...why I like Final Fantasy VII but not VIII or IX, and why the FFX movies don't do anything for me.
When you think about it, Final Fantasy VII was a lot more...dark? Moody? Gothic?
Sephiroth, the music, the entire city of Midgar, the overwhelming impression of black and white. All these elements sort of came together to create an atmosphere conducive to Gothic nature.
I mean, come on, just take a look at the FMVs of Sephiroth in Cloud's flashback. Or any of the early FMVs, for that matter.
Too much color can ruin a game for me. I hated how childish and marshmallowy FFIX looked...
Comments? Questions? Flames?

There's definitely FFVIII's Edea and screenshots of the similar Lulu from FFX. They're leaning toward the dark side, no contest, and Lulu actually scares me (she attacks using a dead stuffed Moogle with stitches for eyes.)


But I was thinking about overall game environment, atmosphere. I didn't see any of that in FFIX, with the possible exception of that creepy room of masks in Oeilvert.