I think you guys are truly overeacting on this whole bit.

I read a review off of IGN on the game. And while they only gave the game a 7/10 what they said about the game I felt was pretty encouraging.

They said the thing that brought the game down was basically the shooter mechanics but that it still told a fantastic story. And that the story was the main part of the game.

And since the majority of people who will play a ff7 based game from here on out will be playing for the characters and the story and not the gameplay I don't think there is a whole lot to worry about. The aspect of the game that most people will be interested in got high praise.