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sc94597 on 30 September 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
BraLoD said:
Ka-pi96 said:
sc94597 said:
What is with the Final Fantasy 8 love in this thread? It is generally an unpopular game in the series (for, in my opinion, good reasons), so it is odd to see so much love here. Not that I am stomping on your parade or anything haha. ;)

You sure about that? People generally refer to the glory days of Final Fantasy as 7-9 often including one or both of 6/10 as well. But still 8 is included in there

8 doesn't get near as much love as 7 or even 9.
People may reffer to the PS1 era as the golden era (others to the SNES era), but 8 is generally not there.

That's as far as I have saw in the internet, of course.

Doesn't get as much love as 7/9 =/= unpopular.

Also, it took 94th place in VGC's greatest games event last year. IIRC your favourite was 12 right? That was 126th so...

These were the rankings for the following games in the series: VII (2nd), VI (8th), X (11th) , Chrono Trigger (12th), and Final Fantasy IX (32nd.)

Here is the description for Final Fantasy VIII:

"The VGChartz community loves RPGS, there is no denying this. Even a title that many regard as the ‘black sheep’ of the Final Fantasy series has found its way to the top half of the list. Final Fantasy VIII gets much criticism for Square’s decision to discard the much loved Materia system in favor of the Junction battle system. No matter how you feel about the Junction system, there are many people who regard this iteration as the best in the series. Square designed a much more mature aesthetic for this iteration of Final Fantasy and backed the style up with an equally mature and memorable plot. The story and the characters that revolve around it feature the same quality that we all have come to expect from Square. The pre-rendered environments were improved over the previous installment and the summons became more integral in turn-based strategy. Final Fantasy VIII may be a departure from the formula, but the result speaks for itself."