Since I joined fandom (well, rejoined) I've gotten much less anti-FF7 and I can acknowledge some of the good things about it. I can recognize why it was so groundbreaking of a game, but it's like how some people like Donne and Marvell while some like Chandler and Rand. It doesn't make one better than the other, just different.

there's no measurement scale of awesomeness - YES. Just the other day someone was talking about how just because Citizen Kane is super famous and widely considered the greatest movie EVAR, doesn't mean that everyone is going to like it!