There must have been something in the water at Squaresoft in 1997.

Final Fantasy VII sold over 10 million copies on the Playstation alone making it the second best-selling game on the platform. On top of that, Final Fantasy VII happened to be a really great game. Sony considered this a huge win and launched a gigantic marketing campaign advertising Final Fantasy VII.

This seemed to happen in 1997 when Final Fantasy VII launched on the Playstation instead of a Nintendo system like each of the previous Final Fantasy games. Consequently, the most important moment in gaming history may be when Nintendo lost to Sony as the leader among the home console market. The two most important companies to the history of video games are Nintendo and Sony. Symphony of the Night is considered by many to be the best in the Castlevania series, and Gamefaqs also has it listed as the highest rated of all Playstation games. Eventually people began to realize that 2D games looked awesome on Generation 5 hardware. For some reason Konami was still making 2D games when everyone else was making 3D games. This co-creator of the Metroidvania genre sold poorly at first. Ultimately, Diablo would go on to sell over 2.5 million units worldwide.Ĭastlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation) Also, this was one of the earliest games where you could play on the internet, although it was really easy to kill your allies while trying to “team up” with them. The devil’s at the bottom of the dungeon, so you better go sic ‘em. Age of Empires would sell over 3 million copies. This RTS game also incorporates elements of Civilization, because it was designed by the first Civilization’s co-designer Bruce Shelley. Without further ado, here is the list of games. Please vote for Game of the Year for 1997 and post why. Or maybe you just want to argue with yourself first? Whatever. You might even want to discuss/argue with other posters first before you vote. Please comment on what you believe to be the Game of the Year for 1997. The master thread for all of these contests can be found here. The 1997 Game of the Year is Final Fantasy VII.

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