I realized how much I sucked at RPG's when I beat this game purely by chance but I still love it and think it's one of the best games in the franchise. The graphics are horrible but being a game from 1997, you can't really expect them to look much better than the Picasso cubic figures that they are. The animation scenes are fantastic though but that leads me to believe that had they gone to a four disc format like VIII, the gameplay graphics would have been enhanced a great deal. The story is great and just like the other FF titles, the underlying messages are pretty powerful as well. The Final Fantasy games don't just serve an entertainment purpose but they also try to tell you about important things in the world and life.