When the PSX first came out with FFVII promised to be released I had to make due for RPGs with...Beyond the Beyond. A relentlessly mediocre title from start to finish with nothing that stood out except some nice facial animation in dialogue boxes and decent polygonal battle graphics.

Then came the crippling curse on the best fighter in the game that made him pratically useless for a third of the playthrough. It was really aggravating, but I couldn't stop playing. I tried to convince myself that it was more than a crippled average game and then FFVII came out and I realized what it truly was. I never played it again. But I remember enjoying it at the time.