Although I love this game, I can actually see why people hate it. Bad storyline, a forced relationship (it's my opinion, please don't verbally abuse me for it), and the character backstories were, in a word, crap. Not to mention some gameplay as a bit irritating too (drawing magic, the NORG part, the prison part to name a few). But then again, look at your favourite FFs. All of them have their flaws, and a hell of a lot of 'em too, and they all have parts that make us want to pull our hair out. There's no use attacking each other about trivial little things that make the game bad. FF8 is fun, just like every other FF (yes, even my least favourite FF2 has its fun moments).