FF8- When does this get good?

[JarJarTwinks]

Hi guys, I am the proud owner of the entire final fantasy collection; however I haven't yet played themm all. So at the moment I am playing FF8 on my PS1 (that's why I don't have it on steam), I am 3 hours in and I am just not enjoying it. The characters are dull, the junction system is a pain (yes i understand how it works, it's just silly) and don't get me started on the GF summon times...

So I this game gonna better? Is it going to be one of those games where it suddenly opens up and becomes amazing or had I better spent my time somewhere else?

[enzyme1]

I had the same EXACT issues with/and response to FFVIII, and find myself favoring, and comparing it to its predecessor. So Erik, I have used the same words.

But despite its passive gameplay, and its (in my opinion) un-inspiring lead, FFVIII as a whole does (and will) redeem itself if you keep playing...I think this might what Square intended initally, because the pacing of the storyline is so off, that it is supposed to get you by suprise much later on, and in my case, it was MUCH LATER on, way after the first disc.

Spoiling the storyline on here won't do you any good, so you just have to keep playing. VIII just has a different pace then many of the others: VIII Does not have a plot which kicks off right away like in VII or X, nor does it make as great use of its gameplay style like in XII or XIII; but I wouldn't give up on it, once you get around the junctioning and so forth, it starts to feel like Final Fantasy.

[JarJarTwinks]

At the moment I am 8 hours in and I am glad I followed the advice of those people who urged my to go on, I am absolutely in love with Triple Triad and the game itself isn't shabby either (apart from the junction system which I just dislike); I loved it for example how the train mission in timber made me feel like a Final Fantasy James Bond!

[enzyme1]

引用自 Erik Butterbeard：

I am absolutely in love with Triple Triad and the game itself isn't shabby either (apart from the junction system which I just dislike); I loved it for example how the train mission in timber made me feel like a Final Fantasy James Bond!

Triple Triad was what kept me playing. I mentioned this on an older topic on these forums, how I find myself playing it just for the card game, instead of the main game itself.

Chocobo World is great too, and that on its own reminds me of old-school GameBoy.

But OK, yeah, as for the events in the story, I will tell you this much: that you are still in the early stage of the game, and it will take a while before things begin to escalate, and there will be red herrings everywhere before you get to the true storyline which will become familiar. (Now that I've been thinking about the plot so much, it does seem like it takes from a novel-style approach, where you have to work a little harder towards understanding it.)

[stoopk1d]

yeah FF8's pacing is uneven. slow start until you hit Dollet and then it's pretty much up and down from there.

I got into it and enjoyed the game overall but my older brother quit the FF series at this game. he was a huge fan of FF4, FF6, and FF7 too.

the card game helps keep your interest if you like that sort of thing.

[Ghost_Perdition]

Glad to hear you're sticking with it. I initially bought FF8 on Steam, got bored and quit. But then I got it on PS1 and once I got hooked on it's quirkiness I had to beat it and get most of the rare cards too; some of which are converted to high-end items for the epic finale. The triple triad grind and drawing gets a little out of hand initially, but it's worth late game. I went with the low level strategy while boosting so I never summoned any GFs the entire game; you won't need to worry about wait times if you follow that strategy.

Hope you have fun with it.