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[Dking'squeen]

Laguna prequel, yes
A sequel however, would kill it.

I agree with that

[Matt90]

That would be nice

[Azar]

I vote no, as I hate virtually everything about the first game.

[Dking'squeen]

wow. hate though? What a harsh thing to say. (Many Moomba suround you) what was so devestatingly dreadful about it that you hate it? The long long long long long long conversations?

[Azar]

First of all, I disliked most of the characters. Zell was an interesting character, and I liked him, but none of the others did anything for me whatsoever. I found them to either be shallow and undeveloped, annoying, or simply boring. Rinoa and Zell had more personality than everyone else combined. Also, I completely disliked the modern-esque world. I play Final Fantasy for the fantasy, not the reality. While FFVII had the same type of world, it was pulled off FAR better, and the world was a more interesting place. Then, there's the story. What a stinker. It was dull to begin with, and I disliked it until I reached the point where they learn that (SPOILER) they're all from the same orphanage . This struck me as a realization by the Squaresoft crew that their characters had no real connections and that the plot was dying, so they just whipped this into shape. I thought it was incredibly stupid. Couple that with the lack of an interesting villian whatsoever (aside from Seifer, who wasn't more than a henchman) and an extremely slow, dull, and annoying battle system, and you have my least favorite Final Fantasy game. Honestly, I'd rather play Superman 64 than this game. And that's saying something.

[Dking'squeen]

Wow. The character thing, I'll agree on. Zell was my abosolute fav. Everyone was exactly as you said, but I didn't like Ri-ri, even though she had a lot more spunk than Selphie, she was annoying, always whinig. The best thing about ehr was Angelo, who wasw named Skore, Amelio, Ken, and Might. She was a little pale too. The story was a little too dramaish. It reminded me of a real action packed Passions and, even if I didn't like the story, I never leave a job incomplete. Some parts were funny and good, like when Squall recued Ri-ri, the jokes from that were hilariuos. I get your point. So, besides Zell and Riri, you had no other like for the game?

[Azar]

Let's see....I enjoyed Zell's reaction to being called a chicken wuss. But then, that's Zell again...nope, that's about it. When I was around 30 hours into the game, I popped FFIX into the PS2, and got more enjoyment out of watching the opening FMV and listening to the music than I had the entire time I'd been playing FFVIII. That's when I stopped.

[Dking'squeen]

Well sheesh. (Final Fantasy VIII fans circle you) Well, everybody has to have a game that they dislike. I found the best part of the game when I got to be Laguna, the GFs and the card game. I didn;t like the music so much, esspecially in space. It was sappy. Hey, let me borrow IX, I haven't played the entire thing yet and I had to take it back to Blockbusters