Wow, I didn't realize that people actually hated that game. I've played my fair share of JRPGs and FF7 was by no means the worst. Over all it was a decent experience. Some of that may be being wowed by the better graphics over previous games, but the gameplay wasn't bad for the time. I doubt I could play the game now since JRPGs don't do anything for me anymore, but when I did, FF7 ranked no where near the bottom.
Thank god for the disable signatures option.