yes ff8 is my fav of them all and yes i am new....

[rubah]

I dunno about you guys, but I liked junctioning..

Maybe I have some weird obsessive-compulsive disorder, but being in charge of all your stats appeals to me (which is why I like ffx too I guess, because it's relatively easy to have utter control over those stats as well)

As for seven being better or worse than eight, I'm not all the way done (finishing the sidequests before heading to the crater currently) but at this point I don't like it better than eight. Materia is fun, but it just isn't as interesting as junctioning is *shrugs*

Really though, I had read all those reviews and there were always as many people that hated ff8 as loved it, so I figured I'd play it with an open mind (I was really expecting something more western, what with irvine and squall's outfits (especially irvine) and a mediocre AMV I saw. I figured junctioning would be way more confusing, so that was a relief. Really, I had this intricate system thought up that I thought it'd be like, that looked a lot more like the spheregrid, except sans spheres.)

But, to fit the original statement, I should like ff5 the best, as it was the first I ever played. It's good, but not the best

[Xxiawakin]

what?!?1how CANu say 8 is better then 7?? 7 rule not because we played it first..but i think because it the one that had the most work on..'story wise and graphix wish..as SE moved from 2D to 3D. 7 has a better epic story ..but im not saying 8 is crap..it its just not as good as 7. 8 is more of a love story and the junction syteem is quite unique..almost as good as the materia system in 7. doomsday i agree with you totally. but the junction system..did any1 even bother with them...i just ended up using the auto junction after hlfway thru disk 1 beacuse it was annoyinggggg......^_^

There are so many things wrong with this post...and I'm not including Grammer or Spelling...

First: In HIS opinion, 8 is better, you cannot disprove that.

Second: The Story? I found VIII's to be far deeper than VII's...(7: Typical guy wants to destroy world for whatever reason. 8: Woman wants to bring ruin to the world, later revealed that she was a puppet of someone who wants to not destroy everything, but compress time, sort of moving it to another place.)

The Graphics in VII are better than VIII's? Are you stoned? VII's characters were blocks of one or two colors that formed a crushed person...

The Systems: Materia System is rather straight forward and boring, there's little to do with it, the Junction System had a vast array of things to be done with it...

And to answer your question; yes, I did use the Junction System, quite effectively, in fact.

...

I'm done.

[Shoden]

well i preferred FF8 over all overs the junction system was great the materia system sucked bad, the summons sucked too except knights of round neo bahamut and bahamut zero. the graphics in 8 owned 7 but i say 8 had a crappy storyline compared to 7 s but the characters in 7 were rubbish except sephiroth cid and vincent the chars from 8 that i hated were quistis and kiros. i say 8 was my favourite but had a bad story 9 was an embarressment to all final fantasy games 10 was a rip off made for kids bah. but good news for you all they're remaking 7 8 and 9 on ps2. what do you mean ff7 had better music you deaf Liberi fatali owned one winged angel the soundtrack of 8 had a much higher rating and the limit break and battle system from 8 was the best Renzokuken and Lionhart owned omnislash 100% omnislash was only max 12 Renzokuken + lion heart was maximum 23 dealing up to 9999 damage. 7 and 8 had differences but 7 was better than 8 in some ways and 8 was better than 7 in others i hear final fantasy 12 is supposed to be better but those are rumours

[Necronopticous]

VIII is your favorite, eh? I like you already. You'll be the first and probably the last to receive two newbie cookies from me at once.

[UltimateSpamGrover]

Why did I hate VIII? Junctioning system

[Shoden]

well i say people shouldnt argue as Each final fantasy game is better than others in it's own way

[rubah]

Aww, but arguing is fun.

[Shoden]

no fighting is even funner you get to see a broken nose black eye in making its fun

[Sephirothvsvader22]

the only reason most of u like 7 more is because u played that one first.....if u compare stories you'll clearly see why 8 is superior to 7,9,and 10....not to say those are bad games just that i think 8 has the best story

Actually I played VIII first, but I like VII better. I played IX first and it's one of my least favorites. I was touched by VIII's story, but was not as awed as I was by VII (I like all that conspiracy stuff like the Da Vinci Code).

[Shoden]

8 only needed a good story the characters and setting was great but they shudda put diamond emerald and ruby weapons into the game and more hidden areas i never managed to complete 7 my game was laggy and when i played it it was about 4 years ago so i wasnt a good gamer then i didnt understand it so i quit after i was released from the chocobo racing place the gold saucer i think

[rubah]

bleh, I'm a ninny though, so broken noses != good.

Maybe more people would've liked ff8 better if it didn't have [that arrangement of] blue fields for background music..

I got *so* sick of that song, whereas I liked both of the overworld themes in ff7 (although the first was awful thematic.) However, I try not to judge based on background music (sometimes)

[Shoden]

i played 7 first i liked it but i never understood it as i was about 10 and my disc started lagging so is topped on it the music on 7 is all tiring except one winged angel which is good but the ff8 soundtrack owned 7s 2B to 0.000000001

[RinoaLuver15]

FF VIII was a love story. There was like barely any romance or anything close to it in FF VII. I mean yeah there was Tifa and Aerith but nothing really happens with that. The one way that FF VII beat FF VIII is that I'm sure that everyone cared when Aerith died. Either you fully leveled her up (like me) and got pissed because you wasted your time or you liked her as a character. FF VIII didn't have as touching of a moment. I think because it's a love story it would appeal to more female players.

[Shoden]

i agree but some of the characters and the setting werent very good in 7 Selphie Irvine Squall and Seifer are good examples as replacements i think

[UltimateSpamGrover]

if FFVIII had MP instead of that crappy Junctioning/Drawing system, I might actually like that better than FFVII