This is my favorite game in the series

[Renaiide]

Its just so emotional and great. I know many dislike it for the love story, but I just found it to captivate me. When I got the game for Christmas in 1999, I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. And that was such a tear jerker ending. I'm a wuss, yeah... but who cares?! I loved this video game, it was just the best. I've played FF7 many times, the one that I really do believe caused FF to go mainstream since I really hadn't heard of FF before, and I've played FF9, X, X-2, and the games in Anthology and Origins many times as well. But I always come back to FF8, I can just always enjoy this game in every single way.

[PeTeRL90]

"And that was such a tear jerker ending. I'm a wuss, yeah... but who cares"

There's nothing wrong with crying to a game. I got choked up at the end of Lufia II.

Anyways, personally, though I'm the romantic type of guy, I really wasn't interested into a plot like this. I mean sure, it got really emotional at times, but I only found myself playing through it just once.

[Aphelion]

I hated this game. Really. Because of GFs, because of the story, because of the characters, i hated this game.

[BG-57]

It's safe to say that opinion is sharply divided about this game.

I suspect a large reason is because it's such a departure from the other FF games that came before (and after) it.

And I think Square has to keep trying new things. Once they stop coming up with innovative ideas they won't be the leaders in RPG's.

Personally I enjoyed this game more than almost any other FF game (except maybe Tatics). The SeeD rank system was annoying but I liked everything else.

[American Badass]

Oh there is a lot more bad in this game than there is good.

[Silent Warrior]

BG-57: Actually, I dare say that Black Isle were the leaders in CRPG-development, until Interplay butchered the lot. Make a game like Planescape Torment, and you're second to none in the RPG-world. With NWN and KotOR, Bioware seems hellbent on filling the gap.
I don't mind so much that it 'departs' from the mainstream FF that the dialogue is almost as bad as Anakin's lines in Attack of the Clones. Yes, I pray it's a translation-issue - otherwise it would declare a large section of videogaming-world silly. (As a sidenote, I fished out some dude's source-code for a utility to hack into FF8 and *cough* alter some stuff. Has anyone been able to compile it? I... need to increase my FF8-experience.)

American Badboy: AGREE.

[Peegee]

FF7 > FF8. In fact I'd say FF7 is the best of the 'new age' FF's.

[SeeDRankLou]

FF8>>>>>>>>FF7 (just my opinion). I love this game. I would not call either of those two games the best of the "new age" FFs however. This is a wonderful game, I found very little wrong with it. I like the departure from mainstream, it showed that Squaresoft still had some originality in them. Love the characters, love the story, love the gameplay, love it. I've probably played this FF more times than any of the eleven that I've played.

[Aphelion]

FF9>>FF7>>FF8. FF7 and 9 at least have a storyline.

[rigell]

In the new age final fantasies, i think that ff7 probably had the plot that made the most sense, but i will have to disagree with dark dragon knight when he says that 9 has more of a plot that 8. I think that 8 held it together pretty well throughout the entire game, it got a little sketchy with the time compression stuff, but so do all games that deal with time travel. 9 i have a problem with, the game went along so well, everything was going fine until they just decide to throw the crystal in at the very last moment of the game. I don't remember them talking about it hardly at all in the game, and another thing i don't understand, when you defeat trance Kuja, why do i fight a gigantic robot-looking thing? my friend told me that it was the essence of the crystal, but i am still confused why squaresoft did what they did at the end of ff9. well, whatever, i guess all of the final fantasies have their plot-holes but who cares? i thought they were all great.......except maybe 6 (that game drove me insane at times)

[Lamia]

I cried at the end of X. Heh.

[SeeDRankLou]

Originally posted by Lamia
I cried at the end of X. Heh.

Well really, who didn't, or didn't at least feel like it? That was just sad.

[DocFrance]

I didn't.

[Marcus]

I can't wait to play X now... =)

I dunno... I enjoy 8, just as much as I enjoyed 7.. It's different, but just as fun for me. But then again, FF7 is pure crap when compared to FF6. In my opinion, anyway..

FF8 is an above average game anyway. Maybe not the best in the series, but certainly a good game compared to other stuff that's lying on the shelves these days..

You are allowed to hate a Final Fantasy. But it sure beats playing Counterstrike all fricking day.

Still haven't finished FF8 by the way, I just (SPOILER)bumped the Garden into that Fishermans place, and that movie where the garden almost floats into that old man with the fishing rod is PURE GOLD. FF8 has great movies... Not only quality-wise... Even if FF7 had state of the art 987345-bit 3D-rendered FMVs, FF8 still has better movies...

So there. =D

[nicksdancingmonkey]

8 is by far my favourite in the series, the squall-seifer rivalry is amazing and its the most immersing for young people because all of your party is of similar age so you getwell involved with the school like camaraderie.
The Squall- Rinoa saga is to die for. I luv this stuff!!