User Reviews: Final Fantasy VIII
FFVIII
Pros: none
Cons: none
FFVIII is the lastest FF I've ever played, after FFX. The Sounds and the Characters's Limit Breaks are so cool, and the story was great. Anyway, this game is a really interesting game !
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoFinal Fantasy VIII - Perfect Game
Pros: Everything's perfect
Cons: Can't find anything less
Best Game ever.Better than FF X , There isn't any game can pass this game, although the graphic or sound are better.
It's not an ordinary game, it's the legend!!!Was this review helpful? Yes - NoBest beautyful Final Fantasy Character
Pros: Graphic,sound,nice combo system,best looking character,card games
Cons: lot of encounter
This is known as the best beautyfull character over all Final Fantasy series with all cool and real looking character Squall is so cool, Rinoa so lovely, quitis so sexy and zell so rock. I love all those character and the uniform they wear in the game is so cool.
The songs eyes on me was so nice expecially when it was played on the spaceship Ragranok, it was so touching.
Squall combo can be one of the best combo ever with over 30 hits squencently exspecially you can see all 9999 with that hits make it become so cool.
The story is around the life of mercenary, when squall and his friends are fighting with an witch that goes from time zone to try to destroy all the other witches.
Well recently there are rumours that they will made Final Fantasy 8 on PS3 and I am hoping they will coz the characters in Final Fantasy 8 if made in PS3 will be a lot cooler.
A overall ten for this game even the story are not as nice as Final Fantasy 7.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoFinal Fantasy VIII PlayStation
Pros: Stunning graphics, great soundtrack, imaginative environments, addictive and absorbing, 4 discs of play, plenty of replay value
Cons: Hit and miss new ideas, initially quite daunting, over - complicated 'Junction' system, not a patch on FFVII
When Squaresoft decided to release Final Fantasy VII (the first 32-bit instalment of their enduring RPG series) on a global scale, it is unlikely that even the most optimistic of developers could have predicted the success that would follow.
30,000,000 sales, two-and-a-half years and a mass of expectancy later, the brave souls at Square released a follow up. Brave being the operative word; Final Fantasy VIII was not only very different to its immediate predecessor, it also strayed radically from many of the basic concepts maintained throughout the series 12 year history.
Whilst a lot of the playing mechanics have been tweaked or altered, the basic premise of Final Fantasy VIII remains true to its earlier siblings travel the world slaying a myriad of monsters, completing set tasks, exploring towns and dungeons and having a good old natter with anyone wholl give you the time of day.
As is now customary with all Final Fantasy games, things begin on a relatively small scale. The player is introduced to the 17 year-old, reclusive loner that is Squall Leonheart, whom it soon becomes apparent is the storys central figure. He is a student at Balamb Garden, which is essentially a military college, and aspires to become a cadet in SeeD a special combat unit.
The college is very much the central hub in the early stages of the game, impressing with its variety and depth; a visit to the library is helpful for gaining general information, as is checking Squalls desk (a computer network). If on the other hand you fancy something a little more taxing, you can exorcise a few beasties in the battle arena, or challenge a random student to a game of Triple Triad cards (more on that a little later).
With extended play, the storyline begins to open out, stretching to the familiarly-epic proportions gamers have come to associate with the Final Fantasy titles; Squall meets a host of friendly faces to aid him on his journey, as well as inevitably running into some troublesome foes, most notably the Galbadian Army and the powerful, spell-binding Princess Edea.
FFVIII throws a host of new ideas into the mixing pot, so credit to the developers for taking the series down a more original path. But to be brutally honest, it is primarily the new features that cause FFVIII the greatest hindrance. The most positive and notable inclusion comes in the form of a series of dream/flashback sections Squall and his party will at set points, collapse into a form of deep sleep, and its at these intervals that the player gets to control a second lead character the fabulously-named Laguna Loire; a mysterious soldier turned journalist, who gradually seems to be forming a closer and closer link to Squall as these dream sequences continue. They are very well implemented and genuinely fascinating.
Final Fantasys trademark mystical beasts return under the guise of Guardian Forces (or GFs) these creatures can be equipped to one party member at a time, and gift a wide range of abilities and attributes, as well as their own battle moves; FF mainstays Shiva and Ifrit perform Ice and Fire-based attacks respectively, whilst the inclusion of status-chaging guardians adds some weight; Carbunkle casts a magic-reflecting barrier on your party, whilst Cerberus grants the ability to use three magic's in a single turn rather than just the one.
On a more negative note, certain parts of the game just seem to have been overcomplicated for the sake of adding a bit more depth and playing time money cannot be attained from defeating monsters like in previous games; instead you must take a series of SeeD written examinations to earn a set salary didnt anyone tell the developers that this was meant to be fun? Also, certain rare items and pieces of equipment must be attained before you can buy something as simple as a new weapon.
Final Fantasy VIII uses a new Junction system, which is clever in theory as it allows individual characterWas this review helpful? Yes - NoFinal Fantasy fails to impress the masses
Pros: Solid story, playable characters
Cons: Mildly annoying battle system
As the eight installment of Final Fantasy this game has it's moments. It is worth a play through, maybe even two, but we will leave that to the hardcore fans. The forced love story was a bit cheesy, but the rest of the plot was intriguing. The characters were fun, and the improvements to the graphics on the console were nice. It's an okay game, but it couldn't live up to the phenomena of Final Fantasy VII.
Was this review helpful? Yes - Noi love this game
Pros: everything about it
Cons: absolutely nothing
I've played alot of ff(including 7,8,10,10-2) and, unfortunately, I lost ff8( I know...someone should drag me out into the street and shot me.)NEways, I have to say that this one was the best one out of all of them. and i thought that the storyline and character development was well-done, contrary to what a few certain others believe. And the graphics. are they not the best???? overall i loved this game. maybe thats cuz i'm a hopless romantic and no one important dies,like in ff7:(, but eitherway it rox my sox(and i would know... i have a sock feddish....)
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoThe Best Ever Made
The Most Dramatical RPG ever Made in this world.
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