Nope, I LOVED it...and I've played the other FF, so I wasn't a noob to FFXII. Anyhow, I've got over 185 hours logged on FFXII already...lol, a poor battle system would have stopped me from having that many hours for sure.

Anyhow, people just get their panty's in a bunch when a major feature such as the "battle system" is changed. Most don't even approach it with an open mind. The whole reason SE changed it was because everyone was crying about random encounters and turn based battles and needing a "new" feel to the gameplay--now they cry that it's different. Such is the way of the world! But people will buy, most will love it, but a few haters will scream louder than all the others combined.

 Personally, I think FFXI is one of if not the best current MMO out there, though I think it's a bad FF game (in the same way that FF: Spirits Within was a good Sci-Fi movie but a terrible FF movie).  The FFXII gambit system was pretty good too, I just didn't like getting the really useful gambits 10+ hours into the game and I hated the license system with a passion.

FFXII's battle system was good in the very difficult fights - but through most of the game it was like setting everybody on autopilot (overall easy). Hopefully FFXIII will force you to think more and make the game more challenging w/o including a huge amount of grinding.

Aaaahhhh Twestern, you hit the jackpot m'boy with FF6. I absolutely loved the game. It had everything, from story line, music, extras to good graphics at the time. Simply the best. If both FF6 and FF7 were to get a next gen remake, i would vote for FF6 to be the better game.

I thought the boss battles in FFXII were kind of lame after a while. It all came down to the boss casting every abnormal status in the game on your characters, you heal and recover, then continue attacking.

The battle system is cool but it needs more depth. Hopefully they add that in FFXIII if it is indeed using the same battle system(which hasn't been confirmed yet).

 Great now you made me wanna play FFXI! I've only tried it for a couple of minutes and i didn't like it but they told me it sucks at the beginning.

Oh don't worry my hate for FFVII isn't based on any fan-made video but my own experiences with the game.  I found the characters uninteresting, the plot contrived and poorly translated, the villain mediocre, the art dull and lifeless, and the visuals practically unplayable. 

The FF game that doesn't get enough credit is FFIX.  A great plot, more character development than any other FF game, gorgeous art, the best FF music ever written, and a return to the Fantasy roots of FF (instead of the sci-fi that VII and VIII were) make it not only one of the best Final Fantasy games but one of the best RPGs.

Reading and understanding is fundamental and you guys fail. FFXIII is excuting the battle system different to FFXII as Claude pointed out.

well it's fine to hate FFVII, but Cloud still isn't emo. As for FFIX I'm a pretty big fan of that one as well(I like all of them from VI and up aside from VIII).

FFIX does have a good soundtrack but I dunno I always though VI, VII and X all had better music. I have all the music on my computer though so I listen to all the soundtracks from time to time, none are bad. Great game but I wont say I agree about it being one of the best RPGs ever, there are just so many good ones out there...