Final Fantasy VIII

The Good
Everything! I have played this game 10 times and loved every minute of every time. The storyline is great, once you figure it out. You will imagine that you are Squall in your free time for years. The characters are convincing, an improvement over the crappy characters in final fantasy vii, which my three year old brother could have improved on (or even my dog). They actually seem to have emotions and feelings, instead of being mindless robots. The fighting is good. One can go on side quests to make himself more powerful, and then it pays off when you're beating bosses by the hundreds. It is nice that it is possible to play the game with minimal understanding of the game's functions, but once you learn how to junction magic, it makes you more powerful. An altogether amazing game. Also, the triple triad mini-quest is awesome!

The Bad
When you go from one scene to the other, it takes 10 hours for the scenes to load. After each battle, you have to see how much experience you get, which takes about 22.763 hours, even if you run away! Some parts of the storyline just drag on and on (especially in the third disc), although it is not that bad. The bosses are not that hard, especially the second time around. The limit breaks are too easy to use, and do way to much damage. Finally, the GFs take about four minutes each time, and when you are summoning multiple GFs (especially Eden) it is just so boring. However, these are minor details, there are more good things about the game than bad things.

The Bottom Line
AWESOME. BUY IT. YOU'LL THANK ME LATER!