Originally Posted by §håd0w
it is starting to show that they're pushing. Just about every one after VII has started to lack in different ways.
That's a matter of opinion, and nothing else. I personally prefer every numerical post-VII FF plus Tactics to every pre-VI FF (FFVII, for the record, is my favorite, and FFVI is my second favorite). Why, by the way, should it bother you if it sent the series mainstream?