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SBell0105
12/11/11 11:41:00 AM
#1:


an awful magic acquisition mechanic
an awful stat adjustment / level-up mechanic
a great summoning system
a great card game
amazing music (seriously one of the best soundtracks)
great graphics for the time
a god awful story line
even worse characters



at least, that's how I feel about it.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:42:00 AM
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From: SBell0105 | #001
an awful magic acquisition mechanic


What's wrong with refining?

How did I come home to a plethora of terrible FFVIII opinions though?

What a mess.

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14_and_counting
12/11/11 11:42:00 AM
#3:


One of the best games ever in the first 2 disks. Absolutely without worth in the last 2. Truly it is the best way to describe this game.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:43:00 AM
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From: 14_and_counting | #003
Truly it is the best way to describe this game.


No.

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SBell0105
12/11/11 11:43:00 AM
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drawing magic out of random spots, pulling magic out of bad guys, having limited uses of spells.

awful

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CrimsonOcean
12/11/11 11:43:00 AM
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Fujin kicks ass.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:44:00 AM
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If you need more than 100 spells in a battle, that's your problem, not the game's!

Not sure why you can't get more afterward!

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most_games_r_ok
12/11/11 11:44:00 AM
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Junction system worst thing about FFVIII

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The_Djoker
12/11/11 11:46:00 AM
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FFVII has the best first 10 hours of any FF games imo. But overall it just doesn't stick as well.

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DeathChicken
12/11/11 11:47:00 AM
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More like people grind to the point the junction system breaks, and then cry about how easy the game is. Well no ****. Try playing it normally

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SBell0105
12/11/11 11:47:00 AM
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From: LeonhartFour | #007
If you need more than 100 spells in a battle, that's your problem, not the game's!

Not sure why you can't get more afterward!


Thats not the point.

Game was broken. drawing 100 of a spell and then junctioning it to a stat to make you super amazing so early in the game.

Totally broken. It was an awful idea

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:47:00 AM
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From: SBell0105 | #011
Game was broken. drawing 100 of a spell and then junctioning it to a stat to make you super amazing so early in the game.

Totally broken. It was an awful idea


Yeah, it's terrible that they force you to do that.

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SBell0105
12/11/11 11:49:00 AM
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You are still missing the point, Leonhart

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HeroDelTiempo17
12/11/11 11:49:00 AM
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I agree with everything in the OP except I personally never cared about the card game.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:50:00 AM
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The game is easily breakable.

Doesn't mean you have to break it.

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Norken
12/11/11 11:50:00 AM
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Oh please this game is epic. Easily in my top 3 FF games and yes I've played them all with the exception FF13, (watched a Let's play on youtube and was bored out of my mind so I didn't buy it.)

FF6 (Three on the SNES)
FF8
FFX






Still waiting for FF Versus 13

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ImTheMacheteGuy
12/11/11 11:51:00 AM
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an awful magic acquisition mechanic
an awful stat adjustment / level-up mechanic

I thought it was awesome. I just converted cards. I don't think I ever used draw except to get summons and Ultima and I junctioned like a champion

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HeroDelTiempo17
12/11/11 11:52:00 AM
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From: LeonhartFour | #015
The game is easily breakable.

Doesn't mean you have to break it.


If you don't break it then the enemies stats scale faster than yours do as you level up and you'll actually be doing worse and worse as you go through the game. So the only way to fix it is to get 100 of a spell and junction it to your stats.

It's a bad system.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:52:00 AM
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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | #018
If you don't break it then the enemies stats scale faster than yours do as you level up and you'll actually be doing worse and worse as you go through the game. So the only way to fix it is to get 100 of a spell and junction it to your stats.

It's a bad system.


Then get Diablos and learn Enc-None.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:53:00 AM
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(Also, LOL the "only" way to fix it is to overload with 100 of everything)

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Norken
12/11/11 11:53:00 AM
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And don't start that broken argument.

And all FF's have a huge broken aspect.

That's why people started the LVL 1 challenges DUH!!!!!!!!!

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Xuxon
12/11/11 11:53:00 AM
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From: 14_and_counting | #003
One of the best games ever in the first 2 disks. Absolutely without worth in the last 2. Truly it is the best way to describe this game.


Laguna was in disc 3 so this isn't quite right. And Esthar is a cool place.
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DeathChicken
12/11/11 11:54:00 AM
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An RPG that gets more difficult as you progress? Madness

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THE metal gear
12/11/11 11:55:00 AM
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It's easily my most cherished game based on nostalgia alone.. I had discovered FFVII (my first RPG) earlier that year (1999, I was 11) and found out they were working on FFVIII in some magazines..

Then I became extremely hyped for FFVIII and I actually remember parts of the day I went into the city with my mother to buy it on its release date.. I remember saying "YES, I have Final Fantasy VIII!" aloud in the crowded tram back home, lol.

I remember that first day I got to the part where the spider/crab robot chases you in Dollet.

The game didn't disappoint me, it's still my favorite in every way.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 11:55:00 AM
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From: THE metal gear | #024
It's easily my most cherished game based on nostalgia alone.. I had discovered FFVII (my first RPG) earlier that year (1999, I was 11) and found out they were working on FFVIII in some magazines..

Then I became extremely hyped for FFVIII and I actually remember parts of the day I went into the city with my mother to buy it on its release date.. I remember saying "YES, I have Final Fantasy VIII!" aloud in the crowded tram back home, lol.

I remember that first day I got to the part where the spider/crab robot chases you in Dollet.

The game didn't disappoint me, it's still my favorite in every way.


A+ post

would read again

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GranzonEx
12/11/11 11:58:00 AM
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I remember still having trouble beating enemies even with full sets of 100 spells. It wasn't until I learned how to refine that I broke the game. After that everything in the game was a joke. But that doesn't mean the game is bad, every FF can be broken if you learn how.

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HeroDelTiempo17
12/11/11 11:59:00 AM
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From: LeonhartFour | #019
Then get Diablos and learn Enc-None.


"skip the gameplay" shouldn't have to be a valid solution

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LeonhartFour
12/11/11 12:01:00 PM
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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | #027
"skip the gameplay" shouldn't have to be a valid solution


"The enemies get harder as you level up" shouldn't be a valid complaint either. And neither is "You have to break the system to counteract it."

"The game won't let me power level oh no"

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The Mana Sword
12/11/11 12:02:00 PM
#29:


Being able to absolutely break the game in half is what makes FF8 fun tbqh.

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Some_Character
12/11/11 12:04:00 PM
#30:


The system isn't necessarily what makes it bad. It's just a boring and unlikable game.

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KanzarisKelshen
12/11/11 12:17:00 PM
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Not to mention that it's actually REALLY easy to make it through the game without powerleveling! That's how I played it my very first time. I just drew as I went into new areas a bunch of times. If a spell was giving nice benefits with token amounts I maxed it and if not I kept moving. I uses GFs and commands to get through and it was tricky, but fun!

...Man, one of these days I gotta try a Magic playthrough. That should be fun.

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Norken
12/11/11 12:20:00 PM
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LIKE I SAID BEFORE ALL FF games have a HUGE broken aspect.

That's why we have a Level 1 challenge.

To say a game sux because of it is to say that all FF games SUCK.

A really silly statement.

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Giggsalot
12/11/11 12:25:00 PM
#33:


FFVIII isn't a hard game to criticize in the slightest but i never got the whole "enemies level up as you do" complaint - it was my first non-pokemon RPG and i raced to level 100 and beat it without much difficulty as a ten year old

i mean sure you can make it easier if you wanna but complaining about the junction system being broken AND the mechanic that tempers its effect is just illogical

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XIII_socks
12/11/11 12:25:00 PM
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it isn't good

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