I am an avid video gamer, I've been playing video games since the early 80's.  My love of RPGs came when the first Final Fantasy was released on the orignal nintendo system.  Since then, I have been hooked to the series, buying consoles for the games (PSone/FF7, PS2/FF10, PS3/FF13), not the other way around. After saying that, my all time favorite would have to be FF8.  The graphics are horrible in comparision to todays games, but the game play makes up for it.  Most RPGs have at least 20-40hrs of playing time, but with the FF series, I'm surprised if I spend less than 200+ hrs.  I have played through the entire game over three times over my lifetime, and for me, the most enjoyable part about this game would have to be the side quests and the addictive card game!  I am the type of person that has to have 100% completion before I move on to the next game, and was devastated when my six year old broke disk 4 of this game, hence the reason why I bought yet another copy.  I was tickled pink to find this game had become a classic, with a classic price!  Would've paid more money for the game but was ecstatic to only pay $14 for it!!