The graphics on for the ps1 was amazing, I recall the the magazines before it was realeased, I played it and it was very new, there was little 3d games then, yes n64 had better graphics but ff7 is far larger, if they had golden eye grahics it would be 700 disks long, RPG's take alot of disk space. The backgrounds are great art and should be appricated more, there is a reason why its hyped, becuase it is famous, raised the bar for all rpg's. The game isnt underdeveloped, its overdeveloped, all the characters have some history and some alot.
