I think it's my least favorite FF. I thought they were trying too hard to straddle the old school/new school fence and came up with a game that, while still fun, was a bit watered down. I really didn't get the "old school" sense while playing it either. I'm not entirely sure why people label it as such, since it's really more of a new school game only in a setting that's more swords and sorcery than sci-fi. The art style is also really weird, but it's nothing like the old school graphics. FFVII used the old school graphic style for the field graphics. FFIX just made everyone look about 10 years younger than they were. I dunno. To me that's not exactly old school. I think they were trying to recapture that magic, but I didn't get that same feeling, and I thought it kinda hurt the game too. I don't particularly think the game sucks, just that I don't favor it among the other games in the series.