FF VIII....not the Best FF

[Swordicanus]

i loved ff8 and it's story up until Esther and going into space from that point i didnt really like it.. still it's the 2nd best final fantasy

[fainaru]

Actually, I liked FF4 ^-^

[JulioA]

VII is probably my favorite, I really loved the Junctioning system, and I loved the charecters. I say probably because VII is real close and I am waiting to play VI once I finish V, and I have not played IX in so long that I might replay it soon, X was cool to but I felt it lacked a little story, and it should have been longer.

[The Anarchy Angel]

Bah! The junctioning system is what made the game what it is. I loved that system because it made so much sense. Putting this on attack raises it by this much and using a suitable ability makes it rocket to 255, simple enough. Drawing was cool but annoying to try and keep your stash at 100 if you enjoyed using aura and meteor and such.

[DMKA]

I really love this game. It's great, but it's not my favorite....

Things I liked:
- The weird plot aspects (ie, the whole dreamworld thing, the fact that Julia was Rinoa's mother, the tie-ins with Ellone and all that).
- The Omega Weapon.
- The Intro (best videogame intro ever).
- The Characters...I saw a little piece of myself in each of them, weirdly enough.
- The pretty graphics...at the time they kicked ass compared to everything else.
- The amazingly set up final battle.
- The beautifully moving ending.

What I Disliked:
- The space part (well, when you had to catch Rinoa and such, and got on the Ragnarok...was all great, I just mean the time on that ship with Ellone while Rinoa was unconcious).
- The magic draw and stock system...I just didn't like it.
- The fact that nearly all magic was completely useless.
- The part about everyone having been from the orphanage or whatever....it was kinda...eh.
- Enemy leveling up, and that there wasn't a huge range of different monsters.

Other than that everything else was acceptable. The game is excellent, but well...how should I put this....it's not FFVII.

[thinking of names is hard]

First final fantasy i ever played....still the favourite. Its just so...stereotypical final fantasy.
Graphics were alot better than any othre playstation game. Cut scenes amazing....even by todays standards. Sound was....erm....leave that part out.
Game play great. Junction system, gfs, draw magic system were all different from other final fantasies but never damaged the gameplay set by the standards of earlier final fantasies, it made them in my opinion better. Monsters levelling up an improvement. No more ridiculously easy monsters you fought at the beginning of the game.
You actually connected with the characters and knew where they were coming from.
More realistic than some other final fantasies. Story line that makes final fantasy so great.
How they tied in all the characters with each other.How the characters developed through the game.
Four disks....cant realy ask for much more in moneys worth...
Something new to those who were playing final fantasy before this.It was progression like it or not.
Bosses were actually concievable....instead of a big floating ball like ozma in vii wiping the floor with your party.

[LionHeart_83]

I like the story better than VII's story. I don't mind the junction system, and the whole game was fairly easy. But I don't think it's at all the worst FF.

[Lady Selphie]

I love FF8 for characters, music arts and the story

[Smarty_Arty]

None of the FF games were bad but FF 8 isn't the best one first of all the Magic system sucked monsters leveling up with you was a bad thing because I had Squall and Zell about level 37 when I beat elvoret and I got 5 Dragon Fangs before I went to Timber. The story was average but the last boss was so easy if you have Auto-Haste and recover ultimecia doesn't stand a chance Hell's judgement come on takes about 3 turn to load then those about 7000 damage to everyone that's pathetic and then of course that attack that those 9998 damage to one target it was so easy but FF 8 was a good game like all other FFs. The music was great but nothing compared to FF 7 but the Characters in FF 8 ruled.

[BabyVixen]

The entrance and end scenes are really probably the only things I like about this game. I really don't like playing this game at all anymore because it's really boring and the only song I liked from this game was "Eyes On Me" (is it Eyes On Me or Eyes On You?). The battle system is really annoying as the ATBs always stop whenever anything happens and the drawing takes forever. As for the GF sequences they're annoying too because you can't shorten them or turn them off and I'm pretty sure I got Repetitive Strain Injury from hitting that damn square button too much. The chocobos could have been put to better use (such as racing) but the sorceress part of the story was really cool and made me want to be a sorceress .

So it's my least favourite FF I'd give it a 5 out of 10

[Griever00]

7 was the first RPG, let alone FF game that i played. and it was great. then came 8. with the most beautiful graphics and music for any game at that time. the entire plot was an elegantly twisted masterpiece. i don't think any game will get to that kinda story for a long while. the characters were enduring and easy to care for. it's my favorite game, and i'm proud to say it. sure people give it crap about the junctioning system but every FF game has a different approach and how you percieve that approach will determine how the game is for you. same goes for a game as a whole.

[Alexander]

Most FFs are much better than FFVIII. I simply got very, very, VERY dissapointed with VIII. Mainly with the storyline. (Where is it? o.o) The "Trabia Garden event" was forced, Squall/Rinoa couple was forced (he couldn't stand her and from nothing he loves her... o_O), and Ultimecia is a lot of wasted potential. Etc.

Plus the characters are wasted potenital as well.

In my opinion, FFVIII had the potential to be the best FF -ever-. But it was oh so wasted... >_<]

And... *slightly in fanboiy mode* Ooh, lies about FFIX >_<

FFIX is not easy. Not easy like FFX, at least. And FFIX is harder than FFVIII. You can finish FFVIII with levels below 20 so easily that it's not even funny.

FFIX is not short. It is as long as FFVIII. Actually, if you do FFIX's side-quests, FFIX is longer. No side-quest of FFVIII is time consuming, IIRC.

[Rini]

VIII was my first RPG ever, so I think it affected a lot in my later experiences in playing other RPG's and FFs.

After half a dozen times I've played it through, still I find it funny that it doesn't bore me as much as IX, X and X-2 (I've played all of those a couple times through, but somehow it gets me bored a lot easier). I think VIII is the most easy game of the FF's to pick up to. What I mean is, it's much, much easier to start a game of VIII to me, than it would take to start a new game (even +) of X-2.

Other thing is that it's so captivating, on most parts at least. I hate the jail sequence, but other than that it's quite satisfying. I actually enjoy running after those stones in Shumi Village to get that Phoenix Pinion ^^;
Actually, it had been a while between my last time and this time playing the game, and after the last time I've read a bunch of fanfics that make it more interesting to play, since it gets me thinking more "what if...." and now, what's more fun than that :D Also the characters feel like a lot more in-depth this way.

After getting acquainted with the other FFs gaming systems, I've decided that Junction is a lot more fun, and a lot more hard work and tactics. I love drawing spells (okay well, not when they only draw 1 spell at a time x.x) and I love junctioning them one by one.

But there are a few things I don't like.
1. There's no way I can get Pocketstation -> Chocobo world ;_; I would've probably loved that part too xP
2. The towns are offlimits in the future. I wanted to know how future cities would've looked like *snif* I mean, if you can move about with Ragnarok, then why NOT have the ability to visit cities? Stupid unimaginative Square staff *mumbling*
3. Having 3 people moving on the screen at the same time. I know it's different from other FFs, but come on. One should do. And it would be a lot easier to move about and explore everything (for example the Card Master's room in Dollet where you have to be careful where you position Squall to get Occult Fan II and those other items, you only get them in a certain angle, right?).

Hm. That's about it.~

[Yuffie514]

I love FF8 for characters, music arts and the story

yes! please don't make her have to repeat herself over and over again!

[crazybayman]

Fantastic game. My favorite FF, and favorite game of all time. Kicks FFVII's a$$. I by far prefer the junctioning system to materia. There's just too many combinations with Materia, I like getting a somewhat limited choice, but not too limited, which is exactly what the junction system gave me. Plus in FFVII with materia, the more magic you have the weaker your character. In FFVIII, the more magic, the more powerful you are!!

Characters were great, music was great, the Laguna saga was great, Triple Triad is great (though I'm just now learning to appreciate it, hehe), sidequests like Deep Sea Research centre was great, battle system was great, blah blah blah blah............

At the end of the day, its all a matter of preference, I guess. Many prefer FFVII, many prefer FFVIII, many prefer FFIX, etc. I personally prefer FFVIII. Its definitely the most reaslitic, but still has that sci-fi edge, with a guy's sword being more powerful than any piece of machinery.