I see some people praising the characters' unique abilities as well. The only unique abilities I've used consistenly were Tools and Blitz. Bushido and Trance quickly became obsolete, Runic and Steal were situational, Rage and Blue Magic take way too much effort, and Sketch and Slots are completely useless. So in the end, all the characters are pretty much the same, thanks to the Espers. I'll give you Throw, that could deal a lot of damage. But meh.
I find that FFIV, IX and X do a MUCH better job at making each character feel different in battle.
Just a sidenote, I've also noticed that many FFVI fans feel the urge to dismiss FFVII. Every time the discussion becomes Final Fantasy VI, someone is sure to mention FFVII as a vastly inferior game for a number of reasons. I don't get that.
