Final Fantasy 8 - The Impossible Follow Up To The Greatest Game Ever Made
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- It's been 10 years since I started this show, and it's been nearly 2 decades since I've played Final Fantasy VIII. This is episode 400! Let's dive into this very special episode and have me complete a game so you don't have to.
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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered: In a time of both sophisticated technology and powerful magic, an evil sorceress corrupts the world's largest military power through manipulation and deception, enslaving mankind to do her bidding. Her goal is not something as simple as world conquering; but to completely conquer all of space and time. To counter the turn of events, various leaders head combat training schools, known as Gardens that turn out elite fighting forces. Known as SeeDs, they defend, serve, and protect humankind from the sorceress. The sole purpose of these academies is to vanquish the sorceress and save humanity, as we know it, although they take many other assignments for the right price. A small, loose-knit group of SeeD graduates find themselves wrapped in a much bigger endeavor than simple military combat. Now, a gunblade specialist, together with a diverse group of young heroes, must set aside his fears, face the emotions he's run from, and become the leader that he never wanted to be.
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That was an incredible intro. I was floored.
I was laughing the whole time. Oh boy....this is nearly a 90 minute episode....*reclines back*
By the way, Hi Norm!
I wholeheartedly agree! Song arranged...by...GRANT KIRKHOPE?!?!
I thought it was almost a belated april fools joke.
eterwill They are working together on Big Bad Bosses 2 after all.
If only you put in that amount of work. Or videos for that natter,instead of just taking patreon money and putting out fukcall,you too could be flooding ppl
I truly cannot believe you, Jirard. You mad man. You monster. You complete 400 games and you open the episode by pointing everyone's attention to my childhood acting days! You're a maniac. Here's to another 100 games! :D
How does it feel being put into the Spotlight like this?
Was Drew Barrymore Really Nekked Ya Mean? LOL
I too wish you all the best.
Hope you reach that mythical 500!
And an Ari & Stone plug. Good times.
So...what *was* it like acting in that scene knowing FF8 wasn't multiplayer?
FF8 was my first FF. I remember loving the grinding, figuring out the junction system. The music. The characters.
Fisherman's horizons music
My first one was FFVII. PS1 FF games were truly something special
First for me as well...I loved and spent a whole lot of time playing it several times through...the thing I remember the most is when I finally figured out that regional rules meant different communities had different "house rules". At first I figured out how to clean out everyone at the garden and thought I had figured the whole game out, only to drop my best GF to the very next player (Artisan maybe?)...I remember just staring at the TV, enraged and completely dumbfounded, I was like 'Did they just cheat? They didn't win that shit! Wtf?'
Bewildered and angry, I just reloaded my checkpoint and avoided the card game entirely like I had fell for a 3 card Monte game with a street dealer and swore off gambling entirely lol
I loved the junction system and the interactive trigger prompt inside the turn based game, the animation graphics were really great for me at that time after playing mostly on N64 before this, especially the summon animations.
I always found the negative reviews of it confusing, because I don't remember having difficulty figuring anything other than the card game out. I don't view becoming OP and blasting the enemies away with ease as a negative at all. Grinding and investing time in Junctioning, collecting GFs, and leveling up is all meant to make combat easier. I wouldn't appreciate doing all that tedious stuff if the resulting effects merely meant I could remain competitive going forward in the storyline.
After 20 hours of turn based gameplay and seeing the all the cutscreens over and over and over, battles start to become going through the motions and hoping that the first attack or two cleared the fight so I didn't have to see yet another animation again...
Samo, love it ❤❤❤
Odd that most people never understand Squall is son of Laguna and Rinoa the daughter of Julia. Laguna and Julia were star crossed lovers that never got together and eventually had to move on. Their children fell in love instead indirectly redeeming their parents’ tragic missed opportunity. The game never explicitly says this. You have to dig pretty deep to understand the relationships and appreciate the love story between Squall and Rinoa even more.
WHAT??!! I've played this game a million times and I'm just now learning this.
@@MrDiplomatSwag yes this is true. which is why it makes the eyes on me song even sadder ... it was indeed the last time they ever laid eyes on each other, as it said on the song.
Dig? I though it couldn't be more obvious. Laguna, Kiros and Raine talk about Julia marrying general Caraway, Rinoa's dad (which we've spent a lot of time with during last mision so it's hard to miss), and Squall is obviously Laguna's son, Kiros pretty much spells it out loud.
So, it's odd that people don't understand the relationship, but they have to dig deep to understand them? Ok.
One of my favorite things. I actually picked up on that the first time I played it when I was a teenager.
Final Fantasy VIII gang rise up! ✊
Love your music! Keep up your great work!
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I specifically scrolled down to the comments to see if you were here and you were. Yes, man. ✊
One of my fav games in the series
Hype! ✊
Me: Oh boy, FF8!
Jirard: In 1976, Ivan Goth and Ben Roberts created the smash television show Charlie's Angels.
Me: *pauses video. checks title. shrugs, resumes video*
I was wondering what Charlie's Angels had to do with Final Fantasy 8 lol.
Yeah if anything that's Final Fantasy X-2 shtick
It's because they played ff8 in the movie
Same reaction.
LMAOOO I did the same exact same thing
The Junctioning system is one of those things that, when you finally understand how simple it really is, it's almost embarrassing to admit it was ever confusing. Basically, Junctioning is a system that let's you equip spells to enhance different stats. That's it. That's the whole "confusing" system.
True.
And drawing those spells for half an hour.
Now try to explain how exactly this works in the game world. Like HOW do you store these spells in your body? Why does a tent create magic?
This system is so meta, it makes ZERO sense, in the game world.
Dude the ost for 8 is without a doubt one of the best! I think Uematsu hit his peak here whether one enjoys the game or not. 🙌
I almost shut the video off when he failed to recognize its glory
@@LLFoolJ That and him saying triple triad is confusing and not fun actually did make me shut the video off
i came bere to write the same 😂
@@tylervanness9584 yes!! Triple triad was class, I spent many hours on it alone, thoroughly enjoyed it! Card games done right. 👌
I mean, Uematsu could make a compelling soundtrack for pretty much anything.
Congratulations on 400 games!!! You've accomplished so much bro, we're all so proud of you!!!!
Your proud of someone playing video games and begging for money .......
@@Solarclypse You sound amazingly bitter, dude. The guy plays video games for a living, but also reviews them on his internet show he hosts. He's doing a great job at it, hence the congratulatory post from the original poster.
Holy shit I didn't expect to see Riverdude here
That's awesome
Welcome back man, proud of you ✊
Hey keep up the great content Bonsai Pop.
I’m going to your channel after this!
Cool to see Bonsai pop here! Love your content and I’m a proud patron.
Part of the reason why everyone wants Squall to lead is his competence and skill. But for Cid, it could be chalked up to revelations revealed at the end of the game. Who meets Edea, who goes on to actually found Garden? Squall. Edea also sees that he was involved in Ultimecia's defeat. This is the hidden purpose (they actually tell us about well before the ending) of SeeD, to defeat an evil sorceress. So it would make sense that they promote Squall as the leader, giving him all the authority needed to accomplish that goal, once he becomes a SeeD.
As far as them giving him this task at 17, this could be explained by the timing of an evil sorceress arriving on the scene as they'd been expecting since Edea met Squall (though Cid and Edea surely hadn't expected that sorceress to be Edea herself!) But I also have a theory which I find equally plausible. Note that when Squall travels back into the past and meets Edea, he has that scar on his face... the one he didn't receive until the beginning of the game, via that battle with Seifer. It could well be that Edea told Cid about the scar as well, Cid noticed the scar and concluded that this was when Squall was destined to fight the sorceress.
Also, with the GF amnesia plot point, this is actually foreshadowed in multiple ways. To name a few:
1. Selphie asks in her diary if she will lose her memory as she increases use of the GF (already unaware that some of it's been wiped out thanks to previous use).
2. A Garden Faculty member in Cid's office tells Squall to disregard any GF criticism he hears.
3. You run into characters named "Familiar Face" in FH, somewhere that Squall has never been.
and 4. When you're planning the assassination on Edea, that's when Squall finally hears her name rather than just "the sorceress". And he dwells on that name for a bit, as someone would when they hear a familiar name.
"Familiar face" was simply because the two operating the crane were brothers that look similar.
@@eldoh3388 But this wouldn't explain why the first one is called "Familiar Face", before Squall has met the second. And the game makes it a point of showing that Squall isn't satisfied with that as the explanation ("Was it him...? Hmm...") Moreover, the second guy at the bottom of the crane only mentions one brother that looks like him, yet you go on to meet a third "Familiar Face" right afterward, close by.
The NPC thinks that Squall only recognizes his face because they had just met, outside the Garden's entrance, and strangely forgets so quickly. But no other NPCs that Squall meets throughout the game are known as "Familiar Face". Their faces being familiar is highlighted for us and dwelled upon by Squall, to foreshadow the amnesia plot point.
@@Vic2point0 sorry, the 3 of them are all brothers, missed out the third guy. Apart from that, though, the game doesn't really go into any further detail on it. Invoking Poe's law, it could really simply be that the siblings are identical to each other.
The whole GFs causing amnesia part was already given a sufficiently large significance in the forgetting of childhood memories and friends. I doubt they would be adding a small, unexplained hint in the game without any callback or payoff.
@@eldoh3388 Well then there's much left unexplained, as I outlined in my last comment. I consider it foreshadowing because that makes sense of all the facts I highlighted there.
I love that ff8 brought you to feel deeper feelings and introspection. Regardless of the ridiculous technical aspects of a hundred percent run. Life isn't a hundred percent run, but you played well.
So far I've found three other people with final fantasy tattoos, and they were all from FF8. There's a strong appreciation out there for this game.
The game had a lot of appeal to adults and the cool factor.
In FF your team mates are often a bunch of weirdos but not in this game LOL
@@boeingnz u trying to tell tell me punchy punchy dude bro jump rope kid and dommy teacher isn't weird
the FMV of the ragnarok was the coolest thing I had ever seen and I literally fell in love with quistis, my 2nd waifu! XD
ya got me, half sleeve of FF8 art.
@@DruNature and the first?
"Triple Triad is too confusing"
Tetra Master: hold my beer
Honestly it's mostly just the Same and Plus rules that get confusing. It's otherwise pretty straightforward
Those are easy compared to the extra rules FFXIV added. Chaos/Order are the name of my decks
@@metalucipherable Although in ffxiv you don't have to worry about rule spread
Except skylanders came out afterwards so it must have copied triple triad from ff8
@@JackgarPrime it was same wall i never could get, same/plus was easy to get but the AI was a cheating bastard with "just" the right cards....
After the success of ff7 there was a divide in square between the older senior members that wanted to keep to the same brand and style. Then there were the younger members like Kitase and Nomura that wanted to utilise a more realistic style with the power of the ps1. Sakaguchi essentially gave them ff8 to show them what they could do while he would go on and silmutaniously build ff9.
Ironically its the ff8 team that goes on to make ffx, 13, 15 and kh. Nomura made the intro to ff8 look how ambiguous it is compared to past intros then look at the intro of kh1. FF8 also has the first database in the menu that contains information that should be told through good npcs. Like ff13. Despite every attempt to replicate ff7 and advent children they have been lead by people that first took the lead in ff8
Now, I've just realized after all these years, there's a connection between the number 8 and the theme of time loop (adult Squall told young Edea to create Seed to make sure the same outcome everytime). The numeral "8" looks like the symbol of "infinity" loop after all.
400 Games! This is one of the pinnacles of CZcams Gaming! Congrats Jirard!!!
Wait, I know you
Gerad
500 will be even cooler
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"There's no aggressive button-mashing"
Guardian Forces with Boost.
I nearly maxed Ifrits boost once. I probably would have succeeded but I was overzealous and reset the counter. My buttonmashing was legendary. I don't even think turbo buttons could max out ifrits boost because of the short animation
@@Hadmin I just remember the first time I actually used Eden's summon (with Boost, obviously) and how absolutely terrified I was of accidentally resetting the counter. Like... by that point, Eden's power had been well-established for me, and I was just hoping not to screw it up.
Thing was, I neglected practicing on _other_ GFs until that point, sooo of course I screwed it up _several_ times. I'd like to say I got better, but that'd be lying... ugh.
Also that part of the game in Balamb Garden's basement where you have to turn a crank or something.
In the end, spamming limit breaks with aura was way better anyways.
@@InertiaEffect it is, but that wasn't the point in this discussion. it was button mashing, not the best viable strategies.
The GF boost function made my entire arm hurt trying to break into the 200s/300s lol 29:40
OH yeah and you can tell i love FF8 because my avatar has been griever for years hehe
Eden was the only GF I could manually boost to max at 255. Didn't have a turbo controller back in 1999, so pushed a vibrating back massager on the Square button - also helped on the torture scene in Metal Gear Solid :)
This game, clicked every button in my young mind. I loved the non linear progression, the ways a min-maxer could break the game early on. The depth of all the systems. The sound track, story, and the often overlooked, Disc change screen with the ear wrap headphones that i had never seen before (though they might have been around, but to me they looked like the most insane idea...) The cherry on top, was my wife and I got introduced because in a class we had together we had to answer a few of our favorite things and we both put FF8 as our Favorite video game. all round 100% would recommend.
FF8 has always been my favourite in the series. It was the first FF I ever played and it resonated so much with me back then. But if you thought Triple Triad is bad, Tetra Master is your worst nightmare.
Agree on Tetramaster
I felt the same way about Triple Triad playing it now as when I played blitzball in FFX (my 1st game in the series) as a kid, which that it makes absolutely no sense to me lol. I honestly think all of those mini games was Square lowkey using us as beta-tests for upcoming full versions of any of those mini games that never panned out
@@youngrootv triple triad is used in this game, ff 14, and is literally its own standalone downloadable game.
Creatures of aether is a popular card game that literally stole the triple triad formula and added tiny spins, and make it competitive.
Like, how doesn’t it make sense? If your number bigger than theirs you take card. THATS THE WHOLE GAME
@riplix20 Likely they mean the regional rule variations. Especially Same-Plus.
29:44 "No button mashing and sore thumbs"
Me using "Boost" while summoning: "Are you sure about that?"
I literally bought a third party turbo controller for that, and Legend of Dragoon with the items. Never used it for anything else, not even as a 3rd or 4th player when I finally got the multitap. Those controllers were trash but turbo was worth it for an around 10-12 year old kid who was otherwise crap at the game. Still couldn't beat it until I also got a gameshark and gave myself max everything, and even then I basically cheesed the last boss by having as many characters with kamikaze as possible just blow her up, it was a lot of fun beating the game while not having any idea how to actually play it at the time.
I was looking for this comment but I was surprised I had to scroll down quite far to find this
Boost was frustrating especially when it started over.
@@Holy_Wraith and that, folks, is why you DON’T use a turbo controller for boost. I actually found the best boost method is to rub the edge of the square button back and forth as fast as you can with generally tiny motions. So much quicker than actually tapping the button normally.
Lol. I didn't see this comment until I made my own. My method for boost was to tense my arm so that my whole arm would vibrate and my thumb would tap the button at super speed. To be honest, I think that over time this created a lot of tension in my neck and shoulders. Worth it for the extra damage, though! :P
7, 8 and 10 my favorite games and 8th's music is simply out of this world!
I love this game so much. The more Jirard talks about it the more I’m just swathed in happiness.
Dude, Eyes on Me was my wedding song! The music was amazing in 8! My wife still tries to sing it to me 17 years later!
So you were the 2nd choice?
@@Wisekuma Joke didn't land. Maybe try again?
Nice
True love there!
Awwwww ♥ Always been my plan, just haven't gotten there yet.
Jirard: This game won't give you sore thumbs from button mashing
GF boost: Hold my beer...
I bought a turbo button controller for this game...
@@Mizer1822 So did I.
Damn straight
My best friend got a blister from it.
I still have a extra gear for button mashing, that i developed playing this game
I love this game, it's one of my favorites. It's sad it took me 10 years to beat it but I'm glad I did. And the soundtrack is still amazing, I remember hanging out in Fisherman's Horizon just to listen to the theme, good times.
I love 8. I love most things about it. Story was great, final fantasy should do more love stories. 7 was tough to come after but 8 was a nice change from the sorrow filled 7. Nothing good happened in 7, it was all sad.
Just hearing that song “man with a machine gun” play gets my heartbeat up
One of the reasons I don't understand why he says the music isn't that good.
Laguna is the ff8 protaganist we deserve, but not the one we need right now
Irvine was the only one that didn’t use GF before meeting Squall and company. He couldn’t shoot the sorceress because he remembers Edea was their Matron growing up in the orphanage.
Dang....
Im surprised ppl missed that plot...
@@WickedLoPlays The plot is wicked if you look hard enough.
Child soldiers, mind control, memory wiping super soldier enhancers, orphans being made into the most powerful weapons in the world, and a lonely defensive and confused boy leading the fight against a universe ending calamity!
@@thesurvivorssanctuary6561 the Plot can Def Be rationalize in different ways but why tell me about a plot i clearly know and understand? You @is confusing me right now..shouldnt that comment be for someone who doesnt understand?besides the plot of irvine which is what i was replying to nicolas about is a different standpoint then the entire games Plot itself. It shocks me even when it was revealed and confirmed in the game the reasoning behind irvines actions and ppl stiill didnt know or understand..
I got that, what I hated was that at no point did he even mention anything about it. I feel like Irvine would be like "Wow, it's messed up that we have to kill our nanny."
Congratulations, Jirard. This is truly an achievement! I've been watching your stuff from near the beginning, and I always look forward to another episode. Here's to another 10 years and 400 games, good sir.
Just watching this makes me want to play it again. It can be considered a cult classic. It definitely was a masterpiece beyond common comprehension.
"Squall and Rinoa have the most broken limit breaks"
Zell has a infinite combo that keeps doing damage as long as you can chain it within a timer.
They are all broken. Quistis has degenerate, selphie has The End, Irvine has a slow bullet that ignores def.
@@yt-dm8ns quistis + shockwave pulsar, Irvine + armor shot and meltdown... yeah. truth be told though, you’ll likely meet your own end waiting to pop selphie’s.
Zell's is still the most powerful. Also, the infinite combo he has is called the Armageddon fists
Zell is the most reliable way to take out Omega Weapon.
@@forcelightningcable9639 open the playstation lid and keep scrolling until it comes along haha!
Squall walked so Geralt could run for playing cards at questionable times
"Shit, i can't live without Rinoa! But i can't live without playing some cards right now either, so welp" *-Draws hand*
FF8 music is iconic. I’m not kidding when I say that I hear it almost constantly on CZcams. It’s always in the background of videos at a rate way higher than any other game music, including other FF’s. I hear the Deling theme at least once per week.
I know I'm super late to the party, but dude, congratulations. Not just on this, hitting 400 games (which is an incredible feat by itself) but recompleting games, Beard Bros, making lists, HOSTING ON G4, you work so hard to entertain, and the genuine love and passion you put into what you do cannot be understated. Keep being amazing, Jirard. I wish you ever bit of happiness and success going forward.
He said himself that music is subjective, but I was actually kind of taken aback when he said he didn't find the music that memorable. Personally, I think this game has the best OST of the entire series. I actually listen to the end boss theme when I'm running late for work sometimes. It has not once failed to get me pumped in the last two decades.
I think there are moments in the soundtrack that are very memorable. Obviously Liberi Fatali is memorable, the man with the machine gun, find your way, the landing, under her control, the stage is set, ami, fisherman’s horizon, and the oath. All of these are very memorable. I think the main thing is ff 8’s ost is very thematic. There are a lot of songs that borrow from other songs. That may not make as many individual songs stand out as much as certain other games like 6 or 7, but there are certain melodies that come up a lot and those melodies are very memorable.
I'd say that FF8 got the best battle themes overall of the series - the "exploration" tracks, minus some, may indeed be less memorable than, say, FF9 soudntrack
@@khaotil_dub 6 is my favorite battle theme 10 maybe my second. 7’s got probably my favorite boss theme though.
Honestly, I agree with Jirard. outside of a few excellent tracks, I'm not a big fan of this soundtrack either.
Didn't Uematsu once call VIII his greatest work?
I KNEW the moment he brought up Charlie's Angels in an FF VIII video, he was gonna bring up that scene of the kids BOTH playing FF VIII
Squall will remain one of, if not, my favorite video game protagonists of all time. He’s just incredibly relatable to a painful degree at times. The way he hides behind his introversion to avoid the pain of losing everyone precious to him hits deep. While the gameplay may not be my favorite in the FF series, nor the story, I’d probably give those to FFXII, Squall’s character really stands out among all the others in the series, imo.
I’ve played every single final fantasy game. I absolutely loved FF8 from the story to junction system and definitely triple triad. I only wish the enemies had set level areas rather than scaled and it would have been perfect to me.
That intro is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
Final Fantasy VIII is my all time favorite game, just perfection. People complaining about Squall being emo have no sense of empathy, dont know his backstory and have no understanding of character progression. The junction system was so easy to understand that even as a 5 year old who could barely understand english, i still managed to beat the game...
I was also 5 when the game came out and I never had trouble with the junction/draw system. Sure, it takes a bit of time to draw 300 of a spell (100 per party member), but when you do it's super easy to make them OP, which I find fun.
I don't care what people say, VIII is awesome.
@@TheLadyLiddell yeah and even then, you dont even have to sit there and draw all the time, there is LITERALLY an entire system drawn around it which is the ability refine system, whether you play cards, mug enemies or just use dropped items, you can easily get 100 magic without it being tedious... but yeah, some people man 😂
@@chimpmonk right? I didn't really know much about the refine system as a kid, but when the remaster came out on Switch and I got to experience it again as an adult I realized just how OP it was.
Nah Squall was just a straight up dick. I remember Cloud being stand offish but Squall was on another atmosphere. I finished the game and watched the most stupid love story in FF series.
@@RaMraM-zm1el Not only that, the people around Squall are toxic. Forcing a relationship that he obviously doesnt show any interest in, making him a leader when he barely shows any inspirational qualities, etc etc.
I got into FF because I used to watch my step brother play 7 while I was very young. When 8 came out I was 11 and finally old enough to understand how to play something like a JRPG all on my own.
This was the first final fantasy I ever REALLY sunk my teeth into and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything
Hell of an episode and a hell of a way to celebrate 400 damn games completed. You're a madman, man. Love to see it!
*junctions 100 Death to Attack*
"I'm a genius!"
*character becomes confused*
"Oh no!"
Wahahaha I tried doing that vs Marlboro....death has happened .... just not on who I wanted.
And this is why I junction 100 Pain to someone's StAtk.
I remember kid me using a notebook to spreadsheet the optimal distribution of stats for each character to try to max every stat on everyone.
I had this setup trying to climb Odin's tower only to run into a Forbidden (a skeleton warrior), suddenly Squall did no damage .
100 confuse will solve all your death problems.
Jirard has 100% completed 1 game, on average, every 10 days since beginning The Completionist.
Everyone called him insane, everyone called him a mad man! These things might be true, but God damn it's been one HELL of a ride so far!
Congratulations on episode 400, here's to 400 more!
He’ll make 400 videos of him complaining about his income before that happens
Episode 300 doesn't even feel that long ago
I genuinely would love to give you a like, but I wouldn't want to ruin the perfect number you have there.
Don't anyone dare give this comment more likes. As it stands, it's NICE.
Jirard... thank you for reminding me that at the end of the day, gaming is based on love. Watching you express your love of games reminds me of how much I love the games I play
We were spoiled rotten as kids! Each game had 4 discs. Most game only had one let alone 4! I loved every game and am still amazed at how much bang we used to get for our buck! Tactics was 20$ and lasted 2+ DECADES. Damn we had it sooo good. So damn spoiled, every game was gold!
Soundtrack is a level of maximum comfy that feels like a warm blanket and perfect hot chocolate in a snow storm.
VIII is my absolute favorite game, flaws and all, the music, the characters, the summon designs, the big moments, all are so memorable for me and set me off on my love RPGs and JRPGs.
It also has the unenviable honor of coming after one of the biggest 3D RPGs and one of the best 2D RPGs, talk about being born with expectations.
Same. Not only graphics wise, but they tried something new. I played ff8 before 7. I'm playing the android version . If you click the joysticks it either x3 speed on the game and God mode pretty much lol kids today
FF VIII 's story was an acid trip to follow, but it was a great and fun game. The combat and graphics hold up well. Music is great, and has my favorite summon ever Alexander.
My favourite FF game, never got the same love for 7 as I have for 8 and 10. Also, love the junctioning system
Shout out to the real ones who grinded on island closest to hell, and feared Island closest to heaven.
FF8 had a really fun world to just explore with a lot of crazy secrets like these two islands or the jumbo cactuar.
Good lord, all the status effects on the island closest to heaven. I loathed that island, but still spent plenty of time on it.
@@Killtacboy I always had Quistis with the degenerator spell and initiative equipped in my party on these two islands. She always went first and degenerator kills every monster on the islands. Usually only took like a couple of hours to max all party members to level 100.
I must have spent an eternity on those two islands, drawing aura, regen, meteor, ultima etc and grinding until all of my characters were lvl100. It was my first and only play through.
When Omega Weapon cast lvl5 death I nearly threw up.
I also had no idea that monsters scaled to your level at the time.
This game is a messy masterpiece of unbridled creativity.
Time to play it again methinks.
And farming cursed spikes or whatever it was called for Quistis to learn the same move as Griever for 99,999 damage. Also the Tonberry was so annoying to get
“At the age of 17!” Jirard must not have watched much anime.
Because anime is always depicting things realistic.
@@Tatokat as apposed to final fantasy?
@@prawnk1ng No. As opposed to real life. It makes sense for a 17 year old kid to not be comfortable with that much responsibility.
@@Tatokat mooooot point. you ttry to justify thing from fiction with reality. DOES NOT COMPUTE
@@MikePhantom But that is exactly what Jirard pointed out. That it makes sense from a realistic standpoint. Not from a anime standpoint nor from a game standpoint. Also, maybe you haven't noticed yet, but the best characters are usually the ones that are realistic. The ones who behave the way you would in a situation. Because you are more likely to associate yourself with someone who isn't "perfect". Therefore, fictional stories are often trying to make their characters believable and realistic.
I rented this from the Fox Video down the road. I thought it was card game. It wasn't until months later when my friends where raving about FF. I go over a buddy's house and see this game. I was blown away that there was more than just a card game.
I could scream about this game for weeks. Thank you for playing this one. It was my favourite final fantasy and although i disagree about the music and sci-fi elements i still loved the video
I remember completing the card collection for the 1st time when I was 12, took like a long time because we didn't have internet back then. I still have my notebook here with all my notes on cards, best junctions, side quests, item farm, seed test answers. Had to squeeze a game for everything it had back then, I would be lucky to get one at Christmas so most games had to last me a full year and I drank every last drop of content from that game.
Ahhhh simpler times...ya miss it sometimes...
yes. i remember those days.
Reminds me of trying to get tonberry king with my mom, running around killing them everywhere just to find out you have to sit in a room and kill 20 of the little fish bastards. We hadn’t killed Odin yet so it was uh,,, difficult
Bruh Triple Triad is one of the best things about 8
I like the triple triad bits. Thank you for entertaining and representing, everything. You guys are awesome!
Grats on the milestone! And thanks for covering one of _MY_ favorite Final Fantasy games and a solid game that never got its fair shake.
FF8's soundtrack is one of the best in the series.
yes
Yep, Liberi Fatali... that intro was love at first sight. Also Eyes on Me and it's variants, just awesome.
and lets not forget the man with the machine gun... lagunas battle theme is just awesome.
@@btothekfromg5973 and THE LANDING
Heck, even the field music like Blue Fields is among the best
What a journey! Well done J-man and well done Nick on the intro. Absolutely smashed it!
Ff8 is in my top 5 games I love it. I remember when I got lion heart on disk 1, I was proud of my self.
Somehow I feel personally honored that you chose this game as your 400th as it is was my 1st FF and holds a special place in my heart for it
Seriously though, after nearly 20 years of loving this game, and seeing the near constant hate and dismissal, it's genuinely refreshing to see a (mostly) positive look at my second favroite FF game of all time. Thanks for the vid!
I think most people who hate it was because it was alittle over their heads at the time. FF7 was a fair more simplistic story.
This video was just an excuse to talk about that Charlie's Angels scene
Incredible music in FF8. I love this game! It's so overshadowed by FF7, it's ridiculous. I can't watch this whole video though, because as a kid I got stuck early into disc 2 (couldn't find where to go) and never came back to finish the game.
I got stuck in multiple playtroughs in the end of disc 3.
Last week I finally completed the game after 23 years 😂
I feel for ya man. My mom also has dementia. Fortunately for me, I was well into adulthood before it took hold. Definitely a hard thing for the whole family.
I have the fondest memories of FF8 because of the estetics and setting/atmosphere. The graphics really helped bring it to life compared to FF7.
People don't seem to appreciate the more realistic fantasy of FF8.
And an actual theme song with actual singing.
@@boeingnz Even my 50 year old roommate has heard of ff8, but that’s only because eyes on me actually topped music charts when it came out.
This games sappy love song about being a dreamer topped music charts in Japan and was known globally.
To be fair to 7 though there were choirs for one winged angel variations, and maybe one in the back for final jenova.
I feel like Jirard has had that bit in the back of his pocket for years, and was just waiting for the proper time to pull it out.
What, Triple Triad?
There actually was intended button mashing with the GF Boost ability. You hold select during the summon animation and mash one of the face buttons. This was long before I learned how to not level up and junction magic properly. Also the classic keep squall's health in the yellow and keep skipping his turn until his limit break is available.
Final Fantasy 8 was my first and I still do enjoy it.
I love Squall, I’ve always found him very relatable if only because he reminds me of how I acted as a teen
As someone that loved FF8, Squall always resonated incredibly well with me due to how my life panned out, I pretty much felt we were identical at times so maybe that's why I always preferred him over Cloud.... Also I REALLY enjoy plot twists, magic, time travel and things "not being as they seem"/surprises in game stories so the crazy stuff happening at the end blew me away. For me I think it's my fav in the series and it makes me so sad that it will probably never get the treatment FF7 Remake did.
Masterclass impression on FF8!! And dang bro epic milestone of a decade with the show. The depth of your scripts really shows your passion for the artform multiplex that vgames are. Absolute legend
Thank you for even MENTIONING my favorite game, Brave Fencer Musashi. It does not get talked about enough!
Man, you're crazy about the music. FFVII is my favorite game and OST of all time but FFVIII gives it a HARD run for its money. The soundtrack is unbelievably good in this one.
Viii and Ix had the best ost to me
2:37 That full, genuine smile on Jirard's face just fills me with warmth
Coming late to this video.
FF8 was my second ff game, I played it after 7, but I loved 8 so much more, as a 13 year old with anxiety and abandonment issues I just related with squall. But more than that I just loved everything about the game, the visual style, the characters, the music, Man With A Machine-gun is a top tier song and I will die on that hill.
I played X and VI almost simultaneously. Then XIII, IX, III and VII. VIII was one of my last so have no first time bias. And I still loved the hell out of it. Imo 8, 9 and 10 are the best
This outro is the best thing I've ever seen
This man shaves and regrows his beard every time he’s gotta make a new intro.
It s The Reiwa Period Right ?
Are you questioning the power of his beard?
Squall and Rinoa's limits are not there most broken in the game. That honor belongs to Selphie.
@@Gogeta166 Booya and Heel Drop until the end of time. At least until you say, "Okay, that's enough."
@@Gogeta166 Also, The End is a bit of a pain to bring out. Zell's Armageddon fists is guaranteed win
(10 secs) Punch Rush, Booya, Punch Rush, Booya, ..... (1sec left) Heel kick, Roundhouse, Punch Rush, My Final Heaven.
@@Gogeta166 While true, understanding the crisis system and Selphie's slot sets can make The End far quicker without being much more unreliable. When you start her limit break, it will pick a set of spells, and there's only 16 sets. If you don't immediately roll 2x Ultima, Wall, Full-Cure, Rapture, 3x Triple, or The End, then you're on the wrong set and just need to close and reopen Slots to try again. Doing this repeatedly is very fast if you get good at it. But yes, it's still RNG at the end of the day
I haven't known your channel for very long, but I have seen a few of your videos and I gotta say. Congradulations. Congradulations on the many great and not so great games you've completed in the past. The Videos I have watched of yours (Mostly the Final Fantasy ones) are something I enjoy because you have moments full of genuine love and then anger because of the grind to complete it. You make content I truly enjoy, and I can't wait to see what other games you complete. Also I know this is late sorry, love you Jirard!
I didn't play Triple Triad in FFVIII, but it looks completely identical to Triple Triad in FFXIV. Even the music is the same. Also in FFXIV, not only are there region specific rules, but there are special rules for different NPCs as well, sometimes.
FFVIII will always be my favorite game ever. Triple triad is amazing and I would play for hours on end, and the junctions game system makes perfect sense when you actually understand it, tho it is broken and exploitable.
47:32 I loved how they offered many ways to get items and progress without getting EXP to keep your party low leveled if you knew what you were doing. Card, for example, is one way. Get an enemy weak, then use an ability that turns them into a card and gain no exp.
Yeah I was super surprised he said the general consensus was that triple triad was bad when I’ve always heard even from the largest ff8 haters that the card game is amazing.
Idk about you but excluding random (that rule can burn in the hottest fires of hell) I actually liked playing with the same or plus rules. It does make the cards wayyy harder but I’ve always viewed it as a final evolution from the original simple version you start the game with
Love a bit of Triple Triad, forgot half the tricky rules but it's damn fun building ur deck and squashing them with your Teammate cards later!
@@jacobbillups4715 if triple triad was bad it wouldn’t exist on mobile devices as a playable game in 2022 lmao.
Also the game “ creatures of aether “ is literally triple triad with some new rules, and the equivalent of a “ hero power “ from games like hearthstone
FF8 was my first final fantasy and i loved every second of it. I will NEVER understand the hate for it.
I had been playing since the first on on NES, and 4, 6, and 7, probably 5 via emulation by that point, and lots of other JRPGS before playing 8, and it blew me away with how utterly inventive and unique it was in every single facet of its design, from the freedom of junctioning, to the SEED rank giving your money if you took the time to look through the menus and find the test, to the enemies leveling with you so that the old "I did every sidequest because I love this game so much, but now the final boss is a pushover" issue was impossible (unless you deliberately don't level like a pussy lol.. seriously the way you played, just normally leveling, is the best way to play the game.. I don't understand why people always say they never level their characters... just because it's there doesn't mean you have to play the game in the most exploited way possible, it's just an organic way for the player to choose their own difficulty level... so everyone playing low level is basically playing the game on easy mode and thinking they are gamer gods while also being bored because the game isn't interesting with zero challenge... I honestly think that "keep everyone low level" advice does a ton of harm to the experience people have with 8, because it can be extremely fun and challenging all the way through if you allow the enemies to level up and get all their moves etc... I think it's just sad that Jirard and so many other people have this weird almost religious/law-oriented perspective on external Achievements/Trophies/whatnot, that they see that as the measure of completing a game... when a game like 8 you can tick all those technical boxes without really seeing the whole of what the game has to offer, ie playing at a high level in general), and the characters didn't just look like normal humans, they were written as complex, fallible individuals who struggle with internal doubts and such... that was also revolutionary for a JRPG, especially a mainline Final Fantasy game. I loved playing as Squall because for the first time in a game I was truly relating to the protagonist the way one does with a character in a book that resonates with one's own life experience. I think a big part of it is cultural differences, the expectations for a "relatable" character are completely different, Japanese like protagonists who are introverted, thoughtful, don't always say what they mean because the emotional burden is too great, etc... whereas America is... America hasn't really evolved beyond external capitalistic forces being primary motivations for people, and is obsessed with masculinity to a pathological degree, so all those personality traits of Squall (and a lot of the other characters too, they are all well written) that were super human and relatable to me, were viewed from the American cultural lens as negative things the average young male doesn't want to associate themselves with, or even admit they have those feelings and moments of emotional weakness... and it just becomes this retarded bandwagon led by the people with the least emotional depth and appreciation of art who see something easy to make fun of from an American perspective leading the zeitgeist, people who haven't even played the game or any other JRPG but 7 or who always saw the kids who played RPGs as wimps and bullied them in earlier years, their voices are the loudest, and everyone who can't think for themselves piles on, and the well is so poisoned that it's hard for people who like the game to just talk about it in good faith. I've seen this phenomenon so many times in my life (TLJ is another great example of it, but there are so many) that I now become interested whenever there's something that has this big public loud negative reaction to it, because there might be something really beautiful there... as when mediocre people come in contact with something great and beautiful that they can't enjoy, their reaction is especially violent.
@@jedgrahek1426 I strongly agree with every single thing you just said here, god damn that is so spot on. The kind of people who think playing through the whole thing low level are kinda like people who play through games with chests but worse because they take it as how the game is supposed to be played since you don't need a GameShark to do it. They literally think they're better for playing it that way. It's kind of like people who think speedrunning is the only way to play a gsme, just ignore all of the art to it and see how fast you can beat it and how meticulous you can tweek. I mean, it's not a big deal to Speedrun, buy I imagine these FF8 low levelers are like an elitist version of that. I just don't get it tbh. Last thing, what is TLJ?
Lastly, down to the toxic attitude a lot of these basic dudes have and how they have this intense aversion to even just admitting to being emotional beings, I agree with all of that too. They have to have this facade of "I'm a man, I only think with logic bro what you talking about?" as if they aren't capable of feeling. I hate it so much.
8 wasn't my first. I played it after 3, 7, 9, 10 and 13. I loved it, imo the best 3 games in the franchise are 8, 9 and 10.
I’ve played just about every FF game up to 12, and I thought this game was fine. There was a story point that was a little stupid in my opinion, but otherwise was great.
@@jedgrahek1426 dude. put your entire comment in paragraphs. its difficult to read it like this.
The junction system didn’t make sense when I very first played…but now that I understand it, you can be dealing major damage early in the game haha it’s awesome
It makes perfect sense, it's just that hardly anyone takes the time to learn it their first playthrough.
Thank you for all the videos and the countless hours invested to create the things you do. 🖤
I’m shocked your take on the music though. FF8 has another stellar soundtrack
For real, the extreme is the best FF song ever made
Its the best soundtrack, best story, best gameplay
Yeah it's up there with XIV as the best ost in the series
He didnt even mention Man With A Machine Gun by name.
Maybe I'm a Lion.
This was such a fun episode to help you with Jirard. I'm glad to help you on such an important milestone.
I liked Triple Triad as a kid and don't remember having so much problem getting all the cards
Still enjoy just hearing your opinion and enjoying games! It's insane how this has kept going and just been a mainstay in my life all these years. Really enjoy it!
First FF VIII review that doesn't mention Selphie's "The End" ability.
This review literally only TALKS about collecting every magic, item, card, and achievement. Nothing about getting every member from Balamb Garden to be on Ragnarok. No specifics about how hard it is to miss magazines. Nothing about Laguna flashbacks effects visiting those places in the present.
Completionist isn't about the full struggles of 100%ing a game anymore. Most video content about story.
@@elocfreidon OK
IBELIEVEYOU
I am going to watch Charlie’s Angels again just for that “one” scene. I can’t believe I missed that!
Jirard will never let me live it down. XD
@@belatedmedia "Can I interview you?"
I this game as a young teenager when it was first released and I really enjoyed it.
I did not learn until much later in life that this game was hated because when I played the game the internet was not much of a thing and I knew no one else that played the game.
400 episodes of this series.. this is one of the longest tv series on youtube we had! Congrats Dude!
You’ve got to give Square some kudos for managing to include whole 50 hours RPG as side content for this card game.
It's worth shouting out Zell's broken limit break, where you can simply combo "punch rush" and "booya" over and over again. If your fingers are fast enough you can do over a million damage like that in the end game.
With your level of experience completing games your perspective on game design and communicating themes is incredibly interesting.
FF8 was my 1st Rpg game i ever played,so this game is really special to me because after this game I complet more than 100 Rpg games.
The atmosphere,music,characters,story... everything in this game is so great to me this game was an eye opener to me,so I never will understand people who hate on this game.
Squall Lionhearth personality is really resemble to my own,maybe that's why it is still my favorite game along with Valkirye Profile.