In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII is the best RPG ever! The story line is filled with plot twists and surpries. The Materia System was a brilliant idea. The characters were all unique. The Villian was one of the baddest ever to breach the RPG genre. The graphics are okay considering that it came out two years before FFVIII. Final Fantasy VII is a must have for any RPG player. It has 50+ hours of gameplay, you will be busy for a long time. If you are considering buying FF8, I reccommend holding off, and buying FF7, it`s better, and since its reached the Greatest Hits status, its cheaper too. It has the best music out of all the FF games but theres no song in it. Theres alot of weapons and weapons to find throughout the world. It has some realy cool mini games such as the chocbo race and the crazy motorcyle chase.. The control is just as good except you have to hold X to run.. It's a really good game, but I bet you've already heard that from just about everyone you've talked to about it.