*sigh*

I'm almost done with Squaresoft. They're the reason I went with the PlayStation over other video game systems, and, with the exception of Xenogears (the only must-have SS game since Chrono Trigger, in my opinion), I have been very dissapointed. It used to be that SS churned out a good game every couple months, and a *really* good game a year. What happened? I'll buy Chrono Cross in August, but if that too fails to deliver, SS will have completely lost my loyalty.

Also, does anyone else yearn for the days of a generic combat system? It seems, with the exception of Xenogears, whose combat system was original and yet elegant in its simplicity, that SS' new motto is "If you can't make a combat system interesting, at least make it awkward and complicated."

Bal "FFIII beats any later entry in the series hands-down" anthalus