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LTTP: Final Fantasy VIII
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NipplesAndToes23
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Does anyone have any advice on getting Shear Trigger and Maverick as soon as they're available? I'm at Deiling City. I've realized I've never actually got these around this time.
The steel pipe for shear trigger you can mug from wendigos, I think they appear if you hug the mountains around Deling
SlaughterX
Banned
The FF I wish I hadn't wasted my time playing. Glad you liked it though.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Cool. It's going to be a while before I get Mug. I think I have 100AP on it. You didn't mention Maverick. Is it not possible to get Dragon Fins this early?
There's lizard things that drop them in that small bit of forest leading to Galbadia garden, again you have to hug the mountains
hydrophilic attack
Member
IcyRhythms
Member
Best FF game.
hydrophilic attack
Member
In my world, nothing could be worse than FF 8's story taken at face value
curi0usBystander
Member
Just so you know, you can make any weapon even if you don't have the magazine as long as you have the materials it needs. The weapon will just appear in the shop.
Leafhopper
Banned
Final Fantasy 8 is written on a napkin.
Other than that everything else about 8 is pretty nice.
Other than that everything else about 8 is pretty nice.
Pagusas
Elden Member
It's ok to have wrong opinions, I forgive you
I do love FFIX though, just not as much as 6 & 7.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Thanks. Looks like I can't get Maverick now because there are no Caterpillars where I am. Shoot!
Oh really? Cool.
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
The best one, easily. The character designs, the architecture, the music. The framing in a lot of cutscenes (walking down the train tracks).
Really the only thing lacking is the monster design which is unvaried and pretty lame aside from the witches. a lot of giant bugs and animals and not much else, some cool robots. Coming off of 7s wildly inventive and experimental beastiary, its lacking.
It's a very atypical FF game, there's little in the way of the usual story beats in an FF game, a ton of the fat is trimmed (no armor or accessories, no leveling up spells), it's low on the melodrama compared to other FF games. I dare say there hasn't been a jrpg since that's captured how FF8 feels.
Really the only thing lacking is the monster design which is unvaried and pretty lame aside from the witches. a lot of giant bugs and animals and not much else, some cool robots. Coming off of 7s wildly inventive and experimental beastiary, its lacking.
It's a very atypical FF game, there's little in the way of the usual story beats in an FF game, a ton of the fat is trimmed (no armor or accessories, no leveling up spells), it's low on the melodrama compared to other FF games. I dare say there hasn't been a jrpg since that's captured how FF8 feels.
It's probably my favorite game. It has Nomura's best designs (Squall is sleek as hell and Rinoa is his greatest effort in character design) combined with Uematsu's best soundtrack. The story does, indeed, get a little crazy but I just loved how off the walls insane it gets by the middle of Disc 3. Probably my favorite world too. The architecture of each city was very distinct with its own personality and hints of a backstory. Just a gorgeous game to look at to this day.
I am also addicted to Triple Triad and no FF minigame has come close before or after.
I am also addicted to Triple Triad and no FF minigame has come close before or after.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
The four things that are great about this game and you can't argue with me about it:
1. That Music.
2. Triple Triad
3. Fun "under the hood" character building.
4. GARDEN BATTLE!!!
1. That Music.
2. Triple Triad
3. Fun "under the hood" character building.
4. GARDEN BATTLE!!!
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
The hypest moment in the game hands down.
JimboJones
Member
Replaying it at the moment, always enjoyed the soundtrack in this one.
Not relevant but I found it posted in the steam community for FF8 and it made me laugh.
Not relevant but I found it posted in the steam community for FF8 and it made me laugh.
shark sandwich
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I'm a big fan of the Squall is dead theory. I think that's a much more elegant explanation of all the weird shit that goes down in disc 3 and 4. And it's the only way I can even halfway make sense of the ending.
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
I think they intentionally left it open to interpretation. Much like how VII's ending left it open to interpretation whether human civilization was destroyed (unfortunately they had to eliminate that ambiguity in order to make the sequels)
Vital Tundra
Member
I haaate the Junction system.