FFVIII Sequel

[Griever_Leonhart]

Don't get too excited, it's just me.
But I am making a FF8 sequel titled LION HEART using RPG Maker 2003.
Right now the story revolves around a group of terrorists who worship Hyne bombing various places. Squall, now Headmaster of Balamb Garden sends his son Couer along with some others. The story will also feature R=U. And the moon.

But, I need your suggestions too!

[nik0tine]

its probably jsut me but i would try to stay away from the whole terrorism thing. its overly cliched these days.

[arylonthedancer]

I'm not so sure about the whole terrorist thing. Although, I suppose you could call Ultimecia and Edea both terrorists, and just about every FF villain to some extent. Just try to refrain from actually labeling them terrorists.

Try to include a lot of the characters from VIII, so we can see your visions as to what happened to them, and what they went on to do or become.

How far in the future is it? If Squall has a son, then its been a long time. Lots of things could have changed. What has happened to SEED recently? Maybe now SEED is kind of like a policing authority. Instead of fighting sorceresses, they instead decide the best course of action to stop threats to the world, your Hyne worshipers for instance.

Include something about memories, and how GF's have affected the memories of Squall and other characters you decide to include from VIII. Maybe a method to counteract the memory loss has come about. It would be really cool to have Squall not remember many of the occurances in VIII.

If you're looking for alternate conflicts, I have a suggestion. You could maybe say that as a result of the time compression "errors in time" start to occur, and maybe past and future versions of the characters and enemies of VIII start to show up through rifts, or something of the such, maybe certain cities and people begin to be affected by problems that Ultimecias time compression has caused to this time period, and Squalls son has to find a way to seal the rifts. Something with the time compression would be cool, There's lots of room to play here.

Going back to GFs, it would be very cool to do a different battle/summons system, and say that the world has since Ultimecias defeat, stopped using GFs because they were deemed unsafe.

This gives me another conflict idea. You could say that the powerful GF's that have lied dormant for years, have been captured by a mysterious new villain, who intends to use them to rule the world. It is Squall's responsibility to see that this villain is stopped, and the GF's are returned to a safe place where no one has access to them. Perhaps this villain is driven insane by awakening these dormant GF's whose power is greater because they have been sleeping for so long. To have this villain start out good and be driven mad, would make a really cool character. Especially if he was close to Couer or Squall.

All in all, I am really intrigued by your aspirations to make an VIII sequel. Do tell what you think of my recommendations.

[Griever_Leonhart]

Your ideas are very good. I especially like your one about capturing the dormant GFs.

[arylonthedancer]

Why thank you. Keep me posted on what directions you decide to take.

[Griever_Leonhart]

This is what Balamb and Galbadia Gardens look like.
Yeah, it's 2-D. :p

http://www.whahay.net/pubaccess/balamb-galbadia.PNG

[Trumpet Thief]

NIce Job, My reflection. They look awfully well done. And many people are giving good suggestions. It would be good to stay off the whole terrorist thing.

[Griever_Leonhart]

Maybe we'll just call them attackers.

[arylonthedancer]

The Gardens look awesome. 2-D rules!

[Trumpet Thief]

Maybe we'll just call them attackers.

That could work :p

[Silent Warrior]

You know, the minute I laid eyes on this topic's title, I groaned, thinking 'Nooo, foolish! *impolite muttering*'. If you can provide a better dialogue than stock FF8, I'll be a good boy and apologise. :) Well, I guess better dialogue is easy enough, working out an interesting story and flow of events is something entirely different, of course, and equally important. Give it your best.

[Kikyo]

Couer... isn't that "heart" in french? That's really cool of you to throw that in!

[Trumpet Thief]

If you want, you could add some Rinoa=Ultimecia stuff..

[Carnage]

will this be a game we can play?

[Rand Al'Tor]

Another thought I had in a previous 'possible sequel' discussion was

A: Esthar si, as far as we know, still overrun by the monsters of the Moon right? Those were enough to wipe out the Cetra civilization, so Esthar itself may be in serious jeopardy.

B: Galbadia: All the stuff MUST have weakened them, and pissed a whole lot of countries off. So there just might be more war on the horizon. Who isin charge now? General Caraway seems a likely canidate.

(these things are of course possibly in the past already if the game starts off 'years after')

There's also a connection I guess between the Sorcerss, Hyne (Sorceress being half his power) The Moon, monsters and Guardian Forces.

Also, for an eeeevil plan. IIRC Hyne, way back in mythlogical past, demanded humanity to give up their children. As Squall and co. already HAVE saved space and time, in the sequel, maybe you can go for something objectivel smaller, but eotionally closer like 'the children'?

Hyne would be a fun end-boss though!

[Mo-Nercy]

will this be a game we can play?
You'll need to have RPG Maker 2003 in order to, but yes.

[LionHart]

So when do we get the game preview??? I'm excited!!!!

[DJZen]

A: Esthar si, as far as we know, still overrun by the monsters of the Moon right? Those were enough to wipe out the Cetra civilization, so Esthar itself may be in serious jeopardy.

:O_O:

[Carnage]

You'll need to have RPG Maker 2003 in order to, but yes.

Kewl where could i get it?

[Griever_Leonhart]

Right now I'm working on two other games, but only because I want to take my time with this one. Many people think fan-games are always bad and a waste of time. So I have to be careful.



:love:

[Polaris]

I started making a FF8, but then I quit, well good story must have a bit of everything, romance, funny comments, drama, if your FF has this then it's all right!

[Az Lionheart]

The one question we all want to know is....if Rinoa is in it, will her dog be there to? :tongue:

[Jet_2298]

WOW YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A SEQUAL? CAN I BE A BAD GUY? USE THE ONE IN MY SIGGIE PLEASE PLASE PRETTY PLEASE?? lol...its up to you^^

[Trumpet Thief]

Right now I'm working on two other games, but only because I want to take my time with this one. Many people think fan-games are always bad and a waste of time. So I have to be careful.



:love:

Meh, don't worry. From what I've seen and heard, it's great.

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Heres an idea. Let Seifer catch the scent of whatever nasty plot it is, and have the player be him for a bit, trying to get some evidence before sneaking in to see squall. think about it, he'd have to be WAY underground after FFVIII, and if he tried to tell SeeD about it through conventional mean, he'd jsut get slaughtered before he could say "dur, she's evil"