I liked it, not as much as VII but it was still a great game and one my favourite Final Fantasy's.
Positives:
- The junction system was fun and a creative way to level up.
- The overall story was very good.
- Eyes on Me.
- Squall and Rinoa's romance.
- Great music.
- Epic FMV's.
- Some scenes were very emotional.
- Good characters.
- Good world design.
Negatives:
- Squall's personality felt forced and his dialogue was pretty poor at times.
- Squall and Rinoa's romance also felt forced.
- The game went downhill after the 1st disc.
- The story fell flat on its face at times.
- The game put you in places for unexplained reasons, I often wondered "why am I here?".
- The magic system felt broken, especially with the fact you had to stock it.
- Side-quests were tucked away.
- I didn't feel so compelled to explore.
- The game followed FFVII.
- The item system felt broken.
- The monster system also felt broken.
- Fluctuating difficulty, it was mostly too easy.
- The battle system felt broken, especially in the first half of the game using GF's.
- The whole game felt unpolished.
