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Final Fantasy VIII
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:59:10 GMT
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Well, I got Final Fantasy VIII last week, and I must say, It is an excellent
game. Square did stick with their pattern of odd numbers being gameplay based
and even numbers being story based, as this game has a really good story. The
graphics are cool, especially the Guardian Force animations and the FMV. The
Junction System and the Draw/Stock system are a lot better than I thought
they'd be, and it's a lot of fun to try to find the spells that work best with
the different stats.
I do have some gripes, though. One of my biggest gripes is the fact that you
can't purchase weapons and armor(not that armor exists in FF8). You have to
find magazines that allow you to upgrade your weapons if you want to do more
damage. Also, While an excellent RPG, this game is not Fantasy(1). My last
major gripe is with some of the FMV sequences. A number of them are marred
when the regular rendered character models are put into the Pre-rendered FMV.
It is very jarring.
Anyways, I am currently on the second disc, standard party consisting of Squall
(named Auld in my game), Rinoa (named Min), and Selphie. Min has around 4500
hp, Auld has about 6300, and Selphie has 6200. Gotta love them Tornado
Spells!(2) :) I have all GFs currently available (i.e. through Pandemona),
and my personal favorite is Shiva. Carbunkle is *really* cute as a little
green rabbit-like creature, and I swear Diablos and Eva Unit 1(3) were
separated at birth. The same can be said of Cid and Elton John...
Oh, and the card game rocks!
So, does anyone else have it yet? What are your thoughts?
Jeff
1 - A prerequisite to be a 'Final Fantasy', IMO. Check out an earlier thread
from me for more info: < http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=6012 >
2 - Tornado boosts your hp more than most other spells. I believe I have
hp+40% as an ability though, so it isn't entirely because of the spell.
3 - The big purple mech from Neon Genesis Evangelion, if you were wondering.
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| Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) excellent (...) based (...) The (...) The (...) with (...) you (...) to (...) more (...) last (...) FMV. (...) Squall (...) 4500 (...) Pandemona), (...) thread (...) wondering. Your evaluation makes me want to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Final Fantasy VIII
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| (...) Well, I finished it last Saturday, so I have a little more to add. First, I finished with Auld (Squall), Min (Rinoa), and Selfie all at level 100. The ending is awesome! Faye Wong sings "Eyes on Me"(1) once again, really adding a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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