Greatest Final Fantasy, Romantic story, Awesome gameplay, Whats not to love
We enter final fantasy VIII, square soft introduces the Junction system, one of the most unique and detailed of its kind. With the junction system u can have your stats in the 100s and you only have to be lvl 20. Its a amazing system that brings forth how you take care of each character.
Now in final fantasy VII you had summonings whihc played a decent role in the game but didnt go to much into it. In VIII you have these mystical beasts called GFs aka Guardian Forces. They specifically have a major role in the game by being included in the junction system. The only way to access the junction system is to equip a GF. GFs grant u various abilities that make them stronger, make you stronger, and unlocks a deeper and better part into the game. With a GF junctioned you can use a ability called Draw. Durign battle you can draw from any monster,magic. Now magic has a different role in VIII. You dont have any MP instead you can only hold up to 100 magic of one kind, meanign you have to keep drawing if u want one of the same spell.
Now you have the Main character,Squall Leonheart, a mercenary from Garden. Now square soft,i think made squall a bit to shady, pretty much like Cloud only worse. Squall has survived all his life without really havign any friends so he pretty much answers anyones question with one word. But as you go on with the story he becomes more reliable on his friends and more emotion with his love intrest Rinoa.
The graphics in final fantasy VIII are amazing, when i first played in on playstation 1 i couldnt see how anyother game could rival its graphics. It amazed me how the cutscenes seemed so real. I felt that i was actually in the game. Square soft should have put all the cutscenes into a DVD and i would buy it just so i could watch all of them.
The music, was beautiful, every scene was perfect. When i got into a boss battle i felt so motivated to kill the boss becaus the music just made me feel like it was a fight to the death and i was in it.
Ive been playing RPGs for a while now and i havent seen any other RPG better than this one. Square soft has really went out of the way with this game. It is my favorite of the final fantasy series. I think every gamer, even if u hate RPGs should have this game. Just play it, and youll love it.