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Oh and that reminds me, I didn't comment on General Leo way back when we got Cyan. Guy seems wholly out of touch with the reality he serves evil people with absolutely no scruples.
Honestly, a later scene with Leo gives me the impression that the Gestahl purposely keeps Leo in the dark about some of the more underhanded parts of the Empire's war. Notice how whenever something truly horrible happens by the empire's hands, it usually involves Kefka who technically holds no real military position.

1. The famed Opera Sequence was marred by it being slightly playable and the fact I had o idea there was a time limit. Kinda ruined the mood.

Even still, that song is truly gorgeous and I can see why they used part of it for Aeris' Theme.
Honestly, it's the fact it is interactive that makes me love the opera scene. I don't think it would be as powerful of a scene if it was simply a cutscene. It's actually the main thing I fear about a remake simply gutting the interactive element and making it a cgi cutscene.

2. I had no idea Cyan's Sword Techs worked while he was in the back row. Ultros utterly destroyed him at first. I spent like 4 Phoenix Downs on Cyan. Then for some reason when we actually started to attack Ultros he was easy as pie. I don't get it.
Most of the character skills work in the backrow, including Tools and Blitz.

4. The Espers seem kinda interesting. Right now they're doing a good job on the emotional level and making me hate the Empire.
They are an interesting concept alright. I wish they were fleshed out more in some ways but I feel the game does a decent job for it's time period.

5. I am not happy with my Celes going away. It was a stupid scene with everyone distrusting her all of a sudden. A very sloppy excuse to rob me of one of my party members.
Well she did use to be a high ranking Imperial General, and Cyan pretty much showed in Narshe that he didn't really trust her anyway. So I don't feel it's a stretch to believe the party could be tricked into thinking she was a spy.

6. And now I have Setzer instead. That is not a fair exchange. I don't like luck or chance.
In terms of character though, I can appreciate a man who abducts women in style.
He's actually a pretty mean guy, Slots is pretty nice about making sure you mainly get good skills so it's not like the Lady Luck class or Cait Sith Limit Break in terms of low odds. There is also a way to actually bork the slots so you always get the result you want, but it requires a bit of practice and skill to pull off efficiently.

Very late in the game (like Final Dungeon), Setzer gets one of the games more broken weapons, the Fixed Dice.