It doesn't help that they wait until like halfway through the game before they let you really start seeing his thoughts. Until then, even the voice in his head was saying "Whatever". It's pretty ridiculous. Makes it hard to relate or understand a character if they're just an emotionless mute. I won't go so far as to say they should have changed his character (even though I think they should have). But as a writer/creator myself, I can definitely say it could have been presented a lot better. Especially considering they had a mechanic in place where you could see/read his thoughts and what was going on inside his head. And they failed to utilize that to help the player see what was making this guy be the way he was. I don't think I would have hated Squall nearly as much if he wasn't just a robot douche-bag and I could see he had things going on inside, with reasons and emotions and just wasn't expressing it properly. But nope. Just "Whatever".