You ever watch Spoony's review of Final Fantasy VIII on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.Com?

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

FF8 has it's flaws, but it's not as horrible as a game he makes it to be. Certainly, Drawing magic is boring and repetitive, but is it really worth a 20 minute rant? There are other ways to get magic anyway (though he doesn't like Triple Triad either).

Anyway, I've always liked FF8. His review didn't change my opinions about it at all. I already knew about everything he spoke of. I guess I was just able to tolerate more of it. But even though I like FF8, I still liked the review. It's one of those "it's funny because it's true" type things. And I don't really mind him calling me an idiot. xD

Noah Antwiler made his FF8 review for satirical purposes obviously, but I think there is a grain of truth to it. The only aspects of this game fanboys have a right to admire are the visuals (a.k.a. the cinematic cutscenes), the music and maybe some of the characters. But the story and the gameplay themselves leave much to be desired especially considering this game came hot off the heels of a killer app called Final Fantasy 7.

When you make a very popular killer app like Final Fantasy 7 and you follow it up with a mediocre sequel like Final Fantasy 8, I'm sorry but you fail, you fail big time. You're an epic failure. It's like making a Batman Forever style sequel to The Dark Knight, it just doesn't cut the mustard.

Final Fantasy 8 is a prime example of why Western RPGs are so much better than JRPGs. Western RPGs (role-playing games that usually come from America's hat, Canada) generally have more epic storylines and the storylines are much more open-ended. The epic scope and the open-endedness are why linear Japanese RPGs are a thing of the past.