^ Indeed; Crisis Core's nostalgic factor worked wonders. The OVA was, as you said, excellent. Everything else, was not needed. My favorite FF is IX; perhaps I'm just bitter it receives NO love at all, from what I can see. VII is always given the credit, and yes, I loved the story, the characters, and so forth; for Square Enix to diminish the brand is actually making me like it less and less, though, unfortunately. Regarding VIII, I liked it as well, so I want to see something come of it and IX. I don't mind the Dragon Quest love, seeing as I've only played IV (for DS) and VIII for the PS2. I want to experience more of it.