Although the magic system was confusing to traditional RPG-ers, it was a breath of fresh air and is possibly one of the most deep system EVER (Even deeper than FFVII's, although that WAS easier to understand)
Battles slow? I think they could be rather quick, and boss battles were actually hard at times, so they turned to be epic. Although DRAWing seemed repetetive, had u ever seen anything like it? Nope, that's cause FFVIII was a revolution. A change of the times.
What was wrong with the change in storyline? It was different to have a twist in roles, rather than knowing what you're fighting from the beginning, and knowing what to fight. The other characters? You HAD to find out their past through exploration. And since they all came from the same orphangae, they all knew their past so, their was no need to go into depths. They all explained it through it.
I think the reason, noone liked it was that it made life hard for itself by changing so much. Money from wages? No MP? No new weapons? Junctioning summons? It WAS so different and thats why, if you looked closer, you would find an epic, and one of the BEST FF's ever.
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