Final Fantasy VIII

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5 Stars one of my favorite games and at a great price
the final fantasy series is my favorite game series always a great story line and always fun

5 Stars Must-play rpg
if you missed out on this game back in 1999 then you gotta buy this game. fantastic story, unique junction system and Squall the badass! what more could you want? if you like rpg’s or final fantasy in general, buy it.

5 Stars Great Game, Fast Service.. One Problem…
I was very satisfied about ordering this product. It arrived quickly and was cheaper. I only have one issue with the service though; I bought two of them and both were Greatest Hits versions but the display is clearly the black label. Kind of false advertising but I guess its ok. Thanks for the fast service though.

4 Stars Good and underrated
I don’t really understand why some people absolutely hate this game and being an RPG fan myself, I thought it was quite good. Yes there ARE a few things about it I didn’t like, but it didn’t really ruin the game for me.

Pros: -Good music, it sets the mood quite well.

-Story is deep and takes a few twists here and there and its downright cool

-Cut scenes, FF7 had good cut scenes, but this game seems to have polished them even more and some of them just kick ass

– Junction system, while FF7 had the materia system, FF8 had the junction system. At first it may seem a bit complex, but its quite good once you get hang of it.

– Limit breaks, dear lord this game has some of the best I have ever seen! Ranging from awesome combos, to using enemy attacks, this is one of the stronger points of the game.

Cons: While there were some good things there are also a few things that I didn’t like.

-Characters, this is a weird one, maybe not even a con, since some of the characters are hit-and-miss. Zell, I personally liked, some of the others were kinda shallow, but the big one everyone talks about is Squall and how he’s the biggest emo in the face of videogaming. Part of that is true. Squall is the brooding hero type and is sort of meant to be kind of depressing, but it does seem to be a little excessive at times. However, it does fit the story quite well.

– Random battles, the seemed to happen too often. Its hard to find a balance of not too many battles, and just enough so you don’t have to spend 5 hours leveling up.

– Magic, this was a downer for me since I’ve played previous games. While it is nice to get the spell when you find it(meaning you can get super powerful ones in certain spots), it’s also its downfall. You only get a small amount of each spell from the draw point and you have to wait until it restocks, then go back and get some more. While there are abilities you can get from GF’s to refine magic from items, its still better to have MP and just learn it.

– Animation, the GF animations kick ass, but get repetitive after awhile, but they deal out massive damage so you kinda need them.

That’s about the main points that I wanted to cover. If you’ve come off from FF7, this game may come off as a bit of a disappointment, but still, its a good game.

5 Stars Awesome Game
This is the best PS1 game I have ever played. I have spent over 100 hundred hours playing FF8. The graphics are good the game play is great. This might be an old game now and there are games with better graphics but this is still my all timie favorite game.

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