Fair enough, that's another definition I've heard.
But even then I still disagree. At what point from the beginning of the game through the Northern Crater on disc 2 was Cloud ever brooding, depressed or caught in his feelings? Even after Aerith got killed, the most he does is admit that there's a part of him he doesn't know and he's wondering if maybe he should quit the journey. And then he immediately reaffirms why he needs to keep going.
I'd argue he became more his own person and less like Zack after falling into the lifestream (which was the whole point of that sequence). Who he was before falling into the Lifestream was him taking on Zack's persona and memories. And after that, he comes into his own. Not a whole lot of brooding or sitting around depressed and in his feelings
Squall was an a$$hole for a good while after meeting Rinoa. He basically did his best to keep his distance from her right up through the battle of the Gardens.
And goes hard for her? He was basically ready to give up on her twice
During the battle of the Gardens when she's dangling off a ledge as the Gardens are about to ram each other again:
Squall: Where's Rinoa?
Zell: I can't get to her. The Galbadian goons got that whole area locked down. The only way to get to her is over the roof or flying there
Squall: ...
Irvine: Breh, tell me you're not just giving up on her
Squall: I...I have to lead the attack
The whole squad: You're just going to let her die? Go and at least try to rescue her breh
And then again after they came back from space, when the Estharian authorities want to seal her away because he's a sorceress, he basically lets them without much of fight. And once again, everyone around him is like "You let them scoop her up without a fight? Go get your girl, you dummy"
I like Squall as a character, but he definitely had his share of WTF moments
Aerith definitely wasn't his love. And again, I'd say he came to terms with things after the lifestream foray. Depression was the last thing wrong with Cloud mentally
You really gon say Aerith wasn't his love...that was the whole point of AC was the fact that he had to let her go. Don't get me wrong in the game proper lots of this is not explained but in the side stuff its clear that dude was depressed as fukk over her.
and ffVII is legit my favourite game ever so im not saying this lightly.
...IX is better than VIII by country miles (even with a sh1tty last boss) let alone VII so lets cut that sh1t short right now.
I'm ready. 
If the remake isn't turnbased, then what the fukk is the point even making the damn thing? You have plenty of current ARPGs to choose from. People have been clamoring for this thing BECAUSE they want a return to the classic gameplay.