Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy VIII was great in many aspects... Was the first one of the series that I saw someone playing on Playstation. At the time I thought that had beautiful graphics, and it really had, in 1999. The game's story is quite simple and straightforward until the end. But the ending can be quite confusing if the player is not used with time-travelling stories. The Junction System never could have existed and, although the monsters level scal... Read More

Ahh! I remember my friend getting this from Japan and calling me up saying "Hey Man! You remember how in Final Fantasy VII the characters looked way better in battle? Well now they look like that ALL THE TIME"

Me - NO WAY!

Think this is the most romantic one of all the FFs and I loved it. Great music, great cutscenes, awesomes GFs, Loved the card game. FF at it's best.

Overall, this game was pretty easy to jump into and want to keep being pushed to want to finish it. My real issues lie within the pacing of the game, which could be stilted and awkward at times with relatively large portions where you don't even have battles but do other types of activities like talk to people (which is kind of bizare for a Final Fantasy game). A lot of people have a problem with the junction system being to convoluted or cumbe... Read More