Lightning FATE and Level(s).

[Esmian]

Let's be real, for all the gripes about XIII, it's still one of the better selling FF games out there and the Sequel still sold well and has high popularity in Japan. People don't complain about the FFVII kick Square did even though VII is the most broken, disjointed and unfinished FF game to ever exist.

FFVII is right up there with FFXIII on the list of my most disliked FF titles though. And to be fair, I would probably really really like Lightning as a character if she was attached to any game that wasn't the 13 series.