Final Fantasy VIII

aka: FF8, FFVIII, Finalnaja Fantazija 8, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 8
Moby ID: 1149

Windows version

The best game ever, Square did it again!

The Good
The demos in the game are perfect. They are extremely detailed and look like real. The best part of the game is these demos. Your mouth will be opened and you won't feel it because you will find the demos perfect. The scenario is the second best part of the game. At first, Squall is only a student at Balamb Garden, not knowing how his life will change. Playing this game is much better than going to the cinema, and one of the reasons is the scenario. And the gameplay is perfect. The junction system is a very-well thought thing for gameplay. And the "draw" is a very good thought too. People who hate the burning of mana while making magics will LOVE this thing. And the music... The musics are extremely well. Did you know that SquareSoft paid 2 000 000 $ to a very famous singer to sing a song named "Eyes of Me" for the game?! The battle system is perfect. You "draw" magic from enemies, you don't use mana to make magics. And this "GF" idea is perfect. Everywhere is saying "Calling GFs more than a thousand times makes the game disgusting". No, that's wrong. There is an ability of the GFs (Except Diablos) named "boost". You can make your GF attack stronger with holding F and pressing A many times in combats. If you don't stop pressing A when a cross appears the power will reduce. The combats are very cinematic and fun. The charaters were well thought. They're all different and that helps the scenario. Don't think this game doesn't have any secrets. If you want to find all the secrets (if you don't want to play the game from its beginning three times like me) finish the game with a very very detailed walkthrough. The atmosphere is incredible. The scenario, the graphics and demos make an excellent atmosphere. You will think you're not playing a game but watching a movie. The boss fights are very strategic (Mostly Adel) They're like chess, but a very fast chess.

The Bad
Well, it's hard to say something bad about this game. If you really want to see a bad part of the game, you will not want to play the game from the beginning when you finish it.

The Bottom Line
A perfect game! If you don't buy this game you will find something missing in your life!

by esural (9) on August 12, 2000

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