the grips of VII

ok i started playing final fantasy with #8 and it was amasing. however iv recently run into 7.witch is also a good game. what i ask for is the coments and tips to sway me in favor of either 8 or 7 plzz help

[Axeman]

Your best bet is to finish 8 before you start 7. If you've not played any FF games before you'll probably enjoy 8 better as it's (slightly) more straightforward, however if you are a FF fan you'll find 7 is more "traditional" in that it uses the time honoured HP/MP system that most FF games employ.
Either way, don't try and play both at once. You'll just get very confused!! :-)

[Removed]

Number 8 never got me hooked enough to bother finishing it, I just didnt' have the motivation.

Number 7 on the other hand, I've completed it about a dozen times.

If there's one "make-or-break" quality of a video game that's important to me, it's replayability value - and FFVII has it in spades.

[jmur]

8 will look better than 7 graphics wise. For that reason I think you should play 7 before 8. This way you don't get caught up on graphics and you will really like the story of 7. Damn watching Advent Children makes me want to play VII again.

[Anomaly]

Hmm...Play FFVI before you play anything.

...but I'd go with VII before VIII because even if VIII's general plot is pretty straightforward, it goes to pot at the end.

[Palazzo]

As we said before, it's up to you. We can't make you chose which is better.

Though, in my opinion, neither is better than the other.

[cloudsephiroth]

you should finish 8 before you start 7 just so you do not get confused with the stories .