Arguments aside, I thought Final Fantasy VII was a very good game, and was popular because of the marketing behind it; the first Final Fantasy for the newest games system out. I thought the blocky graphics (they are made fun of terribly on "Video Game Recaps"!) were better in Crash Bandicoot, but it was a great game with an involving plot. I won't view it through rose-tinted spectacles.

Anywayz, I have been playing Final Fantasy games for about 15 years now, when I saw one of my friends from sixth form (another girl, amazingly - for that time and place anyhow) with a gaming magazine with Final Fantasy VIII on the front of it. Over the summer I had bought a Playstation (I had a summer job in the same office as my mum), and I often had disposable income, as I had my child allowance handed over to me (late '90s UK, parents get child benefit as long as their child is at home and in full time education up to 19) so on my weekends I used to go up to Bromley in Kent, which was the best shopping centre that I could get to. I went to the (now defunct) DVD/video/CD shop, MVC, and saw Final Fantasy VII on special offer. Shamefacedly, I'll admit, I got stuck within 5 minutes of the thing so didn't play it for a while. In the meantime I got Final Fantasy VIII, and played the h3ll out of that! Thus started a good few years of Final Fantasy obsession, and when the older titles (IV, V and VI) came out as Final Fantasy Anthology, I was all over that!

However, when Final Fantasy XIII came out... I really tried to like it, honestly, you guys! But to no avail... I may try it again when I get access to my X Box again, though I suspect Assassin's Creed is permanently lodged in there!