Again?

I'm amazed that so many people are ready and willing to castigate the Compilation of FFVII before its components are released. If you want to contemn AC, BC, CC, and DC after experiencing them, that's certainly up to you. It doesn't really make sense, however, to bash these games and movie before you actually see what they're about. This is especially true in the case of Crisis Core, seeing as how almost nothing is known about the game at the present time. In any case, as to the number of Compilation titles, FFVII seemed to have more unanswered questions than did the other games. The ending was deliberately ambiguous and open ended. While it may seem that four projects are unnecessary to fully elucidate and explore the FFVII universe, we have no way to know this for sure until the Compilation is released in its entirety.

On a related note, I still feel FFVII is the best Final Fantasy. I certainly have no desire to engage in war of words with a proponent of a different FF, but I certainly have my reasons. I feel that it had the best story and the most compelling characters. I enjoyed the gameplay aspects and the music. And I appreciated Square's attempt to imbue the game with deeper meaning, with the environmental symbolism, the Norse mythology references, and especially the underlying Kaballah and numerological thematics. While this is a personal opinion, I'm certainly not the only one who holds it, nor am I the only one who can defend it with something other than inane fanboy/girl-ishness. The other FF's, of course, have similar positive qualities, one of the reasons I'm a huge fan of the series in its entirety. FFVII is simply my personal preference.

I realize the tone of this post is somewhat belligerent, and I apologize for that. It wasn't really my intention. Hopefully, however, the pointed language will make it clear where I stand on the Compilation issue. Wait until it's released, then analyze and judge.