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 - Greatest Final Fantasy Game So FarI have played FF Origins, FFIV-FFXIII. FFVIII is not only by far the best of them all, but it's also one of the best RPG games that I've played. I would only place Xenogears, Chrono Cross, and Chrono Trigger above FFVII. The people that complain about the Junction System and the card game are just simply morons that cannot deal with anything that has some complexity. FFVIII has by far the truest Omega Weapon of any FF game. That's a very challenging boss fight unlike the final battle with Sephiroth in FFVII. Obtaining 99% of any of the GFs in FFVIII is not an easy task. The bottom line is that this game is not tailored for the ones who rush in and out of games just to say that they finished it without actually enjoying it. I basically do not follow most of the so-called RPG experts that work for magazine. I buy the game and play it through. Then, I create my own oppinion. Besides FF, these are some of the RPG games I've played: Tales of Destiny 1 & 2, Legend of Legaia, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, Wild Arms 1 & 2, Breath of Fire 1-4, Golden Sun 1 & 2 (great games), Parasite Eve 1 & 2, Valkyrie Profile and Valkyrie Profile Silmeria, Final Fantasy Tactics (strategy/RPG), Saiyuki Journey West, Front Mission 3 & 4, several Pokemon games, Suikoden III and V, Summoner 1 & 2, Paper Mario, Super Paper Mario, Xenosaga 1-3, Persona 2 & 3, 3 Digital Devils, Diablo II, Shadow Hearts 1-3, Legend of Dragoon, Oblivion IV, Mass Effect, Star Ocean Second Story and Till The End of Time, Dragon Quest VII and VIII, Fable, Morrowind, and many more. I am an RPG junky and FFVIII is one the best out there! Rating: - Second best to only Final Fantasy X.I was very surprised of how much I like the older Final Fantasy games. Final Fantasy VII was very disappointed to me. The Story seems very exciting as always. Characters are somewhat hard to level up since you can only use three in battle and you should keep them all at the same level. It's very similair to Final Fantasy X in many ways. Blitzball in X is Triple Triad in VIII. Monsters are similiar, Story, Worldmap. The only difference I see is the Junction Vs. Nodes leveling up systems. Overall. This game is only second best to Final Fantasy X. Excellent game, worthy of the name of Final Fantasy. Rating:  - A classic, but not really a Final FantasyA great RPG but it doesnt play anything like the rest of the Final Fantasy franchise. Rating:  - Old schoolin'The game follows the basic line of FF RPG hack & slash with cut scenes. It's decent if you're a big fan of the series, but can be very tedious. Every character can carry a GF - guardian force - that is this game's summons spell. As for the other spells - There is no MP in this game! You need to pull (draw) magic from your enemies or draw points in order to have any magic. And remember to keep it stockpiled for the boss fights! There's a card game in this game that (to me) is absolutely annoying. Even though the card game did carry over to FFIX, it was mainly abandoned after this game. It's a so-so game in the series, nothing really new to it or innovative. No real stand out graphics. The plot revolves around to high school kids that slowly fall in love while trying to save the world with their friends. Good for older gamers that have patience to fight millions of battles and learn a useless card game system. Rating: - Pretty goodIn terms of the overall feel of the game, Final Fantasy VIII is about what fans of the series have come to expect. You walk around, randomly you're attacked, and you do a lot of battling to level up and become more powerful. Without wanting to ruin any details, much of the plot is great. Squall is a fun main character, mainly because he's so reluctant to be the hero and yet he does it so well. The big problem is that its special ability system tends to encourage an awful lot of grinding, so you have to brace yourself through occasionally having to drag yourself through lots of killing that isn't really furthering the plot. Still, on the whole I enjoyed it.
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