Maybe I shouldn't be making a thread on this, but it's kind of frustrating and I don't know where else to go. I got FF8 a while back, mostly because I liked FF7 so much. I spent several weeks playing up to disc 4, and got stuck at the time compression. The bosses were getting way too difficult. It's because I missed all the GFs except Brothers, Cerberus, and Alexander, and didn't have enought abilities to keep going.
So, a few weeks ago, I thought "FF8 was interesting, but it sucked I couldn't finish it. Maybe if I get all the GFs this time I can do it." I played it a second time. All the bosses, all the cutscenes, had to watch it all again. I got up to Ultimecia a few days ago. I have tried this fight lots of times, but I can't even get past the second part.
Now here's the problem. Squall is lv 48, everyone else 25-30. I think I'm so strong, the last boss is too hard to beat. I can't return to any junk shops, and I only have 2nd-level weapons (I read you're supposed to use limit breaks, but those are useless with bad weapons). On top of that, I think I learned the GF abilities in the wrong order, I can only squeeze 8,000 max HP out of two characters, with everyone else unjunctioned. And this is not enough when Griever destroys all my magic.
The question is, should I start the game over? Would it be a waste of time to try and overpower the last boos, or would it be more of a waste to do it all over again a THIRD time. If I do it a third time, I'll probably just not level at all, and kill Cactuars for AP.