Final Fantasy VIII

Ok i know its not the one that most people will say that its there favorite but it is a very decent game and one of if not the favorite game of mine.

Ok so lets throw some facts out there:

The developer/publisher was Square. The game was created under the Game Director Yoshinori Kitase( other notable games were FF6-7, Chrono Trigger)
It was released in the US for PS1 on Feb. 11, 1991. By March 31,2003 it had sold 8.15 million copies.

Ok so enough with that boring tidbit.

The Plot: It starts out with the main charecter Squall Leonhart(best charecter ever). He is a student in the Balamb Garden(Garden is like a training facility for SeeD(Specially trained Garden Agents)that people and government hire to do jobs.Mercs essentially.) You start out in the infirm because you and Seifer Almasy(lifelong rival) have it out in the training area and gave each other scars on your faces. Your instructor Quistis Trepe comes to pick you up. Later on you go to a cave and get your first G.F.(Guardian Force. More on these later.) Then you go on a mission and end up fighting the Galbadian Army in a city called Dollet. In Dollet you fight two members named Wedge and Biggs(Some diehard FF players may recognize these names from Final Fantasy 4,6,7,8,10,12). Squall succeeds in his mission and is accepted into SeeD. You meet up with a girl named Rinoa Heartilly(Squalls love interest(and my Waifu) Rinoa is with an anti-Galbadian group named Timber. Headmaster Cid(Headmaster of Balamb Garden) orders Squall, Zell Dincht(Spunky and slightly annoying member off SeeD. Squall and Zell were partners in the defending of Timber.) and Selphie Tilmitt(same as Zell) to go with Rinoa to help her in anyway possible. Events go awry and they end up teaming up with Quistis and Irvine Kinneas(womenising sharpshooter)to save the world.

Instead of materia like in 7, 8 uses a stocked up magic system. You have 3 ways to get magic. 1 Draw from enemies/bosses. 2 Draw from visible and hidden draw points throughout the game. Or 3 refine from items using G.F. skills. You can have up too 100 of each and up to 32 different spells. Using G.F. you can junction magic to strengthen your charecter. Special moves in this game are called "Limit Breaks". Some charecters limits will change as you acquire new weapons, read certain magizines, use specific items on charecter or have certain ammo in inventory. Weapons in this game is different were instead of finding them from drops you get "Weapons Monthly" a magizine that tells you what items you need to upgrade your weapon. You collect different G.F. throughout the game by drawing them from bosses or by going on side quests to aquire them.

So i think ive bored everyone enough with this so if you'd like to know more PM me or just google the game. But id like to hear other people thoughts on this game.

For someone who has never actually played this, very informative. Lend me this when I see you next.

This is a very good game.

Lol find a memory card and ill lend it to you. Remember mine died?

[facepalm] I'll find one... I'll borrow it from Node.

Alwright see me and ill give if i can find*searches room*

I like this game.

I loved the story line it was the shit.

VII is better though.

[Very nice Dark Sage! Very well written review! I have increased your clout, and hope to see future reviews from you]

[Now, for mine. I....there are a lot of things I don't like about this game, but it does boast good things as well. It is one of my least favorite FF titles, to be clear. The battle system is very lack-luster, and I do not care for having to draw my magic from enemies in order to use it. Guardian Forces is a lame name for summons, and having to junction with them in order to have my in-battle menu commands is an idea that raises my blood pressure. I loved driving vehicles though! ^^]

[A battle system is a big thing for me; disliking it affects the rating heavily, and HATING the battle system kicks my rating for the game in the testes. On the other hand, this game had a WONDERFUL story, one that grips you tightly and doesn't let go. It, like FFIX, shows you the sorrows of war and the passing of time, maybe even moreso than IX did. The final boss was lame and ......{blood pressure skyrockets just thinking about it} HOW DARE THEY KILL ODIN OFF! NO! YOU DON'T FUCKING DO THAT! BAD SQUARESOFT! BAD SAKAGUCHI! Must move past that.....it pisses me off so bad >_>]

[The length was decent, and the sidequests weren't bad. Getting your weapon upgrades pisses me off, and the characters are very likeable. Since everything I love about this game has something I absolutely hate about it to counteract the good, I give this game a rating of 5/10]

Captain Black Beard wrote:VII is better though.

*cough*bullfuckingshit*cough* Sorry seems I have a bit of a cough.

Moses wrote:

Captain Black Beard wrote:VII is better though.

*cough*bullfuckingshit*cough* Sorry seems I have a bit of a cough.

{gives MOsEs a cough drop}

i love this game squall's gunblade makes JIZZ IN MY PANTS! in all seriousness i like the gameplay, drawing magic can be a pain in the ass but i liked the magic junctioning it brought a different strategy to the ff games, you either sacrifice your best spells for awesome stats or dish out epic spell ownage!

1-6 i have never played

7 - was epic
8 - i did not play cos it has lotsa guns in it
9- haven't played yet
10 - played ...not completed
10-2 - not played
11 - was 100% bull shit
12 - such a bad game i did not even look at it twice
13 - not released yet

....so what your saying is you haven't played alot of FF?

[I laughed]