Final Fantasy 8 - an appreciation thread!

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As title, I've finally managed to appreciate the wonder that is FF8. I was 9 when it originally came out but still played it, noobishly albeit. FF7 has been my favourite for years but perhaps this may be knocking it off the top stop.

GFs & Junction System - Some are bad ass, some are weird. But overall it has fantasy and something no one had done (other than themselves) the junction system at the time I thought was very ingenius. Not a lot of people understand, but those who do, find the game great. Especially since nobody I know realises that getting 100 of the one spell to maximise it's stat increase is there. :p

The characters, timid-powerful Squall (perhaps depressed?), Ballsy/under-estimated Zell, Cool/clumsy Irvine, intelligent Quistis, loveable selphie, cute/sexy rinoa. All of them I can connect to and understand and appreciate. Granted some have a stronger story than others.

Card system, adds a splash of fun/frustration fun for collectoids like myself, frustration since I'm crap at it! :p

I felt the story was short but that wassn't it, I've gotten 50 hours racked up and only just got the ragnarok (airship). It's because it flows so seamlessly imo that it feels short and I want more!

Kind of a short appreciation, I would to hear other plus points from people. :)

I know I'm 10 years too late but like I said was 9 when it came out. :D Hope people can appreciate my thread. Thanks for reading. ;)
 
As a Final Fantasy lover :p I agree with all of the above, I especially love the Junction element too. It's probably one of the main reasons why people love this, apart from the story line of course.

You talk about the characters, this is one area in which Square do really well in all Final Fantasy's. In every one of them, there's always a distinction between the playable characters (and NPC's too).

Anyway, have you played any of the other games? If you haven't then play 6, 9 and 10 then it all goes down hill from there (imo)

6 is my favourite.....
 
I've played 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, 11 and 12. :D

6 is a lot of peoples favourite. I find 4 and 7 are my favourites - 4 was so devestating, if you know what I mean. Don't want spoilers. ;) 7 just has this special charm that I don't know what the hell it's doing to me but turns me into this blubbering mess of nostalgia and happiness when I play it. :D

I do need to play and finish 6. What's the best version to get it on? Snes, GBA, ps1? etc.

Edit - The junction system is seriously amazing I feel. I have a habit of just taking everything off people and redoing it just to see the stats go up and different combinations. Got all the GFs just yesterday, omg, doomtrain is kickass! :p
 
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6 & 8 are my favourite FF games.

As soon as I saw the games intro for the first time I had this face -> :eek:

But...

The 'drawing' system makes me have this face -> :(
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Drawing is a pain, only really needed for GFs.

I got curaga for my HP on the 1st disc doing different shenanigans with the refine system. Refining is much better than just drawing, especially getting mug asap.
 
I do need to play and finish 6. What's the best version to get it on? Snes, GBA, ps1? etc.
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SNES original is best.

The PS1 version has a longer load time before battles as it needs to read from the disc :/ Although the new CGI is nice, but there's only 3 of them and you can just watch those online anyway.
 
Be a PITA getting it on the SNES, unless I get NTSC stuff. :| Only got a PAL snes.

Unless someone is willling to loan it from here.
 
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LeJosh said:
Be a PITA getting it on the SNES, unless I get NTSC stuff. :| Only got a PAL snes.

Unless someone is willling to loan it from here.
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Furthermore, it was only released in English in the USA, and the NTSC cart doesn't work on PAL machines with most converters. And even with the converters which do work the games ending sequence still doesn't work. So you can only play it properly on an NTSC machine.

Best bet is on your PC via emulation, or yeah just get hold of the PS1 version - if you haven't played the original you probably won't even notice the load times.


Oh and to get back on topic...

Ultimecia = one hot piece of ass. :o :D
 
Only had a glimpse of ultimecia when ellone sends squall into rinoas past when she's possessed and touches seifer! I'm on disc 3, just after getting the ragnarok. :)
 
Did you beat all the weapons and draw from them etc. I totally failed a couple of them my first play through. Forgot to draw most the time aswell so missed a lot of the gfs.
 
I have all of the GFs as it stands, defeated ultima weapon just yesterday - drawing Eden from him. Omega weapon is in ultimecias, not got there yet. :)

Edit - To clarify my brother did a lot when I was younger and I know end stuff but certain things I don't so might and might not understand. :)
 
Hit your limit break or whatever lift the lid on the ps1 and then keep going through the list until the end appears once youve got it close the lid. It basically means if your patient enough you get it every time.
 
I wish it had a better chocobo mini game. It's actually quite tedious.

Really loved the mysterious abandoned 'facility' where you find one of the 'weapons'.

And speaking of weapons... Omega weapon... My god that battle was intense! :eek: :D
 
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Hit your limit break or whatever lift the lid on the ps1 and then keep going through the list until the end appears once youve got it close the lid. It basically means if your patient enough you get it every time.
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So selphies I guess? lol
 
seek said:
I wish it had a better chocobo mini game. It's actually quite tedious.

Really loved the mysterious abandoned 'facility' where you find one of the 'weapons'.

And speaking of weapons... Omega weapon... My god that battle was intense! :eek: :D
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It is especially since you need pocket station, it is a flaw! Wish it was all built-in to the game.

The underground research plant was awesome, obtaining bahamut then Eden. Ultima weapon is at the bottom, I just did that yesterday and was a great fight.

I actually managed to beat bahamut just with zell and aura as the other two died (squall, irvine) due to ruby dragons' breath move. xD
 
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