The same can be said about FF8. When a game is that polarizing, you gotta give it some props. That said, I don't like 12 very much. I was 17 when I played it, and just never had enough interest to keep up with it. It didn't feel like the older FFs I had played and enjoyed.
I won't say it's the worst FF ever (I might reserve that for FF3), but to this point I have played/attempted to play eight FF games (1-7 and 12), and the only ones I abandoned before finishing were FF5 and FF12. Someday I intend to go back and give 5 another try, but I don't feel the same way with 12.