Board 8 > So I'm gonna play FF8 for the first time. More or less. [Spoilers]

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Finally finished Ocarina of Time 3DS. Overall, fun game, but yeah. Not my favorite or anything. I prefer Majora's Mask, I think.

But screw Link, it's time for Squall. I played FF8 some time ago, buuuuuut I only got about halfway through disc 1 then my save file went to hell. Since then I could never quite find the willpower to play it again.

BUT! It's been so long I forgot most of disc 1 anyway, so I'm finally ready to play it again.

Uh anything I should know about the game in advance?

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Triple Triad, best minigame.

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FF8 is ridiculous in every capacity. As long as you keep that in mind, it's a pretty great game.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

I love ridiculous things. MGS3 is my favorite MGS and I like Twin Snakes as well!
So that sounds great.

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Make sure to Draw from every boss because many of them have summons that you otherwise can't get until literally the end of the game

Aside from that, I don't think anything is permanently missable until you reach Disc 4

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FF8 can be broken so easily, and it's so much fun.



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From: Haguile | #001
it's time for Squall

Good man.

Also, learn to play Triple Triad, and learn how to Junction properly. Learn Refine abilities from your GF and don't waste your time drawing all those spells.

But do check to see what every enemy has because some of them have GFs (Summons).

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FF8 can be broken so easily, and it's so much fun.



Wait.... hahahah how was this accomplished?

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From: ScorpioVS | #011
Wait.... hahahah how was this accomplished?

1. HP-J on three GFs
2. L-Magic Refine from Siren
3. Purchase 30 Tents
4. Profit

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LOL HP-J

I guess it makes for a nice easy visual demonstration, but Death to Sta-J Atk and just Str-J in general is way better.

Sleep or Pain to Status Junction is where it's at.

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That's not even ridiculous. Wait until you get Aura stones, with Ultima junctioned to strength, you will be ending boss fights in 1 turn.

And having an infinite amount of gil is awesome too.

Instag

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Played for about 1 hour yesterday. I'll elaborate more later, but for now I just gotta say this:

KP kept telling me to prepare myself not to take Squall seriously or else I'd hate him but...I actually like him so far. I mean he's no Poirot but still I like him more than I liked Cloud 1 hour into FF7.

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Squall is the best.

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Alright, had a few problems with my psp(lost the charger, spent one hour looking for it, realized I had left it at a friend's house) buuuuuut I'm gonna play it now.

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I highly suggest you don't actually break the game super hard. Keep playing the card game as you go along and get max tornados early, but don't use them unless you get stuck. Use magic to get through instead. Makes the game super fun and challenging.

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Some people find breaking the game fun! Just do what you like best! That's the good thing about FFVIII. You can make it about as easy or as hard as you want it to be.

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Playing cards against Zell's mom for 7 1/2 hours

Card Mod

Disc 4 strength when leaving for Timber

Love that game. Actually I was thinking about replaying it lately, maybe this thread... hmm...

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Hell yeah Squall.

Hell yeah Junction.

Hell yeah FFVIII.

Triple Triad too good.

I only figured out how to play it after like the 3rd disc where I was getting my ass kicked my first time through the game. After that I was stomping people left and right.

Oh dear

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Hell yeah Triple Triad.

Making sure this doesn't purge. Playing in a while.

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Familiarizing yourself with the Junction System is probably the first step you should take in FF8. I think it is very well designed and has a lot of depth to it. Once you know everything about Junction, then its up to you how you want to play FF8 (whether you want to make it challenging or easy).
Try and collect all the cards in FF8. It is so much fun because Triple Triad is one of the best minigames I've played in any game.

FF8 is awesome!..... Squall is awesome!

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Really hope you're playing with headphones if you're playing on PSP; the soundtrack is Nobuo's best.

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Yup, playing with headphones. Always do no matter the game. Alright, time to finally start describing my experiences with the game:

CHAPTER 1 OF FINAL FANTASY 8 ADVENTURES

My first hour consisted of going through the tutorials. I figured "well that character told me to read it so...uhh time to read it?" and I did. I read it all. I don't know why. I may secretly hate myself. On the plot side, Squall was injured by someone named Seifer? Seizer? FORGOT HOW TO WRITE HIS NAME. But I know he was in kingdom hearts and was much less cool than he is right now. I have no idea how to feel about Final Fantasy Hogwarts since I have no f****** clue what a Seed is supposed to do, but it's much more violent than regular Hogwarts apparently so that's cool.

As for Squall...pretty much everyone I know that played this game warned me I would hate him. I...don't. Yeah he is quiet, but he still seems pretty likable to me! I played very little so far, but I already like him more than Cloud, for example. Cloud is one character that I never liked at all. Squall seems fun though! The teacher is kinda annoying but I won't be surprised if she gets better throughout the game.

So Squall has to catch a Pokemon in a cavern before being able to take the exam? Okay. Pokemon catching time. But first, time to give this random girl who I suspect will be important later and hopefully not the love interest a tour of the academy. Okay that's helpful. I wandered around the academy just to get used to it in case the game takes a while to leave that setting, and talked to a ton of npcs(I do that a lot). I got some TRADING CARDS. I think. I'm not sure if I got the trading cards now or after I came back from the mission but whatever.

Once in the world map, I was like "wheeeeeeee" and began having random battles like crazy to get used to the battle system. DRAW DRAW DRAW. I don't fully understand what I'm doing, BUT I'M DRAWING. After around 20-30 minutes...uh 45 minutes of drawing and fighting for no reason, I figure "okay I like this battle system" and actually go to the place I'm supposed to. Dude asked me to input my own time limit.

10 MINUTES

BECAUSE I LIKE CHALLENGES

...WELL THAT WASN'T MUCH OF A CHALLENGE.

I kept wondering if my time would run out after beating Ifrit(whom I named Batman) but it stops after you catch the Pokemon. I thought you had to race back to the start after capturing him as well. After that Squall was told to change his clothes and get his uniform. I was about to go to the dorms where I assume his uniform is when my psp battery ran out.

So far I:
--Like Squall. He's fun. Why the hell did everyone and their mother warn me I would hate him?
--Like the battle system more than I should. There are things I can feel people would hate but quite personally I love just looking for a way to break the battle system so nothing becomes a challenge.
--Dislike that the Sei whatever dude from the beginning got much less interesting in Kingdom Hearts. I don't think he had a single line here yet and I already like him more than his KH version.
--Actually want to play the game more.

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From: LeonhartFour | Posted: 9/2/2011 6:45:15 PM | #033
HAGUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILE

I was literally writing the update when you posted this!

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Agreed about Squall but I like Cloud even more. *shrug*

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From: Haguile | #034
As for Squall...pretty much everyone I know that played this game warned me I would hate him.

You need to know less stupid people then!

(Also, his name is Seifer)

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From: LeonhartFour | Posted: 9/2/2011 6:54:20 PM | #036
You need to know less stupid people then!

(Also, his name is Seifer)

It's more like people thought he wouldn't be my kind of character. But he is, really.

From: Jeff Zero | Posted: 9/2/2011 6:54:02 PM | #037
Agreed about Squall but I like Cloud even more. *shrug*

I never liked Cloud, but playing Crisis Core before FF7 probably had something to do with that.

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I kept wondering if my time would run out after beating Ifrit(whom I named Batman) but it stops after you catch the Pokemon. I thought you had to race back to the start after capturing him as well.

You did in the Japanese version. Funnily enough, in the overseas version, you can just stop on Ifrit's naming screen and wait for time to run out. You won't lose, and you'll get the best result.

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Okay, I rolled a 14. What's that mean? Hsu
That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan

Haha, really? That's awesome. By the way, what happens if you lose? Game over or "welp, time to try again"?

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Pretty sure it's just Game Over for no reason.

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Okay, I rolled a 14. What's that mean? Hsu
That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan

I've never run out of time. You'd have to mess up really bad to run out of time.

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I can see it happening if you choose 10 minutes, have bad luck with random encounters and accidentally try to summon something since those animations take freaking forever.

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You actually want to summon against Ifrit since Shiva makes that fight a joke!

But it's more to your benefit to beat Ifrit with as little time left as possible!

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Yeah, Ifrit even has special dialogue if you summon Shiva

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Oh I did summon Shiva against Ifrit, he went all "What? Humans have Shiva?" or something. I meant if you accidentally used a summon against a random enemy instead of Ifrit while having the 10 minute time limit!

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Not sure how you would accidentally use a GF because you have to click twice to even use it!

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Hey I'm just saying it's theoretically possible within some sort of one in a thousand scenario! Like some kid accidentally turns on the turbo button on his controller, doesn't know what it does, and...you know! IT'S POSSIBLE DAMN IT.

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That reminds me. (Tangent.)

In the movie remake for Charlie's Angels there's a typical "boys will be boys"-style scene in which two kids are mashing the f*** out of every button on their controllers like they're beating the s*** out of eachother hardcore, you know, fighting game, crazy stuff, real talk.

...Except the screen clearly indicates they're playing Final Fantasy VIII.

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