There is no concept of equipping weapons and armor. Part of the challenge of the game is to stock enough magic, and to not have too many, as magic can only be disposed of by casting it, and there is a limit on how many different magics a character may carry. The magic is treated much like items, it can be exchanged between characters and used. A character will draw magic from an enemy.

All in all a very refreshing change.Īs a starter, there is no concept of MP or magic points. This one made alot of changes to the game system that make it a real departure from the other Final Fantasy games. One of the long line of Final Fantasy games from squaresoft. The junctioning system frightens and confuses me. The coolest part of Final Fantasy VIII, probably, besides the Guardian Force animations. The Laguna-Squall time relationship is reminiscent of Chrono Trigger, but is admittedly cooler. The message exchange on the Balamb Garden bulletin board is parodical of a real chat room, and is actually quite well done, because it is lame. This is the first game to have real swear words in the dialogue. It's hard to make uninteresting people say interesting things, so I'm not going bother with that too much. I'm not even going to mention Zell 'brash and insecure' Dincht and Selphie 'I'm a girl' Tilmett, the two most insipid characters I've ever seen. In the beginning he's a conveniently taciturn loner, and by the end he's a conveniently taciturn leader. From beginning to end, regardless of his rise in position, he doesn't change. He doesn't really like Squall, our hero, but he respects him a little. Now let's take a look at Final Fantasy VIII, starting with the quasi-villain, Seifer Almasy this archetype is usually the most interesting, like Kain Highwind in Final Fantasy IV. A good Final Fantasy game (or any rpg for that matter) should be like a novel your main characters start off one way, change substantially by the middle of the story, and are different people by the end of the novel. At points I found myself sitting there saying to myself, 'Why am I here, playing this game?' And, as seasoned console rpg gamers know, that's where the experience ends (weak pun unintentional). Some fans may argue that you're not supposed to think about that too much, kind of like the psychological aspect of Fight Club just accept it and continue on. Anime and the like have never been known to have the most sensical (is that a word?) stories, but the majority is a lot better than this. It's not complicated or confusing, just stupid. The things that most people criticize about the series are accented in this game. Squaresoft should be commended for trying something new, as it has been persecuted in the past for not changing the series enough. Apart from Final Fantasy II, this is the most different game of the Final Fantasy series.

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