Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post
And the Opera Scene? Really? Celes looked like Maria, this happens in real like. I can recount at least three times I've scene a guy who looks practically Identical to someone I knew, enough so I started talking to them like they were that person. Celes looking enough like Maria to be mistaken for her is no way a suspension of Disbelief.
Oh, yeah, true. Looked like her. Sang like her. I didn't even consider these things when I was mentioning the opera scene. xD For me, the entire idea that the entire opera plot actually happened in the first place is completely absurd.
Mind you, the suspension of disbelief may vary from person to person. Glad I could clear up the misconception for you.
Though if you'd like, I could give you more ways the writing itself is bungled up in VIII!
Oh, you don't need to do that, I thought a lot of things about the story were rubbish, but I just keep in mind that I'm playing a video game and rarely care about such things. I think "well, that's silly/absurd" and then carry on. I can still appreciate the game itself despite such things, and don't think FFVIII is that much worse (if worse at all) than the rest of the FF series.

Compare it to, say, Duke Nukem Forever... and... well... yeah. I played Devil's Advocate to others and to myself over DNF for about five minutes before getting a bit further in the game and then realising how bad it really was.