I really would like a FF7-2 but FF stories have been rather disappointing now to say the least.....
Advent Children - story was terrible
FFX-2 - story was terrible
FF12 - story was boring.
FF13 - story lackluster.
FF7CC - found the story to be quite interesting. though most of the groundwork had been laid by FF7.
I also miss the badass heros like cloud and squall. Seems like as the story goes on the males just keep getting more and more effeminate. Characters just havent been as lovable. I mean the whole FF12 cast sucked. FF13 cast I didnt like as much either.
And with AC + DoC and whatever else they've created so far, I'm not really hopeful to be honest. They need to ignore AC and DoC, and make FF7-2 something where Cloud isn't emo for the whole game. They need something of substance to happen, I mean AC was one of those stories where something is happening, yet changes nothing except how we feel about the original. Nothing of substance because there was no emotional build up to it at all and relied sheerly on the strength of the original title for any emotional value the player/viewer felt. AC had virtually no character development, no buildup for the enemy (I didnt really care about Loz and Kadaj at all), and noone even cared about geostigma. Who cared that geostigma was killing kids? The kids were never really close to my heart, not the way someone like aerith might have been. The disease was impersonal and there was no face to the evil. I really hope they rewrite AC and DoC out of canon with FF7-2 - and it'll be hard because sequels have expectations (well maybe not FF anymore...) but Square has to do it, because FF7 has been destroyed with all the new stuff.