lol no? this thread is about playing the old school ones rather than the new ones and it looks like hepheastus420 there is having a good time

but really though those games had better story lines and what not. these new games are awesome because of the graphics and all that. i love the new games for their own reasons and the old ones for theirs. even with all the new games out that i love final fantasy 9 will always be my favorite. think its because at that time when playstation was top dog and they didnt have near life like imaging final fantasy was the first game i knew of that would have the awesome cut scenes of high res graphic video. it was like playing a game but watching a movie. and like i said i LOVED the story line.
Story is very important to me when it comes to most games. But I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying. Are you saying games today don't have good stories as well? While old games certainly do have some fantastic story lines, I'm gonna have to make the argument that current games can and often do have far superior story lines. Take Mass Effect for example. I loved the shit out of this series, and it's because the story is so incredible and personal.
But don't get me wrong. I've been gaming my entire life. I love the old games, and I love the new games. The SNES will forever be my favorite system. I still have it plugged into my TV, and regularly get down on classics like
Castlevania IV,
Contra 3, Super Metroid, Mega Man X (1-3), and more. But, when I look at those games, I think: damn, the stories in those games sucked. It was the game-play that made me love them so much.
Now I'm definitely not saying retro games didn't have good stories. Because many of them did. You already mentioned FF 7,8,9. I'm gonna throw 4 and 6 in there as well. I'd also mention the old school Resident Evil games, and the original Metal Gear Solid as classic games with good stories.
Anyways, I don't even remember how the hell we got talking on this, lol, so I'll move on.
Anybody fans of the SNES games I've bolded in this post?