First, I want to point out to all the people who are complaining about the fanboys making the game overrated: if you stop and think for a second you would realize that the game has fanboys for a reason. Why bother being a fanboy if you didn't like the game? So, obviously, there are lots of people who actually believe that the game is good, and not just jumping on some sort of bandwagon. And people don't typically like bad games. Typically.

Anyways, I think the game is neither underrated, nor overrated. It is merely rated. Some people love it, others despise it (though usually just because of the ones who love it). Either way, it is what it is.

I think that the spin-offs that have been produced have been a little excessive. Frankly I'm seeing more quantity than quality here. In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII was one of the best games out there due to it's overwhelming ability to draw me into the story, the well thought out and portrayed story itself, the character background and development, even the graphics (for the time of course, which is the only real way to compare graphics fairly). On the other hand the movie, Advent Children just sucked. If you had any difficulties understanding the storyline in the game, say goodbye to understanding the movie in the least. And seeing as how the game's storyline is by far the most complex story ever, I mean give me a break. I would consider myself a fairly intelligent person, but both the game and the movie just threw me through a loop.

I think there are, what, 6 or so games and movies based on FFVII? No game is that good.

(I'm talking about FFVII specifically, not the FF series itself. If you're talking in Zelda terms it would be the equivalent of having a 'Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past II', and lets face it; how many times can Link link to the past before Link can't link no more?)

Let it be already. I'm all for a remake (better graphics, maybe some kind of extra dungeon at the end, or a few new monsters, nothing big or story affecting) on the PS3, but then let it go. I'm a FFVII fanboy from the heart, and until the end. My first tattoo is even going to be FFVII related, but even I think that they are going to far with it. Put away your FFVII designated wallets and let the series rest.

As for underrated, that's just not possible. The game makes the top 10 lists all the time, usually in the top 3, and has a fan basis that is comparable to Oprah's. There may be a group of people out there who under rate it for whatever reason, but as a whole underrated isn't even a feasible term that you could use to rate the game.

And as for overrated, well... that's just not possible. It is one of the best games of all time. <--- That would be my fanboyism showing through. Though, I'm a fanboy because I love the game, not because anyone else does.

I have to say that a game with so many spin-offs in a Compilation is a bit over-rated, but you have to admit it is a great game. I love it to death, but I don't love it to the point where every single quote or line of script in the game needs it's own separate film or game itself. Sheesh.

I think FF7 is over-rated.
dont get me wrong, i love ff7 but it isnt really that great.
but im just one opinion

Just watch these 2 videos:
http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=PkxR4p7P74Y
http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=uj3k...eature=related

Watch them in order.

LOLOLOL wow are you kidding me? Have you even been to ebay.com? Have you ever even heard of sites such as that, or amazon.com? This game definetly sells, and people still have it high on demand to buy. And for right reasons. Now I have never played 1-6, however when I was little I saw my uncle playing the demo and I tried it and instantly loved the game. I would always stay over at his house and he'd play it all night and I'd stay up and watch him play. Is this game overrated? No I dont feel it is, but it does get more attention than the others and for right reasons. I feel it has the best storyline, better characters. FFX was terrible IMHO the only cool thing to do was play blitzball. It was far too easy to play. FFIX I never really could get into I just wasn't feeling it. FFVIII would be a strong 2nd place IMO for best FF game of the series. It just seems after FFVIII that the games just lost quality for me and they didnt grab my attention as much as say 7 or 8. But underrated? Far from being underrated. People still have it in their top 5 games of all time as others have said on here. And no I don't just like the game due to other people liking it and it being popular. I actually played this game and actually get a feel for it. And I felt this was the best game I have ever played. But after the remake for PS3 if they do make it, I hope they let it go and leave it at that.

Uh, does both count? Sometimes it seems like it majorly overshadows the greatness of the other FF games and FFVII lovers sometimes hate the other games just because it's not the exact same. So that tends to be extremely annoying. But as far as the video game world, it's under-rated. It should be higher on the list of best games by various magazines. And yeah, Nintendo games can be really boring. I mean, the classic, original ones are cool, but they need to stop remaking Zelda and Mario. Nintendo is over-rated much.