Nobody's banning shit, we haven't banned anything in decades. We'll just re-label it so that the labels are more clear that's all. You don't have to get all excited.
The fact that we thought Pluto was a planet seemed absolutely insane at the time but none of the kids could question the adult in the room when the stupid rock is literally not even staying in its own lane
Edgy was the style at the time. That might be a case of needing to adjust expectations to the time it was created in.
Final fantasy 7 came out 2 years before the matrix movie for example. Edgy was huge.
Final fantasy 8 starts out similarly, but turns into a much better romance story with all the same zaniness.
Final fantasy 9 is a more classical fantasy from that era. After final fantasy 9 it gets more modern, but that one at least loses the edge that you didn't like in seven.
By the time we figure out something better than capitalism will have a few more solar systems to screw up on the new thing too.