The first disc of FF7 is great, and I would consider it among the top JRPG experiences. Despite that, the second disc goes all to hell in a number of ways, not the least of which is the writing team giving up on providing any coherent explanation for plot movement. "Oh no, the Shinra are going to try to use these Huge Materia to stop Meteor, which is the only plan anyone has so far to try to do so! We need to forget about Sephiroth and Meteor for now, focus on stopping Shinra, and collect these Huge Materia so we can look at how pretty they are in Cosmo Canyon!"

Ok.