The reason why I love it and why it's my favourite is just pure nostalgia. In '97 I was five years old - so I didn't play it then, although my older brothers did. I think I began playing their old copy of it in '99 or 2000 at the age of roughly eight. I just loved the story straight away, even with its little problems. I discovered VIII a little while later. I was so bad at them it took me years to complete them because I kept having to start again. By the end I was pretty good though. I never went out when I was young so I spent so much time of my life basically just playing Final Fantasy VII and VIII.
Yeah, I think if I had played other games in the series and spent that much time on them, they would be my favourites instead. I just get a good feeling of good times when I was young from FFVII and VIII. Good stories as well, I think.