To be honest I enjoyed FF:VII but it's a really bad hype game which lead on to Square ruining the mythos of the series which was very mystical and put together pretty well. Plus FF:IV revolutionized RPGs tbh, it did start the ATB system and the TRAGIC character pasts unlike the Final Fantasy series before it where the characters were sent to save crystals and didn't have specific job titles given to them before hand, etc.
Good things FF:VII done:
Made Sorcery and Science a common mixture of FF games
Contributed to some of the best and most recognizable themes in the series [over-used]
Made Kingdom Hearts [****, nevermind, that's a bad thing]
Made JRPGs **** popular in the West
After that I'm drawing a blank.
EDIT: What the **** at CitizenGeek randomly bringing in the Wii, what's the point? Because there's a lot of "Nintendo" fans? Also, the PS3 will have its time, it is coming, LittleBigPlanet is just the start though.