FF6 vs FF7, the one I like better between them is usually the last one I played. I think for me though, the series really peaked with Final Fantasy 8; although sometimes I shift my opinion to liking FF6 better (for example) because I am currently playing it, usually I shift back to liking FF8 more shortly after. I do think all of the Final Fantasy games were great though, but recently I have been a bigger fan of Dragon Quest than Final Fantasy; this was also true during the NES days, but after Dragon Quest 4, I didn't even play Dragon Quest again until DQ8 on PS2 (although I did buy DQ7 when it came out on PSX, and just have yet to actually play it =P).
Either way, Final Fantasy 7 is a great game, and I think people nit-pick it just to support their long-standing bias that Final Fantasy belongs on Nintendo systems - or that JRPGs are "too emo" for them (although from the people I know who complain about things being too emo, I call Bull**** on that, I knew what kind of twisted emotional mess they were when I knew them in High School =P); and therefore needlessly miss out (or have compromised enjoyment) on some of the alltime best games.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
