Okay I think pretty much the opposite. The fighting stuff was brilliant, almost everything in the menu screen was almost perfect, from cards to modding to junctioning to GFs etc.

Ultimecia was a waste of time unless you follow R=U (which I do so I like it).

Everyone growing up together is just painfull. The characters were also a bit too extreme, I mean yes seven had extreme characters, but it had normal ones too.

VIII also wrapped everything up way to nicely, I mean it could have done with a little ribbon or something. A sequel would annoy me because it would mean screwing with the characters again which would just be cruel.

So all in all, great battle and menu system, but the plot was a bit too simplistic. It gets my vote for second best FF.