It's really a character development system, but yes the Junction System is the best of any FF.

I love the junction system :D

Yeah i agree, the story started off really well, but it turned out to be more Tetsuya Normura BS about unrealistic anime sterotypes. but i loved the limit system, the idea of Squall's limit was to interact with the weapon; being able to feel the gunblade surge through your hands was fantastic. the battles were really quick, making it a lot of fun. sadly a few people have said that you would just cast Aura and spam your way through battles, or leave your HP really low to limit every battle.

And thats true, if there were no limits the battles would have no spark, they would be a bit bland.

My favorite battle system was the one from FFX; the ability to switch the team mid-battle and put everyone to good use was really fun.

The junction system was very boring thus I don't vote for FFVIII. Me being a magic addict, I remember it wasn't very nice not casting most spells because I needed them junctioned...

Currently playing FFXIII and its battle system is also a lot of fun.

XII was really good, but again.....VIII's battle system is about limit breaks, NOT about junctioning. Junctioning is something you do OUT OF COMBAT through a menu screen. Drawing is something you do during during a few battles during the beginning of the game, and several battles towards the ending, and it is relatively unnecessary.

The beauty of the battle system is in the efficienty and interaction you actually have with it. Nearly every action requires a minigame(even getting the said limit break to pull up) and every attack is a devastating haymaker. It is NOT like most other JRPGs where you select and action and watch the animation, it requires timing, effieciency, and in Zell's case, great skill to master these attacks. Drawing and junctioning are things you do to prepare for battle, not things you do during battle. Not real battle anyway.

Grinding by definition is "boring," I've yet to see a game that could make preparing for battle as fun as the actual battle(though Fire Emblem comes close).

Then is wearing weapons that you can't change out during combat, part of the battle system as well?

As I understood it, the battle system is the thing that happens when you are in a battle in the game, and not what happens when you are preparing for battle, in a town, without an enemy in sight.

Is the part of Mario Brothers 3 where you move from level to level indicative of the gameplay in that game?

What's worse, is here, some outline the junctioning system as the main feature of the battle system, when in actuality, in never takes place during battle, ever, once during the entire game. It's a preperation, not an attack, and it is not part of the gameplay during any actual battles, it merely affects stats and affinities behind the scenes.

worst battle system ever, along with one of the worst FF's. I never got past the first disk because I hated the magic system so much, not to mention the story line. They also all look like plastic dolls...

I personally liked FFVI's battle system the best.

oh why oh why does the OP keep on looking for hopeful information on FF8. I liked FF8 story, but the combat system sucked. SUCKED SUCKED SUCKED. It was all based around DRAW and it SUCKED.

I feel better now. thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

i actually liked think FF8 had the best FF story.... and you even go to space!!!
how awesome is that!! plus the love story was so sweet xD