Sorry if that message seemed directed at you. Just one of the pitfalls of our language. I was trying to use the plural, generalistic "you," though I probably could've used "one."

All I'm trying to say is that VII's 3D-ness wasn't as big an influence as some make it out to have been. 3D RPGs would've come about whether or not VII was 3D just by virtue of other [popular; going with popular games here] games such as Mario 64 or Zelda: OoT.

It was just games evolving. Each new generation brings about improvements. VII just used those improvements much like IV and X did, and XIII will.