You don't have to break FFVIII to make it easy. I played a Pseudo-Class Challenge Run, the only challenge run I've ever done in an RPG, where Squall was a Warrior (only could Junction to HP, Str and Def) while the other two were mages (only can junction to Mag and Spr) with one being for Attack Spells and the other a mix of Status Spells and Healing.

The game was still boring and I dropped it because there was no challenge in my challenge run. My first and only challenge run and I had to abandon it because it was too easy. I had even increased all my levels to 100 to make sure everything was as strong as it could be, and the game was still no fun.

I had to go out and find a mod to make it a challenge. Now, granted, with this mod, Ultimecia is my favorite FF boss. Over an hour struggle taking down 2,000,000 HP was very awesome.

But this just shows what we all know about FFVIII all along. It had all the tools for the job and yet it couldn't get that job done. The Junction System had potential but they screwed it up. The characters had potential but they screwed them up. The world had potential but they screwed it up.

FFVIII is not completely devoid of merits but, where I'm at, it is the worst FF by far. FFXIII had a better cast and the only reason I haven't replayed it more than VIII is because I hate XIII's gameplay.