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Summary: The Final Fantasy VIII: The Ultimate game
Review: This is a fantastic game that I would reccomend to anyone who owns a computer and likes RPGs! This game Keeps up a great story, holds the quality of the earlier final fantasy games and even puts them to the test. The ability to Junction Guardian Forces to your charactors truly allows you to customize them to your own individual playing style. Its awesome graphics and intense videos draw you in and keep you in. It has a great and unique story line with a futureistic theme and the age group is different from alot of the other games. Some would argue that Final Fantasy VII is the best final fantasy ever, I say VIII all the way.
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Summary: alex, a fairly normal kid from connecticut
Review: wusup? if you want a good RPG, you should get this game. IMHO, it is the best game ever made. i don't usually get obsessed with games, but i got it christmas and i already have over five hours on it. it will keep you intruiged throughout the entire game. It is difficult for the first two hours, just reading your screen about how to play, but after that it is great. you cast spells that have awesome graphics and it has a very cool atmosphere. you will take on monsters, humans, and robot spiders. this game kicks!
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Summary: The Best RPG I've played
Review: Final Fantasy VIII is a great epic tale about a young boy named Squall who keeps to himself and comes across as very cold and uncaring, and who goes on a quest to save the world from evil sorceresses. As a member of SeeD, and elite military force, Squall and his friends journey all over to complete their mission and achive their goals.First of all, the graphics in this game are outstanding, some of the best I've ever seen. A far cry from the disproportianate madness of previous Final Fantasies and the newest one, FFIX, FFVIII characters have a more realistic look. Some might think that this takes away from the Final Fantasy legacy, but I think it is an emblem of change in the RPG world. Moreover, the sound quality is amazing. The music and sounds are clear and fitting, and the sountrack (which includes one song with lyrics called 'Eyes on Me' by Faye Wong)is incredible. The storyline, I'm sorry to say, is less exciting than Final Fantasy VII, the next best thing, but the missions and battles bring it to life. It is easy to follow, and though sometimes boring with long, extended dialog, always keeps moving and is never without action. Another step away from traditional final fantasy is that no longer is there an MP system to gain magic. Now, you use the draw command during battle or at specific draw points to gain magic. Also, the full summons of Guardian Forces (GF's) are shown every time they are used, and the use of them is unlimited. Sorry, no mages in this game, but there are Chocobos! There is a small game included in this PC version that allows you to raise a chickobo (baby Chocobo). Go into the Chocobo forest and catch one. It's really cool to raise them in Chocobo World (the game). The cinema in this game is just absolutely astounding. I cannot tell you how much I wish to watch them over and over again. Their is, I believe, over an hour of cinema, all of it breathtaking. I would call this my favorite game, and recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Pretty good game...
Review: Graphics- Awesome. The FMVS are near lifelike and the Guardian Forces are well animated. The only lack is when you're walking around the city, it's obvious their just polygon shapes etc. Music- Good selection of Music, but it sometimes freezes and stops playing when the screen goes black. Gameplay-They really need to work on this one. The draw system sucks compared to the MP system. Battles are long and pointless and boost on GFs is really annoying. Storyline- Its pretty good for the first two disks, but then it cuts off. By the end of the third disk I really didn't feel like finishing the game. Overall- Worth it if you stick to it. This game takes somewhere around 60 hours to finish if you're up to it.
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Summary: Is it really worth it??
Review: Though considered a classic by many, FF8 raises the question "Is it really worth it?" The first good RPG I played was FF7. After playing FF7 I went on to purchase FF5,6,8,and 9. A great disappointment was my purchase of FF8. The game was lacking in its fantasy like elements. The opening to the game was very impressive and caught my attention immediately. The games graffics were mediocore and the battle system was missing great features from the first game. They replaced them with the junction system which drew all the fun out of the game. Overall if you look beyond its flaws, weak story line, and pointless plot ideas and misselaneous missions ypu have a, well bad game.
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Summary: Good Story, Strange Battle System
Review: I really like Final Fantasy VII. It had a very interesting story, an excellent battle system and great graphics. Final Fantasy VIII is not nearly as good. The storyline is good and I liked it, but the other things bring it down. The Battle System is too strange for me. The whole drawing magic and GFs is confusing. The magic system should be simpler than that. There is hardly any character development either. The stories behind most of the minor characters is hardly even explained, other than that they all knew each other. The graphics are very good and the cutscenes are excellent. There is no flaw there. There must have been a lot of work put into creating these cutscenes. Even on the PC version, they are crisp and clear. Overall, it's an OK game but with flaws. Many people probably disagree, but this just was not a great Final Fantasy game.
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Summary: Top selection in Dream Team Of Games
Review: I belive this RPG has a pure perfection no other Final Fantasy,much more any other RPG, has or will ever reach! The love story is so beautifull it actually captures you!No rating is enouph for this RPG. That's all. Oh... and the main hero,Squall, is soooo handsome! Too bad he's in the game only..... Squaresoft, keep that up!
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Summary: Mature and compelling, but more of a story than a game
Review: Final Fantasy VIII has one of the most complex Final Fantasy games ever. It doesn't have the usually RPG "Evil villian wants to destroy the world by summoning a ancient magic/monster" fair. Instead it deals much more with magic and the use and abuse of it. There are many nuiances in the world that make it seem like it is truely living and breathing. FFVIII also has a much more mature theme, love. Though the main character is at first a pretty cold fish, later on he warms up to the female lead. Though this is a great game, I do have a few gripes: 1)Not much exploration(chocobos have a much more limited role this time around) the game is pretty linear and what few side quests there are usually involve lots of fighting and having a strategy guide handy. Several of the side quests pretty much require you to know exactly where to go and what to do because the in game clues aren't very helpful. All the islands, penisulas, continents and mountains have names in FFVIII, but this is far from being a novelty, some of the side quests make you go to these specific places and run around until you (A) get into a fight, or (B) find something after frantically pressing the 'X' button. 2) The fights can be long, while the light show is spectacular, it gets a little annoying after a while. Especially some of the summons later in the game that take almost a minute to do. While you won't be sitting there dumbly watching the same flashing lights go off again and again (during the summons you can push buttons to increase the damage they do) it still gets to be a little monotonous, sort of like a pokemon game. Overall I say this game is definately worth while. Though as the heading states, it's more like reading a good book than playing a actual game. Though it is very involving and a enjoyable experience, I would have liked to have been able to see more of the world.
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Summary: A buy for the fans.
Review: Final Fantasy VIII was ok. It had great movie scenes, but an AWFUL battle system. It takes at least 20 minutes to complete a battle and thats just for one bad guy! I bought this game thinking I'm going to love it. I was wrong. My advice don't get it unless you're desprate for a game and I mean desprate!!!
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This is an absolutely incredible game. The graphics are great the music is far better than what you'll find in most games, and it has a plot (a good one!). The battle system isn't quite up to the standards of ff7, but it's still far superior to the Mortal Kombat type style found elsewhere. The graphics are probably the best out there. If you don't have a VERY fast computer the game might be too jerky to really be enjoyable to watch, but it's still definately worth buying.
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