FFVII – The Worst Final Fantasy?

The reason I ask this is that alot of people on other forums I visit have said they dislike FFVII for the following reasons:

– It focused too much on cinematics
– The story was rubbish (omfg)
– The characters were too linear (again, omfg)
– It brought RPGs to a mainstream audience

What are your thoughts?

But the characters were quite linear. They had a story behind them but they were all set in there ways and only made slight changes through out the game.

The reason I ask this is that alot of people on other forums I visit have said they dislike FFVII for the following reasons:

– It focused too much on cinematics
– The story was rubbish (omfg)
– The characters were too linear (again, omfg)
– It brought RPGs to a mainstream audience

What are your thoughts?

My thoughts are that we already have two threads on the subject in the FFVII forum. 🙁 Read them and post there if you feel that you have a chance in the debate.