Was this a glitch?

[Bubba]

(though tbh with 8 its kinda hard to beat it properly with how broken it is)

I've heard people say this before. Just curious, what makes 8 broken?

Using Modding and Junctioning you can become unbeatable from very early on. For example, once you get GF Siren, learn L-Mag-Refine - buy 10 tents - refine into 100 Curagas - put onto Squall's health. That's it. You've beaten FFVIII.