Imagine the biggest JRPG to ever come along had just shaken up the gaming world. Now imagine a successor which is hyped seventeen times more than its predicessor and the game you get is FFVIII, a game which can best be described as Magic the Gathering meets 90210.
FFVIII was not a bad game, it was a fun game in its mechanics and gameplay, it had bland characters, bland character designs, a bland and confusing world, an asinine premise and plot, more plot holes than... somethin with alot of plot holes. It was unique and a fun addition to the series with its own charm, though you'll forgive fans for not being a tad dissapointed with this as the successor to FFVII especially when most had not even played an FF game before that. It's a no brainer that this game by proxy of its predicessor and the expectations placed on it would forever be demonized in the eyes of many fans.







