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- With Final Fantasy VII, Square showed that it had mastered the epic; with VIII, it shows that it has mastered the personal. The characters and their relationships are all extremely believable and complex; moreover, the core romance holds up even under the most pessimistic scrutiny.
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The absolutely number one reason most people ever hated on VIII is because VII was their first Final Fantasy and they didn't know that VIII wasn't going to be a sequel or that they wouldn't see Cloud and co again in a main line game (though, this crowd is the reason we have spin offs and a movie of VII).
Kat Bailey, writing for 1Up.com, noted Final Fantasy VIII as the first game in the Final Fantasy series which features a love story as the game's overarching theme, calling a daring choice and symbol of the video game medium's continued evolution as a form of storytelling, with numerous subsequent video games adopting romantic subplots to varying degrees of success.
The story was somewhat predictable but still entertaining. Mind you this is strictly opinion but I think it's worth playing. I think the fact that it came after the ever popular FVII made it more of a hate focus and the infamous 7 vs 8 arguments. Apples and oranges if you ask me.
Official Introduction. The story of Final Fantasy VIII follows Squall Leonhart, a cadet in a military academy called Balamb Garden. Squall strives to become a SeeD, a mercenary who can wield magic with the aid of magical beings known as Guardian Forces.
My personal opinion is no. It is one of the worst in the series story-wise. The game throws at least two nonsensical plot twists at you, a nonsensical ending, a very underdeveloped villain, an unlikable main character, and a manic pixie chick who is 100% just that, with no depth (Selphie).
Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was released in February 1999 for the PlayStation, and has since been re-released on Microsoft Windows in 2000, with this version being ported to Steam in 2013. A remastered...
Feb 24, 1999 · The core of any Final Fantasy game has always been its story, and Final Fantasy VIII's story is the best the series - and likely the genre - has ever seen. With Final Fantasy VII,...
