First of all, I disliked most of the characters. Zell was an interesting character, and I liked him, but none of the others did anything for me whatsoever. I found them to either be shallow and undeveloped, annoying, or simply boring. Rinoa and Zell had more personality than everyone else combined. Also, I completely disliked the modern-esque world. I play Final Fantasy for the fantasy, not the reality. While FFVII had the same type of world, it was pulled off FAR better, and the world was a more interesting place. Then, there's the story. What a stinker. It was dull to begin with, and I disliked it until I reached the point where they learn that (SPOILER)they're all from the same orphanage. This struck me as a realization by the Squaresoft crew that their characters had no real connections and that the plot was dying, so they just whipped this into shape. I thought it was incredibly stupid. Couple that with the lack of an interesting villian whatsoever (aside from Seifer, who wasn't more than a henchman) and an extremely slow, dull, and annoying battle system, and you have my least favorite Final Fantasy game. Honestly, I'd rather play Superman 64 than this game. And that's saying something.