Well, that's opinion.
This is byfar one of the stupidest and most redundant things a person can say, with the slight exception of someone pointing out that it's stupid and redundant. Pet peeve. 
...er...ok. Sure.
Seriously, everyone knows people like the characters in FF8 in real life.
I don't know anyone as annoying as Selphie or Zell nor do I know anyone as hollow as Irvine (much less most of the cast itself)...Different circles I guess?
I could name someone similar to each character in FF8 that I know personally. Different circle? Yeah, I suppose so.
The Junction System is near outlandishly easy. It requires minimal thought to become godlike in power. Personally, I don't see this as a bad thing, but I can obviously see how people could. I mean, Drawing becomes boring, but it's no different than the leveling up in other RPGs. Not every godly Materia combination in FFVII was obvious, much less as easy to get as Drawing Magic in VIII...But I always saw the Materia system as an obsolete, inpersonal, Esper system myself...
The Esper system is bar none my favorite =)
The thing I liked bout the the Junction system is...the games explanations, tutorials and everything, didn't help me for shit. I still didn't understand what the hell they were talking about, and didn't figure out what the hell Junctioning even was. At some point, I finally figured it out, on my own it seemed, and maybe that made the Junctioning system special to me because I felt so smart...lol, I dunno.
But anyway, the "opinion" comment may rub you the wrong way, but I need to clarify that that truly is the case when he's blatantly stating that something is a fact when it's really not.
Can I tell you, I used to absolutely hate FF7 in the worst way? To me, everything about it was flawed, fake and weak. And I told everyone it was a fact and they were simply enjoying their first experience of an RPG, and didn't know anything about what constituted a good game. I realized after a while that I was going around saying that crap only because I was sick and tired of seeing all the major support for FF7 and no other good RPGs. I always get sick of tired of things that get tons of hype. Well, almost. I still love Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings =p But anyway, I realized that I fell into my weakness of going against the overwhelming majority so I could, per say, "stand out" for whatever reason, who knows. I played the game again, still hated the graphics and music, but realized how much I loved the story and most the gameplay, and since then I've realized the difference between opinion and fact.
Ok ok, so are there any truly bad games out there that I like? Personally, no. I'm picky about the games I like, though. I guess I have to admit I did like Boogerman, Bubsy, and some other terrible platformers when I was young, but nowadays I don't play games that aren't good quality.
The reason I bring up this whole "even if you don't like it, that doesn't mean it's bad" thing is because I'm sure you can tell the difference between a well-made game and a shitty game that doesn't deserve a second glance. Then there's a difference between how good a game is and how much you like it. I'm sure Halo truly is the best FPS out there, and one of the greatest games ever made. In my opinion, it's only half as great as one of my least favorite RPGs.
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.
(And yes, V_T, I did say that just to piss you off
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