Oh christ, the orphanage plot twist was the WORST. I was trying so hard to enjoy the game and get into the story, hoping that all would soon be made clear... then they tried to unload that on me. "So... you all knew each other as children. And then you forgot. But now you are all together!"

VIII is pretty much awful, which is a shame because the game play itself was decently fun. The draw system was tedious but not horrible, considering this was the time when a lot of RPGs were trying to branch out a bit on the menu based combat.

Now I find myself sitting here, trying to think of something else nice to say about this game.

Uh... card game? Yeah, the card game was fun!

...

>.<