Final Fantasy VIII-Rate the Game!

[Aya Reiko]

2/10

Anyone who give this anything higher than a 5 needs to have their head checked or at least admit they are a Square fanboy (or girl). This game just plain SUCKED.

Plot -- Incoherent mess. The love story aspect was poorly developed.

Characters -- Worst... cast... ever. Squall is an emo angsty prick. Rinoa is a total skank. The rest of the cast combined has less depth than a sheet of paper.

Gameplay -- Hated it. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate every aspect of the gameplay system.

1) Monsters level up as you do -- Unfortunately, this means enemies almost never posed a threat to you. AND there was no need to engage in random battles. I've seen someone beat the game with no character higher than level 13. That should not happen.

2) GFs -- If you don't spam these, you're an idiot. Seriously, they are both overpowered weapons AND meat shields in one neat package. Only in the final battle would a player deviate from spamming Gfs. Add on overlong summoning sequences and the tedious boosting system.

3) The junctioning system -- Oh joy, lets make your characters even more overpowered than they already are. Overly tedious unless you let the game automatic sort things out.

4) Magic -- Useless. Worse yet, using magic HURTS your character if it's junctioned in any way.

4b) The Draw system -- Oh My God. Nothing, nothing was more tedious than this.

5) Weapons/Melee Combat --Pointless. Why use weapons when you can have your GFs do the fighting for you? Upgrading weapons was pointless (except for Squall) and tedious.