FF8>>>>>>>>FF7 (just my opinion). I love this game. I would not call either of those two games the best of the "new age" FFs however. This is a wonderful game, I found very little wrong with it. I like the departure from mainstream, it showed that Squaresoft still had some originality in them. Love the characters, love the story, love the gameplay, love it. I've probably played this FF more times than any of the eleven that I've played.