Final Fantasy VIII User Reviews (PSX)

SpiritMafia's Review
Jun 5, 2006

Written by SpiritMafia

THE GOOD:
The only good thing I can say about this game is that the graphics, for the time, were good. That's it.

THE BAD:
Everything! Drawing magic? What the hell is that? Where's my materia? GFs? Gunblades? Don't even get me started on the story.

SUMMARY:
After being completely and utterly floored by this game's predecessor, FFVII, I had high hopes for VIII especially considering the huge graphical leap.

Boy was I ever disappointed.

(Spoilers ahead)

Like I said before, the only good thing about this game was its graphics, which now are terribly dated and mediocre. I can look past FFVIIs poor graphics because of its completely immersive story, its music, and its characters. VIII, though...

Squall seems like they tried to re-make Cloud, but instead of making a likeable (if mixed up and slightly awkward) character, they gave us a whiny emo kid who liked to think in books...

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Cute Phantasy's Review
Feb 4, 2006

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Written by Cute Phantasy

THE GOOD:
It is a prodigy among the final fantasy series in its own right, whether it maybe be its spectacular graphics considering it was the game made after FF7
(when the graphics were not the best).
It has something about it that appeals to the younger generation, dealing with many issues that people face in everyday life, love, betrayal, honour, friendship, and trust! Which combine well with its intriguing story line.

When playing Final Fantasy VIII I found it hard to comment upon the bad, since I was so enwrapped in the GOOD of the game! Whether Final fantasy 7 fans are disappointed with it, there is a huge fan base for it even till this very day.

Fact!: It sold more coppies than even Square Soft's (or Enix now) top FF game ever created, final fantasy 7! （sorry this was only in Japan i think), so it deserves consideration for that.

Fact!: It was said to have the best Graphics ever made on...

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pinoyplayer's Review
May 10, 2005

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Written by pinoyplayer

THE GOOD:
i liked the graphics mostly.. the story too is good including the cast.. (^.^)
highly recommended for anyone!!!

THE BAD:
i dont have any bad things to say... i enjoyed it a lot and its the ONLY ff title i liked to play over and over again.. hehehe...

SUMMARY:
This game is very ( for me anyway ) user friendly. i played this game before i played FF9 and FF7 and it got me into the hang of stuff in the FF series (like the turn-based combat, the elemental stuff, the summoning). if you would look at it in our present technology this game would suck (yes, because PS2 has better looking graphics)but this game played on a PSone so lets be fair and consider the consoles the games play on.. i would suggest novices on RPG's to play this game.. it would really learn a lot from this game.. and to experts, try completing this game with EVERYTHING UNLOCKED and finish it in under 30 HOURS.. i've had hell trying to...

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garmon's Review
Apr 23, 2005

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Written by garmon

THE GOOD:
cool fmv scenes, moving and original storyline, junction system, summons r more involved in the game than b4, great weapons, limit breaks and music, original idea for the gunblade, good twist.

THE BAD:
there some boring and tedious points in the game, random battles, card game, can b finished extremely quickly and the main baddy isn't even in the game until the end.

SUMMARY:
this was my first ff and like many ppl's first, this is my favourite. i was hooked from when i started playing. if it wasn't for skool, i would've played this for 6 hours everyday. the storyline moved me and some of the challenges of this game takes some time to think about b4 they can b done. all in all, i think this is a great game and i recommend this game to neone who can stand romance.

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