Editorial Excerpt:

"I am one of those folk who gets sorely tired of hearing about Final Fantasy VII. I understand it was a great game, and I appreciate it's role in expanding the popularity of both the Final Fantasy series and RPGs in general. But at the end of the day, whenever I see it on a top ten list or read yet another forum posting espousing it as the catharsis of gaming, I find myself asking "Why?"

Editorial Excerpt:"Perhaps it is unnecessary to use Lunar: Dragon Song as my whipping boy once more. Perhaps the game has already suffered enough excoriation by me in both Q&A and the review of it on this site. Perhaps the points I seek to make using it is an obvious one. Perhaps these things are indeed so, but I will not be dissuaded from my task of the day. Lunar: Dragon Song illustrates very vividly how innovation, in and of itself, is not a beneficial aspect to an RPG."