MrMarc on 13 February 2008
Haha, yikes Claude, not sure if that's a controversial reply or not! :S
I do know the series, especially more recently than any other time has gotten alot of stick, but I do think the fanbase and loyalty to the game is well founded. I'm not a huge RPG player so my knowledge of the genre isn't too widespread, but I don't see how the series as a whole can be so passionately hated.
As for MontanaHatchet's mention of JRPG's v WRPG's, FF7 was really the title that really brought me to RPG's in general even if I haven't played many. Yet I have found that I've never been able to get on with WRPG's. There's something about them in general that just doesn't hook me at all! 
Am looking forward to giving Mass Effect a go on PC though.
