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As a single player who has played Destiny since 2014, TFS is agonizingly anti-singles. The exotic mission that requires two, the legendary Cooperative Focus missions that replaced the weekly story missions needing a group, the Elite Battlegrounds this season not having matchmaking. They literally have the blueprint on how activities can be run with open matchmaking why did they make 2024's expansion so anti non-group?

I played through FF8 when it first went out. Spoiler-free. Went internet-dark for a week. I had a fantastic time and thought I had just played the best game ever made. The ending being the best ending I've ever experienced to this day just further cinched the deal. Then I went online and was shocked so many people didn't like it. I was like, "Did we even play the same game?" Still enjoy it to this day. And I think a lot of folks overanalyze the battle system and get bogged down by popular opinions. For example, the memory loss is foreshadowed if you pay attention, and the game is not designed for you to sit there drawing 100 spells from every enemy. etc. etc.

I love when people appreciate FF8 but please, for the love of god, I wish people would realize that the Draw system is not the be all end all for obtaining magic. And I don't blame people for thinking you need to sit there drawing magic all day to strengthen yourself. The game does a terrible job showing off its systems. If anyone reading this ever replays FF8, please make use of the Card command. Like in every monster battle. With Card Mod and Magic refinery. It solves the issue of obtaining magic by drawing, and it also allows you to fight monsters as you would in any other JRPGs. If you Card the enemy for the final blow, you still get to have normal fights AND you won't gain experience for it. AND you can mod and refine the card for easy, plentiful magic. For comparison, Card works exactly like catching Pokemon: the weaker the enemy is, the more likely it will succeed. And there's some fun to be had learning what monsters become what items and what items become what magics. I did a casual playthrough a while back and you don't even have to try that hard to avoid leveling or to stock up on magic this way. And using your junctioned magic doesn't impact your stats as much as people fear it does. When you have 100 of a magic, you can use like 10 or so and not feel much difference for it. Also, make use of transferring magic between characters. Stock up more than 100 of a magic and keep the extra on your reserve characters so when you use it in battle, you can just quickly transfer some over and top back up after battle. This game is not as frustrating as people think it is.

I love FF 8.

18:31 Funny, but i found that even FF chaos found a better variety in combos than 16. And even Arise allow you to play different that of combos-styles, AND allow you tou change of character with just one button in middle of the battle. So if you have enough adrenaline, you could insane things in arise changing to all the characters.

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The problem Is the complexity, and having to be in the stupid menus too much, although I beat it, along with the Ultima, and Omega weapons, it was just okay, and I personally could care less if summons have their own HP, another problem is that the game has like half the enemies of FFVII, so constantly fighting the same bugs, and caterpillars, gets pretty old. Both games to me lack having enough cool boss characters, unlike Legend of Dragoon has, FFVIII really needed that, FF IX also, fighting Beatrix like four times was super annoying. I was thinking wheres the other cool boss characters in FFVIII? So to me FFVIII is just a weak rehash story wise of FFVII, and it was long drawn out over 4 discs which makes it even worse, I mean they went into space wearing space suits?! Talk about a dumb concept, and not only having to draw things suck, but having to boost only certain stats with certain summons is so restrictive also. Its a pretty looking game, especially the remaster, but it's not that fun. and the story is convoluted, boring eith alot of uneeded filler.

To me best final fantasy game ever made but it was sabotage straight up unfinished masterpiece

Awesome, vid. Keep it coming, my fellow 🎉

great video, the game really is special with its cutscenes and story telling it has a special place in my heart now haha

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The games full of crap, its counter intuitive and its poorly designed. You spend 15 mins drawing magic every 5 mins. You have to keep junction swapping between characters. for new players that's insane because they don't know when you need to do it so half the time you end up in a fight unjunctioned. Thirdly the stories lazy and ridiculess AFTER disc 1. The only positive I have from the game is the characters are awesome the cutscenes are amongst my favourite in any FF. Also triple triad is amazing. If you enjoy sticking your willy in summons to do all your fighting. And you love the simplicity of absolutely no gear to worry about. And you suck on lemons for breakfast, And have a neck beard - this game is for you.

To further dive deeper into the idea of focusing on Squall and Rinoa if you look at the OST there are no character themes. Instead you have a couple of main melodies that come back in different versions throughout the game. Most notably is Eyes on Me. Waltz for the Moon, the song played during the dance scene is a waltz rendition of Eyes on Me. The song Julia plays on her piano is an instrumental of Eyes on Me, and Eyes on Me's lyrics are about their encounter at that bar. There is a lot more around this and Liberi Fatali, from small things like chord progressions to reuse of entire segments, but there is no song dedicated to any of the other party members. Uematsu said in an interview that it was refreshing not having to write character themes. Also, there is a theory around memory loss and Irvine during the assassination mission. He says it is his first time, but not only that, he knows who he is about to kill because he still remembers the orphanage making the shot much more difficult.

Think you're far too generous. The draw/junction system has no redeemable qualities. Not that they're making a remake but they'd have to make a completely different system. Theres nothing to build off there. Also the ability for some that have already played being able to break the game early isn't a bonus. Thats not a good thing.

No.. 12 is their most experimental. 8 isn't even more experimental then 7 considering 7 was the first more life like futuristic FF.

FF8 was my first FF game and I played it with little to no understanding of English. I still love this game and, if there was a remake on PC, I'd buy it on a premiere.

U can create anything with all the tools available today (so many text editors, art apps, irl art tools, voice recorders, etc). So feel free to create anything u want, theres nothing wrong with taking what u like and adding or subtracting it to make it how u want it

Play more CRPGs

great video, i can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers

I Agree with you. Also first Unreal engine 5 games are being released between now and end of 2025. Black myth wukongs sales are an example

I played this game back in the day and it was amazing, had it after ff7 and really liked the junction system. Would love to play it again very soon if I get the chance!

I’m on this game in my final fantasy marathon, I like this game and the system too. But I can understand why this game isn’t like much, the system is overly complicated, but once you get past the learning curve, it’s fun. Just try to stay low level as possible and it’s a breeze. And being op isn’t necessary tbh.

I remember my uncle having it on PS1 and thinking how cool it was to have an adventure game so long that it took 4 discs. The story is fun and despite being a little wild towards the end

I skipped school to get this on launch day. Took 10hrs to get off disc 1! Glorious memories 💚💪🏻💚

The story felt like a YA novel you will find deep in the libary with a corporate art cover, but is decent. The Girlfriend system also felt like it overshadowed the other combat system since it has soo much power I never to use draw, or any other mechanic, since its way more appealing and have a lack of visible consequences. I also felt like the character cast is not as diverse as 7, since their overall architype design is way more similar. The menu also sucks since the characters equipment on the screen invisible and has to be individually checked, so dispite having an easy switching method in "switch" I still had to painstakingly off and switch in "Junction", the customizability of it is also much more lacking unlike 7

FF keeps selling less and less. This game flopped. It wasn’t good and the fandom needs to stop living in delulu land.

Very interesting :)

Only saw the title and figured you were a simp for FromSoft. If this is a “masterclass” then I think FromSoft is cooked because they went ULTRA-lazy here. Think about what you commit to script because this is no “masterclass” Won’t even do you the favor of watching but you did get a comment out of me. P.S. I platinum’d every Soulsborne game and adore Elden Ring AND played through the DLC twice and it is FAR inferior to the main game and I’d encourage you to watch a couple criticisms to see why so many people think it’s not a “masterclass”. Critique is crucial for games improving and the DLC doesn’t improve on ANYTHING.

😆😆😆 2029. I think...Sorry but this year has made me hang up my controller. Unless something SERIOUSLY CHANGES we'll see these in what 2028? And when they finally come out they'll be rush jobs that end up sucking. What a slap in the face 2024 has been!!! BOO!!!

here's why final fantasy 8 doesn't deserve a remake: square enix would be making it. It's a lot more serious and edgy than ff7. i'm not convinced they could do it justice given their approach to story telling these days. i loved 7rebirth but mostly for the silly fun stuff and quirkiness - definitely not for the story updates and lore reworking. Ff8 is more atmospherically consistent in being dark and moody ...and square could easily make a mess of that. they might have a chance at doing a good ff9 remake, which was more appealing to me in it's lightheartedness and charming world than general plot and story

Red dead redemption 1 remake please rockstar!!

Are you dyslexic or did you change Edea’s name?

After so many over hyped games to come I don't give a rats ass. I'll find out when released !!!

Did you intentially skip ff9 when you mentioned side character developement arcs like vivi wasn't the most interesting side character in the entire series?

well would love it. but if they deviate from main story of it. forget it. they just ruined FF7 by not killing aerith and early introduction of sephiroth. FF8 convuluted story will be more convuluted if they try to rewrite the story. squenix are notorius on juggling remakes stories like they did on FF7R.

I just finished playing FF8 for the first time and I HATE it. But unlike most games that I hate, I can absolutely understand WHY people who love FF8 love FF8. My specific issue with it is that I'm not interested and don't have time to figure out the deep and involved mechanics, but I also don't want to use a guide. The game is difficult to play blind unless you have a lot of time and curiosity. It doesn't present a lot of important information (like the gf refining abilities, or that enemies level up with you so leveling too fast is bad) in the tutorials and you're expected to experiment and dissect the game's systems on your own. The translation is rough, and like you said the supporting cast feels stapled on and the memory loss sequence felt extremely out of nowhere. I think there is a good game in here, but I think the people that love it CAN love it because they learned how to avoid or minimize the bad parts of the game. Or they enjoy experimenting with character builds, which is something I personally have little patience for.

The weirdest thing for me with ff8 is that you're clearly supposed to be mercenaries. The game leaves no question on that, but there's no system for taking on mercenary missions outside of the main story.

It's ironic considering now that FFVII within itself is the most convoluted story in Final Fantasy now. Mainly do to the same crew and lack of Sakaguchi. And decades later, the bread crumbs of the GF memory loss still eludes people though it was talked about through the game. The biggest giveaway was somewhat when meeting Irvine and he remembers them, but the party doesn't and you spent time talking to NPCs on the way. FFVIII has lots of little things hidden in the game for those that pay attention, but I feel the "plot twist" wasn't one of them.

I never really understood the complaints with the draw system and "grinding." It's really a non-issue, and there's no reason to grind unless you force yourself to. Use a few cures during a boss fight? It's really not an issue. Your HP is barely impacted, and next time you run into an enemy that has the spell, you draw a couple. In fact, that's how you should approach the entire system. Draw once or twice per battle and you'll have no problems. When people complain about the draw system, I get the same vibe as people who save their items for "the right time" and then finish the game never having used an item once. The system isn't poorly designed, you're mostly just hindering your own experience.

Just got this for ps5, great game. Love the thump sound Robo makes when he walks and the gun play is top notch.

Still waiting also nice video, but the game was so underwhelming

Re trilogy is a dream come true. It really is. Rebirth just blew my mind away, just like the OG when i was a teen. I find that it complimenting well the OG. And Rebirth made me care so much more for the characters. Learning the lore of the world was even a higher experience...truly is the best FF I have ever experience. ( I played 6 , 7 , 8, 9 , 10 , 13 ,15)

I’m not a fan of this game mostly because I would preferred just a Peter being the main focus of this game and save miles story for a sequel of his own. I hat the mj mission (Fuck Brian Intihar) the story was rushed, Peter had no agency, the black suit arc was rushed, Harry being agent venom is dumb because it feels like spider man isn’t special anymore now any random joe can get powers or a symbiote and move around like him that’s pretty lame and makes it generic but that insomniac with their superhero games their generic

Anything Sweet Baby Inc has touched will burn to the ground.

Great video. Absolutely loved this DLC!

Nice

Ff8 was my first in the series, I was 14 and absolutely fell in love with it. As I’ve gotten older 8 is one of my favorites to revisit because of the junction system! Seriously if you put in the work in disc 1 you can become an unstoppable behemoth! It’s so fun to break this game in half