REVIEW | Final Fantasy VIII Remaster (Switch)
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2020
- Ew. Final Fantasy VIII. This is my fifth Final Fantasy game I think? Final Fantasy 8 is a doozy to get through. I had to play FF8 twice (kinda) in order to beat it. Anywho I hope you enjoy my Final Fantasy 8 review!
" Final FANTASY VIII remastered brings the game's classic story to modern platforms now with newly rendered visuals that bring the world to life like never before. Experience the journey of a lifetime the mega-hit RPG, final FANTASY VIII returns in this stunning remaster. This PlayStation4 version features new graphical enhancements and a whole host of options to customise your gameplay experience. Story: The Republic of galbadia, under the influence of the Sorceress edea, mobilises its great armies against the other nations of the world. Squall and other members of Seed, an elite mercenary force, join hands with rinoa, a resistance Fighter, to fight against galbadia's tyrannical rule and to prevent edea from fulfilling her ultimate goal. "
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This is about right but it is still a pretty cool game
Good shit, girl. -Taylor M
Do final fantasy XIII next.😈
Do final fantasy 9 on the switch or ps4 next.
You're just a crying baby (like most of milenials) cry and complain about everything so after watching a couple of your videos and seeing how negative you are about old games you can shove you opinions and your channel up you A!!
You get my respect. I don’t know how many ppl have it in them to play a 40 hour RPG for a 2nd time after they hated the first play through.
My pride wouldn't let me. I beat games, I don't let games beat me. Haha. Thanks for watching!
I'm still no fan of FF8. And Square had better remake FF6 LONG before they consider one for 8.
Professional reviewer
@John The first time I saw Final Fantasy VIII, did not like it. T'was a far departure from Final Fantasy VII.
@@hubertcumberdale2651 because only your opinion matters, right?;)
I love how you really emphasize the terrible puns in your reviews
As a huge fan of Final Fantasy 8 I disagree with your opinion but I understand your overall point haha. Great writing in this review and the in depth look at the soundtrack was a real highlight in this video.
keep up the amazing work!
DreamcastGuy! I was literally just watching your 20th anniversary FF8 video.
@@jakeausten9673 So?
The overworld theme is my favorite tho.. but to each their own. Honestly massive respect to playing through twice. Takes dedication for a review.
"That's what made the game so "DRAW"n out."
That's a 'Like' right there.
I just want to say that I’m really happy I found your channel. The video game community, especially the ones that make reviews and other video essays, is a big sausage fest and I wanted to find more women to watch and support. And then I found you! What makes it even better is that you talk about my favorite genre, jrpgs, super often and it makes me so happy I found you. Please keep up the good work I love seeing your videos.
I respectfully disagree with many of the points you made, but I can still see your point of view and why you feel that way.
Thank you for being honest and having the courage to put your opinion out to the world.
But what about Doomtrain?
Soooooooo....I never got Doomtrain.
If I remember correctly you had to gather a bunch of materials for him and I was over this game and was not about to do some fetch Quest BS.
I always give doomtrain to Selphie, because of her line before the Timber mission "Train, train, take us away. Into the future we will go" =)
Still one of my favorite entries in the series that I’ve beaten several times. The criticism this game has received is definitely warranted which is why I’m glad to hear someone else say this game definitely deserves a remake.
This was the first final Fantasy I beat when I was a kid.
FF8 is my all time favourite, the first in the series I played and fell in love with. To hear you rip it apart, chew it up, spit it out and tread all over it in this scathing review is quite frankly 100% accurate. As a young and troubled teenager I found Squall endearing and relatable, the NPC’s mostly friendly, the sleepy villages quaint and Esther city a promised land. Now however, I wanna slap Squall with a wet fish and demand he get some life experience, need the game to speed up the pace and have someone cast silence on Quistis whenever she attempts to recite a flurtatious tutorial. This review was spot on even though I still love this game. Great stuff!
I really hope that one day FFVIII gets a ground-up remake like VII. If anything, just to overhaul and refine the mechanics in this game that make it so frustrating. When people talk about remaking old FF games, a lot of the time their answers are based off of nostalgia or what their favorite was when they were younger. But for me, VIII is the game that would benefit the most from getting remade.
let me tell you something, I love FF8, like dead a** love it. but if you ask me to score it, I'll give it 5, 6 in the good day. that is how you are being real, do not let your love clouding your professionalism. admiring a flaw of something you loved it is called maturity. So! girl you did a great job!
I recently beat FF8 and I'd rank it as my second favorite FF. I disagree with almost every thing you said but I totally understand why you feel that way,the game is divisive and far from perfect. It's one of the black sheeps of the franchise for a reason
The online games, XIII series, XV and X-2 are the black sheeps.
VIII on the PS1 was crazy good at the time. But not all people liked it. Just because its not insanely popular like VII and IX doesnt mean its black sheep ^^
@@icessoup what does it mean to be a black sheep game then
What was your favourite? FF7 or FF Tactics?
Ive never made it past disc 2. The junction system is exhausting and the summon animations get grating
final fantasy 8 is so flawed and weird and youre right about every point but i just cant help but love it haha. probably because it was my first final fantasy game and i kinda enjoyed rinoa and squalls love story
It was the sixth or seventh final fantasy I played and I kind of feel the same. VI, IX, XII and Tactics are still my favorites, buf VIII have a weird place in my heart, where I love it, but I do know it's kind of bad.
Your first FF is always be the best FF for you. That rule works on me too. In this case, same with you. I love FF8 more than any other FF XD
About Squall and Rinoa love story, Lady Pelvic released a video about FF8 that kind of made that issue more clear.
Jared chose mostly the "Squall responses" when prompd, and it makes him act more as an Asshole towards Rinoa. If you actually choose the nicer answers, their dialogues and romance overall is a lot better, specially because the change in Squall behavior in disc 3 is a lot smoother that way. It still have very cringeworth dialogues, but it's just not as forced as it was in Jared's gameplay.
While watching Jared, I asked myself if people mostly making the asshole choices because they are the first one is what made them think they are the "Squall responses" in the first place, because my Squall was not that much of an asshole. (Still kind of was, though)
Ali Wardhana ff8 is not my fav haha thats probably 9 but i do think if it hasnt been my first i would NOT like it
I was the perfect age to embrace this game in 1999 (16) as I love RPG's and the characters were essentially my similarly aged digital peers. Retrospectively it was a disappointing title with a poor combat system and bizarre story. Meanwhile, I now consider Suikoden 2 the absolute best from the PS1 era.
I would love to see Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest remade. I've always been a big fan of JRPGs which allow you to feel like your choice of weapons really matter (FFII, Bravely Default) so it would be fun to have that aspect redone. While the game is notorious for having been made with a western audience in mind, under the belief that said audience was not good at JRPGs, I still think the combat system of having a set number of encounters in your pathway of the open world could be expanded upon in a beneficial and fun way. Plus, the pattern of the enemy's artwork changing to show damage was just fun to see how the artists could have fun.
Plus the soundtracks is dope af.
Thanks for being honest with us! Anyone who watches your channel knows your are JRPG-obsessed so I don't think there's any need to praise something that isn't there
One of my favorites. Havent played the Remaster yet. Definitely looking forward to this review!
Aww you hated it. Well I appreciate your opinion nonetheless. Made some good points. It's definitely a very divisive game of the series.
The remaster is much better. It makes drawing magic faster. People hate that feature but idk...it's no more tedious than grinding for levels...
Fun fact: Final Fantasy 8 has more summons than any other mainline Final Fantasy except for 6. If you count Angelo, Odin, Gilgamesh, Phoenix, Boco, Mini Mog, and Moomba which are not junctionable.
@@emzkoe3904 I thought everything good that is in the remaster was in the Steam version too, without the horrible reskin of the characters' models, like Dissidia's more-emo Squall. But I never heard of drawing faster; I heard of the speed x3
@@VerdeAnticoright. But with the increased speed drawing doesnt take nearly as much time as it does with regular speed. Plus, 3x speed or not, if have a turbo controller and set your cursor to memory... bam! You got your magic with little effort. I think people making more of the drawing system than it is.
@@emzkoe3904 Guys, you dont have to draw except a few times in the game XD Get some AP and refine baby. The only thing they failed was spoonfeeding that to alot of players that dont comprende
I always felt like I was the only one that wasn't into FF8. It's good to know I'm not alone in that feeling. Excellent video with well thought out points. I'm gonna subscribe now.
You're definitely not alone. Nobody likes 8 (but me lol)
@@bobgray6498 you shouldn't say nobody the game is just divisive
I thought it was the worst rpg I have ever played.
the best part of ff8 is how soulfull it is, the space and so many diverse things it got
About Squall and his relationship with Rinoa you have to understand that Squall has some separation anxiety issues and trust issues with people, he closes up around others because he's afraid that he'll wake up tomorrow and lose them. On the airship with Rinoa, he explains that he started to close up after his "sis" Ellone left him as she went to hiding due to her powers and Adel being after her from Squall's child POV Ellone just straight left and ghosted him one day and it traumatized him and broke his trust. Then Rinoa "waltzes" in and tries to teach him to just enjoy the moment and being open around people is okay when she falls into coma Squall learns that she was right he was a fool being closed up and anti-social in life means that you miss out on the good things in life and you end up taking them for granted.
When Squall and Rinoa dance at the graduation party you can see Squall start to chill out a bit and dance seriously with Rinoa and stop trying to escape from her and go back to his "hiding place" and drink wine alone spot and then when Rinoa walks away from him he has a very heartbroken expression on his face and then he's extra grumpy and "bitchy" towards Quistis who's trying to flirt with him.
I respect your views on the game though, but FF8 is baaaasically "young adult with trauma learns to open up with the power of kindness and love " the video game. This game does have some big flaws and you can tell that they rushed it because I think that this game was coming out the same time as the Sega Dreamcast? So you can tell that they rushed it so it could rival that as FFVII was basically a Playstation seller.
I remember attempting this game a couple years ago and it got to the point where I had to summon my aeons to kill random encounters...
Can we stop for a second to appreciate how nice this comment section is being right now, regardless of personal opinions and experiences with the game? Way to go, folks!
Thank you for saving me forty hours of my life. I almost bought this on sale.
Not worth it my dude.
Maybe check out more than one opinion. Millions of people love this game.
@@PelvicGaming let the man form his opinion by himself
Finally. A fair and proper review of this overhyped game. I think the reason people praised it at release was because of leftover FF7 hype and the small graphical upgrade. I have to admit playing it had me so burned out on RPGs for a few months. Mad respect and keep going.
I agree with you on a lot of things, even though I feel you’re way too harsh on the junction system. But everyone is different and not everything is gonna click with everybody, and that’s fine. I’m with you that it still would’ve been better having the traditional magic system, would’ve made for a very different gameplay experience.
I love that you don’t care for this game so much, yet can evaluate why a remake/reimagining would help this game most. Very level-headed approach and I’m glad you played into the subjectivity of how some of the systems and music just don’t work for you whereas obviously it might work for others. I also love that you don’t give the romance the benefit of the doubt since the game itself doesn’t elicit such events to occur anyway, really remarkable points brought up here and I love that you played into why you don’t like the game, not why others might not enjoy it!
I really want a remake of FFIX, I love him so much, and the story is so great...
Idk. 9 is such an amazing and charming game. If the "FF7R" final fantasy 9, I will be sad.
@@emzkoe3904 to be a real remake, they need to maintain the original aesthetic
I'd love a FFIX remake, mainly because of nostalgia and I'd love to see some plots expanded such as Fratley's amnesia and Necron's lore. A sequel would be fine too. I'm just glad that they're creating an animated series for it.
"Conjunction junction what's your function." CZcams that music video. "Drawn to it" I see what you did there. Great review. I liked this game cause it was the only FF game I played when it released. I would love to see a FF7 remaster.
Completely agree about an FF8 remake. I feel like they wanted to go super experimental with the original release and a remake could let them look back on what did and didn't work and refine it into something super interesting and fun, while also expanding on characters/lore/etc. Outside of FF8, I just want to see an FF6 remake in the style of Octopath Traveler.
You get me.
My biggest complaint with the remaster is the non-analog movement. The original PS1 game had it but it's been broken in every subsequent release, and I was hoping they would fix that in the remaster. It feels so clunky to move around.
100% agree with you about the bummer feeling of feeling inclined to hoard magic. I'm someone who often hoards items in games already, so I found myself just attacking or using the occasional GF in 8, never using magic for that exact fear of penalizing myself.
Your suggestion of 'learning' the spell and just having MP would have gone a long way. The junction system's ability to break the game is interesting, but I would personally prefer it to be more traditional and fun, with the ability to break it going away as the compromise.
I like FF8 but I agree with pretty much everything you said. Great review and video as always!
also.. its nice to hear a level headed review of a game and not just someone gushing over the game like its shear perfection! good work.
Im playing this game and i grinded a bunch of battles thinking i was getting stronger at the game. Well that's frustrating now.
years ago i fell in love with jim sterling for his ff13 review... today i fell in love with pelvic gaming for the ff8 review
Thank you! ♡
😆😆 I absolutely adored this game when it came out, but I totally get the criticism. The pun was so cute 😂
Yes, 100% agree that a remake can fix so much! The Sorceress War, Hyne's story, that certain father/son relationship. I really hope that if they do remake this game, that they fix all of those plot points and then some.
I would like that they flesh out more the cast too.
That was a great point that you made about the dialog choices for Squall. Game designers should really consider more whether giving a player the ability to choose a dialog option will benefit or hinder the story. And to your point about the music, I tend to refer to FF8's soundtrack as the mellow FF music because a lot of it really is rather low key. Overall I agree with most of your review but I do really enjoy the card game which I think I may have said that part on Twitter already but ohwell. Anyway, I want Final Fantasy 2 to get a proper remake. FF2 is one of the worst mainline games but I find it to be very fascinating considering both that it laid so much ground work for the series and because its story could be great if expanded. I actually talked a bit about this in one of my Final Fantasy videos and I was planning to talk about it even more in a video I'm currently working on.
This attack on Quistis *will* stand because it's funny AF. This review was cathartic with how "meh" I feel about this entry.
I personally love this game but I do appreciate the cheeky and confrontational tone of this review! And I do think you are right on some of your observations even if I disagree on most of them. Great review as usual!
Yeah I luv she says how she feels but fuck yeah I disliked this video hehe
I love the game but I totally understand why you didn't. You made all your points very clearly and it actually helps me better understand everyone who doesn't like the game. Great review. And thanks for not trying to sugar coat anything. Keep it up!
I will say I didn't like it so much my first time (didn't hate it tho) but loved it more with each playthrough after. A lot of the story is told very subtley.
For me I want FF1 remade. I think it has the most potential and is the most limited by old hardware.
Well said.
its ballsy to say that a final fantasy game missed the mark on most things but you are right this one def did. Story and characters were way below average and that junction system....... the only thing i disagree with is the music i to this day love this soundtrack lol. Great video as always.
FF8 is my favorite FF ever (perhaps because it was my first one), but I totally get your points. I also don't think it aged very well to be honest. I feel like Final Fantasies in general have a problem that they start slowly and take some time to get good, but FF8 takes this to an extreme. I love this game, but I always felt it only got fun after you get enough GFs to abuse the refining system properly so you can get (almost) all magic you need from items, which unfortunaly only happens in disc 2.
It's nice to hear someone shine a light on the shortcomings of this title without any nostalgic-bias, despite the fact that it does hold a special place in my heart. I also had no clue they used one of it's songs in the Olympics!
I like the Sorceress/Seifer story beats. And the music is absolutely 10 out of 10. I bought it on launch day and was pretty damn disappoint, overall. Through the years, I have grown to love it. I even love the stuff I hate about it. That's nostalgia for ya. Playing the Steam version with the Roses and Wine patch sure helps it stand a little taller.
I played 8 in 1999 and fell in love with it. I was 15 and a moody teen who identified with squall. And his growth made me want to grow as well. As an adult, this game is flawed as hell. Yet when the remaster came out, I got every trophy and 100% completed it, again. I think my nostalgia played a huge part in my love of this experiment of a AAA game. You points are all not only valid but correct. I will only disagree about the music as I adore it (but again, nostalgia) this was a fantastic review and I am a sub for life!
One of ff8s best strengths is the multiple play styles and challenge runs. No junction runs, job runs, elemental character runs etc....
My fav is assigning a job to each gf and only equipping one at a time to make an in game class system. Triple triad makes this possible.
Thank you so much. Without a doubt FF8 is my favorite game of all time. I'm sorry you didn't love it, but appreciate your honesty and the fact that you gave it a second chance. I recognize this game's big flaws, notably time travel and amnesia, but I think I love it in spite of them.
Which GF was your favorite?
If I had to remake a ff it would be 5 just to refresh the pixels.
You are really good at video game reviews. Definitely worthy of massive views. This is a very detailed review people!
The worst part is how it was censored in the remaster.
FF8 was actually my introduction to Final Fantasy. I played the demo of the game over and over again off the Pizza Hut demo disc
you deserve an award for getting through this game twice and making a review about it. I love the FF series but honestly, this game is not it.
THANK YOU for making honest reviews!!! People sometimes talk as if early Final Fantasy games can do no wrong, but sometimes a bad game is a bad game no matter the franchise.
Thank you for watching and enjoying my commentary! ^^;
Squall was at his best in the Kingdom Hearts games and I will die on that hill. Great video as always btw
Dissida squall
I must say I loved the passion of how much you disliked most of this game. So down to earth. Personally I enjoyed it. Then again we have different play styles. And I respect that as a fellow gamer. And yet i can completely side with you on a lot of those issues. At least they bounced back with FFIX 🤣
While I disagreed w/ some of your points (mainly the soundtrack), I would love like an FF retrospective from you. You had such a fresh outlook on a game that has been discussed to hell and back.
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9:20 I only manageed to beat the final boss because I had two of these invincible drinks left. What also helps in regards of the entire game is to not level up until disc 3 or so when you have these GFs that give you one permanent attack or defense stat point when leveling up while having them equipped. That way the spell junctions aren't that important anymore except for maybe HP. Would have been nice though, if Quistis had explained that to you at the beginning.
I like the nostalgic memories I have of FF8. But. Every time I replay it I get so annoyed I quit half way through. Every time. So, agreed on this.
Ok i spend a lot of time trying to find a non fanboy Review of this game to help me deside to play it or not, thanks for this Review! 👏🏻
Youre most welcome! Glad I could help!!
If they were ever to remake FF8, I would like them to keep the draw/junction system, but change it slightly. Limit how many spells you can stock. Say you can stock 2 spells at Level 1, so you have to decide what you stock, and maybe increase that limit as you level. And cast them with MP. Say you draw Fire, junction it to STR for the sweet bonus, and you can still cast it without hurting your stats.
Otherwise, I'd say the Remaster fixes my biggest issues. Using 3x speed and Cursor memory allowed me to stock up in a fraction of the time and No Encounters allowed me to keep from leveling. If you don't like the story, that's not changing. Though I feel most people's biggest issue was gameplay and that made them dislike other things.
Great review, though.
So... When are you going to review the smorgasbord for the sense that is Final Fantasy X-2? That cutting edge work of literary genius! That epic tale of the most grand adventure! Hands down the BEST Final Fantasy game to grace is with it's grace!
Lol no date.
I can’t help but respect them for trying something radical with the battle system in this game. It would be so easy, coming off of one of the largest and most successful JRPGs ever, to just do the exact same thing. But instead they did the Draw/Junction mechanics which, though far from perfect, were perfectly tolerable IMO and make the game very unique.
In that sense it’s like Zelda 2 or Mario 2, looking at a huge success and deciding to take huge risks anyway, and I really respect it even if it’s a game I’m not rushing to replay
Yeah, agree with everything you said. I was playing FF since the first so when I played through 8 it was soul crushing... really hated everything about it.
A game where Squall junctions his GF so he can spend time with his gf
I love these reviews. I played FFVIII when it first came out in the USA. It was made for a different time-video games at that time (particularly Jrpgs) were played by teenage guys who totally got Squall's angsty love story. The music was remarkable for its time, as were the FMV's (PS1 players enjoyment of these peaked in 1999). Like many games of its era, it was groundbreaking, but so many games have repeated elements of it's story, that it has lost it's novelty.
Even though I’m disappointed that you didn’t care for FF8, I really enjoyed your review. I loved making my band and traveling into outer space and fighting aliens and having to reach Rinoa before she drifts off into space. I loved the connection between the characters. I also didn’t care for playing Laguna or that card game lol. Why did you have to do Quistis like that?? 😂😂😭😭
I just finished the remastered a few days ago and I agree with a number of points you said. I loved this game but man story was a mess it’s like kazushige nojima had bunch of interesting ideas but didnt know how mesh it together. Still this game had a rushed development so the blame can’t go entirely to nojima. Hopefully ff8 will get a remake in future after ff7 I love to see them have second go at creating this game fixing the flaws found in gameplay, story and main characters aside from rinoa and squall.
I personally enjoyed VIII but I totally understand and appreciate your critiques. I completely agree with your conclusion that VIII would benefit from some kind of remake that fixes the junction system and hopefully also the story. I would like the side characters stories to be expanded upon and more depth revealed about them.
Final fantasy 8 is real magic: the first time I played all the way it back when it was released I absolutely hated it, then I played a second time and I got it, then i loved it. That's ff8 magic!
Yup yup!!
I felt the same way. The whole set up is strategy. Not like you have to fight constantly to gain exp. You mostly have to rely on GFs.
They should make a game about Laguna´s life. First he fought for the army, then he is is living a peasant´s life in a small village (what happened between those? army betrayed him? Love triangle between him, Rinoa´s father and Rinoa´s mother?). Lastly, he is the mayor of future city (Lord knows how many behemoths he had to fight to get there, how many friends he lost...not to say he was forced to leave his child behind, etc)
FF 8 have a interesting lore, but the game itself don't explain it to you, so it kinda fails in that too. I would love a full remake of Final Fantasy 2 with a more polished battle system. I played on the PSP, and after knowing what I was doing it was fun.
I love your honest opinions, this is actully my favorite ff tho :)
This may seem like a silly answer considering this isn't a Final Fantasy game, but I'm counting it since it was made by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the original creator of Final Fantasy).
I'd love to see a remake of The Last Story. It's already a pretty great game, but it's held back so much for being a Wii game. The visuals could look so amazing on a modern console. And it'd be a great way to fix some of the problems I had with the combat system.
But if we're only counting true Final Fantasy games, I'd have to go with X-2. Purely because it's one of my favorites
I love your brutal honesty, huge respect. FF8 was my second jrpg and i didnt struggle at all the way you did and i was 13 lol and had been playing games for 2 years. Didnt play games before that really.
I mean its a ps1 game from 1999, i played it on release and there was no other game like it. But if you dont enjoy reading dialog, the amazing world building and characters, the story, the card game and figuring out how to maximize your power (forget about drawing except GF's), then its probably not a game for you.
But wow its one of the best jrpg's in history and the junction system is one of the best systems ever. Only thing i dislike is how easy you can cheese the system with cards and mods. Super fun but super ez cheesing lol
You never have to draw really, but you learn abilities with GF's and learn refining items and magic. Since you played twice and didnt enjoy yourself, im pretty sure you only played remaster, speed boosted your way through and never got enough AP for GF's. They are the source, then just press auto and the game junctions for you. Super simple really but it is outdated.
It's amazing how you make a pun so AWWW and GET OUT THERE'S THE DOOR worthy at the same time lol. I'll get to this game eventually but I enjoyed the review.
This review is god tier. Loved it! And yes, I get FFVIII too haha
I think they should remake one of the really old ones...like the original or instance. I want to see that but in the same style as FFVII Remake.
I think a key moment to Squall's character is early on, you get sent on a mission by Rinoa's dad who is callous about her. Squall without hesitation says 'You know we're SeeD right?" Basically, we're super soldiers and if you fuck with us we'll kill you. It's this amazing little moment. He's a 17 year old kid, but in a heartbeat threatens a powerful leader to protect his people. He does care. He's just... awkward.
Jesus, Lady Pelvic, your make up is, like, *super* on point this video.
Also, FF8 is deeply flawed, but also deeply underrated.
You had my 'thumbs up' until you got to the games music (joke). Great review of a problematic game... Which final fantasy would I like remade? I'm not sure... but a remaster of vi in the style of octopath would be special!
I've played FF8 to completion about 3 times, and I hadn't been able to put my finger on why the romance sometimes worked and sometimes didn't until you explained it. Making it the player's choice was a bad call for this kind of game.
I also agree that having a hoarder mentality can be stressful when managing the Junction system. Last time I played FF8 y limited myself by only equiping certain GFs to certain characters for the whole game, and only drawing Magic when I felt I wanted to, to cast inmediately or to stock a little, and the game wasn't even that hard that way. I feel like FF8 allows for a lot of customization, but it's too overwhelming for kids and adults tend to go for the optimization mentality.
I agree with a lot of your points, specially about the plot twist, but FF8 will always be one of my nostalgic favourites :)
Good Video!
Found your channel by accident today and I’m so glad I did! You gained a new fan :)
I've always thought Final Fantasy 8 was boring af
I said it once, and ill say it again...
Go talk to a wall.
;))
Great review as always, and i get that FF8 is not everyones cup of tea. I like it alot cuz of the junction system is so diverse. And the music in the game is probably the best in the whole series imo. Keep up the good work Pelvic :)
Back when it came out my brother and I played the shit out of it, we didn't understand much English back then so most of our memories come from the stylistic design, and not so much the narrative.
Playing it when I was older it did lose a lot of the charm I remembered, characters became husks to carry the plot out, except like you said for Squall and Rinoa, the unnecessarily convoluted story didn't do anything for me, but there's still this charm I can't stop seeing in it, specially the design, like fuck, I love how every character looks, Rinoa was also my first gaming crush, so yeah.
Also the fight with Odin, hell, anything related to all the summons, they're my favorite designs from all the franchise.
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Jeez it has been so long since FF8 came out and that was the only time I played it. I remember liking it less than 7 but being impressed with the updated graphics. I guess I may have to check out the enhanced version.
You were very brave. Good job. Kind of makes me contemplate doing a replay of FFVIII for the old, "see how it feels 21 years later" kind of thing.
It's a bit peculiar; on the one hand I have the emotional memory of enjoying the game well enough, and did the usual 100%ing it thing. But on the other hand, it was apparently such a sufficiently unmemorable game that when I started trying to remember the actual plot of the game a few weeks ago... I just had to just read a wiki. Triple triad, and junction-- that's what someone who 100%s FFVIII in 1999 remembers two decades later. So in 2 decades from now, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, you remember about the game. Thank you for the excellent review.
I have been distant from CZcams/social media for awhile (new job and life changes), glad to come back to videos from creators I love. First off I clicked this knowing how much I enjoyed it and that you would shit all over it 😂 never gets old. I never look at games I play as critically but hearing your complaints made me go “huh yeah she’s right”. You’re vids are great and you always make me laugh and think more about my favorite games. Also love the hair!
I do love the game myself, but pretty much all of your points are fair. Especially the romance aspect of the story. I recall Nomura himself stating that he wanted the story to focus mainly on that and thusly we didn't get as much development on the supporting cast. But that would've absolutely meant not making it possible for the players to miss and/or ruin, as you pointed out!
AND A THOUSAND TIMES YES ON THE REMAKE, I've been saying that since I heard VII was getting one. Like as much as I loved some of the new elements in that, I would gladly switch the parts of VII getting a fresh-paint remaster and VIII a remake overhaul.
I do legitimately love this game. But I still loved your review :) thank you
I skipped 7 and 8. They just didn't look or feel like real final fantasy. Thank you for confirming my suspicions on this game.
as someone that didn’t like ff8 that much I agreed with your opinion
I genuinely love Final Fantasy VIII, warts and all, and I totally agree with what you said about it. It's a massively flawed game, but it's one I'm fond of. Aside from things that you mentioned, FFVIII has a world that I'm fascinated by. The side quests all lend to this world being packed with weird occult happenings, many of which can be explored in side quests. That alone has made my appreciation for the game grow over the past twenty years since I first tried it out.
But yeah, it's a mess. It's just a mess that I love.
XD My little brothers would hate this review so much. They LOVE this game so much. I, myself, couldn't play it, but I enjoyed watching others do it. I dunno, I do agree there is room for improvement, but it was just something I found myself enjoying regardless. "Man With the Machine Gun" was a good track, but I tend to find myself gravitating toward "Premonition" (Sorceress battle theme) sometimes, too. Out of all the characters I wish they could've expanded on, Ultimecia most definitely. We knew nothing about her other than she wanted to screw time up, simply because she could. The creators outright denied she's a future Rinoa that lost her knight (Squall), and that's why she's doing this. Either way, I enjoyed your review. It was honest, to the point, and no sugar coating.
Out of all the Final Fantasy games they could remake to make it better...? Hmm.... that's a tough one. I could say 12, get rid of that god awful License system, and make it feel less like an MMO. That's just me.
why did you dislike the license system ?
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I remember feeling very interested in exploiting the junction system back in the day-first time ever I felt that way actually. The story is meh for sure, and the pacing was sluggish enough for me to focus on that other aspect of the game. A subpar story with pretty striking graphics, for the time.
I like this game. I could never love it mainly because of a lot of the things you mentioned in this review. I think you were pretty fair to it overall. I think it's a solid game, but you do have to be in the mood for it. Your views on fixing the junction/magic system are great though. I wish the game had done that. It's very frustrating to draw new spells only to be terrified that if you use them you'll get weaker...and eventually you will.
I guess there are talks of FF9 getting a sequel. I find that intriguing. I really don't know what storyline they could do. Sir Frately and Freya?? :) :)
I would want Final Fantasy V or VI remade just to give them even more recognition and love