As a fan of fighting games, I thought it wasn't well done at all. The combat was clumsy and incredibly slow paced. In fact, that's pretty much all I can remember about the game.

It really depressed me a lot because Square has made other fighting games which are MUCH better. Tobal No. 1 is one of the best fighters ever made, period. It's easy to pick up and play, the combat is intuitive, and the gameplay has a lot more depth that it may at first seem. Bushido Blade I thought was kinda gimmicky since you had one hit kills going on which lead to anti-climatic fights, but again, it was solidly done. Ehrgeiz is a horrible abortion of gaming that should not have come to pass.

BTW, the FFVII characters were not originally part of the game. They were tacked on for the fans, so quit whining about how it's an attempt to cash in.