For example:

FF VII is hated by many because it took away the franchise from it's original concept, and because it changed the original designer Yoshikata Amano.

FF VIII is hated, and I agree, because the story is somewhat lame and the characters are too forced and not very convincing.

FF IX is hated because for some it represents a regression to the old and obsolete ways of the NES era.

FF X is hated for the bad voice acting in the English translation, and there is also the opinion that the main characters: Yuna & Tidus seem to have brain damage.

FF X-2 (the most hated game of all) is hated for a thousand reasons, and I agree whit most of them. The foolish characters, the bad change of personality in Yuna that goes totally against the original concept. But above all for ruining a very good story and a very original ending.

FF XII (My favorite FF in this list) is hated, rare thing, for the same reason FF VII is hated. Because it changed the formula, the battle mechanics, the main artist, the main music composer, for changing everything, in a few words for innovative. And the funny fact is that most of its detractors are the FF VII lovers. Oh the irony!

Seeing this I took a little time to think. What defines a good game? Could it be the sales? I don't think so, because it would be like saying that wonders like Dark Cloud, Psychonauts, Otogi, etc. are not good or great games because they didn't sell as much as Halo, Mario, Zelda, GTA, MGS, FF, MK, etc.

I sometimes feel angry reading the opinions of the fanboys saying that Halo is the greatest game ever and any other game is garbage, or saying that Halo is a pile of overrated sh*t.

Halo is a great Game and I can say it even when I have never played it (I feel very sick when I play FPS) But the fact that so many people loves it, that it saved the original Xbox from Oblivion, and above all because that it could revamp and turn the FPS genre in the most influencing and important genre today proves it.

We all have the right to hate or love something, but I sincerely believe that everything, even our most guttural emotions need a real reason to be. I hate FF VIII and FF X-2 but that is because I have played them and there were things that made me hate them. There's also people that hate games that I love like FF XII, and I even understand some of them, those who have real reasons to hate it, not those who simply hate it because it was not designed by Tetsuya Nomura and the music score was not made by Nobuo Uematsu. We all have the right to hate, but even in hate we need to be intelligent.

I would never hate a game I never played or a console I don't own, but most of the fanboys in here do.

I haven't beaten this game yet and I already have 160 hours of gameplay, from these, 15 hours have been fot trying (unsuccesfully) to get the Danjuro so I can complete my equipment list.

I know a lot of people totaly hate the game because of the story and the non-charismatic characters. Maybe this is true, but the mechanichs of the game are exellent IMO, not having random encounters is a dream come true, knowing exactly where to find a monster, even a rare one is what I like the most, the best that could happen to the series.

I have played every FF since IV, and I have enjoyed this one a lot, even whitout a great dramatic story, without a lot of tears, whitout hot kisses, it's a marvelous challenge for a completitionist like me, the Danjuro alone is taking me more effort to get than the Excalibur II from FF IX and that's good for me.

My only complain are those damned random treassure chests, I hope never to see them again  in my life. I HATE them!

Anyway, I'll start playing Rogue Galaxy as soon as I complete this Game. It looks sensational!!!!

OK, I'm halfway through Shadow of the Colossus and the only adjective that comes to my mind is: Gorgeous, I've been this close to die several times for just staring into the colossus.

It's a beautifull game, worth the buy in Greatest Hits, I like the fact that every colossus is harder to beat than the one before, even the little differences in the landscape make it interesting, I don't feel like I've been riding through the same place over and over.

At the same time I've been playing FF IX and GTA: San Andreas, this makes these two the games I've played most in my life, being the fourth time I play each one, maybe Shadow of the Colossus won't be very far from these in the near future

This past months have been very active for me in Gamespot, I've achieved like 10 new emblems and have changed a lot of stuff. I hope you like it.