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I love that game so much.

What you need to understand to appreciate it is that it's the sequel to FF7. If you try to remove that context, the game ranges from bad to just ok with some noteworthy good moments.

Obviously it's not a sequel in terms of continuity but it's what I would call a thematic sequel.

When FF7 became one of the best-reviewed and most loved games of all time, the only thing that would have made sense was for them to just make more of the same. Keep in mind that unlike in today's world, FF8 development didn't even begin until 7 was complete. In particular, during the localization process.

But they did anything but. Really, the game did pretend it was gonna be a good little sequel for one whole disc before the whole thing just collapses amd suddenly everything that we loved about 7 is completely stripped away. The story loses its mature facade, the rational progression of the story is completely discarded, and Squall actually seems to start losing maturity.

Instead, we get a trip through a looney tunes world where the military boarding school is secretly run by an alien who lives in the basement and Squall tosses off all his responsibilities pretty much just because he doesn't want them They were going to Esthar anyway, right? I mean, he's the guy to say so.

So if you take a minute to see what they did there, The game's major theme is rejecting roles placed on you by other people to do what you really want for yourself, and the game itself reflects this by rejecting the role that FF7 left for it.

And in the end what we see is that Squall is happy with the life he chose for himself, and the game is unashamed of how cheesy it comes across by being centered on a love story instead of whatever the player wanted.

It's a statement that has become more and more relevant in today's world of cookie cutter sequels and low-risk projects.
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