I thought that this game was pretty easy and good and the whole Balamb Garden thing put me at ease because it had a 'safe and sound' atmosphere to it (I'm easily scared and FF7 scared the poop out of me :shame but sometimes it got boring and repetitive. And plus I really hated:
The desert prison part
The sewers
Having to save Rinoa in space
Having to be with Rinoa in the spaceship
The lack of character development especially when it came to Ultimacia
Ultimacia's castle
Having to waste nearly 8 hours looking for Ultima Weapon all around the world
And the too-mellowed out music