Fayceless on 06 September 2011
As someone who never owned a Playstation, I didn't play 7 or 8 until they were way outdated. 7 was quite good. 8 was not.
Here's why:
The game is poorly designed. As someone who very much enjoyed previous and later Final Fantasy games, 8 had me wondering "Okay, WTF do I do now?" far too often. The answer was usually "Run around in circles pressing X until something happens." Very poorly thought out game. The story, the point up to which I played, I did not find the least bit engaging. And the junction system is also a barrier, as I do not wish to relearn that system to continue the game.
FF7 (and other FF games) were well made, user-friendly, easy to get into. FF8 was none of those things.
