XIII is the only full Final Fantasy I never finished within a month of getting it. There just isn't anything satisfying about XIII. I didn't get any joy from Equipping new items or improving items, hell that was a giant mess. I didn't get any joy from collecting CP and spending it. I certainly didn't get any joy from the battle system. The only thing I liked about XIII were the first few hours of enjoying the visuals, thinking that like all the other FF's once you get out of the terrible start it becomes fun to play.

Final Fantasy XIII compares to playing FFX but never leaving Zanarkand, spending the rest of the game fighting sin spawn. Or Final Fantays XII but never getting to the part where the King is killed, just wandering through the palace. It never kicked off, or it has certainly yet to do so, I'm on chapter 13 or 14, can't remember which. If that's near the end I am sorely disappointed.

FFXIII is the only FF that I have actually felt any kind of hate towards. I mean I even enjoyed X-2 for smurfs sake.