I will give FF VIII this, it had some decent music and a few awesome tracks.

The juntion system was easy to use, the problem is it was so easily abused it wasn't even funny.

And I don't hate it because of change. I grew up on things like Lufia 2, breath of Fire 2, and FF IV and VI. Yet now I enjoy all sorts o fgames and RPG's of all idfferent kinds.

People hate FF vIII because of a forced plot and horrible characters. For example, Irvine knew exactly who edea was from the start. However, after squall gives him a bit of confidence, he has no quams whatsoever about putting a bullet through his surrogate mothers skull.

Also, the drawing system is annoying as hell.
Plus, Squall sucks. He was singly the worst aspect.,