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Welcome to the official FFVIII thread, this is where you can chat to your heart's delight about the famous final fantasy eight game. The characters, the world, the minigames - triple triad, chobo woods and all the other mini games that i just cannot remember.

I really liked this game it's graphics still are bareable compared to the more updated games, the minigames are also entertaining and triple triad really is a damn trial getting the cards and trying to get each and every single one. The characters also brought the game to life, plus i really liked the cutscenes, space and when squall goes to save rinoa yes i am a typical female i loved the whole scene.

Also the fact you could drive the car was also a great add on. ^_^ i spent ages driving around and always ran out of fuel typical sounds like real life.

so chat to your hearts content.

I personally like FFVIII, the only thing I think prevented that game from getting more respect was the horrendous junction system, that killed it for me, but it was saved by a good military themed plot, and a good cast of characters. I felt the gameplay was horrible though.

Syke - Yeah when squall was hit by the icicle bolt that did show me some emotion also it was one of the most dramatic cut scenes from the game. I enjoyed this game the most but it is topped with FFx on my favourite list, plus i adored how swuall finally came around throughout the game. We saw him go from trusting no one, not mixing with his team mates, never showing his emotions, not caring about anyone to being a really caring person who embraced his feelings and comrades when the time came. That was the main thing i liked about the game, i loved the fact they showed us it all...

The junction system was a nice touch and one of the simplist thing's to use throughout the game, we could modify our abilitys and stats to however we pleased whereas with other games we could not i thought it was one of the better level build ups.

You cannot say that FFX doesn't top FFVIII because everyone has a different oppinion. In your oppinion you feel that it cannot be any better than ffviii but there is others in the fanbase that thing that nothing can ever top ffx now ^_^ everyone has different views.

i have always wondered why people like the gunblade yet not the game, doesnt make much sense to me.

Quite possible not many people like games that have too much emotion in it. Plus the gunblade is a cool weapon and i think people like that and recognise that even before they notice the game they notice the blade.

Phill when we've talked about FFVIII we both agree the intro with Squall and Seifer fighting where they get the scars. Is just so cool. And we have also decided that if we ever reinacted that I would play Squall and he would play Seifer because we both see ourself in those characters. But dispite all of this. Phill greatly dislikes the game where it is my Faverite even if i don't play it that much.

Buying Magic or earning it that way is the cheap and unrealistic way out. FF8 allows you to get down to grips with the real work. to put it as politly as i can it allows you to get down to the dirty work of manully getting magic while making it part of the story and making it all the more fun because all that hard work makes you more appeciative of the massive advantages you get from having done it.

Yes that can be annoying but there is a secret i have. LEVEL UP THE MAGIC. you don't need the lower level magic if you can get hold of the higher level stuff. even then it's still not enough i know. but it's better than before.

See, but that becomes a problem when you've drawn all 100 units of the higher level magic. xd