Ok, i definitely agree with you, that when 7 came out i was dissapointed, and missed all of the stuff about IV and VI on the SNES that got me into these games in the 1st place.

And yeah, this past summer i went back and played VII again, and beat it and was awesome, and I realized how sweet the graphics (especially the summons monsters) were for an early PS 1 game.

I loved XII though, i liked the gambits, and the no random battles...the fact that the Espers were all the bad guys that we got to beat in Tactics (my favorite FF title) was also a big draw for me.

The music in XII is definitely not as good as i was hoping for, but i really liked the new changes to the gameplay, and i thought the Judges were some of the coolest looking villains yet.

Everyone will always disagree to a certain extent. But its good to know that we can always go back and play our old games again, and gain a new perspective and appreciation for them.

Maybe i'll play VIII again now that i'm done with XII.