One of the oldest rivalries in all of video gaming is this one—these were two seminal, generation defining games that legions of kids around the world grew up with. In their own way, each of these games would go on to completely redefine our expectations from video gaming. Final Fantasy 7 showed us exactly what kind of storytelling video games could achieve, and the levels of cinematic intensity they could aspire to. It also marks the breakout point for RPGs in the west. Meanwhile, Ocarina of Time is the blueprint for almost every 3D video game that has followed since, blazing a trail of 3D game design that every game that has come ever since has been in the shadow of to this day.
Ironically, both games would also becomes shackles around their respective series, with both series trying to recapture that moment of glory they saw with FF7 and OoT respectively in the years that would follow. In fact, it was only recently, with Final Fantasy 15 and Breath of the Wild both categorically trying new directions for their series, that they decided to eschew these respective games' legacies.
But here we are, 20 years later—which of these games, do you think, was better? Which do you like more? And which of them aged better? And also, why?
