I'm the most incongruous fan of FFVIII you'll ever find. Why?

Plot: The plot, when translated well enough to make sense, is perfectly fine, right up until Rinoa gets all vegitative. Then it just stops making any sense whatsoever. When Squall first meets Rinoa, he's all "Whatever, I don't care about you, just shutup and leave me alone you stupid b" but when she goes comatose he's all "OMG I NEED YOU!!!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!!!" It's not just juvenile, it just doesn't make sense. I mean, sure, you could argue that Squall was hiding his true feelings all along, but there's no indication of this. He just ignores her then suddenly when her life's in danger he becomes inexplicably attached. Also, that whole compressed time thing..... WHAT?

Graphics: Sure, they're nice, whatever...

Music: Eyes On Me is a piece of fluff, and I can't remember any other songs from the game off hand. I guess the soundtrack was just that impressive.

Gameplay: Junction system pwnz j00. Using it you can make yourself nigh invincible against most bosses and exploit weaknesses liek WHOT!!!!!!1111 My only complaint is that summoning GFs is a necessary evil and you'll totally destroy your thumb from Boosting (which I'm convinced is a form of steroids for GFs). The refining system is also really interesting, but many of the uses of it involve ultra rare items. I'm not huge on that sorta 10 hour long mini quest type of deal, but other aspects of the game really make up for it.