This may be a bit late but I just felt like putting it up after replaying this game on my PS3, the real reason most negative comments are from FF7 players is mainly because of things like the Junctioning system which takes some thinking to get it down the right way. When people say things like some parts are to hard or to easy it comes down to how smart you set up your junctioning system  and alot of FF7 fanboys don't understand it and never use it throughout the whole game and rely on nothing but GFs to kill their enemies since they don't get they can Junction abilities to make Squall very powerfull and annilate enemies with a few hits , the game is actually very easy If you junction abilities the right way  and you don't need money to progress really  you get  huge amounts of money you never use and really FF7 players don't understand the story either...lol I must admit its a bit complex but FF7 fans just say the story is horrible instead of figuring it out. I think  FF7 players who really flame this game were hoping for something a little easier for them to understand and because they don't get it,  all they do is just flame it. The story is actually quite beautiful away from the plot of Ultimicia. 5stars over all for the story. 4 stars for fun took one star out just because its sometimes  hard to figure out your objective and spend time running back and forth from places if you aren't listening to the dialogue it may take you awhile to figure out how to progress the story since nothing gives you hints on what to do.