Meh. VIII is not a bad game by any means, but it's easily the worst out of the PS1 trilogy. I really hope SE skips making a VIII remake and goes to IX. :P

Yeah, I guess so. Only the remake is left. :P

I've probably told you already, FF VIII is my favourite Final Fantasy game and one of my favourite games of all time, altogether. While it's a shame the combat system wasn't to your taste (although I do understand and acknowledge the problems with it and how broken it can become), I'm glad you found yourself loving the story, characters and music as evidenced by your scores in them. I dunno about people, but for me FF VIII is pretty much a magical game. It has "something" that really captivated me when I first played it as a kid, and despite being a flawed game in itself, features an unrivaled charm that very few games have managed to display as well throughout these years, at least for me.

I've been really itching to replay this game since it's been a long time I last played it and my memory of Disc 2 and 3 is kind of fuzzy in a lot of aspects. Reading your review really really makes me wanna go back to it and give it a go, again (so thank you for posting it!). Wish Square-Enix ported it to modern consoles (as I've heard the Steam version trims down the Draw animation time) and would give it the FF7 treatment with a remake or HD remaster of some sort.

As I asked you in your wall, what's wrong with your income being calculated based on your SeeD rank?

Here's a random gif to show how happy I am.

Is the worst 3D mainline FF just behind FFXIII, annoying characters, a story for teenagers and a broken battle system, not for me. I give it a 5 because graphics and specially music were amazing.

FFV is getting a bum rap. It's the bestest.

Also VI is overrated.

Hah, you don't like school-life it seems.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think Steam version greatly reduces the time Draw animation takes (like in half). It was really tedious drawing on the original PS1 game, but the Steam version speed it up to make things go more smoothly.

C'moooon. Even if you dislike it very much, no way FFVIII is worse than X-2, and if you ain't into MMORPGs, XI and XIV. And it's still better than most 2D ones. While I could understand the gripe regarding certain plot devices on the story, I also don't see what's so bad about it. It features some of the best sequences in the whole franchise, coupled with one of the greatest final boss in any game.

You found Rinoa bland but liked Quistis? You certainly have to replay the game. xD

Dat motorcycle boarding scene, doe.

I was one of those people who did not really enjoy FFVII very much except the opening mission and it's superb music.

But FFVIII I loved because of the military school atmosphere, their were so many times I was so pumped up in the game. The first mission on the beach loved it, the mission where the school gets under attack and you see everyone fighting oh god loved that so much. I played that game numerous times to just play that part.

The thing that annoys me was how easy or frustrating it was just like Tales of Zestiria fusion system. If you take your time (that I mostly don't do the first time I play a game) and learn how the system works it can be incredible easy. Give your guardian forces some Tents..bam you have 100-2000 more hp and you basically have a character with + 3000 hp in the first hours of the game also fighting random battles is not needed makes the game only harder.

The game didn't feel like we are a small team trying to overcome evil thanks to my imagination back then. The school system with all the students fighting on your side made it feel like you belong to a big group. I was kind of pumped when type zero also would take place in a school kind of sytem...but that one failed on so many levels...

And yeah ofcourse FFVIII had annoying issues but I kept going on because of the music/School system and my imagination...

Final Fantasy VIII is one of my all time favorites. It's a 9/10 for me.

Ohh boy, i get all excited like a little boy at the thought of starting FFIX xD I've finished it over 5 times and started it over 10 xD