Bitmap Frogs on 25 November 2008
I played FF7 some at a friends' house, hated it (back in the day).
Didn't touch the series again until XII... which I heartily recommend to you! No more annoying random-encounters, no more oh-surprise-out-of-nothing-a-whole-monster-party-appears, no gameplay breaks AKA transitions to "battle environment", etc.
On top of it, it's all real-time... you got some sort of AI control on your partymates to automate them for tedious-yawn encounters and can switch anytime to full-on control when it's needed.
So, go try FFXII.
Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).
