Just for the record:
Grandia II kicks behind!
And the story in Final Fantasy X is the ONLY story in which I almost cried at the ending. I got a real big lump in my throat while finishing that game. No other game has ever done this to me before.
And the graphic aspect only came with FF VII, before this it was standard graphic, but they used it in a way unheard of before. If you are after a really good plot you should get hold of Final Fantasy VI, or X... but apparantly you are stuck on not liking ANY of the Final Fantasy games.