It’s fun but it is nowhere near the level of masterpieces like FF1/4/7/10. The combat system is strange and the draw system is broken. The story is average but the music is 10/10. You should play it if you are a Final Fantasy fan but otherwise you aren’t missing much if you skip it.
It's far from perfect, but also gets some undeserved hate. It seems opinions around here are more positive, but that could simply be based on how weirdly counter-culture this place tends to be.
Normie opinions tend to be trash so if they hate FF8 there is a good chance it is decent. FF8 is a good enough game to play through once but I wouldn’t consider it good enough to play twice. FF7 does everything better in almost every regard (except for the weird blocky characters) so I can see how back in the day FF fans would have a sort of whiplash from the decline in quality from FF6/7 to 8. Normies also tend to be unreasonably hateful towards things that are average, objectively speaking FF8 is a great game, but personally I don’t see the point in sinking time into a game that is nothing short of a little less than a masterpiece.
>It seems opinions around here are more positive, but that could simply be based on how weirdly counter-culture this place tends to be
Ganker is often more Reddit than Reddit itself
Soundtrack is the best in the entire series imo. People shit on it but I say it's about the same quality as 7 and 9. It's literally the middle child of the PlayStation era games and probably my favourite.
You have the S tier games - 6, 7, 10, Tactics
Then you have the A tier games - 5, 8, 12, 10-2
Then you have the rest which aren't worth putting into categories because they range from mediocre (3, 4, 13-2) to downright awful (2, 9, 13-1, 15)
9 is the first game in the entire mainline series that does nothing new and just relies on soulless nostalgia of the early 1-4 games.
Outside of the Vivi/Steiner relationship, none of the characters are interesting.
The story is bog standard fluff with nothing special about it - also I liked it better when it was called FF4
The combat is unironically the worst combat in the mainline series (to that point), with each animation being drawn out and lengthy, even basic attacks - and that's not getting into the ~45 seconds you spend every single battle between the intro load, the outro load, the exp/item/skill load, and the character pan-around at the start of the fight.
Skill system of being "equip outdated gear just to learn a skill" is also the worst in the series (albeit debatable with the NES versions of 2 and 3)
Etc etc etc.
I could go on for days about how 9 is vastly overrated. It's nothing but tropes and callbacks to past games, and as someone that had played over 30 JRPGs by the time 9 came out, it was nothing special. It didn't hit in the same ways that 7, 8 or 10 did.
The weakest part of the story (the orphanage and everyone conveniently forgetting everything) is literally just a bad translation, similar to how Squall says whatever all the time in the translated versions.
No, but I know nipponese and it's staggering how different the two versions are.
There's mention of them vaguely knowing each other and feeling like something is missing from their memories all throughout the game in the original, which is completely removed from the translated one, which at best had a small bit of information about GFs stealing memories deep in the tutorial/codexes until the orphanage scene.
>wait, we all were in same orphanage and know each other? >Yes >how could we all forget it >I didn't forget it. I just didn't want to say anything >how? >using summons causes brain damage. Didn't they tell you it >whatever >so that's why I wanted to frick my student. Becouse I was her big sister. But forgot it.
In English version, its funnies thing. Thrown out there like it was nothing
it has that moronic Oblivion-style dynamic difficulty system where the best strategy is to not level up at all, just play triple triad, refine cards and win the game
Art direction is top notch
Setting is awesome
Music is fantastic
Story is excessively convoluted, but could be worse
Gameplay is ok
But it was my first final fantasy so it's the best one there is
it's unique and interesting. 99% of every jrpgs ever made looks and feel the same, ff8 is actually worth playing because it tried to do things differently.
it doesn't always succeed, but goddamn if they didn't try their hardest with it
the most soulful entry in the entire franchise imho, bizarre, iconic, memorable, people will STILL be talking about it decades from now, for better or worse. it stood the test of time. i 100% believe in r=u personally, which just makes it all better to me, but that's sybjective
It's pretty bad as a game but I forced myself to finish it just to say that I did. Also is one of the worst examples of the trope of JRPGs where there are lots of missable exclusive things that you had to prepare ahead in advance and just like way too much autistic collectible shit. Also probably the most forgettable cast in all of the franchise, like literally even the stock jobs are more memorable than the characters in FF8. You play FF8 literally for Squall and that's it.
Something tells me this thread is gonna die, now, since Nintendo Direct is going to cause hundreds of new threads being created as idiots try to make "hype" threads "out of irony" because it'll be "funny."
>noooooo you cant just release an easy an convenient way to play all my old favorites on modern hardware! >you have to dig out the original consoles or emulate it on a pc!!!!!!
Yes
yeah
it's fun to get completely broken using triple triad. Too bad the minigame has the fricking moronic rule spreading system.
yes
If you're into cuckoldry, yes.
It’s fun but it is nowhere near the level of masterpieces like FF1/4/7/10. The combat system is strange and the draw system is broken. The story is average but the music is 10/10. You should play it if you are a Final Fantasy fan but otherwise you aren’t missing much if you skip it.
no
It's far from perfect, but also gets some undeserved hate. It seems opinions around here are more positive, but that could simply be based on how weirdly counter-culture this place tends to be.
Normie opinions tend to be trash so if they hate FF8 there is a good chance it is decent. FF8 is a good enough game to play through once but I wouldn’t consider it good enough to play twice. FF7 does everything better in almost every regard (except for the weird blocky characters) so I can see how back in the day FF fans would have a sort of whiplash from the decline in quality from FF6/7 to 8. Normies also tend to be unreasonably hateful towards things that are average, objectively speaking FF8 is a great game, but personally I don’t see the point in sinking time into a game that is nothing short of a little less than a masterpiece.
>It seems opinions around here are more positive, but that could simply be based on how weirdly counter-culture this place tends to be
Ganker is often more Reddit than Reddit itself
Ganker is reddit now since the Trump election and all those moron shooters name dropping Ganker.
FF8 is great for escapist personality types, hence the suicide meme.
FF8 was universally loved by fans and critics until a few years ago. I'm assuming YouTube is to blame.
it's flawed but excellent
Soundtrack is the best in the entire series imo. People shit on it but I say it's about the same quality as 7 and 9. It's literally the middle child of the PlayStation era games and probably my favourite.
>spend 10min per battle drawing spells
>never get to use spells or you lose stats
It's real lucky that FF2 exists or it would be the worst FF.
It's in the A tier of FF games.
You have the S tier games - 6, 7, 10, Tactics
Then you have the A tier games - 5, 8, 12, 10-2
Then you have the rest which aren't worth putting into categories because they range from mediocre (3, 4, 13-2) to downright awful (2, 9, 13-1, 15)
9 is A
rest of the list is spot on though
9 is the first game in the entire mainline series that does nothing new and just relies on soulless nostalgia of the early 1-4 games.
Outside of the Vivi/Steiner relationship, none of the characters are interesting.
The story is bog standard fluff with nothing special about it - also I liked it better when it was called FF4
The combat is unironically the worst combat in the mainline series (to that point), with each animation being drawn out and lengthy, even basic attacks - and that's not getting into the ~45 seconds you spend every single battle between the intro load, the outro load, the exp/item/skill load, and the character pan-around at the start of the fight.
Skill system of being "equip outdated gear just to learn a skill" is also the worst in the series (albeit debatable with the NES versions of 2 and 3)
Etc etc etc.
I could go on for days about how 9 is vastly overrated. It's nothing but tropes and callbacks to past games, and as someone that had played over 30 JRPGs by the time 9 came out, it was nothing special. It didn't hit in the same ways that 7, 8 or 10 did.
The characters, setting, and atmosphere are top class but the story feels like it was pieced together; strong start weak finish.
The weakest part of the story (the orphanage and everyone conveniently forgetting everything) is literally just a bad translation, similar to how Squall says whatever all the time in the translated versions.
is there a retranslated version?
No, but I know nipponese and it's staggering how different the two versions are.
There's mention of them vaguely knowing each other and feeling like something is missing from their memories all throughout the game in the original, which is completely removed from the translated one, which at best had a small bit of information about GFs stealing memories deep in the tutorial/codexes until the orphanage scene.
>wait, we all were in same orphanage and know each other?
>Yes
>how could we all forget it
>I didn't forget it. I just didn't want to say anything
>how?
>using summons causes brain damage. Didn't they tell you it
>whatever
>so that's why I wanted to frick my student. Becouse I was her big sister. But forgot it.
In English version, its funnies thing. Thrown out there like it was nothing
>it's staggering how different the two versions are.
Before it's just bait, but now you're just being silly.
Such is tradition. Kinda strange how there inst better localisation out there. There is no voice acting. Just words words words
it has that moronic Oblivion-style dynamic difficulty system where the best strategy is to not level up at all, just play triple triad, refine cards and win the game
Yes.
Art direction is top notch
Setting is awesome
Music is fantastic
Story is excessively convoluted, but could be worse
Gameplay is ok
But it was my first final fantasy so it's the best one there is
I've only ever played FF1 and FF8
It's an upgrade from FF1 for sure
it's unique and interesting. 99% of every jrpgs ever made looks and feel the same, ff8 is actually worth playing because it tried to do things differently.
it doesn't always succeed, but goddamn if they didn't try their hardest with it
the most soulful entry in the entire franchise imho, bizarre, iconic, memorable, people will STILL be talking about it decades from now, for better or worse. it stood the test of time.
i 100% believe in r=u personally, which just makes it all better to me, but that's sybjective
They should have remade 8. If they wanted to do time jannies and other crazy stuff
It's pretty bad as a game but I forced myself to finish it just to say that I did. Also is one of the worst examples of the trope of JRPGs where there are lots of missable exclusive things that you had to prepare ahead in advance and just like way too much autistic collectible shit. Also probably the most forgettable cast in all of the franchise, like literally even the stock jobs are more memorable than the characters in FF8. You play FF8 literally for Squall and that's it.
A wonderful world to explore filled with lore and story.
Something tells me this thread is gonna die, now, since Nintendo Direct is going to cause hundreds of new threads being created as idiots try to make "hype" threads "out of irony" because it'll be "funny."
many of them will not be ironic. there's thousands of people unironically hyped for ports, remasters and remakes.
>noooooo you cant just release an easy an convenient way to play all my old favorites on modern hardware!
>you have to dig out the original consoles or emulate it on a pc!!!!!!
I share the same bday as Selphie.
Selphie, stop going around telling people that, it's not funny.
The best one
It's a game with a lot of interesting ideas, none of which were implemented particularly well.