Full disclosure: I have played none of the games listed here.
I'm listing them and making this thread because I understand all of them are highly-acclaimed games (I don't know as much about M&M7), and almost all of them are among the most highly-acclaimed games in their respective series. The seventh entries in FF, DQ, and M&M also all came out in the late 90's where as the seventh entries in Ultima and Wizardry came out in 1992. So maybe this is kind of a contest between the best of each classic RPG franchise.
Based on what I know:
I'm listing them and making this thread because I understand all of them are highly-acclaimed games (I don't know as much about M&M7), and almost all of them are among the most highly-acclaimed games in their respective series. The seventh entries in FF, DQ, and M&M also all came out in the late 90's where as the seventh entries in Ultima and Wizardry came out in 1992. So maybe this is kind of a contest between the best of each classic RPG franchise.
Based on what I know:
- Final Fantasy VII basically popularized RPGs to a whole new audience and sort of introduced the cinematic high-budget RPG.
- Dragon Quest VII was the first PlayStation DQ and came out around the same time as FFVII.
- Ultima VII today is still known for its complex NPC AI system that I'm told rivals that of games like Skyrim and goes beyond most RPGs made since.
- Wizardry VII is supposedly the last "classic-style" Wizardry. I think that one game everyone says is "Cleve's game" was supposed to be a spiritual successor to W7, but I might be mixing it up with something else.
- I think Might & Magic VII is one of the most popular M&M games.
