Its difficult to say objectively that a game with a massive fanbase and critical acclaim could ever be considered underrated. Its possible to say a game is both but I feel the validity of your stance is questionable. By that I use the PLAY magazine score as an example. How could one say 93 is a bad score? How can you justify a statement of the game being underrated when its received a high score and is still critically acclaimed to this day?

You could always reverse the question, is it possible for a disliked game to be overrated?

A similar issue happens with VI fans who always feel VI is underrated;yet when looking at scores and media exposure, the game could be easily argued to be the second greatest title in the series. It may not be #1 but its not like its despised by the fanbase like FFII and XII, once again it seems somewhat childish to believe your favorite has to be number one.

I feel VII is an overrated title but I feel most of the series is to some degree. I agree the game probably gets slammed due to a negative bias against it but it can also be argued the game is given greater praise than it deserves due to a positive bias. Its one of those titles that will be haunted by this til its memory is gone completely from society.