From: Meow1000 | #011
FFVII is a fine game that is incorrectly touted as the best ever which gets it hated on as a result.
That said, the game itself is fairly easy to break. One HP Plus on everyone (More if you feel like it, whatever), Restore+All on everyone, and Time+All with another Time is all you need basically the entire game once you have access to them, barring the optional bosses.
Almost every boss is vulnerable to Slow, so on turn one you can make yourself 4x faster than most of them and rip them to shreds. The only notable exception to this rule is Carry Armor, which is the first time HP Plus comes in really handy.
I agree with the gist of that first statement you made -- such things tend to backfire tremendously -- but it's all relative and personal, of course, and for me, personally, it really is one of the best games ever... rather easily, at that.
As for breaking the game, quite so, but apart from a few of the earlier titles and a couple of the more recent ones, the FF series as a whole is very easy, so it doesn't get to me. That said, I cannot deny that had I played the game for the first time in 2012, or even 2002, I would have likely been harsher on such things.
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