MikeyS9607MikeyS9607

Main News Movies Games Audio Art Favorites Reviews Stats 135 Fans
Follow MikeyS9607

Contact Info / Websites

Skype
duairteittle
  1. MikeyS9607.com My site.
  2. youtube.com YouTube Channel
  3. mikeys9607.deviantart.com deviantART
  4. twitter.com #Twitter
  5. www.facebook.com Official Facebook

Entry #225

Final Fantasy VIII Review

8/20/12 by MikeyS9607
Updated 8/20/12

I'm too lazy to make a video on the subject, so I'll type out the review instead.

I recently played the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VIII on my PS3 through PSN the other day, and I beat it last night, making it the second game in the series I've beaten. The other was VII.
Overall it was very enjoyable, but there are some minor flaws I'll go into later on.

Graphically the game looks fantastic. The CGI cutscenes were top notch, and the graphical presentation as a whole was brilliant.

In terms of music, this game has one of the best soundtracks in the entire Final Fantasy series. Uematsu really did a great job.

Gameplay-wise it was addicting. I really enjoyed the junction system but it is too easily abusable, and so I found the game to be REALLY easy. The only boss that gave me trouble was the final boss who selects random party members, and that's a shit design choice IMO.

The story, while it had plotholes, and the whole Ragnarok appearing from nowhere was bullshit, was still enjoyable. I could nitpick things but really, it's a japanese game. For all we know something was mistranslated or something. Either way, I found it to be fun.

Newcomers might be confused by the idea of GFs, junctioning and Drawing Magic.

A feature in this game I loved was the card game. It's really, REALLY fun to play, at least with the Open and Diff rules. The card game is mostly if not totally optional, but you'll want it to get powerful early on. IT's worth the time, as you can simply breeze through the game as long as you keep your levels below 20.

  • 4 comments

Comments

You must be logged in to comment on this post.

I'd agree with the junctioning being way too easy to abuse. As soon as you go on Island closest to Heaven/Hell, you were more or less unstoppable after you depleted all the draw points. :P

Good review btw.

8/25/12 MikeyS9607 responds:

Thanks! You still had to run around for ages waiting for them all to recharge. I only got about 2-5 Ultimas at each draw point.

the character models looked strange on the overworld

8/23/12 MikeyS9607 responds:

That's because the scale is fuckednup. A common RPG trope.

JackhoJackho

8/20/12

Even for the time I mean. Compare it to Resident Evil or what have you and it looks much worse.

To be fair it's really just squall that looks overly bad due to the amount of pointy edges on that cunt.

8/20/12 MikeyS9607 responds:

I guess. I never played Resident Evil, so I was just stunned that he was more detailed than all the FF7 field models.

JackhoJackho

8/20/12

I disagree with the graphics. I like the modern aesthetic but it really does look like ass. I'd take the deformed anime-ish Cloud or cartoony stylized Zidane over jaggy Squall any day.

8/20/12 MikeyS9607 responds:

I meant for the time. The models themselves are well done. The jaggedy-ness is more the PS1's fault, as it sisn't have anti-aliasing.