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 - Final Fantasy 7 is better?!? Hah!THIS is the definitive Final Fantasy game and I don't care what Final Fantasy 7 fans have to say about it. It has better graphics, better gameplay, better story, and more interesting characters(sorry Cloud). The fact that I beat FF8 twice and never got past either disc 2 or 3(it's been too long since I played for me to remember) on FF7 has very little to do with my opinion of it. I enjoyed playing FF7 but I enjoyed FF8 10 times as much. If you like realistically drawn characters rather than anime-type characters you will like this game's graphics. I would recommend finding either an official strategy guide or a well done fan made version if you want to find all the hidden items and side quests as these are quite useful and fun to find to boot. Excellent game. Rating: - FF7's more complex younger brother. (That doesn't make it better)...ok first off I can't get over how different the artwork here is...it's just so typically american...tee hee...anyway... This game would probably come second to best FF next to FF7. Although the junction system can seem very complicated, that doesn't mean it is. It's actually very simple: you use magic to enhance your stats and resistence.......that's it! The summonings (also known as GF's, Eidolons, Espers, Aeons etc...)have been made more complicated by making it so that you can use them to learn new commands like turning monsters into cards. However as a party you can become very dependant on these monsteres because it is so much easier just to watch them take off heaps of damage reagrdless of what you do instead of attempting to get a weapon upgrade. And watching the cutscene of them killing monsters over and over again can get tiring very quickly. What I do is only use them in boss battles and try and learn J-Atk as quickly as possible to increase your own attack......you'll understand. What this FF game is the first to do is create a card game. It is very addictive and is weirdly enough more advanced than the card game in FF9 (mabye they were trying to go for simple addictiveness) and trying to find every single card can sometimes absorb aaaaaaaaaaaall you're time until it's gone...be careful. Buy it! Then Buy FF7. What? You've already bought it!? Well then sell it and buy it again. Rating: - GreatI love this game it came when they said and the condition that it was supposed to be in no complaints here Rating:  - Worth a play through if you've got a lot of free timeI finished playing through this game my senior year of high school after having abandoned it in 8th grade. I can safely say that, despite some rather large flaws, it's a game worth playing. THE GOOD: This game is huge. Huge on a scale you can't imagine. The story is pretty deep and epic with some nifty twists and turns. There's plenty of story, great music (although by no means the series' best) and pretty graphics to keep your interest if you can deal with... THE BAD: this game has a few damning flaws that keep it out of the better ranks among Final Fantasy games. One of these is its battle system and by extension, the horrid Junction System. Sure, it's complex on a level comparable to playing D & D, but is it fun? No, it in fact, is not fun to spend endless hours in menus equipping various magics to various attributes (magic you have to 'draw', one or two spells at a time, out of your enemies). The Junction system makes your traditional leveling-up pretty much useless. Your characters can be at level 100 and it does you no better off than being at level 30 unless everything is junctioned right. Also, upgrading your weapons does not increase battle power, it merely changes your limit breaks. I wasn't sure whether I liked this or not, but at least Squall's Lion Heart weapon had a groovy lightsaber glow. Another problem: Summons last around as long as it takes the average person to slow-cook a turkey, so you'd best have a book ready after the first two or three times you watch them. The card game is more or less a waste of time, I'd rather have things like VII's snowboarding and motorcycle minigames. Unlike either of those, it is neither fun nor easy to get into. If you want to commit even more time to this game then by all means master the card game. Don't say I didn't warn you though. MORE GOOD: There's plenty to discover in this game, and perseverance and inquisition are well-rewarded with nifty little tidbits of character history and cool bonuses. The real reward of this game, for me, though, was the final area of Ultimecia's Castle- the music and graphics just come together so perfectly that it makes it all seem worthwhile, and your victory is also well rewarded with a lengthy FMV. By all means play this game. It's worth it for the story. Just don't expect to play it more than once. Rating:  - meh....led by the handFinal Fantasy 8 feels like its taking off and about to deliver the post FF7 glory. But alas you feel like you are being led around by the hand. I felt like agents from the matrix were controlling my every move. Me - "Excuse me agent FF8 Can i go over to that sweet new area i see? or even explore the map?" Agent FF8 "No..... you can't...you must complete these tedious levels so that you can enjoy the Movie Cutscenes." So i enjoyed the movie cutscenes. Squall was an even less complete version of Cloud although he has amazing clothes. There were a lot of great moments to be had...but the overall experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Although..if you wait (like all good FF players) to the very end you get treated with a classic secret movie...the scene is great but what really shines is the 1:38 second symphonic piece played over it. Sweeping, deep and beautiful, probably one of the greatest FF musical pieces to date. I don't know whether i would suggest playing ff9 over this ff8. Ok game...play it ..but don't expect the best.
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