Board 8 > Rate the Game: Final Fantasy VIII

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Lopen
07/07/11 12:48:00 AM
#51:


Refine my precious cards so early in the game when I've only just begun to establish myself as a triad master? Surely you jest!

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ZFS
07/07/11 12:50:00 AM
#52:


Triple Triad yuck

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LeonhartFour
07/07/11 12:53:00 AM
#53:


Triple Triad the best

Just gotta win the character and GF cards, and you can refine the rest!

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Lopen
07/07/11 12:54:00 AM
#54:


From: LeonhartFour | #045
Pffft, FFVIII does a pretty good job of subtlely conveying the idea to me. There are lots of hints that I pick up on in that regard.


Also since I forgot to respond to that:

I swear these so called "hints" are basically glorified confirmation bias. Like people who have expectations about the story going in see stuff where there's nothing. Heck I bet some people saw "hints" of Squall x Quistis early game before Rinoa was revealed-- doesn't mean they were there from Squall's side, though!

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Panthera
07/07/11 12:54:00 AM
#55:


Triple Triad + Enc-None is why I say FFVIII is a game that encourages you not to play it <_< Running from town to town in search of card players, pretending you're in some sort of demented Yugioh fantasy world, is more fun than the real game1

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Panthera
07/07/11 12:55:00 AM
#56:


!

Not 1

Stupid shift key sucking

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Lopen
07/07/11 12:56:00 AM
#57:


Use the edit, Luke.

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Slanted_Silver
07/07/11 12:56:00 AM
#58:


9

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Panthera
07/07/11 12:56:00 AM
#59:


I still forget we have that feature now. Went way too long without it.

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LeonhartFour
07/07/11 12:58:00 AM
#60:


From: Lopen | #054
I swear these so called "hints" are basically glorified confirmation bias. Like people who have expectations about the story going in see stuff where there's nothing. Heck I bet some people saw "hints" of Squall x Quistis early game before Rinoa was revealed-- doesn't mean they were there from Squall's side, though!


We'll just agree to disagree then, because from my several playthroughs of the game, they're fairly "evident" to me!

And anyone who thought Squall was going to end up with someone other than Rinoa played the game without watching the opening scenes or looking at the logo!

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Panthera
07/07/11 1:04:00 AM
#61:


Psh, Squall x Selphie is the true alternate canon pairing to look at. She's the first girl he bumps into (Quistis doesn't count because she has the mental facilities of a toddler and he rightfully thinks she's a moron) and if the player chooses so, he can give her a brief tour despite his characterization otherwise being "not too friendly". Then during the big dramatic initiation mission, everything goes to hell and he gets to dramatically encounter her once again, and they team up to make everything right. It's scary how much sense that makes to me if every bit of dialogue that can be influenced by player actions is influenced in a way to minimize Squall/Rinoa interaction. And if you remove Irvine. Hey, I never said it was perfect or even remotely true.

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Lopen
07/07/11 1:04:00 AM
#62:


Oh I knew it was going to happen, surely. I just really didn't expect the whole scene with the chair and the hugging to happen when it did. Like it definitely needed more development there to jump to that, I think. Like when she gets taken there are some vague hints that yeah he thinks of her as more than just an annoyance, but they skipped a few steps and then it's just like OH RINOA HUG ME.

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Axl_Rose_85
07/07/11 1:04:00 AM
#63:


One of the only two games which I feel deserve a rock solid 10

10/10 much deservedly so

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Vlado
07/07/11 1:05:00 AM
#64:


1. Worst Final Fantasy by far.

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LeonhartFour
07/07/11 1:09:00 AM
#65:


From: Panthera | #061
Psh, Squall x Selphie is the true alternate canon pairing to look at. She's the first girl he bumps into (Quistis doesn't count because she has the mental facilities of a toddler and he rightfully thinks she's a moron) and if the player chooses so, he can give her a brief tour despite his characterization otherwise being "not too friendly". Then during the big dramatic initiation mission, everything goes to hell and he gets to dramatically encounter her once again, and they team up to make everything right. It's scary how much sense that makes to me if every bit of dialogue that can be influenced by player actions is influenced in a way to minimize Squall/Rinoa interaction. And if you remove Irvine. Hey, I never said it was perfect or even remotely true.


The game gives you a strangely high number of opportunities to be nice to Selphie, and you even get penalized harshly on one occasion if you're not nice to her!

Someone in the FFVIII development team was a closet Squall/Selphie supporter, I'm convinced.

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Lopen
07/07/11 1:10:00 AM
#66:


Also yeah I think I hated it more because I picked literally every anti-Rinoa option and they still just jump right into it.

In fact that's probably largely why I think the it seems so abrupt. The game should stop giving you such cold (and hilarious) responses to make to her somewhere in the middle of Disc 2, probably, and change the "negative" responses to "reluctant." That would help ease the transition a bit.

It's also a bit disheartening that the dialogue options mean absolutely nothing in FF8. At least in FF7 you got the stupid date scene (though I would've liked more there too)

If you're not gonna make the dialogue options mean anything don't even give them to me. Games like Dragon Age and Tales of Symphonia where the options actually affect how much characters like you, those are the good stuff.

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LinkMarioSamus
07/07/11 1:35:00 AM
#67:


Tetris: 10/10
The Wind Waker: 10/10
Brawl: 9.5/10

Have we done SSBM yet?

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PizzaDude371
07/07/11 1:52:00 AM
#68:


3/10

Out of the FF main series, it's only better than II, IMO.

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Emporer_Kazbar
07/07/11 2:13:00 AM
#69:


6.6

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cyan1001
07/07/11 2:30:00 AM
#70:


7 out of 10
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cyan1001
07/07/11 2:39:00 AM
#71:


Final Fantasy VII 8 out of 10
The Oregon Trail 7 out of 10
Chrono Cross 8 out of 10
Pac-Man 7 out of 10
Devil May Cry 2 8 out of 10
Resident Evil 2 10 out of 10
Paperboy 7 out of 10
Tetris 5 out of 10
X-Men Arcade 10 out of 10
Duck Hunt 6 out of 10
Pong 6 out of 10
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transience
07/07/11 3:22:00 AM
#72:


2.5/10

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nipukka
07/07/11 4:34:00 AM
#73:


5

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KCF0107
07/07/11 8:59:00 AM
#74:


We may actually have more discussion than votes here, which is neither a good nor a bad thing.

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KCF0107
07/07/11 9:00:00 AM
#75:


LinkMarioSamus posted...
Have we done SSBM yet?

No, but it is in the nomination queue

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MrsFrisby
07/07/11 9:02:00 AM
#76:


6.5

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GenesisSaga
07/07/11 9:14:00 AM
#77:


6.8/10

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barreldragon88
07/07/11 9:15:00 AM
#78:


7.5/10

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FreakinLincoln
07/07/11 9:17:00 AM
#79:


3/10. The graphics were awesome for the time but that's all I liked about it.

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arkenaga
07/07/11 9:18:00 AM
#80:


10/10

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KCF0107
07/07/11 9:22:00 AM
#81:


3.5

This is one of my least favorite games that I have ever played. The most glaring problems were a lack of quality characters, story, and writing.

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7Deuce86
07/07/11 10:17:00 AM
#82:


Only to 10? *sigh* Fine.

10/10

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Weakupedia
07/07/11 10:26:00 AM
#83:


6/10

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KamikazePotato
07/07/11 10:26:00 AM
#84:


8/10

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Shadow_Ryoko
07/07/11 10:29:00 AM
#85:


5

didn't make me feel like a masochist while playing but still pretty meh

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KCF0107
07/07/11 12:25:00 PM
#86:


I should start putting in these scores soon

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Janus5000
07/07/11 12:34:00 PM
#87:


7/10

Probably has my favorite soundtrack out of any Final Fantasy and is otherwise about in the middle of the ones I've played.

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muddersmilk
07/07/11 12:43:00 PM
#88:


7/10

Past games:
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King - 9.5/10
Tecmo Super Bowl - 9/10
Viewtiful Joe - 8/10

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neonreaper
07/07/11 1:51:00 PM
#89:


There's a lot to dislike, but a lot of typical FF trappings that keep the game fun to play.

6.5

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Bigwig_rah
07/07/11 1:55:00 PM
#90:


9/10

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crazy_toon_69
07/07/11 2:06:00 PM
#91:


4/10

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IngmarBirdman
07/07/11 4:50:00 PM
#92:


4

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Revenus
07/07/11 5:01:00 PM
#93:


garbage tier

0/10

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Some_Character
07/07/11 5:06:00 PM
#94:


5.9

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KCF0107
07/07/11 6:58:00 PM
#95:


all votes up to date now

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thundersheep
07/07/11 7:19:00 PM
#96:


10/10

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most_games_r_ok
07/07/11 7:19:00 PM
#97:


7/10

Pretty fun in the beginning, then just starts to fall apart at the end.
Not to mention I still haven't gotten over getting stuck my first time through on disc 4 >_>

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KCF0107
07/07/11 11:26:00 PM
#98:


up

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KCF0107
07/07/11 11:28:00 PM
#99:


I just checked and this game has already received more votes than any of the other games that I have featured and it has only been 24 hours. This has 52, Earthbound had 51, and FarmVille had 46

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LeonhartFour
07/08/11 12:13:00 AM
#100:


Outstanding achievement

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