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Digital X

Feb 5, 2015 @ 5:52pm

No in game item/ menu.

First time playing this, I have completed the fire cavern, but needed a potion mid battle, there is no option to chose an item. Does this come later? Can only "attack" at the moment, thank you.

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cefcasans

Feb 5, 2015 @ 6:21pm

You need to junction a GF, then some abilities to your character.

Go to the junction menu, select GF then choose one or both for Squall (you should have Quezecotl and Shiva), then it should automatically go to the screen where you choose abilities for your character. From the start, you should be able to choose 3 out of the following:

GF (Summons a GF)
Magic (Allows you to cast magic you have stocked)
Draw (Allows you to take magic from enemies or draw points to add to your stock)
Item (Allows you to use items)

cswheele

Feb 5, 2015 @ 7:45pm

this. this is correct you basically need a gf to do anything aside from attack or run.

cswheele

Feb 5, 2015 @ 8:11pm

lol my first playthrough i really struggled to understand the game and basically stalled and failed at the sorceress adel battle. lol i wouldnt have that i would have had to equip a magical creature to drink something like a potion or to use eye drops lol

Chewy102

Feb 5, 2015 @ 8:41pm

Just one reason why Im not a fan of FF8. You can't use the stuff in your pocket without having first equiped the item command. Maigc, skills, and what not I can understand needing some work arounds. But items?!

FF8 isn't a bad game, don't take me for down playing it. The game is just made in WTF style in most every area. This REALLY gets annoying to high hell in the final part of the game where you need to unlock the right to even use commands again, each and every one of them needing a boss killed to do so.

Doubtful Feb 5, 2015 @ 10:13pm

Originally posted by Chewy102:
The game is just made in WTF style in most every area. This REALLY gets annoying to high hell ...

My thoughts about FF8 in a nutshell lol. Couldn't bring myself to finish it...one of the only ones I never finished, at least before Square started rolling down Turd Hill at greater and greater speed and snowballed into the Mr. Hanky version of the Stay Puft marshmallow man.

Ahh...those were the days.

Last edited by Doubtful; Feb 5, 2015 @ 10:14pm

cswheele

Feb 5, 2015 @ 10:38pm

i wont lie thought the following couple titles werent horrible neither was 12. the thing about 8 is that it really tries to push you away from summons which i dont really like how much they punish you on seed levels for summons. that being said though once you learn how to play triple triad and understand the junction system. the game becomes a cake walk. getting super high level spells on the first and second disc really helps to push you along as well. junctioning magic strategically is the key to the game. it took me a trip all of the way to the end of disc 3 before i realized i ruined my game by focusing on summons.

cswheele

Feb 5, 2015 @ 10:40pm

honestly once i reach the point where i have revive restore and treatment commands the item command becomes pretty useless anyway unless you need to use heroes or something