2 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 i don't accept mediocrity from square (except XI)., 2005-11-18
This game was merely average (at best). It was only good enough to keep me playing--which is not very good, giving the current game famine. The juncture system and the magic system needlessly waste hours of time. Everytime you get new magic, find a new GF or change characters--which happens FREQUENTLY throughout the game (magic is obtained by drawing it from monsters or from draw points) you have to stop for a few hours and reorganize. Furthermore, using the juncture system, you you can only obtain 100 units of magic. You don't want to use this magic on enemies because it is "junctured" to your status (strength, vitality, elemental, etc.) and using it will weaken you. Also, there is less reward for fighting monsters (you don't attain magic from leveing up) and you don't attain money from fighting (instead you basically recieve a pay check every so often--$ is depedent on your seed rank--which you can obtain by taking tests). Even if you did recieve money from fighting, you can't buy anything interesting, (i.e. armor, weapons)only items (tents, potions, etc). I miss the elements that play off good ole' american materialism--damn red japanese (kidding). Anyways, the story was average, characters were average. Don't bother unless you are really bored.
 Final Fantasy VIII, 2005-04-14
I LOVE this Final Fantasy game. I have it for Playstation, and its really the best game ive ever played, and ive played a lot. Awesome card game, cool unique junctioning system, magic, weapons, and a really good storyline with it as well. I recommend that anyone that likes PS games that like fantasy/action games gets this. This is 4 Disks, and the entire game is worth any price (realisticaly).
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
This is as good as it gets., 2005-02-02
The simple fact of the matter is that RPGs don't come better than Final Fantasy VIII. The characters are interesting, the plot is engaging, the battles tough but exciting. I've played every final fantasy from VII to X2, and this is by far the best.
Pros:
Epic storyplot
Incredible battle system
Excellent animation for a PS1 game
Fantastic Soundtrack
Extremely long gameplay
Cons:
Unusual magic system
Some truly difficult missions
Just the lack of important negatives and wealth of positives, along with a low price tag, should convince any fan of turn based RPGs to buy this game.
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
PC Edition Final Fantasy VIII, 2004-03-20
Probably one of the best games I've ever played. Curious, I bought the game new for 29.99. How Amazon can justify charging 53 dollars for it boggles the mind. Very savvy of them though, because if someone really wants the game, they will pay it. Good Move.Oh, the game? Awesome story line. As Squall, you must fight for a mercenary group called Seed. You were trained as a Seed in a Garden, which has become threatened by the powerful Galbadian Army. Through your missions connected to a rebel group called the Timber Owls and beyond, you must solve puzzles in order to save the world from being overrun by the Galbadians, led by evil sorceress Edea and Seifer, a long time rival of Squall. Through the game, you must build experience through battle and you must also capture GF's (Guardian Forces) when melee attacks aren't potent enough. Through defeating enemies, you become stronger and so do your GF's. Through the junction ability, you can junction magic to you stats, like Hit points and defense. I don't want to ruin the story, but I've beaten the game before, and it was worth the time I spent to play it.
6 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 A great leap forward in graphics, backward in gameplay, 2004-03-14
Everything about this game is wonderful except one tiny detail. The storyline is great, the graphics excellent. The sound, music, even the minigame is wonderful. The only thing that this game lacks is gameplay.This is the first Final Fantasy game I have ever seen that actually DISCOURAGES exploring the world around you. Every second you pause to explore the scenery instead of moving forward to the next plot element you've had dictated to you is one more second towards losing rank in SeeD and the money that comes with it. Every monster that you actually try and fight just makes all the enemies which you fight after it stronger, to the point where some online guides recommend running away from every single battle in order to make the bosses easier. Thinking perhaps that exploring could get you better equipment for your character? Not very often here. In short, the best way to make your characters stronger is to sit there and use the "Draw" command over and over again to increase your junctioned magic. How positively thrilling. I'd give up the graphics, sound, even a bit of the storyline if only the battle and gameplay system in this game were different.
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Amazon Sales Rank:#9021