I'm sorry, are you playing a different FF7 to the one I did?

You know, the one with the incredibly generic party setup, minimal characterisation and pitful storyline?

One or two scenes describing a character's backstory != characterisation.

You've got the tough-but-silent guy who steadily opens up, the cheerful slutty girl, the cheerful but not slutty girl, the big tough guy, the weird non-human character, the loud tough guy, the tough-but-silent guy with a DARK PAST and the ninja girl from a Japanese-ish locale.

In fact all of them have some kind of HORRIBLE AWFUL SECRET which they overcome in the progress of the game, it's sickening.

There's very little variation in the male characters, and the same applies to the females as well, not to mention the repetition of their character types from numerous games, films, books, whatever.

FF7 is a pathetic game, on all counts, and is only good for it's boss battle theme.

Xenogears, Lunar, heck freakin' Final Fantasy Tactics beat down that broken shell of a game.