Why does everyone hate FF VIII?

[Riachu]

darthdevidem01 said:
@soulsamurai

FF10 is nowhere near hated...it is actually VERY popular everywhere..Japanese people even voted it over FF7 on one of their mags.

FF8 though is HATED....but nowhere near as hated a FF12

neither FFVIII or FFXII were hated, just very controversial