I maintain that FFVII recieves far too much undue praise. Other games (some even in the same series!) did better in certain areas and came out earlier. I don't dislike the game or anything, I just feel that as an overall experience, I didn't like it as much as many of the other games. I could go on and on to elaborate my points, but I'm not much in the mood for that. Let's just say that when you've been playing games as long as I have, you see things from a different perspective. If FFVII was your first FF, you're going ot see it differently than if FFIV or FFI were your first FF. I've been talking to the local game store clerks here, who, like me, started off with the NES (some of them even before that!), and they all say the same thing: FFVII is fun, but it's just not as fun as the earlier games.