I think Final Fantasy VII is better, and it's not because of reasons stated before such as 'better advertising' or, 'first FF i played'.
I played VIII and IX before i played VII, and I still thought it was better. I was too young to take notice of advertisements when the game came out.
I just think that the story is much better than the rest of them. There are many sidequests and the gameplay is original.
And that guy that said most people who think FF7 is the best are n00bs, you are very wrong You can't call someone a n00b because of their interests.