Yeah I must agree with topic creator. I really like FFVIII (not a fave but I like) but it lacked a good explaination for the villain like other games. Ultimecia is great and evil and all and was alot better final encounter than Sephiroth's 2 forms u fight at the end of FFVII (Seph first form was pitiful, while Safer Seph was a rip-off of Kefka's final form), but we as players never got to know much about her reason for time compression all what led her to that reason. A little more mention of her background and fill in a little more plotholes would have just made this game have that much more impact to the player, hence making it stand tall amongs the other FF.