| hikaruchan said: You should hate FFVII to if you hate FFVIII because of the team that made it they are for the most part the same team. |
I dont hate FF8, it some very good elements, like photorealisim, dynamic battles, of course without the limit system these battles would probabily not be as dynamic. but i felt the story never really became exciting, like other FFs, it was always really a dense teenage drama to me, where you would be more invested in the feelings and emotions of your characters instead of telling a compelling story, a lot like what i felt was a big problem in FF13. and its clear to me its because this is the same team.
the difference with FF7 is Sakaguchi, who had huge input in the story and script. and theres probabily other factors i dont know about. either way i think the problems with FF8 have become more apparent with age because of things like FF10-2 and FF13. but some things were well done imo like music and graphics. but i do think that FF8 alientated a lot of fans, because the draw/junction system was too demanding, and not accessible like the materia system. so i think that FF9s sales were adversely affected by FF8 unfortunatly.
