Final Fantasy 8 was the mother****ing shit. FF7 was good but controls were a pita to learn, and i gave up on it. But 8 is in my top 5 of all time. Very very good game for its time.
when i was into it, i put 100+ hours into Final Fantasy X. Even Yuna (IIRC) was ridiculously strong without spells. Then some guys broke into my house and jacked everything, even the memory card!!!