I've just returned it to my friend and I must say what an enjoyable experience, now I finally know what all the hype for this game was like! I must say it's a bit unfounded... this game is good but I certainly can't see how it garnered such a huge fanbase... I mean was it really because it was the first rpg experienced for some people?

I mean if FF 8 was the first of the PSX rpg's, would it be regarded in the same light, and have these "fanboys" swooning over rinoa? (shudder the thought)

I mean my first Final Fantasy experience was FF 4 on the gba. I must say I loved it, and immediately set to work on playing and anticipating all of them, so next was FF 5 and then 6, all on the gba. FF 4 is the game that convinced me to start enjoying rpg's, the best game genre ever, and with it came a whole slew of games for me all at once. I must say I'm now overwhlemed with the amount of rpg's I have to go through when I was so rpg starved last year