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A Pure Gaming Masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I first saw the opening sequence, I was mind-boggled. I never thought that the PSOne could deliver such anthropomorphism, but I was proved wrong. I would defintely give the graphics a huge score.
Now the storyline. The game's plot is pretty much straight forward with directions to your next mission or destination. As with all Final Fantasies, there will be occasional times where you have no clue what to do next, forcing you to backtrack about 20 minutes, but I can only remember two times when this happens. Those of you who can't focus on two stories at the same time might have trouble with the side-story of Laguna and his gang, which ultimately collides into the main story, revealing any questions you've been crapping your pants over trying to figure out.
For all you musicians(Insert sound byte here), the sound. I'll admit that the sound effects could use some reconditioning, but the music is.... phenomenol. Nobuo Uematsu has done it again with yet another award-worthy score. I especially like the Garden Vs. Garden theme on disc two. Along with songs like "The Extreme" and "The Stage is Set", you can't help but pause the game and just listen.
The battle outline for FFVIII is pretty much like recent FF's, with the exception of one major difference: no MP. That's right, instead of using Magic Power to use magic, you instead "stock up" on magic. Basically, if you only have three Curas, if you use all three, they're history. No more Cura until you hunt down some more. Of course you can always refine items into magic with GF abilities. Abilities that let you do things like refine 1 Mezmerize Blade into 2 Mega-Potions. Very useful indeed. Also, instead of getting money from battles, you get paid about every 500 steps you take with an income depending on your ranking as a SeeD.
This game is loads of fun, has over 20 sidequests, plenty of challenges, and a great theme that envelopes you into a world that is truly a Fantasy.

Final Fantasy VIII

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE this Final Fantasy game. I have it for Playstation, and its really the best game ive ever played, and ive played a lot. Awesome card game, cool unique junctioning system, magic, weapons, and a really good storyline with it as well. I recommend that anyone that likes PS games that like fantasy/action games gets this. This is 4 Disks, and the entire game is worth any price (realisticaly).

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3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy 8 has got great graphics. It can utilise hardware acceleration for better 3D animation. However, the game is slow especially in the overworld. The game doesn't work well with 3D card based on GeForce chipset because you will have to download the 9.8MB patch from Squaresoft. Disc 1 is great but the rest is not that great. Another thing about the game is that damage is always so high in any of the battles.

Lacking for such a great RPG series.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was quite happy to see the designers actually made the characters look realistic. And the Guardian Force summons look amazing.

But two things sorely disappoint me. First is the fact that one must acquire cards in a boring, frustrating game (cards which will later be converted into various objects) in order to have a chance of winning at all. For a "side quest" it's ridiculous.

Worse yet is what I've had happening on my computer. Whenever I change screens (i.e. go from one room to another), there's a momentary lag. If the characters are moving, this can even cause the computer to freeze altogether. A few times, this has happened when I haven't done a thing (like when Squall is sleeping). I expected a solution on the website. Alas, there is none. Very poor support IMHO.

But I liked the story and characters and sfx associated with the magic. Hence it gets a moderate grade.

Greatest game ever created.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've pass every singal Final Fantasy game out their (besides ff I, II, V XII, XI)and none had the impact of ffVIII. I still today can play this game for hours. FFVII&IV is the only other ones Worthy to be beside this game in the Final Fantasy series.

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