I can't play I-VI because the graphics in those old games offend my sensibilities. I think the newer games are far superior to the older ones because Square Enix put so much emphasis on making their games look amazing. So what if the characters in 13 were shitty and your only option for proceeding through the game was one long hallway? That hallway was AMAZING to look at.

FF7 didn't have the greatest graphics in the world, but it made up for it with bad ass swords and a large black man with a gun for an arm who looked like Mr. T. Also, a chain-smoking dragoon who wants you to drink his god-damned tea.