I am playing FFVII for the first time (don't judge me) and I have gotten plenty of nail biting moments. I spent a while trying to recruit Yuffi, then i went to strip her of the obviously epic ninja materia she had and push her back to the characters i didn't care about, namely anyone other than Tifa, Cid, or at times Barret (if i got any of those wrong it is because i have given them names unsuitable to be posted on this forum lol). What do i get? Fucking throw. THROW. And i get my materia stolen for a relatively aggravating origin quest. and i get a broken soul.
Then Aeris jumps in to my party at times in the game like ten levels after i stopped caring about her/leveling her without me being able to switch her out. And then she dies. And i really don't care that much.