Looking back, FF8 seems completely ridiculous. The plot, setting and characters seem to consist of a bunch of random elements that have been smashed together by a completely desperate development team. But somehow, it works. I think it's the score that does the trick of holding the whole thing together, but I'm not sure about it. It's more like a feeling. It's very hard to tell the mood of the FF8 score as a whole - the musical shifts are all over the place.

FFX? I loved it at the time. Name me one game that conveys the feeling of 'summer and sea' better, because to me that's what defines FFX. The setting is absolutely brilliant. They didn't go overboard with the random crap blending together like with FF8 and the characters fit right in, especially Yuna and Tidus who each seem to embody a separate part of Spira - Yuna the more quiet, traditional and magical part and Tidus the urban and technologically sophisticated part. It just works, but as opposed to FF8, the score just doesn't have that special mystique about it - it goes very well with the world, but that's all.