You have to remember, at the time, we were all coming down off of FF4, Chrono Trigger, and FF6, so we were basically still high off of Square's heavenly golden age of RPG-making. We had really high hopes for what the graphical leap and the introduction of the 3rd dimension could bring to Final Fantasy, and were slapped in the face with all the cutscenes. Our beloved franchise got hijacked and replaced with a movie.
Here is the most scathing satire of FF7 ever created:
http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/ff7.htm












