I didn't hate it, but didn't enjoy it as much as other entries. I was really into it until Rinoa became the central theme of the plotline, if she had been likeable I could've handled it.. But alas, I dislike her and how everything went downhill after she became the focus of the storyline.
Yesterday I beat Final Fantasy 9, and I LOVED IT. That's how you do charming and nostalgia justice.
Will start playing Xenogears soon. And Final Fantasy XII is still in my backlog.