Quote Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
sos the abmonimatrix but this makes perfect sense. he was always a nice guy, just very forked up. its only when rinoa hits her coma does he realise he actually gives a poop about her which leads on to other ppl and he allows himself to escape his box. i think that was a major triumuph.
If he had REASON. He had no reason to change. He had always had people being nice to him, and he had had so much time to come out of his shell. It was stupid and trite and sudden. With no real reason.

it was not sudden! from first meeting rinoa he started to change. he got more and more talkative, less annoying and surly etc and cuminated in rinoas coma.
He started changing the second he met Rinoa? Why? Because he danced with some hot chick he decided to be a more open person? That makes it worse. Him freaking out when Rinoa slipped into a coma was even stupider. He suddenly ceased to be able to function like a normal human being and became a total moron. It was ridiculous.

i personally believe he one of the best developed characters cause he is very introspective, more then any other ff protaginist. the reason i think the other ff8 characters suffer is cause they spend so much on squall , the others r an after thought!

ff6 had the oppisite scenario, ALMOST EVERYONE, was well developed, but none to a cosmic standard.

i mean only cloud compares to squall in protaginist ff development (aint played ff4 so dont know cecil yet). ff9 and ffx are better gamedx imho, but zidane and tidus dont hold a candle to squall!

believe me, without squall ff8 would have been nothing. ff8 is only 5th fav ff, but a lead character of sheer quality.
In a game with such a little party, no other characters should be an 'after thought'. That's another reason this game was horrid. There should be no 'cosmic standard' of development. Character development is pointless when it's forced and sped through. People dont do 180s like that (most particulary for no reason) and it makes it very bad.

FFVIII WAS nothing. It's a horrific game. The lead character makes it moreso.