After playing FFV for the first time, I was pretty sure it had to be the BEST of all FFs. (It was the... fourth I played? ^^") It's not my all-time favorite anymore (after playing FFVI, it wasn't that great anymore *cough*), but when I made a ranking of all FFs once it was 4th ^^

Basically, I don't really know why so many people don't like the game. I liked the characters, though they lacked a bit of personality (as did every character in the old games XD") and the story was so... normal. But everything was just fine about the game, especially the atmosphere. I still remember that damn moment when X-Death sent a few villages into the... erm... what was it called again? x.x" You know, this dark world... (the dark, big dot XD)
Also, the job system was quite nice to handle, aaaand I loved the music <3 There is no better song in the whole game than Battle on the Big Bridge. <3 <3 Aaand I liked the song on the world map, but I don't remember the name. ^^"

All in all... FFV was great. <3 I'd even call myself a huge fan of the game. It was just awesome. <3 (I should replay it one day T.T")