Final Fantasy VIII was released 26 years ago today, on February 11, 1999! Does the Final Fantasy franchise still hold a special place for you?
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PurePlatinum
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Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth are excellent, but outside of that the series hasn't had a good single-player entry since XII.
XVI is laughably bad. Like one of the worst major AAA Japanese games I've ever played.
XVI is laughably bad. Like one of the worst major AAA Japanese games I've ever played.
Boozeroony
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It is my favorite. Not because it is the best game, but because it introduced me to jRPGs. I was 16 when I played it. I had never experienced a story so epic in gaming before and thinking about it makes me feel warm and nostalgic. Life back then was so uncomplicated.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
2 Massive RPG's about to release in a few days I want to play.
But you know what, fuck it, downloading this again. Give it a whirl for a bit. Get that cozy familiar Balamb garden music and feel back into my veins.
But you know what, fuck it, downloading this again. Give it a whirl for a bit. Get that cozy familiar Balamb garden music and feel back into my veins.
ssringo
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I was stationed in Germany when Spirits Within was released. A buddy and I were excited to see a big screen Final Fantasy and left base to watch it one afternoon. Sadly we got called back to base before we had a chance to see it. Something about a terrorist attack on US soil.
Yeah, we were spared the travesty by the fucking 9/11 attacks.
fart town usa
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It's not as special as it was back in the day but I'll always be interested in the series.
Personal favorites are 6, 7, 13.
6 is still the overall GOAT IMO, I like the story the most in FF7r, and 13 has the best battle system/OST.
Personal favorites are 6, 7, 13.
6 is still the overall GOAT IMO, I like the story the most in FF7r, and 13 has the best battle system/OST.
Valt7786
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8 is my favourite of the PS1 trilogy. I know its not perfect, but I love it all the same.
I would sell a kidney for it to get the FF7 remake treatment. That combat system with those characters would be super fun, but I know it'll never happen 'cause "Ending confoosing, draw system hard
".
I would sell a kidney for it to get the FF7 remake treatment. That combat system with those characters would be super fun, but I know it'll never happen 'cause "Ending confoosing, draw system hard
".
GymWolf
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Lucky bastard.
poodaddy
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I should give it another go at some point, as I did love everything about the game except playing it. I still maintain that it'd benefit from a fundamental remake from the ground up, but I don't trust modern Square with it at all, as I'm one of the weirdos here who hates the new FFVII games as they just go way too anime for my taste.Its about the only FF where you need foresight. Playing it casually, collecting magic, leveling up, will get you nowhere. You will ask yourself, why is my damage so low and why do they one shot me?
But once you abuse this system, and you really don't need to draw much as you can refine items for 99x high tier magics etc, you can become a god. In remaster I decided to do it. I had 4k health and Lionheart just after finishing the Tomb next to Deling City. It was fun. And I beat Omega legit actually for the first time ever, he's completely fair and does nothing random. Ultimate Weapon had so much agility in my run that he actually Game Over'd me twice but Omega didn't lol. You can toy with bosses, not killing them outright (you'll want to draw a GF here and there too).
And get this, I forgot Carbuncle and I even fucking forgot to take Diablos from cid. No platinum
cireza
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FF is still an interesting license for sure, and I have replayed to completing VIII recently. Absolutely loved, of course.
Can't say I have any interest in XVI and VII remakes, they can't move away from these games soon enough...
I hope they go back to VIII / X / XIII / XV style with XVII. Otherwise it will be, again, an easy skip as far as I am concerned. I need that edgy Nomura style in a futuristic setting with badass music and action.
Can't say I have any interest in XVI and VII remakes, they can't move away from these games soon enough...
I hope they go back to VIII / X / XIII / XV style with XVII. Otherwise it will be, again, an easy skip as far as I am concerned. I need that edgy Nomura style in a futuristic setting with badass music and action.
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Icymanipulator
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1-12 do, but everything after that I don't care about at all. There hasn't been a good entry in almost 2 decades (12 came out in 2006)
MSduderino
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Amazing game. I liked the brighter colors and more realistic looking character models compared to VII. Squall was the perfect angsty character for me in my early teen years.
WhiteWaterM00se
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As a fan of the original. It is on my GOAT list, how will i like the new one?
Elginer
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Holds a very special place for me, hell getting a squall tattoo next week as I recently started a gaming half sleeve. Was my first Final Fantasy and my parents were going through divorce and school life wasn't the best either. It was an amazing game for me and touched on a lot of themes of feeling alone at time and for me to open up to friends. Have had Squall in my gamer tag since gamer tags were a thing.
Hope that a remake is true as some of the story telling was damn messy. Would love to see the story expanded.
Hope that a remake is true as some of the story telling was damn messy. Would love to see the story expanded.
Von Hugh
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I don't care that the junction system sucks. I don't care that people keep on talking about it like it's the only part about the game. If you see FF8 only for it's gameplay, that's beside the point.
The music, the atmosphere, the world, the art, the story and characters are fantastic. There's really no other game like it. It came out at a time where there was less worry in the world, and it shows. I was also only eight years old at the time, and I was hyped as fuck for the game. I had my older friend over to play the game at first, and only after I played the game myself. It was such a good time, and I feel super nostalgic for the game and the time period.
The music, the atmosphere, the world, the art, the story and characters are fantastic. There's really no other game like it. It came out at a time where there was less worry in the world, and it shows. I was also only eight years old at the time, and I was hyped as fuck for the game. I had my older friend over to play the game at first, and only after I played the game myself. It was such a good time, and I feel super nostalgic for the game and the time period.
TGO
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Honestly it's the only other FF that's worthy of the FFVII-Remake treatment, although an actual Remake not a sequal like FFVII Remake/RebirthSecond best FF game. If you didn't get the Draw system you're low IQ.
anything else would be a fart in the wind in comparison.
Maybe X, but other then that FFVII is the only one is the same tier.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Bought it a few days ago. Still listening to the OST from time to time, probably the most nostalgic Final Fantasy for me.
Remind me please, does the console version come with built in cheats like the PC version does?
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TGO
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FFVII Remake/Rebirth is the closest you'll ever get to FF from that era, give it try
But remember it's not a Remake.
Oberstein
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FoxMcChief
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Facts.Second best FF game. If you didn't get the Draw system you're low IQ.
FF6 > FF8 > the rest
emivita
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You can speed up battles and have no encounters. And that's more than enough for me. I think PC version has more cheats available.
DragoonKain
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It does, very much, but all because of its past not its future. The only FF games I look forward to now are remakes or remasters. The new mothership entries I don't like. I hated FF16, I thought it was just a generic RPG with cool graphics and cinematics. Offered me nothing I love about RPGs.
Bernardougf
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Was my first FF maybe thats why I loved so much ... best Lead Character in any FF game imho ... never understood the hate towards it... but hey I dont care. Loved.
jshackles
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I got in an automobile accident a few days before this released. A month later I was out of the hospital, and my brother (who was working at Blockbuster at the time) brought me over a rental PS1 and this game to play while I was recovering from massive head trauma.
The game's story definitely hits different when you're not capable of forming short term memories.
The game's story definitely hits different when you're not capable of forming short term memories.
Bernardougf
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So keep the good memories.. and stay away from this shit.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Yet continued Playing TLOU2 after Tommy & Joel randomly spills all the details of their camp to a unknown group hiding in a building just outside the camp for weeks.
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Hunter 99
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FF will always have a place in my heart and I always buy the latest releases despite a few dissapointments (XVI)
The ps1 trilogy are incredible and you can't beat the turn based gameplay imo.
Ff9 was my first at 9 years old, my uncle gave me a £50 note for my bday. I was so excited I walked that same day to my local Game with cousins and picked up ff9 £49.99 .
The screenshots on the back case and the fact it was 4 discs wow.life changing summer for me.
The ps1 trilogy are incredible and you can't beat the turn based gameplay imo.
Ff9 was my first at 9 years old, my uncle gave me a £50 note for my bday. I was so excited I walked that same day to my local Game with cousins and picked up ff9 £49.99 .
The screenshots on the back case and the fact it was 4 discs wow.life changing summer for me.
Little Mac
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Nostalgia keeps it alive for me. The last remarkable FF for me was FFXII and that came out almost 2 decades ago (I never played the online games). And the series really hasn't shined since the FFV - FFX era. The last 2 FFs have been disappointments imo and XVI wasn't even an RPG. In an effort to attract new (young) gamers, and to justify absurd development costs, the franchise has lost its way and has alienated the fans who grew up on the series.
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HJuggernaut
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Yes. It's my favorite all-time game, and it was the first game that merged storytelling gameplay and 3D graphics. It's the perfect adventure with memorable characters, set pieces and music. It's really a gem.
saintjules
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TGO
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Being from good ol' England, Final Fantasy wasn't big here so Final Fantasy VII was the first for me.
you could say FFVII sparked my interest in the series..
But VIII? that game cemented my interest.
I would buy FF games with no questions asked going forward.
Although my faith was shaken a little with IX and revived with X then I don't know what happened.
FFVIIRemake/Rebirth is the only FF I've played recently that had the same feeling of what I feel in love with.
I'm getting old, I already posted here
you could say FFVII sparked my interest in the series..
But VIII? that game cemented my interest.
I would buy FF games with no questions asked going forward.
Although my faith was shaken a little with IX and revived with X then I don't know what happened.
FFVIIRemake/Rebirth is the only FF I've played recently that had the same feeling of what I feel in love with.
I'm getting old, I already posted here
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Lokaum D+
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Lol
CliffBronger
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My second favorite FF after the original 7
DownLikeBCPowder
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The old games will always be special to me forever, but the modern titles haven't done much for me in a long, long time. After XII, I could take or leave the series and feel no different, really.
EverydayBeast
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Right now I look at final fantasy as a legacy franchise, 7 part 1 and 2 aren't on the series x or switch 2.
Hollywood Hitman
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It does but not for 7, FF2 and 3 and the first game do. I mean I know it's FF4 and 6, but at the time knowing it as 1 2 and 3 always stuck with me.. But those games were life changing for me as a kid and why I'm an rpg fan to this day
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
I love all of them until after X. I guess starting with XI, it just hasn't been the same. They need to bring Sakaguchi back.
Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec... We were all riveted by that introduction. FFVIII may have been controversial, but it also brought a lot of new fans to the saga. It integrated FMVs into pre-rendered backgrounds and made a bunch of pixels the "best looking guy".
Whatever, you say? That's what the new generation, less stimulated by this license, might say. We don't yet know FFXVI's sales figures, but we're already a long way from the ten million mark. For a budget higher than Red Dead Redemption 2, that's saying a lot.
Perhaps the series needs to get back to its roots, and perhaps it needs to abandon its numbering (Yoshida sketched out the idea in an interview).
Final Fantasy, old-fashioned or still relevant?
PeteBull
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Still got my ff7 PAL copy for psx, i traded fifa 98 for it around holidays 97 in semi-illegal place akin to arcade playstation games saloon, simply owner of that arcade bought it then realised its not great game for arcade treatment(and rightfully so, u need to dig deep to enjoy game like ff7, 10min or even 1hour sessions wont do much good 
) and quickly made the trade with me for my fifa 98 
It was glorious, have beaten the game 3 times, one of the times with everything maxed, all hidden content/ultimate weapons, optional bosses/summons/max lvl for all party members and even max atributes which isnt fast thing to do
) and quickly made the trade with me for my fifa 98 It was glorious, have beaten the game 3 times, one of the times with everything maxed, all hidden content/ultimate weapons, optional bosses/summons/max lvl for all party members and even max atributes which isnt fast thing to do