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In your opinion or (your factual analysis) what is thee most influential 90's turnbased RPG with greatest worldwide impact?

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Fallout, Super Mario RPG, FF Tactics, Chrono Trigger. I guess Id go Fallout because it feels the most relevant today.

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Shablagoo posted...

Fallout, Super Mario RPG, FF Tactics, Chrono Trigger. I guess Id go Fallout because it feels the most relevant today.

Solid answer!

Those are all great!

My question is based on some guy saying that FF7 is thee absolute most impactful most influential turn based RPG to represent the 1990's


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FF7 for sure.

I'm not much of a fan. But it's true.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4bgiMlEYbU
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Notti posted...

FF7 for sure.

I'm not much of a fan. But it's true.

Thats wild!

And not a fan of 7 or all of FF?

Notti posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4bgiMlEYbU

Lmfao!!!

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It's absolutely FFVII, but you can't discount many of the other games mentioned. It should also be noted a game can be well regarded like Chrono Trigger without having been a major seller (it only sold around 300k outside Japan, nothing compared to FFVII). Even leaving sales aside few games copied much of anything from Chrono Trigger. Random encounters were still the go to, and the battle system isn't close to anything outside some smaller games that actively try to replicate it.

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ssjevot posted...

It's absolutely FFVII, but you can't discount many of the other games mentioned. It should also be noted a game can be well regarded like Chrono Trigger without having been a major seller (it only sold around 300k outside Japan, nothing compared to FFVII). Even leaving sales aside few games copied much of anything from Chrono Trigger. Random encounters were still the go to, and the battle system isn't close to anything outside some smaller games that actively try to replicate it.

Chrono Trigger is amazing I agree, and that is understandable too. I still highly recommend C.T. to people that haven't played it to this day actually

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Notti posted...

FF7 for sure.

I'm not much of a fan. But it's true.

It's definitely a milestone: The CGI cutscenes, the anime-esque plot, introducing the jrpg genre to many who would have never known about it had FFVII not been so popular and prevalent (I wanted a Playstation just for that, and I'd never heard of the Final Fantasy series prior, despite owning and loving stuff like Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG, Phantasy Star IV, etc.)

You can't deny how big of an impact it had.

Of course, Pokemon had an even bigger impact on media and the world in general. So it takes the crown in this case.

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FF7.

Though I do want to say Earthbound definitely impacted indie games later down the road.

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tri sapphire posted...

Of course, Pokemon had an even bigger impact on media and the world in general. So it takes the crown in this case.

Didn't think anybody would come up with the same answer anomaly that I did haha, Pokmon did get super wild


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neverwin posted...

FF7.

Though I do want to say Earthbound definitely impacted indie games later down the road.

Yooo Earthbound good one actually real good one!!! That is true!

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Calling CT influential is ridiculous since nothing's aped it since (except maybe that Setsuna thing).

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greatmonkeybaby posted...

Thats wild!

And not a fan of 7 or all of FF?

Lmfao!!!

In the super old days, Nottis Deep Dungeon guide was treated as sacred literature on the FFT boards here on GameFAQs.

sabin017 posted...

Calling CT influential is ridiculous since nothing's aped it since (except maybe that Setsuna thing).

TRC posted...

In the super old days, Nottis Deep Dungeon guide was treated as sacred literature on the FFT boards here on GameFAQs.

Thats pretty wild!

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Was SMRPG the first time Mario was used outside of the traditional platforming genre?

If it gave birth to every single Mario spinoff in the long term(Kart, golf, party, etc.) I'd argue for that.

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sabin017 posted...

Calling CT influential is ridiculous since nothing's aped it since (except maybe that Setsuna thing).

Cosmic Space Heroine drew some influence from Chrono Trigger I think.

xXfireglzXx posted...

Was SMRPG the first time Mario was used outside of the traditional platforming genre?

If it gave birth to every single Mario spinoff in the long term(Kart, golf, party, etc.) I'd argue for that.

Mario Kart came out like 4 years before SMRPG
Strictly speaking the first real Mario spinoff was some sewing instructor game that released in Japan in 1986, but the first actual spinoff was probably Dr. Mario in 1990

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Pokemon and Final Fantasy 7

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Baldur's Gate arguably had more influence than FFVII.

So BG and Pokemon for different reasons

Lets sit here and think about it. BG influenced so so so so many games. Main ones have been HUGE staples and iconic RPG games of their own.

KOTOR1+2? Dragon Age? Mass Effect? Pillars of Eternity, Divinity: Original Sin 1+2, the list goes on and on and on and on.

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greatmonkeybaby posted...

My question is based on some guy saying that FF7 is thee absolute most impactful most influential turn based RPG to represent the 1990's

How is it not?

Is it the best? No.

The most influential and top 3 most important? Absolutely.
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luigi33 posted...

Baldur's Gate arguably had more influence than FFVII.

So BG and Pokemon for different reasons

Lets sit here and think about it. BG influenced so so so so many games. Main ones have been HUGE staples and iconic RPG games of their own.

KOTOR1+2? Dragon Age? Mass Effect? Pillars of Eternity, Divinity: Original Sin 1+2, the list goes on and on and on and on.

Sure, but BG wasn't a turn based game really. At least not in the traditional sense.

It's definitely one of the best and most influential RPG in general though.

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Baldur's Gate uses a weird system where it is technically D&D 2.0 but it's playing out in real time. I don't think any other games that didn't use that specific engine used that system, and that's probably for the best. I think combat is the worst part of those games (thankfully the best game, Planescape Torment, doesn't require it).

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Pokmon, or if it doesn't count, Final Fantasy VII.

Fallout was basically a sequel to Wasteland which was a 1988 game. I don't think their were many developers solely influenced by it, I think a lot of those were influenced just as much by Wasteland.

Baldur's Gate was real time with pause, so I wouldn't count that as turn based.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Pokemon and Final Fantasy 7

True true!

Lord_Wombat posted...

How is it not?

Is it the best? No.

The most influential and top 3 most important? Absolutely.

Idk how it would not be and actually didn't experience that time frame to witness exactly how it would thus this thread as a question not a disagreement

Thats pretty epic though FF7 hit hard thats super fire!!!

JE19426 posted...

Pokmon, or if it doesn't count, Final Fantasy VII.

Fallout was basically a sequel to Wasteland which was a 1988 game. I don't think their were many developers solely influenced by it, I think a lot of those were influenced just as much by Wasteland.

Baldur's Gate was real time with pause, so I wouldn't count that as turn based.

I actually haven't played wasteland I'll have to check that out!

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Advanced Wars

Skies of Arcadia (by putting the final nail into random encounters, ugh that was the only flaw to that game)

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

Advanced Wars

Skies of Arcadia

Those were released in 2000/2001, is that really the 90's?

FF7. It's not even close to being one of my favorite FFs, but its impact is still incredibly significant.

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JE19426 posted...

Those were released in 2000/2001, is that really the 90's?

I thought Skies was in 1999 in Japan, my b

And I just like Advanced Wars. I will not apologize for this. I stand firm.

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