There was a huuuuge backlash to 7 back in the day because of how inescapable it was and how many obnoxious people it brought into RPGs.
Those same people are probably the ones who hated 8.
I was 12 when FF8 came out. I can tell you everybody loved the game, being a teenager and having a game about slightly older teenagers, it spoke to people.
My experience with the game was: if you were a teenager into video games between the years 2000 and 2003, you played FF8, and you liked it. It was that simple. Even those that didn't have a playstation found a mean to play it either by borrowing or eventually playing the PC version, and it was cross generational too and lasted several years, older kids giving tips to us, then me giving tips to the younger kids afterwards as I eventually became the local expert on the game.
It wasn't quite like the pokémania we had just before all that, but it was close.
No it was just riding a very strong wave of what came just before it. Very similar to Phantom Menace at the time. People just smiled and ignored the smell for a time, because it was pretty enough. And hey, it's not gonna be the last in the series, so why raise a fuss over a little speedbump
It's a game for 12 year olds, and Final Fantasy is targeted towards people aged 12-16. People forget that the fanbase is mixed gender as well, lots of girls like the game.
If you were twelve years old, you were used to games from that era, you likely found it cool.
I'm willing to defend FF8 if we make every FF8 thread about shitting on FF6
You know, yea
Yea man
FF8 > FF6
Better music, a fun card game, the characters have way more depth, there's a fricking time sorceress instead of a clown. The train level is way cooler and there's even a Doomtrain (try to suplex that, moron). And then finally, it has Robin Williams. FF6 has... this. What the frick is this? Some kind of south american man
I first heard the term normie in 2005 by a scene kid to describe people who only listen to mainstream music. Where do you think the term normie comes from?
I noticed the word normie in the new Wednesday show and Netflix The Killer. It was cringe hearing a 40+ year old man say "normies."
They also used it in That's So Raven, the episode where she meets the other psychics.
I first heard the term normie in 2005 by a scene kid to describe people who only listen to mainstream music. Where do you think the term normie comes from?
If there's a reason to hate FF8, it's that the best girl is wasted on fricking Irvine. Selphie may come off like an airhead, but she's upbeat, loves her people, and gets shit done. easy top 3 FF girl.
I'd say the reason to hate FFVIII is that it is too hard to pick an actual best girl since you have so many to choose from. >Rinoa >Quistis >Selphie >Edea >Xu >Ellone
What the frick were they thinking giving so many options
I don't care if it's a "normie" opinions (like normies play jrpgs but sure) but 8 is one of my least favorite FF games. Wasn't a big fan of the junction system.
Nice try, coomer normie. You have a gif of Shiva on your PC and you probably whack off to it
Normies hate sexy characters in video games
Good job admitting you only like this game because it gives you a stiffy. Really makes me feel bad about being a 'normie'
I don't like that game, I hate RPGs, but there's nothing wrong with liking a game because it contains likeable things, like hot women.
I bet you think it would be better for the disks to be dual sided rather than individual ones
the most shameful fap of my life, thanks
xD xD xD xD
"Finally I can summon myself a GF."
-the op, the homosexual who spams FF8 threads
the belly UOHHHH ToT
Nobody hates FF7, just the overhyped rep it got from fantoys over the years. The game itself is decent enough for a '97 Trigger-esque game.
8 > 9 > 7
Rinoa is the worst girl of all fricking time.
she hot tho
Hating II is the most acceptable opinion one can have about the Final Fantasy series
I'm pretty sure hating FF7 is the normie take, and I base that on the 2 threads a day blowing FF8
7 is probably the most beloved game in the series along with 6. Hating on 7 just because it's popular or a dated PS1 game is as contrarian as it gets
There was a huuuuge backlash to 7 back in the day because of how inescapable it was and how many obnoxious people it brought into RPGs.
Those same people are probably the ones who hated 8.
I was 12 when FF8 came out. I can tell you everybody loved the game, being a teenager and having a game about slightly older teenagers, it spoke to people.
My experience with the game was: if you were a teenager into video games between the years 2000 and 2003, you played FF8, and you liked it. It was that simple. Even those that didn't have a playstation found a mean to play it either by borrowing or eventually playing the PC version, and it was cross generational too and lasted several years, older kids giving tips to us, then me giving tips to the younger kids afterwards as I eventually became the local expert on the game.
It wasn't quite like the pokémania we had just before all that, but it was close.
No it was just riding a very strong wave of what came just before it. Very similar to Phantom Menace at the time. People just smiled and ignored the smell for a time, because it was pretty enough. And hey, it's not gonna be the last in the series, so why raise a fuss over a little speedbump
The normie casuals adored 7, I agree.
I'm talking about 4 and 6 as well, fricko.
6 is also normie casual, 4 not so much imo
No, wrong.
>I was 12 when FF8 came out
>Everybody loved the game
Buddy, your 12 year old friends liking FF8 doesn't make FF8 a good game
It wasn't just my friends, it was everyone, all the boys playing video games played and liked FF8, that simple.
It's a game for 12 year olds, and Final Fantasy is targeted towards people aged 12-16. People forget that the fanbase is mixed gender as well, lots of girls like the game.
If you were twelve years old, you were used to games from that era, you likely found it cool.
Well the most normie casual opinion happens to be correct in this case, innit.
I love Final Fantasy VIII
I'm willing to defend FF8 if we make every FF8 thread about shitting on FF6
You know, yea
Yea man
FF8 > FF6
Better music, a fun card game, the characters have way more depth, there's a fricking time sorceress instead of a clown. The train level is way cooler and there's even a Doomtrain (try to suplex that, moron). And then finally, it has Robin Williams. FF6 has... this. What the frick is this? Some kind of south american man
Robin Williams is in FF8? I would laugh this off as a joke or exaggeration but I know Michael Jackson made the soindtrack to Sonic 3 so I don't know.
>Hating Final Fantasy VIII is the most buzzword buzzword buzzword one can have about the Final Fantasy series
>saying buzzword
This ain't reddit brother
I first heard the term normie in 2005 by a scene kid to describe people who only listen to mainstream music. Where do you think the term normie comes from?
>Norman, normies and normalgays: the compelling case for NPC's
I noticed the word normie in the new Wednesday show and Netflix The Killer. It was cringe hearing a 40+ year old man say "normies."
They also used it in That's So Raven, the episode where she meets the other psychics.
>normie
Go back.
It's been a long day
If there's a reason to hate FF8, it's that the best girl is wasted on fricking Irvine. Selphie may come off like an airhead, but she's upbeat, loves her people, and gets shit done. easy top 3 FF girl.
I'd say the reason to hate FFVIII is that it is too hard to pick an actual best girl since you have so many to choose from.
>Rinoa
>Quistis
>Selphie
>Edea
>Xu
>Ellone
What the frick were they thinking giving so many options
>those fingers
AI image.
I've been stuck on the part where those three big bug things hop out of the oil after you operate the lever for over a year now
Normies hate FF8,
posers love FF8,
sophisticates hate FF8.
Simple as.
I don't care if it's a "normie" opinions (like normies play jrpgs but sure) but 8 is one of my least favorite FF games. Wasn't a big fan of the junction system.
i wanna lick her blue bumhole
Anon, just because FF8 is widely regarded as trash doesn't mean you aren't free to enjoy it. I mean, some people like eating poop. You do you.