Just went through and beat Final Fantasy 8, so if you haven't played it and don't want SPOILERS!! then skip ahead.
Owned Ultimecia's first form, owned Greiver, barely lived through Shockwave Pulsar but I was okay. Own Griever/Ultimecia, and barely beat Ultimecia's final form. Hell's Judgement scared me.
But regardless, Aura+Squall+Haste+the occasional megalixir = Me winning
Then the ending kicked in.... At first I was like..... Wait what? Oh..... God damn time travel >.< but eventually we found Squall (who I thought was FUCKED
) and poor Rinoa (Who I thought was also fucked
) and the Balamb Garden thing happened. The end of that part with Rinoa pointing and the camera dying made me go "Wait.... Was? Nah.... Could it? OH GOD DAMMIT. WIKIPEDIA NAOW!"
But it turned out Squall was alive and I was relieved beyond words, and after seeing this, I dub Final Fantasy 8 the best of them all.
Final Fantasy from best to worst (in my opinion) :
VII
X
VII
IV
XII
V
I
II
XIII
(haven't played 3 or 6, and haven't started 9 yet. And 11 can go die. MMO's are gay)