Then you ask them how far they got and they say "omg I didn't play that crap for more than 5 minutes!"....yeah.
Yeah, that is irritating. Almost all games start slow. FFIX for example. I b!tched so much for the first part of the game, but I stuck with it. And guess what? I loved it.

As for FFI (& II), they might not be as detailed as the later ones, but I think they're still fun.