final fantasy 8 is awesome, because it had the most cohesive story of all, although in terms of a bad guy, you can say that ff7, 8 and 9 really sorta suck, cause even though the bad guys look "cool" they were barely noticeable or even made your life hard during the game
ppl who hate ff8 were just too dumb/bored to understand the junction system, which for once did affect the story in some way
ff12 is just insane, I mean with all the crazy hidden stuff you got in there and the bosses... it's just insane