::FF8 Female Gamerz::

[Elliot Leonhart]

I was just curious. Could the female gamers here tell me what they find so interesting about FF8?

I'm amazed! I've never seen so many females that are interested in Final Fantasy than i've seen at this forum. It's tight!!! ("Tight" is a good thing lol)!

[TheAbominatrix]

I'm female, and I think it's one of the worst games in the series. Most girls are probably attracted by the love story, I'd assume...

[Elliot Leonhart]

Hmm, that's interesting cuz i thought most girlz would hate the love story - cuz it's all about saving Rinoa's @$$ from er'thing.

PS - If I waz Squall, i wouldn't mind saving that @$$ either... hahaaaaa!!

[TheAbominatrix]

I would've left Rinoa behind. I don't like shallow, self-centered women like her. She spent far too much time worried about herself, she didnt much care when Seifer (SPOILER)was thought dead, and her Forest Owls gig was a brave front for what was little more than a spoiled brat trying to get back at daddy.

[Elliot Leonhart]

Hahaha! Word! I liked Rinoa cuz...

...i dunno i guess i jus did. But if I could choose a best friend of the 3 main ff8 chicks, i'd pick Selphie! She's so lively and energetic. Someone like Selphie would be priceless to be able to chill wit on a bad day!

U know wut i mean!?

[TheAbominatrix]

*nods* If you like Rinoa, that's fine. I just don't. And Selphie is fun, but she can get a bit annoying... I guess I'd get along best with Quistis. I like intellectuals.

[Elliot Leonhart]

Jeah, I understand!

If I could pick four FFLadies to hang with on a Friday Nite, i'd go wit:

Quistis- Intellectual, like you said.
Rinoa- Cuz in real life she'd prolly be a fine @$$ woman!
Selphie- Joyful and Lively!
Tifa- Cuz she can kick some major @$$ with them fistz.

[Khemetian_Netcheret]

Originally posted by Elliot Leonhart
I was just curious. Could the female gamers here tell me what they find so interesting about FF8?

I'm amazed! I've never seen so many females that are interested in Final Fantasy than i've seen at this forum. It's tight!!! ("Tight" is a good thing lol)!

Seriously, you want to know why a lot of girls (not every girl) are interested in FF8? I like this game because of Squall. And I like it because of the love story in it.

[Elliot Leonhart]

Okay! That makes sense, since most girls love Squall...

[Aeris]

Yep, tis true! We do love Squall!! ^_^

At first, I didn't like this game because it wasn't like the previous Final Fantasy's at all. But later, as I got deeper into the story, I changed my mind about it. Not the love story part of it, but the story in general. Square did a great job with the storyline for this one, IMO.

[remi07]

I like it cause its just a great story
But most of the time I don't like romantic stories that much, this one was good though!

[Aya Nekoneko]

I liked the game because of the relationships. And not necessarily the love story between Squall and Rinoa mind you but the relationship that the characters shared with each other. It was just interesting.

Plus nearly all the characters rocked. I'll admit the entire orphanage part was a bit cheap (and unbelievable... in a bad way), but I actually overlooked that due to the characters (although I didn't like Irvine... hm).

Edea, Zell, Rin-chan, Seifer, Fuu-chan, Selphie, Quistis, etc. I loved them all! Save for Irvine, I guess.

[Celes]

I also loved the game ff8 because of the story, and the relationships the characters had with each other, and their own unique personalities. They made the characaters like real people you would encounter everyday. I thought the characters day-to-day struggles were very believable, for instance, Quistis was intelligent but insecure, she liked Squall but she knew Squall didn't like her that way, and she got a little jealous when Rinoa was around. Zell was funny but a little obnoxious and a showoff at times, Seifer was bossy and conceited, Selphie was bouncing off the walls, Squall hardly ever spoke, and had issues with his father....all these things remind me of people I know in real life! That is what made the story so cool to me.

[Imperia]

I don't hate the game, but I'm not that attracted to it. Despite it being a love story, I think the game portrays women in a horrible way by using Rinoa as the main example. You have butt-kickers like Quistis and Selphie, but the writers just made them wall flowers- as if, courageous women are unimportant (which they are not)... It's just a thought I had. Down with sexists!

[Aya Nekoneko]

*scratches her head* I thought Rinoa had courage. Especially for someone who wasn't trained to be a SeeD or anything of the sort. The fact that she even followed along, be it for whatever reason, is reason enough to say that she was quite courageous, I think.

But I do agree that Quistis and Selphie should have gotten more... er, screentime? They were awesome characters and it felt as though they were being underappreciated by Square by just being included as a part of the pretty backdrop for about 80% of the entire game.