Yeah, I agree that threads like this tend to polarize and anger people who don't take lightly to the opinions of others. Not to bash you or anything, but what kind of answer did you expect to get by posting this question in the FF8 forum board? Even though most people here would be partial to Final Fantasy 8 over most other games in the series, I think we've all gone through enough of these threads and arguments to realize that there really is no point to them.
Personally, I prefer Final Fantasy 8 over any other game ever created. One could write a book about the game's extraordinary features, but suffice it to say that the combination of its music, storyline, character relations, and seemless cut scenes interlaced throughout gameplay make FF8 simply fantastical to experience.
