I think people had some wool pulled over their eyes with this one. The cutscenes can occasionally be extremely powerful. Everything between Cloud and Aerith was extremely beautiful and moving, and I was brought to tears when Aerith goes to save Marlene. But the actual game is just terrible. The boss fights just never end. At one point I thought I realized that I had been playing the game incorrectly the whole time, only for the next boss to make me realize that I still wasn't playing it right. While playing it tonight and having my health disintegrated by propeller trooper B or whatever I realized that this is just not a fun game to play. What I'd really like to know is where Square Enix got the idea that pressing the square button a million times in one boss fight was more engaging than the original game's (which is one of the best games I've ever played) combat