Any thoughts on Final Fantasy VIII?

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• That's the part I hated the most too. I was like, that's damn convenient, lol.

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  by Symbeline on March 28th, 2008

• Seriously; I was in love with the game before when it was about being a SEE-D. I thought it was going to be a more adult FF; and then it just got weeeeird.

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• In tone, it was kinda more adult than FF7.

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• In tone yes, but in content, Squall was kinda immature. And so was seifer lol.

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  by Symbeline on March 28th, 2008

• Cloud was just a pain, though. Cliched at times, obscure at others. And Barret was like a less manly version of Mr T.

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• By adult I meant more focused around straight war and politics, as opposed to a group of tweens saving the world from some supernatural power.
  
  But definitely the tone, if not adult in my opinion, was much darker. (Which I guess is comparable with adult)

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• And it wasn't so much a supernatural power it was a tie-in to the FF concept of magic.

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• Maybe that's a bit besides the point; Regardless what I really want to see in an RPG of a Final Fantasy scale would be a true war between two forces without the player character being the end-all solution to the problem.
  
  Rather than an end boss-fight I would love to see like an end battle much like the beginning of FF8 in Dollet.

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• It's not about you, though, it's the artistic vision of the creator (which, unfortunately, was ruined by awful voice acting in FF10).

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• Well you asked for my thoughts, which are exclusively about myself.

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• In a way I agree with you BJ, but at the same time, it has such a good story that it just makes you that much more connected to the characters. Thats why it may seem more sappy and what not. It was I think the last true good final fantasy game, 9 was pretty damn good, but after 10 they started to go down hill quite a bit, then 10-2 came out and made me want to break my PS2. Then 12 came out and introduced a completely new battle system, which apparently people didnt like. But the fact that you have complete control over what you do makes me think that maybe they have finally been able to revamp themselves and maybe they will bring out more games

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  by kurtj13 on March 28th, 2008

• What was so bad about 10-2? (I haven't played it)

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• You know Kurt, the more I think about this the more I realize how much I truly liked FF8.
  
  I mean, the Ragnarok was pretty kick ass, as was that floating monolith that I cannot remember the name of, Pandora something.
  
  And I mean you did get to stop nukes.

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  by BlahJay on March 29th, 2008

• The idea of hopelessly floating through space was awesomely moody. I was literally in awe when I saw what happened.

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 29th, 2008

• the story in ff 10-2 was just pretty lame, i just couldnt get into it. i thought it was going to be really cool because of the all female cast, but in the end it just made me hate life and lose most faith in the final fantasy series to come.

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  by kurtj13 on March 29th, 2008

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• Unfortunately they're asking about 8, the one with Squall and Rinoa and all that, not 7.

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• Ha ha, oops. It will have to go in this comment then.
  
  What stands out the most is the Junction System, as before that no title ever really had any true customization. What sucked is that by the time you got to do something decent with it, it was a lot easier to simply stock of Meltdowns and become God. It had great potential and the card game was damn awesome, but the story was a bit weird and stretched, and really made no sense by the end. I mean I understood it, but its phases and what makes an RPG story great were distorted. NO PUN INTENDED. It had one of the most fun battle systems ever though, and I loved how you had to depend on strategy and your GF's to win. The character personalities were great as always, so much so that I disliked a lot of characters actually.
  But Seifer definitely owned. take THAT, Sephy. :)

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  by Symbeline on March 28th, 2008

• Seifer was a badass, but if they hadn't made himself so full of himself he might have been better.
  
  Still, infinitely better than whineyboy Squall.

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  by BlahJay on March 28th, 2008

• I liked Squall. Squall's 'thought bubbles' were a great idea, because it made him just a little bit more believable than characters like Rinoa, who seemed to just say things that people wouldn't realistically say. Squall at the SeeD dance was a classic. :3

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• "I dreamt I was a moron." Instand classic! :D

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• Squall had his quirks. Rinoa fucked me off from the start...
  And Selphie was perhaps THE most pointless character ever to be created. Omm, I want to play it now :3

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• I actually used Selphie a lot, she seemed to have a higher speed than everyone else. But yeah, I totally never used Rinoa, I don't like that character lol. Of course, it sucks that Seifer, being my favourite character isn't playable aside from like for ten minutes at the start. And his gunblade, the Hyperion is so cool.

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• I didn't like him much...probably because he was mean to Squall, who you've probably guess is my favourite character of the game. He just needed a hug. :3
  Seifer reminded me too much of Rufus Shinra...
  Just his looks.

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• I liked his personality though, Striving to be the best, and failing constantly, yet still being impressive in his sheer motivation. And, his rivalry against Squall makes the story interesting, how he joined with the villain just to get to Squall, and she thought she had him brainwashed. Otherwise, the story would be missing some flare. :/ But when he slices Odin in half, I was like, okay, no. I might like Seifer, but nobody can just kill the god of war like that. Ugh.

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• Ohhh. I see. I'd forgotten about that bit. :3
  I'm yet to play 9.
  I played X-2 in between and the instant that "Mission Time" came up, my face fell. I was honesly mortified and scarred by the game. So I've hardly played much FF since.

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• IX is fun, has all the general core elements which make an FF game famous-only everything is so much "less". :/ And yeah, FFX2, ugh. Outta all the FF's to make a sequel to. >_>

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• At least Kimahri wasn't in it. He was another pointless character.
  What's 9 like? My friend said it was childish, but my bf said it's one of his absolute favourites.

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• It's not childish. Well, the design, characters and all are less "realistic" than the first two games before it. It's more cartoony, but trust me, the themes and story is as mature as any. It just doesn't have that much presentational impact for some reason, and after the days of materia and junction systems, the combat reverts back to the older classic style, so it seems a lot less work, outside of collecting special attacks and limit breaks and all. It's a lot more simple, therefore, gets kinda boring, but it's a very charming game. But you get four characters in battle, as opposed to the standard three.

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• I might play that next then. :3
  Thanks for your input, I could honestly talk for hours about FF.

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• I have no problem doing it lol. XD I'm replaying VI right now, because I'm such a damn nerd. >_>

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

• What's 6 like?

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

• It's old school, but every character has different abilities to learn and or obtain in different ways, it has a great story, and the game is divided in two-you fight an empire, then the second half of the game is the villain who actually manages to destroy most of the world-so you play in a ruined world. Everything is so great about this game, it's my favourite one, and also, a LOT of side quests and optional stuff to get, including secret characters. It's interesting how you learn magic too, your summons (Espers) teach it to you with AP points after battle, and you get whatever spells depending on which Esper you have equipped. They can also boost your stats at level up, again, depending on which you have. The game also created now famous archtypes, such as wussy on the inside and tough on the outside characters, and invented the "angelic" final boss form now so prelivant in a lot of games. It also has suicide in it. >_>

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  by Symbeline on October 11th, 2008

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• That was FFX. :P

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• Is there a code I can put in to unlock the maxes for the characters. I don't want to do the stupid tasks the game requires, they just piss me off.

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  by Philip on March 28th, 2008

• Heh, not that I know of. I find the voice acting pisses me off more.

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  by Halskiisaklink on March 28th, 2008

• I agree with that also.

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  by Philip on March 28th, 2008

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• ...
  What does any of that have to do with your opinions on FF8?
  :3

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  by Derek DuCote on October 11th, 2008

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• what is with every one and seven, 9 was better.

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  by ak_spook on October 20th, 2007

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• Me neither.

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  by Halskiisaklink on February 14th, 2007

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• Agreed. I liked it's grown-up-ness. Very atmospheric and depressing.

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  by Halskiisaklink on February 13th, 2007

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• I could debate that.

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  by Halskiisaklink on February 13th, 2007

• I loved the story line in Final Fantasy VII, that's what set's them apart from the rest of them regardless of the graphics. I played the other's and just did'nt find the storyline good. That's what makes a game so good.

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  by Skip_2_My_Lou on February 13th, 2007

• I guess, I can understand. The FFVIII storyline was a bit soppy. The FFVII storyline should be converted into a movie or something, or perhaps a tv miniseries because it's too long for a movie.

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  by Halskiisaklink on February 13th, 2007

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