I personally dislike this game for many reasons, however you should play it anyway so you can see whether or not you like it. Personally I found the characters boring, the only ones that got any development were Squall, Laguna and Rinoa, though the development they got made the story worse in my opinion. I loathe Rinoa. She's probably my most hated FF character. The only story is the Love story and thats pretty weak itself, though if you play you should see why.

Most peoples problems with this game is the Junction system but I actually found that quite fun. What I didn't find fun was the Drawing magic part.