Curious, how many of you have actually played & completed both games?

I played both many times, and both things have the pros and the cons- as does everything.

Final Fantasy VII has a unique storyline and great characters with such personalities, and it has the humorous parts...I especially like how you're in a way putting pieces together in a puzzle in a way. There are plenty of outcomes for almost everything you do, and it was a stupendous game overall. With chocobo racing and the motorcycle game, it was very fun. Although, I was disappointed to see one of my favorite characters die in the end. This is a very emotional game, that is also one of my favorites.

However, Final Fantasy VIII seemed to be more appealing to me. The characters are, too, very interesting and all well put together. I easily fell in love with Squall, and easily hated Seifer. The plot of the game is exciting and it all twines together so well. All of the side-quests made the game all that more interesting, and with a background story of Laguna that made me love it all even more. It featured great graphics for the year that it was made, even though the whole walking in a line beside eachother got quite annoying sometimes. I really loved Eyes on Me, it is to this day one of my absolute favorite songs. The dance in the beginning was beautiful, and you can see the relationship forming from the beginning. Anyway, I shouldn't babble too much..straight to the point...

In my opinion, I think that Final Fantasy VIII is the best.