What is it about this generic turn-based JRPG combat system that makes it so much more fun than other generic...

You say that yet Grandia is a dead ass series that only a tiny minority even knows about. It doesn't even have 1% of the fanbase of FF7 let alone final fantasy series.

>The Materia system is very good
the materia system was wasted potential, most of it was just basic spells and the combos with 2 materias were very limited

that makes sense

>"exploration" over aesthetic
>thinks 2d pre-renders are bad
Yeah go back to playing the Witcher 3 or whatever open world trash you zoomers like. Tasteless pleb.

ATB is garbage and is inherently unfair compared to other turn based systems.

>POPULAR GAME GOOD
>LESS POPULAR GAME BAD
So what you're saying is that Fortnite is a far betteer game than FF7?

FF7 wishes it was half as good as Grandia.

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Grandia might have slightly better combat but everything else about it can't compete with FF7, which is the better game overall.

>jrpg combat is usually the weakest part of the genre
>what are Valkyrie Profile/SaGa/Grandia/BoF3/4 Star Ocean 2 and many more?

FFX had the best combat in the franchise. If they had stuck with it and made it more tactical and difficult it would’ve been amazing.

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>voice acting
Voice-acting sucks and has always sucked and you suck if you think having it makes a game better. There's literally never been a game where I've said "damn, you know what this game needs? Some shit voice acting to drag out cutscenes that are already longer than they should be."
>polygonal models
The FF7 character models are designed to be expressive in animation, something brainless graphicsfags never understand.
>environments are static and small 2d backgrounds
And still hold up today due to their rich detail and remain consistent with traditional top-down Final Fantasy map navigation.
Meanwhile Grandia's 5th gen pre-analog stick 3D environments are ugly with awkward camera controls.
>low-quality midi(sic) music
Which is fine since Uematsu is very good at composing entertaining digital music thanks to his knack for melody and counterpoint.
>Grandia
Generic dumbass JRPG opening that starts with some cryptic dialog between characters you don't know or care about then it transitions to a bunch of kids doing stupid kid stuff. Contrast with: youtube.com/watch?v=TD_GqlNtNjo