It was a game of epic proportions back in it's time. Still is, but it was too. It's story is considered a bit generic these days, but it was very original back then, at least for western audiences. A lot of RPG's saw the popularity of the brooding protagonist with FF7 and tried to mimic it.I intend to I promise! So far I can tell why this was/is so popular. The graphics is clearly dated but... for what it was it's AWESOME.