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#17  I'd give it a 9, but that's just me. I didn't like it when it came out, and only in the last 1-2 years it really grew on me in a huge way. I like it when games do that. |
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 | I give it an 8 (no pun intended) because the game was really daring and tried alot of new things at a time when RPGs were being accepted worldwide and just starting to get used to the genres personal traditions. I also give it props for its way of handling Squall as a character and watching him grow and mature in the story. Now granted VIII is a horribly flawed game and god knows it made so many wrong choices in almost every aspect of it. The Junction system needed to be balanced as well as the GFs and lord knows the limit breaks didn't help. The cast is actually interesting but never fleshed out and of course there are the story issues. It just seemed half finished to me... Except for FFV (and VII after the Compilation smurfed it all up), I feel VIII probably has one of the most disjointed stories and world designs in the series. There is little explanation of key elements and the world just seems off to me... Its a shame cause it held such potential and I love that about the game. Of all the FFs in the series I think VIII deserves the most expansion and hell, is the only game in the series that actually had enough loose ends to warrant a sequel. Last edited by Wolf Kanno; 01-26-2008 at 06:03 AM. |
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01-26-2008, 01:36 AM
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 | I haven't played enough of it to really give a fair rating, though from what I've played, I think the story is excellent, the gameplay somewhat confusing. Based on what I've played, I'd give it an 9.1/10 (understand that I would give 10s to games like Chrono Trigger and FF VII, and 9.8s to games like Kingdom Hearts, Ocarina of Time, and FFX). I also wanted to say this: wasn't FF VIII supposed to focus on a love story? Like, wasn't that a main focus of the game? If that was the case, then I don't think someone can bash the game for focusing on Squall and Rinoa. If someone's more informed, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.  |
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02-21-2008, 02:45 AM
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 | 2/10 It deserves nothing more than this. The only reason I'm awarding it this score is because I liked Quistis, though she had hardly any development. They could have done a lot with her character. Squall and Rinoa annoyed me. Their 'love' was forced on us. You can't even call it love. Their, what, 17? Chances are, they'll last for a year or two and then they'll have a big fight over absolutely nothing. Seriously, I liked the first disc but then it just went to pieces and Zell, Selphie, Quistis and Irvine got left behind, while Squall and Rinoa had this fantastical time in space and crap like that. This game is lucky I gave it a two. Obviously, I'm feeling kind today. |
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02-21-2008, 03:55 AM
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 | Uh, the game is a love story, thus their love had to be forced or else the story would have lacked. Not to mention, most characters in FF are like 17 to 22 so looking at any of the "love stories" within any of the games with that kind of cynical outlook is pointless. It's like anime's with 12 year olds falling in love, no one questions that because 12 year old anime chara's are normal. Either way, I give it a four out of ten. |
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02-21-2008, 05:37 AM
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