Quote Originally Posted by FinalBob42
Is FF8 really that easy?
Ridiculously easy. You can win 99.9% of fights by summoning over and over again, which is a synch 'cause there's no MP. You collect spells which work like charges, you use a charge once and its gone, and when you run out of charges for a spell, you can't use it untill you get more. Not that you need spells other that for healing perhaps, but items can do that, and the salary system gives you heaps of money even at the start of the game if you play even marginally well. As I said, you can win almost all the time with summons as long as you remember to heal. The end boss was slightly more difficult, but was still easy compared to even ordinary bosses from earlier games as long as you caught on to the trick for that fight.