I love that game. I don't know how much of it is the excitement, but having enjoyed "III" and then going to VII I was pretty hyped when the opening sequence swi

I love that game. I don't know how much of it is the excitement, but having enjoyed "III" and then going to VII I was pretty hyped when the opening sequence switched to player control. Nobuo Uematsu is a genius, you're basically at the peak of console music and graphics for the time, and it came in a thick box with three CDs. Materia is on of my favorite systems, too, it made getting new weapons, armor, or materia more exciting than other games because you'd usually have a new way to combine the skills you want, or a far stronger attack with worse skill slots.