This is my favorite game in the series

I like VIII as well. VII comes in close second. VI is not bad, but MILES behind either of them. IV and V are yet more miles behind VI (but finished them, so they must've been doing SOMETHING right) X is somewhere between VII and VI (still have to finish it, so who knows what'll happen) IX.... I'm still undecided about IX.

And while the backstory of all the characters in VII was good, and I must admit better than VIII's 'we're all from the same orphanage' thingy, the characters of VII seemed a bit too..;. 'larger than life' to really 'live' to me. Vincent is a prime example. It's a REALLY nice story, but somehow, my heart bled more for Zell when Squall 'dissed' him than it ever bled for Vinnie....

I guess it's a personal thing. Different things work for different people, and you can't really say any FF is 'best' You can only say they are 'better for ME' or 'better for YOU'

It is not just 'new school VS old school' though. Point in case, I have yet to find the Final Fantasy that can make me forget Chrono Trigger. Same tech level about as FFVI, but between FFVI and CT, TO ME AND MY TASTES, there is simply no contest.

FFVIII: The Marmite of SquareSoft
(Either love it or hate it, nothing in between)
(Unless you're me)

Nice to see a positive post about something (Especially FF8) on a forum, it doesn't happen that often :)

Actually, Cloudane, I also have mixed feelings about the game, though in the opposite way of most people. I really liked the combat and junction systems, but I found the story abysmal. I had lots of fun tweaking stats, but watching (SPOILER)Squall ignore Rinoa for like 12 hours then suddenly fall madly in love with her for no reason really hurt my brain a lot. I know a lot of people really liked that plot line, but personally I couldn't stand it. It didn't help that the translation made for an awkward read, but ah well.

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Originally posted by SeedRankLou
Well really, who didn't, or didn't at least feel like it? That was just sad.

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I seriously burst out laughing cuz of the way Yuna fell.

I thought FFVIII was a darn good game. I hated it the first time because my friend kept bragging about how he had FFIX and he kept bashing FFVIII, which caused me to actually believe that it was a bad game. When I started playing it again, I loved it just as much as 7. I couldn't put the game down, either, Renaiide. I felt like crying at the end, too. Don't feel bad! (^_^)

All final Fantasys are the best ..

All opinions are justified as they are: opinions. We're all welcome to have them, but it's hard to debate someone's opinion as wrong, or incorrect.

I loved this game because it had much mroe going on then some of the other games. I usually prefer more fantastical games, but FF8 was a pleasant change of pace in that it went for much more realism, and in my opinion, succeeded.

I enjoyed the plot thoroughly and connected very well with many of the characters. Having gone through the experience of being unsure of love, of not being able to express my feelings at first, and then finally letting it all out, this plot was certainly the most captivating for me.

Also, the music was top notch, but the orchestrated versions of the music... I'm beyond words. Pure poetry of sound. Yes, yes, they weren't part of the game, but the songs themselves were from the game, so I classify them as having to do with FF8 and these orchestrations alone make FF8 my favorite.

Take care all.

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All final Fantasys are the best ..

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Have you played FFII?

I posted this but my thread got locked. I should have read this first and posted what I wanted say here!

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I would like say what a great game FF8 was.

This game is the one that got me into the FF series. I first got hooked by its great graphics, CG scenes and card game. Then I began to like the story, the characters, the battle system etc.

I never get sick of FF8. I have replayed it about 5 times now. Every playthrough is fun and also more rewarding than the last.

So let me say, Thanks Square, for making this brilliant game which got me hooked into the series!

ffVIII is my least fav of them all my fav is ffx-2

What I find so interesting about FFVIII, and well, all sqaure-enix games, is that their FMVs are kind of ahead of the times, as it were. Yeah, the in-game graphics of 8 suffered in certain areas, although the vast imporvment over 7 was very apparent...

But anyway... cut-scenes. The only RPG to beat ffVIII's movies was FFX (IX was about the same quality, if not exactly the same) And not even a game as graphically supieror as Xenosaga has better movie scenes than 8 did. Playable graphics have come a long way, so improvent in that aspect is expected, but the cutscenes... sqaure just does it right ways, all the time! ^_^

*bangs head into desk*

I'm really sorry and I'm not trying to flame here, but I'm hearing a lot of praise for the eye candy. Come on, people, FMVs are about as essential to RPGs as good singing is to Radiohead. Doesn't anyone like the gameplay? I thought the junctioning system was fun once you figured out what the heck you were doing. Actually, it wasn't even too difficult. It had a funky learning curve but it really did spell things out for you. *sigh* this is why it scares me that I'm considered old school by some...

i think some of the people who like ff7 the most is because that was the first ff that they played. it's distinctness from other games made them enjoy it a lot. when trying other ff games, due to great change ff7 brought about them, they refused to let it be replaced by any other ff.
well .. i like ff8 for that reason. it was the first one i played and TRIED playing the other ff's but just couldnt adapt. i played ffx for a couple hours, ff9 for one hour, and ff7 for fourteen hours. ive played ff8 for hundreds of hours. when i have time ill start on the other ff's most likely VII next then IX

I hate this forum. Everytime I reply... it logs me out. Except, ...wait for it...


this time.


Seriously, I wrote a whole freakin; essay on why ff8 is the greatest, and before I remembered to copy the text, I hit reply, and guess what? "YOU AREN'T BLOODY LOGGED IN MATE! GOOD FREAKIN' LUCK NEXT TIME THOUGH!!!!1!!one!!!!!!"

Is this a reocuring problem I should know about, or does the internet just hate me?

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