The winning contender for worst Final Fantasy game ever created. It was released after Final Fantasy VII and Squaresoft were hoping it would be just as successful as the last one. However, the changes they made to the system in the game were radical and only served to cripple the game, making it vastly unpopular and a flop.
The story focuses on a group of six characters, most of whom are mercenaries contracted out to help a struggling (read: worst I've ever seen) rebel group. From there, the characters fall victim to incredibly hackneyed, trite and implausible twists and turns in the story (such as the point where they all find out they knew each other as children but had their memories wiped).
The gameplay is quite bad and actively discourages the use of magic. The characters themselves have little to distinguish themselves from each other apart from their Limit Breaks. The Junctioning system (used to help improve your character, since evryone levels up at the same rate regardless of their level) is unnecessarily complex and fiddly, detracting from what little good gameplay there was.
Some elements of the game were good, but ultimately Final Fantasy VIII was a flop compared to may of the others.
The story focuses on a group of six characters, most of whom are mercenaries contracted out to help a struggling (read: worst I've ever seen) rebel group. From there, the characters fall victim to incredibly hackneyed, trite and implausible twists and turns in the story (such as the point where they all find out they knew each other as children but had their memories wiped).
The gameplay is quite bad and actively discourages the use of magic. The characters themselves have little to distinguish themselves from each other apart from their Limit Breaks. The Junctioning system (used to help improve your character, since evryone levels up at the same rate regardless of their level) is unnecessarily complex and fiddly, detracting from what little good gameplay there was.
Some elements of the game were good, but ultimately Final Fantasy VIII was a flop compared to may of the others.
by Lofwyr August 11, 2005
America's recovery rock group.
Cutting edge, state of the art, hard rocking, completey clean and sober bunch of musician's who found a way to live their dream without partaking in the nightmare of drugs and alcohol.
A one of a kind union.
the 8
Cutting edge, state of the art, hard rocking, completey clean and sober bunch of musician's who found a way to live their dream without partaking in the nightmare of drugs and alcohol.
A one of a kind union.
the 8
VIII Days Clean is Ron, Jeff, Sean, and Tony and they are just four guys who share some common thread, they are all very talented musicians who are totally in sync with each other and they are all recovering fron active addiction. All of thier music tells the stories of who they were and where they have been.
by crazy 8 fan February 15, 2010
I haven't played it, and don't plan on it. I have a slim PS2 that could play it, but have better things to do. It would be fun though, someone please send it to me!!
by Joel Penner February 23, 2005
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that type of very pretentious name that is passed on in the family. “the eighth”
he sounds rich because of his name but he isn’t.
he feels the need to say his whole name when asked what his name is!
he sounds rich because of his name but he isn’t.
he feels the need to say his whole name when asked what his name is!
by ulwsaf69420 July 26, 2021