FF7 was good. At the time, it was "Quite possibly the greatest game ever made" (that's what it said on the back of the case--and I believed it!). FF8 was a let down. FF9 was an improvement in a lot of ways. FFX was great. That was it. FFX in 2001. Final Fantasy hasn't been a good series since. Of course, the Xbox did come out in 2001.....