An astronomical achievement in JRPG's that broke through the barrier of being just a JRPG and changed the course of the the genre and medium. FF7 is funny in that I remember the day I finished the game for the first time not being blown away but only once I came back to the game for the second and third time would I realize how truly excellent it was. The moments that need to emotionally hit, hit like a truck. I would not have thought that this ragtag crew of pipe cleaners with faces would have ended up being my #1 JRPG party if you had asked me back when I started. I thought Cloud a lone wolf too cool for school boring one note protagonist, By the end of the game he's this deeply layered man just trying to deal with SO much shit that's been dumped on him. My only half joking gripe with FF7 is goddamn Chocobo Breeding and Racing. Go to hell.