You tried, but FFVII is one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming. Don't get me wrong, I'll still play it every now and then. It's a great game, and it going to Playstation practically killed Ninetendo singlehandedly. It also was the beginning of the CGI movie-in-a-game trend that today is almost a standard necessity.

But the main character was such an idiot that one of my favourite parts of the game is when Tifa takes over because Cloud is so mind fucked he retreats into a Mako coma. One of my least favourite is that bs dream sequence to get him back. Only the ice area was more annoying.

A FFVI remake would get me interested far more than FFVII. FFVIII too. FFX would be cool, except I don't think a remake could improve much. The difference between PS2 & PS4 isn't half as big as the difference between PS1 & PS4, let alone SNES & PS4.

That said, provided they keep all the game mechanics and the side quests and the strategy of the pre-PS3 FF titles, a FFVII remake would be the first FF title I'd HAVE to buy since FFX was released. The whole series went to shit after FFX. Not one single good FF title in nearly 15 years. Very sad.

I've been using Steam a lot in the last year or so. I keep running into Final Fantasy on Steam, but I haven't seen even one with the highest rating yet (extremely positive), so I don't know which one to buy (if any). If it's not an issue with the port, companies also seem to enjoy "improving" the original content. 

Edit: Since you mentioned it, I decided to look up VII on Steam. Ah, this is actually 94%, so only 1% from the "extremely positive" tag; maybe I'll get it at some point then.  

....except, for this one, you have to have a Square Enix account, and sign in every time you play, even though it's a single player game (but you get achievements online, trololol). Also, some of the reviews are saying their graphics update is bad, and it actually looks worse than before. Buh.

And wtf is this?

Lame. Gay. Too much hand-holding is not a good thing; it ruins games. I can't imagine that most gamers who have been around long enough to enjoy FFVII would be happy to read this.

I'll have to try that. My only experience in the franchise is FF1 for NES (yes, really) and FFTactics for PS1.

There isn't really any continuity in FF. X-2 (not XII, that was a different game) was a direct sequel to X. XIII was a clusterfuck of games that were tied to each other. But beyond that the only continuity was keeping some of the same creatures in each game. Moogles and Chocobos and Summons were in most of them, and were at least partially similar in purpose. But most of the games each reinvented the entire world, and have no storyline continuity with the others.

I never played it myself. It has a very poor reputation amongst the general FF community, so I was never interested in seeking it out. It and Crystal Chronicals both.

I always found RPGs without depth and tactics too boring to hook me long enough to play through. I read up on it at wikipedia and I can't say I'm very interested. All the things I like most about classic FF aren't there. The world map isn't really anything more than a menu, there's no party system, the story is rather bland, and there's no customisation.

I've never really had a preference regarding random battles, so that doesn't impact me any. They can certainly make it easier to level up and get items, but if the game doesn't have them then you probably don't need that anyway.

The world map, however, was one of the first things that got me hooked into RPGs. I love being able to explore, looking for hidden quests and equipment. And worrying you might have strayed too far, and whether the next enemy you see will step on you added a certain realism to it.

FFX was such a great game I was able to overlook the lack of a world map somewhat, but no FF since was nearly as good. They should never have gotten rid of it.
I don't think I could play a RPG without a world map anymore, unless it was FFX.

And the party system allowed for all kinds of strategies. Part of what made FFVI so awesome was the sheer number of possible party combinations. There was something like 18 characters, and all but two or three were fleshed out with back story and events specific to the character, as well as each having a unique role in battle. It really paid off using them all throughout too, because the end dungeon required 3 parties. If you ignored all but a few party members throughout the game, you'd never get through the dungeon alive.

Customisation is usually what really gets me though, and besides story is the reason I love FFVIII & X so much. They were the two games that had the ability to make your characters into gods, if you were willing to put in the time. And I was. My main FFX save file surpassed 1700 hours. Before X the timer stopped counting at 499 or less, but I probably put twice the time I put in FFX into FFVIII.

OOT & MM were the only Zelda games I ever played. They were fun enough, but they weren't quite sufficient to have me love them. They were glitchy, and the way the game set up what you saw pissed me off a number of times. I want to look there but it makes me look here kinda thing.

I also thought the stories were basically cliché and meant for kids.

I always figured an action RPG should be better done.

I can tell you that the Batman Arkham series is infinitely better than Zelda. They are basically RPGs themselves. I actually can't think of anything that sets them apart except for quality in every aspect. Ok, you can't ride a horse. But you can kinda fly, so fuck horses.

You collect new tools as you go, you get more defence power as you gain exp, it even has a hookshot. It's like Zelda on steroids, but you're Batman. Fuck Zelda lol. I'll never have a reason to play it again.

Dragon's Dogma and Kingdoms of Amalur are two other action RPGs I've run into. Both are awesome, for different reasons.

But I do miss the old school FF style RPG. I can only hope it will come back some day.