Final Fantasy VII: Overrated?

[Egami]

Ya, the game has some flaws, but what game doesn't?

Indeed. I think that it is an exaggeration of many fans to deny that the game has its flaws. I would be lying if I told you that FF VII is absolutely perfect in every respect and that it has no flaws. It is not, and it has its shares of flaws. Something as simple as the spelling errors and poor translation that pop up many times comes to mind. Sephiroth having no gloves while he descends with his sword towards Aeris and then suddenly having gloves while he is pulling his sword from her; or the misalignment of the Sister Ray, by which if you draw a straight line from it to the north, it would miss the northern crater which it supposedly hit by a long shot; among other things.

While these are flaws, I think that these are just small things that don’t really take away from the greatness of the game. If you look for them, you will find them in many other games as well. Not that finding them in other games somehow justifies their presence. They are flaws and they shouldn’t be there or should have been done right in the first place.

In my opinion nearly every FFVI and beyond has been overrated.

I love VI, it is my second favorite FF. But as of late and unlike VII it does not seems to be aging too well. Not to go of topic but I'll just say that I think the game kicks off nice and goes on strong right up to and including the floating continent. But after that, in the world of ruin, I think it loses force and all sort of plot development seems to come to a halt. The game is amazing, I love it, but I think this issue is a weakness it has.