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Beuli2 on 21 August 2011
Mr Khan said:
Same reason people hated Wind Waker. It wasn't like the game that came before it, though it was good in its own right

Wind Waker wasn't hated because it wasn't as good as Ocarina, it was hated because of the art style, being almost as easy as Epic Yarn and having those stupid parts without sword. It owuld be hated even if OoT didn't exist. Plus it is hated because it hurted the Zelda series.

 

On topic, I only really played the first disc of the game (I lost the other 3. Don't ask.), so I can't sya much, but at least I can say it has good music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYDT_Y6Jj5c

Although I prefer FF9s music, it had this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYSy9U78Sc

and especially this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJl1LvmCQg

 

 

EDIT: before, I didn't know how to put videos, then I learned it, with the site upgrade now I don't find the button to put it anymore. Help?

 



Above: still the best game of the year.

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ethomaz on 22 August 2011
rccsetzer said:

I liked FF8 better than FFV,FF7, FF9, FFX and FFXIII (the worst). The 10/10 final fantasies games for me are IV, VI, VIII and XII.

I love you dude .

Yeah... for me the best FF are VI and XII.. after that IV and VIII... after the others.



Robbie2010 on 22 August 2011

I love FFVIII the downside is that it drags in many parts and the end of the game is just stupid story wise.



reviniente on 22 August 2011
Acevil said:
Carl2291 said:
Ali-Kharazi said:
Carl2291 said:
Because it was the worst Final Fantasy of its generation.


Okay, but what exactly did everyone hate about it?


@Xxain

Final Fantasy IX is widely regarded as the best Final Fantasy on the PlayStation. That wasn't FF7-2 neither.


Highest rated for good reason, and this is back when the rating system wasn't broken. 

The rating system has always been broken when it relates to squaresoft games, specially FF. Back then, almost every squaresoft game got a perfect score (5's and 10's, or that histerically happy red face from Gamepro), including of course, FFVIII. Ironically, the only game ever to receive a mediocre score was Xenogears (by Gamepro anyway).



The Fury on 22 August 2011

I always find weird when people say it's the worst but the worst Final Fantasy means it's still better then most games out there.

I'd happily say that FF8 is the 3rd Best FF game I've played, after 7 because of nostalgia and XII because (ignoring it wasn't very stereotypically Final Fantasy) was a fantastic game. I will say though, the Junction system is great, battles and magic system were better then most other FF games I've played.



Hmm, pie.

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reviniente on 22 August 2011
Xen said:
Carl2291 said:
Because it was the worst Final Fantasy of its generation.

I thought you were an electrician, not a stand-up comedian? With that, you should definetely go for the latter! ;)

I haven't heard of much hate for the game and recently got a good friend to start playing it. He always comes to me for advice - I finished it 3 times.

It's, IMO, easily the best FF of its generation. In all aspects but ARGUABLY story+characters (its own aren't good - but perhaps brilliant if you read a certain theory) and ARGUABLY music (FF IX's OST is the best one among all FF's) , it exceeds and supercedes the competition.

Squalls' douchbaggery and suckage can also be attributed to the localization - if you believe the internet, then Squall in the Japanese original version of the game is far. far, different. I'm gonna get the Japanese version eventually and see for myself. Because I fucking love FF VIII ;)

He's spanking right! FFVIII has the most ponderous story in the FF universe: everybody knew each other but they all forgot? C'mon! And don't get me started with the characters; they had less charisma than Col Gaddafi. The only things I liked were the music and the gunblade.

Like I said in another thread, an RPG that relegates story to a second place ought to be something else.



brendude13 on 22 August 2011
Beuli2 said:
Mr Khan said:
Same reason people hated Wind Waker. It wasn't like the game that came before it, though it was good in its own right

Wind Waker wasn't hated because it wasn't as good as Ocarina, it was hated because of the art style, being almost as easy as Epic Yarn and having those stupid parts without sword. It owuld be hated even if OoT didn't exist. Plus it is hated because it hurted the Zelda series.

 

On topic, I only really played the first disc of the game (I lost the other 3. Don't ask.), so I can't sya much, but at least I can say it has good music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYDT_Y6Jj5c

Although I prefer FF9s music, it had this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYSy9U78Sc

and especially this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJl1LvmCQg

 

 

EDIT: before, I didn't know how to put videos, then I learned it, with the site upgrade now I don't find the button to put it anymore. Help?

 

That airship theme has nothing on this one! :P

...Probably my favourite of all the airship theme's.

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Xen on 22 August 2011
reviniente said:
Xen said:
Carl2291 said:
Because it was the worst Final Fantasy of its generation.

I thought you were an electrician, not a stand-up comedian? With that, you should definetely go for the latter! ;)

I haven't heard of much hate for the game and recently got a good friend to start playing it. He always comes to me for advice - I finished it 3 times.

It's, IMO, easily the best FF of its generation. In all aspects but ARGUABLY story+characters (its own aren't good - but perhaps brilliant if you read a certain theory) and ARGUABLY music (FF IX's OST is the best one among all FF's) , it exceeds and supercedes the competition.

Squalls' douchbaggery and suckage can also be attributed to the localization - if you believe the internet, then Squall in the Japanese original version of the game is far. far, different. I'm gonna get the Japanese version eventually and see for myself. Because I fucking love FF VIII ;)

He's spanking right! FFVIII has the most ponderous story in the FF universe: everybody knew each other but they all forgot? C'mon! And don't get me started with the characters; they had less charisma than Col Gaddafi. The only things I liked were the music and the gunblade.

Like I said in another thread, an RPG that relegates story to a second place ought to be something else.

http://squallsdead.com/

read



Pichsterz on 22 August 2011

I hate the battle system and the storyline is meh... not good at all.



Squall_Leonhart on 22 August 2011

I think it is one of the best FF games i have ever played, currently playing through it again on my PSP