So I got bored and actually read that damn wall of text and it was cool to walk down memory lane, I even learned a few things like about the music. A few noted:

VII does actually have some asian influences like the Wall Market and the kind of suits they wear at Shinra. Also Wu Tai but I guess that's obvious.

The graphics were pretty damn incredible at the time. The polygons look crude now but they were super clear and more advanced than almost anything else in its day. Sure they got better but it was a trade-off: 8 and 9 have comparably slow battles with even lower framerates.

You're right, Geralt actually does fall into the superhuman category you guessed. His hair is white because he was subjected to a higher degree of Witcher mutations than the rest of his order, so advanced that he's the only one who's ever survived them.

Looking back, it's hard to believe people used to hate FFVII and argue that it was actually a bad game. But they did. It's cool to see people gtow to like it over time.