XIII... I liked (notice how I said 'liked', for any other game I would've said 'loved') the story and characters, but the gameplay was just so BAD... I hated only being able to control the party leader. Also, parts of the story were just way to melodramatic and cliche for me :l. A lot of cutscenes just made me feel.. awkward while watching them.

I loved VIII even though, apparently, a lot of people didn't. Hate the story, characters, and drawing system all you want, but at least VIII had a world map filled with different towns and such to explore, shops, a nice weapon upgrading system, and side-quests. When it comes to XIII, you either play for the story or you don't play at all.