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

[rubah]

what's so great about mp?

All it ever did was discourage me from using magic and focusing on physcial fighters. I'd rather have a mage smack around for low dmg than have to waste mp, and then ethers just to do a spell.

Whereas, in FF8, magic has no restrictions Even if you have it junctioned, it takes several casts to bring your stats down any. Plus, some monsters have it conviently embedded spells that can be effectively used against them (i.e. malboros and demi excellent for devouring. Use a couple of limits to get the majority of their 147k hp down, then demi it down until it's edible. and voila, spr+1)

using magic instead of items for healing is also pushed in ff8, because heck, by disc three, you start to run out of room for curaga and you're happy to use them up so you can draw more.

the only real annoying point is waiting in battle while the galbadian soldiers are going nuts against you in timber (or wherever else) while you steal their cure and elemental spells early on

[Rostum]

That junctioning system was easier than a mana pool system. Sure the MP way is more fun, but the junctioning system is torelable enough to play through the game.

Whoever said they didn't play through the whole game must really lack any skill in an RPG. Junction was the easiest and was tolerable.

[SadisticStreetSoldie]

I thought that junctioning was the most boring thing in the whole entire world especially with Selphie it took so damn long for three characters to fully stock something simple like Fire and the most that Selphie could stock was 3! . My favourite magic system was the materia system it was so simple and even the biggest klutz (I.E. me) could use it properly

[Slade]

what's so great about mp?

Nothing. Its been overkilled and i think they need more games without it.

[Auronhart]

I thought that junctioning was the most boring thing in the whole entire world especially with Selphie it took so damn long for three characters to fully stock something simple like Fire

You need a higher magic stat to draw more easily. However, the game can still be extremely easy without drawing any magic. A lot of people seem to not know this, and get frustrated.

Nothing. Its been overkilled and i think they need more games without it.

Exactly, I like the innovative junction system. (I tend to like different battle systems)

[JayDee]

The games before it are all better (4,5,6,7 dont know about 1,2,3)
but 8's better than all the games after it (10,10-2,11, and most likely 12)
I think that the majority of people's first games are their favs
which is why 7's so popular

7's story is superior to all

[SorceressMemorial]

I think FF VIII is the best FF ever. And the best game ever. Followed closely by FF VII. The lack of MP doesn`t make the game bader, in fact; I liked junctioning better than MP. The story is great, and the battles are awesome.
IRMC.

[finalheaven]

i like 8 ..but to me it comes second to 7.... yeah 8 had a more unique style as in battle wise and the love story was pretty good.(tho i like the love story in X more)but to be honest the junctioning...it was a good idea..but afte hte start of the 2n disc..i couldnt be bothere any more..so i just used auto junction ..i guess sucking all the magic out as opposed to leveling up as a drawback...any way 8 is good..just not as good as 7

[LastCetra]

I will agree that junctioning was the worst thing that ever happened to final fantasy. It was annoying and clumsy and we knew and they knew it didn't work otherwise they wouldn't have changed it for IX. Final Fantasy VII dug deeper into characters than ever before and Sephiroth is the greatest villian ever! Watching his desent into madness was my favourite part of the game. Then he killed Aeris...... goddammit.

[nugun]

wow....i leave for a while and i get 30+ replys.........in my opion the story in 8 was alot deeper then in 7...and the whole thing about aeris dying really wasn't all that heart breaking as many people made it seem

[SorceressMemorial]

FF VII was a great game, and it still is, no doubt. Actually it`s as close as you`ll get to perfection, with the exception of FF VIII.

MP; I don`t realize why you guys miss it so much. Almost every RPG contains a MP part. So who is better than Squaresoft to take us to the next level of greatness.

Draw; Dull, your forth time around. But it was so much fun gaining better stats that you gained the times before.

Junction; work of art. Argue if you want, but it`s a masterpiece.

Story; "I don`t care" "Whatever".... Someone who didn`t care about anything nor anyone, got the one thing who was missing in his life, love. He experienced friendship, closeness and sacriface. Bad story?? Nooooooooooo!!!!

FF VIII is the best game I`ve ever played. And FF VII is the second best game I`ve played. My first Final Fanatasy experience was FF IV.