Laugh all you want. Squall at least has some character, as opposed to a dimwit who messed up his own mind because he was such a failure. Squall was a sob-story boy turned stoic due to pain. Cloud was a pussy who deluded himself because he couldn't accomplish hsi own dream. Also, Aeris and Sephiroth are in Final Fantasy VII. Cloud, Aeris and Sephiroth.... No one can claim Ultamecia, Zell, and Rinoa are the greatest characters to ever exist, but at least Ultamecia doesn't appear until the end. We didn't have to have to bare the knowledge of how lame she was until the last battle. Sephiroth popped in and out all the time in Final Fantasy VII, showing us just how moronic his story was, and how much of a tool he was.

The game is good. I like playing it. However, it is by no means the best game ever.