Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
Sephiroth had a decent enough backstory to be a solid villain (and even a way to make him sympathetic), but he suffered from terrible writing and development. The game's writers really didn't do justice to what they had. And Sephiroth was just one way that FF7's writing was lacking.
Agreed.

When I first played it I enjoyed the delicious terror that was instilled in me during Seph's scenes. Just seeing made me think "Man, do I have to fight him now?". Now that I'm older I realize how overrated he was but I still enjoy him. His background is easy enough to figure out if you do a little more digging and attention paying. I don't usually let minor things in a video game bother me (unless it's Marcus Fenix's over-dramatic way of talking). Seph's second best villain (Kefka's first) imo.