Here is my summarization of people's hatred
-too linear (really all FFs are linear, they just have world maps)
-party leader dies, you lose
-no towns (which there are)
-lame battle system (lolwut?)
-no levels, crystarium sucks
-only 6 summons
-crappy monster hunts for sidequests
Most of these are false or actually BETTER! I'm just astoundingly shocked at how someone could hype a game for 4 years (almost) then when ONE THING isn't how they expected they hate it! How the fuck do people like that even enjoy video games? I can't even comprehend this amount of stupidity.I think what disappoints me the most is there are people on there actually listening to these idiots. They are accepting their opinions as facts and they aren't going to buy the game now!
BUY THE GAME and see it for yourself.