| leo-j said: alright so, I want to play FF 8, is it good compared to FF VII? How long is it? Is it free roam like FF VII |
Just as a heads up, FF8 is one of those that people either love or hate; it has no middle ground. I give FF8 credit for trying several new things; unfortunately for it, none of them worked out (or were poorly implemented). Drawing spells replaced the MP concept, but all it really did was make fights longer, and force you to remember which enemies had the useful spells. Leveling the enemies up with the party has been done before (I want to say it was a Lunar game, but I'm not positive), however, they instead tied it to the main character's level, whom you can't remove from the party. So if you're like me, and like to try to balance people out (in the fear that the game says you HAVE to use someone), then you essentially make everyone useless.
I couldn't be bothered to finish FF8; it was the first FF I played to get that distinction. (For the record, FFX was the second, and I couldn't be bothered with any of the ones after that.) I think that FF8 was Square scraping the barrel, hoping to put some semblence of a game together, but it failed miserably. So while I don't speak favorably of 7, I would choose it in a heartbeat over 8, and advise people to stay away from 8 like the plague. But ultimately, the final call is yours.
-dunno001
-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...
