dude, the same friend wasted suikoden for me, and yet i played through the game and enjoyed it immensely. i'm not saying i'm right, i'm not saying i'm wrong, i just believe ff7 was VERY VERY VERY overhyped and it wasn't that great. plain and simple, even if i hadn't got the story ruined, i didn't really enjoy playing, what i was playing. it did not give me the same feeling a game like say... chrono trigger game me.