranking in the 'teens' if we're looking to find 'The best game of all time'
^ as you can see, you really do need other aspects to judge a game fairly, and comprehensively, as content alone is far too subjective to qualify games. Sales, as you often like to point about, does play a role, but I have never said it was what dictated what made the best game, so please stop making it sound like I did. If we looked at things based on content alone ie. music, story etc. that you've mentioned, it's really a 1 sided view on a game, as there will 100% be people who will disagree, leaving you a ridiculous range of scores, from 0 to 10.
