Final Fantasy VIII Remastered |OT| You're The Best Looking Remaster Here

[NattyBo]

Man I forgot how dope some parts of this game are. Really getting into the meat of it now. Looks pretty decent on switch handheld too. It's been since it's original release since I played this, so even though I thought I remembered it seems it was more broad strokes

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

I love this game so much

The customization and all the options given to you are so fun, Triple Triad is fun (though having to wait until you get non-trash cards was annoying), battle system is fast and fun (and Squall's timing-based attacks and the Limit Breaks are fun to pull off), all the characters are entertaining/charming, soundtrack is great, setting is amazing, pacing is great, etc.

The game also pulls off party separation and playing with other characters well, because of the Magic and Junction exchanging. I don't ever dread having to play as other characters for a small amount of time.

I guess the way the game shot itself in the foot is with how insanely overwhelming it is to a newcomer. You don't have to spend a shitload of time drawing (though I still do here and there) and you don't have to GF spam.

This is also my first playthrough where I'm refining items and damn that is hella useful.

 

[Guru Meditation]

I'm playing this for the first time and I think I may have screwed up. I hate random battles so I turned them off. So I don't have much magic and my GF haven't opened up many junction slots. I've literally only fought bosses and when forced to in the story. I've gotten by mostly by spamming GF.

Now I've gotten to the iron clad boss at the missile base and he's completely destroying me. I do ok until he starts spamming beam cannon which one shot kills each of my guys. All the guides say to junction thunder and water magic but I don't have many slots unlocked or magic drawn. I can't exactly leave the base to go collect magic and learn abilities for my GF.

Any suggestions or am I screwed and need to start over.

 

[Listai]

Any suggestions or am I screwed and need to start over.

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Honestly, just use the boosters and cheat your way through. You can definitely get through the game with a low level party but you can't get through the game without interacting with any of the game's systems.

 

[Guru Meditation]

Honestly, just use the boosters and cheat your way through. You can definitely get through the game with a low level party but you can't get through the game without interacting with any of the game's systems.

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I actually do want to learn the systems but I figured the game would organically make you learn and use it. From the first boss fight on it seemed GF was always the best option. Thanks though I'll look into boosters, not even sure what that is to be honest.

 

[Warrior of Light]

Boosters = cheats.

Have you learned to junction magic to stats?

 

[Anabolex]

I actually do want to learn the systems but I figured the game would organically make you learn and use it. From the first boss fight on it seemed GF was always the best option. Thanks though I'll look into boosters, not even sure what that is to be honest.

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Did you play tripple triad? You can mod some cards and items into decent spells.If you didn't you will probably have to cheat.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

I actually do want to learn the systems but I figured the game would organically make you learn and use it. From the first boss fight on it seemed GF was always the best option. Thanks though I'll look into boosters, not even sure what that is to be honest.

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Ok at the very beginning, yes you basically should spam GFs in battle.

And maybe drawing from enemies here and there, if you don't mind a tiny bit of tedium.

But once you acquire GFs, start having them learn their item refinement skills. That way, those 10 Useless Stones you have? You could change that to 100 Firagas, and then Junction that to a character's Strength.

And there's also the card game, which is useful once you have a GF that can refine cards. Unfortunately it's annoyingly hard unless you take some extra steps. 1: have a GF give you the "card" ability, so that way you can transform a monster in battle into a card 2. Challenging specific people with specific high-level cards so you could make the game easier

There's many ways to play this game. It's overwhelming, and a little obtuse, but there's a lot of options.

1. You could just spam GFs the whole game (not optimal at all tho, I think)
2. You could Draw the living shit out of enemies (tedious, but worth it IMO)
3. You could spam Limit Breaks
4. You could rely on Triple Triad to give you amazing magic to Junction

And of course, you can mix some of these options together, which is what I'm doing. Some Triple Triad, some excess Drawing. I'm on Disc 3 and I have not summoned a GF since that Dollet mission at the beginning of the game.


Also some advice: at least Draw from enemies just to see what they could give you. Sometimes it's really powerful stuff, and for numerous bosses, you can draw a GF.

And ALWAYS pay attention to the Abilities that your GFs can learn!!! Because they give you amazing stat buffs and abilities

 

[Guru Meditation]

Thanks all you've been a big help. Just a little bit of random battles at the missile base opened up a bunch of abilities for my GFs. Holy Jesus is the refine ability powerful. Turned a few tents and stones into 100 Curaga, which I junctioned onto HP. Now no way I can get one shotted.

Have a much better understanding of junction now. Next is figuring out the card game.

 

[astro]

I was thinking of playing this game again, but I'd like to play it on my vita.

I could remote play it ofc. Is this version much better than the one on vita? I'd quite full portability, but I'd give it up if it really is worth it.

 

[JCal]

I was thinking of playing this game again, but I'd like to play it on my vita.

I could remote play it ofc. Is this version much better than the one on vita? I'd quite full portability, but I'd give it up if it really is worth it.

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Oh yeah, the Remaster is way better than playing the original. The cheats are a godsend. Having access to No Encounters without having to level up the Diablos GF and the 3x speed option. Amazing features that perfectly fit FFVIII.

Remote Play sounds like a plan. Or if you have a Switch, that version is swell.

 

[silva1991]

Just started the game and thanks to cheats I drew 43 fire spells in less than a minute. Yeah I don't think draw will be an issue in this version. Card games on the other hand...

 

[Deleted member 11370]

I made a thread yesterday about starting this game and I've finally done it. To say the systems are daunting falls short. But I think I can get the hang of it playing the game. I'm following this Readdit thread to break the game early, so I don't have to worry about combat and cards any more than what is strictly needed.

What is a good level to stop leveling up? I will gain some experience because I need AP to develop my GFs to get all the abilities I need and stuff.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

I made a thread yesterday about starting this game and I've finally done it. To say the systems are daunting falls short. But I think I can get the hang of it playing the game. I'm following this Readdit thread to break the game early, so I don't have to worry about combat and cards any more than what is strictly needed.

What is a good level to stop leveling up? I will gain some experience because I need AP to develop my GFs to get all the abilities I need and stuff.

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Honestly I'm pretty overleveled (Squall is Lvl 77 on Disc 3) but I've had little trouble even with endgame optional content. I wouldn't worry about it, although ofc this could bite me in the ass on the last disc or something.

What helps with avoiding leveling though is transforming enemies into cards. Have a GF learn Card mod then have a character equip that ability.

I've used that quite a bit for sure, but I haven't used it all the time.

Just started the game and thanks to cheats I drew 43 fire spells in less than a minute. Yeah I don't think draw will be an issue in this version. Card games on the other hand...

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Lol I was enjoying Triple Triad until the dumbass rules from other continents came into play like wtf

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

Disc 4 was fantastic

Though NGL I was eager to see the ending so I cheat coded my way through it lol



I genuinely think this is my favorite Final Fantasy

My biggest issues with it are:

1. Irvine is a waste of space

2. Disc 3 and 4's pacing is way, way, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too fast. A lot of important plot elements are touched on very briefly because there's 17 things going on at once.

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3. Some plot elements required a bit too much suspension of disbelief. How exactly did they know how to plan out their way into Ultimecia's Castle? And Laguna after Squall killed Sorceress Adel was literally just like "okay now Time Compression will start! Remember, love! Courage! Good luck!" And how come only the party went to Ultimecia's Castle even though Laguna was right there?

 

[Quinton]

Whenever I read up on why leveling is a bad idea in this game post-30 or so I kinda giggle at my past self. Kid!Quinton recognized early on that it's a static 1000 Experience Points per level-up, didn't understand why leveling was a bad idea, and would generally power Squall to around 70 or so on Disc 1 and then 100 by midway through Disc 2.

What's funny is that I don't remember having more difficulty with the game as a result -- but I'm pretty sure it's because with all that leveling came so much GF-grinding, Card Modding, inane Draw cycling, farming for weapon upgrades, and so forth. It more than balanced itself out in the end.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

2. Disc 3 and 4's pacing is way, way, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too fast. A lot of important plot elements are touched on very briefly because there's 17 things going on at once.

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3. Some plot elements required a bit too much suspension of disbelief. How exactly did they know how to plan out their way into Ultimecia's Castle? And Laguna after Squall killed Sorceress Adel was literally just like "okay now Time Compression will start! Remember, love! Courage! Good luck!" And how come only the party went to Ultimecia's Castle even though Laguna was right there?

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It's clear Square rushed those parts due to time constraints (which is ironic)

 

[Warrior of Light]

1. Irvine is a waste of space

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He's mostly introduced to pave the way for a giant exposition dump. A lot of people remember the scene I'm alluding to, and it gets blown out of proportion a lot. However, it seems to me that a lot of people also miss all the hints and clues being dropped along the way before you get there.

Spoiler: For example

The reason Irvine hesitates to shoot Edea is because his memory of her is still intact, since he never really had any GF junctioned until that point. Of course, there's stuff about GF causing memory less being mentioned already at the very start of the game too if you read Selphie's blog.

Spoiler: Spoilers for FFVII included here

In a way, his story arc is quite similar to Tifa's. They both remember their childhood, but end up almost being gaslit by the words and actions of people who don't.

At least he's not as bad as Amarant or Penelo :P

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

He's mostly introduced to pave the way for a giant exposition dump. A lot of people remember the scene I'm alluding to, and it gets blown out of proportion a lot. However, it seems to me that a lot of people also miss all the hints and clues being dropped along the way before you get there.

Spoiler: For example

The reason Irvine hesitates to shoot Edea is because his memory of her is still intact, since he never really had any GF junctioned until that point. Of course, there's stuff about GF causing memory less being mentioned already at the very start of the game too if you read Selphie's blog.

Spoiler: Spoilers for FFVII included here

In a way, his story arc is quite similar to Tifa's. They both remember their childhood, but end up almost being gaslit by the words and actions of people who don't.

At least he's not as bad as Amarant or Penelo :P

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I also agree that the scene in question wasn't that bad at all; it was just executed somewhat clumsily.

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It felt like it was just Irvine dropping the bomb and then everyone going like "omggg actually yeah I remember"

 

[Deleted member 11370]

I just got the first real mission after graduating, but I've been doing mostly AP farming so far. I think I'm confortable enough with my characters and GFs to start tackling the story now. Two things, though:

Now I get Triple Triad. It's great.

Squall is a major ass. I think he's as likeable as Cloud, which is not another huge asshole. I don't know why Square went through this phase of snarky douchebags as protagonists, but I can't wait to be over with it.

 

[Warrior of Light]

Squall's character development is great though, so he'll improve. Love his inner monologues. One thing to note about this game is that it doesn't spell everything out for you. This includes what happens in the game's ending. Of course, some things are needlessly obtuse as well.

I do wish the localisation team hadn't gone with "whatever" being his go to reply for everything (similar to Cloud's "not interested"), because his replies in the Japanese script are a lot more varied. An early example would be during your visit to the Fire Cavern, when Quistis talks to him about how male students tend to be distracted by her when she's teaching. In English, Squall predictably replies with a "whatever", but in Japanese he pretty much scolds her for being inappropriate and unprofessional. Quite a difference, I'd say.

 

[Wazzy]

Squall's character development is great though, so he'll improve. Love his inner monologues. One thing to note about this game is that it doesn't spell everything out for you. This includes what happens in the game's ending. Of course, some things are needlessly obtuse as well.

I do wish the localisation team hadn't gone with "whatever" being his go to reply for everything (similar to Cloud's "not interested"), because his replies in the Japanese script are a lot more varied. An early example would be during your visit to the Fire Cavern, when Quistis talks to him about how male students tend to be distracted by her when she's teaching. In English, Squall predictably replies with a "whatever", but in Japanese he pretty much scolds her for being inappropriate and unprofessional. Quite a difference, I'd say.

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I still think people overreact about the usage of "Whatever" since the majority of situations it's used in makes sense however the Fire Cavern change is the one that does bother me and should have been properly translated.

I really think people miss the fact that Quistis is using her position of power to get closer with her crush which is inappropriate. This also means she focuses her attention on Squall and not the problem student Seifer who acts out which ends up with her losing her instructer license.

 

[Guru Meditation]

Run into another issue hopefully someone can help with. Getting utterly destroyed in Galbadia garden by Cerberus - combination of quake, thundaga, and triple is too much. Do I have to fight it now if I want this GF or can I come back and get it later? Not checking guides on this as I don't want to see spoilers by trying to look ahead.

 

[FaerieGodfather]

Run into another issue hopefully someone can help with. Getting utterly destroyed in Galbadia garden by Cerberus - combination of quake, thundaga, and triple is too much. Do I have to fight it now if I want this GF or can I come back and get it later? Not checking guides on this as I don't want to see spoilers by trying to look ahead.

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Looks like you're unable to come back to get it later, unfortunately (looked it up as I couldn't remember). I do remember the Cerberus fight giving me a lot of trouble on my blind run back in '99, if it's any consolation.

 

[Squall ASF]

Run into another issue hopefully someone can help with. Getting utterly destroyed in Galbadia garden by Cerberus - combination of quake, thundaga, and triple is too much. Do I have to fight it now if I want this GF or can I come back and get it later? Not checking guides on this as I don't want to see spoilers by trying to look ahead.

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Do you have the spell float? Cast that on your characters and he won't be able to hit you with quake. If you happen to have the Elem-J skill unlocked from a GF, you can assign a thunder magic to that and he'll heal you with thunder attacks. Most likely just using float will be enough for you to beat him.

I don't believe you can get him later aside from the fact that the bosses in the final dungeon have all the GFs in the game to draw from but at that point, it'd just be a colectionist thing. Hopefully my advice will help you beat him now. Good luck!

 

[Guru Meditation]

Looks like you're unable to come back to get it later, unfortunately (looked it up as I couldn't remember). I do remember the Cerberus fight giving me a lot of trouble on my blind run back in '99, if it's any consolation.

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Knowing it's a tough fight does make me feel better.

Do you have the spell float? Cast that on your characters and he won't be able to hit you with quake. If you happen to have the Elem-J skill unlocked from a GF, you can assign a thunder magic to that and he'll heal you with thunder attacks. Most likely just using float will be enough for you to beat him.

I don't believe you can get him later aside from the fact that the bosses in the final dungeon have all the GFs in the game to draw from but at that point, it'd just be a colectionist thing. Hopefully my advice will help you beat him now. Good luck!

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Thanks these are good tips.

 

[Deleted member 11370]

I have just finished the first disc on the Remastered version. Some thoughts, full spoilers:

Spoiler: Spoilers up to Disc 1

The cast of characters is not very strong. I feel they are paper-thin so far. They boil down to very basic tropes with very little development: the cool-and-silent type, the childish girl, the serious "grown-up", the hothead, the suave guy who cracks under pressure, the delusional bad guy who thinks he's the hero. Laguna has been the most interesting character so far.

The story is also pretty basic, but I hope things start picking up in disc 2. I've come to know some plot points by cultural osmosis and I think everything's about to get wilder now.

Controling the characters with 8-way movement is a fucking chore. I can't understand why analog movement hasn't been patched in, since everyone playing this version has an analog controller.

The backgrounds are also quite hard to navigate. There's no indication of what's interactible and what isn't. I spent like half an hour running around in circles in the the sewers at the end of disc 1 because I hadn't realized that a "door" could be opened in the fence. It looked exactly like every other fence that couldn't be opened...

Junctions and Card Mod break the game and I love it. Magic and summoning have been largely useless. I hate how you're constantly changing your party and having to re-junction everything. Also, why doesn't the game maintain your current HP percentage when you exchange junctions, instead of keeping the raw number and forcing you to heal everyone? It's so annoying.

Thank God for the x3 speed function. Otherwise the game would be so. freaking. slow.

Overall, I don't think I'll ever love the PSX Final Fantasies as much as I love V and VI. I still have to play IX, but at least I'm enjoying VIII far, far more than I ever did with VII...

 

[Warrior of Light]

The story is also pretty basic

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Oh sweet summer child :D

 

[Deleted member 11370]

Oh sweet summer child :D

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Oh, I know it's been basic so far. That's why I'm glad I can breeze through all battles and the game has a high-speed mode. I'm honestly here for the story, not the gameplay.

 

[silva1991]

Lol, I just fought Ultima weapon at level 26 and beat him in like 20 seconds. Man I love the junction system.

 

[Deleted member 11370]

Some scattered thoughts after finishing Disc 2:

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My reaction to the "plot twist":

In all seriousness, I feel the main story beats rethread some of the main aspects of previous Final Fantasies too much. Most of the cast having a common background as children? FFVII (ugh). Time travel? FFI. Ultimecia's plan? Much like Kefka's in FFVI. I dunno. It's OK so far, and, again, I'm enjoying it far, far more than FFVII.

The Battle of the Gardens was very cool. I can see it blowing people's mind away 20 years ago.

Rinoa is really, really annoying, though I feel the whole cast suffers a lot from flanderization. Laguna is still the best in early Disc 3, but he's also starting to rustle my jimmies a bit.

I can't stand the whole "push" Squall has been getting. "You're the leader!", "You're the hero!", "It's YOU who has to save Rinoa!", "By the way, you LOVE Rinoa!"... Everything is centered around Squall. It's like the whole world revolves around him. He's the central piece of everything. It's like he was dead and everything was a dream!

I'm still very low level (everyone below 16, because I needed to level up a few GFs to get abilities) and the game is incredibly easy. That's good for me, though. I only have to worry about the mandatory fights and I don't need to waste any time plodding through the very, very slow gameplay. Suits me to a T.

No, seriously. Squall is fucking dead. I'm sure of it now.

Onwards to Disc 3, which seems to be very light on actual main story content. At least there are finally a few longish side quests to get GFs and some secrets.

 

[silva1991]

Platinum acquired! has been an amazing journey. Loved pretty much everything about it aside from from some forced character/junction switching and some card rules.

I used this trick while I was a sleep for the 100 enemy slain trophy:



Pretty useful for increasing SeeD rank as well.

Current top 5 FF list is:

FFX
FF8
FF7
FF12
FF9

Yeah i loved 8 remastered that much. Do need to replay and actually finish 6.

 

[Deleted member 11370]

Brief update:

I'm not that keen on Final Sci-Fantasy. At least I got the flying thing so I can move around the map more freely.

IX is, like, more traditional "fantasy", right?

 

[Darkness_Nova]

Brief update:

I'm not that keen on Final Sci-Fantasy. At least I got the flying thing so I can move around the map more freely.

IX is, like, more traditional "fantasy", right?

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I would say FFVIII is more steam punk and FFIX is steam medieval like the previous FF

 

[Deleted member 11370]

I would say FFVIII is more steam punk and FFIX is steam medieval like the previous FF

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Steam punk? I don't know. It goes full-blown Sci-Fi with the whole futuristic city, space stations and all that. Not much steam going around, I guess.

 

[Deleted member 11370]

So, I finally finished this game. Platinum and everything.

Spoiler: My final thoughts

I liked it a bit more than FFVII, but not much. I think FFVII is a mess, no matter how you look at it: its nonesensical plot full of hole, its terrible characters, its awful Materia system that makes every character feel the same... I really dislike it. It's a solid 1/5 for me.

Now, FFVIII. I see how it's an improvement over FVII. The plot is better laid out, even if it goes off the rails towards the end. Or, rather, the end of disc 1. I wish some of the unique topics of this game were explored better. Like, for example, what are GFs exactly? How does the Junction system really work? What are the long-term consequences of using GFs for the memory of each character?

Some twists were completely unnecessary. The reveal that they had all been in the orphanage together would have worked better if the memory loss from using GFs had been explored more. And the fact that Squall gives Edea the idea of creating the Garden via a time loop... ugh.

The world map felt barren at times. It was big, but ultimately mostly pointless. There were fewer locations than in other FFs I've played, or at least there was too much empty space between them.

The side quests were interesting, but I can't see how anyone could ever figure out the Lake Obel stuff without a guide. And getting PuPu to appear in Balamb? Oof.

The main characters were pretty lackluster. Squall is a dork. Selfie is a little kid. Zell and Irvine are annoying. Quistis's the best. And Laguna is far better than any of them. I wish we had more time to play as him, or have him interact with the party after he's revealed to be the President. Oh, and I don't like Rinoa. I don't like Squall's and her "romance". It seems forced. I saw no chemistry between them, beyond "main character and main female love interest". I'm team Quistis all the way. I get that Seifer was possessed the whole time, like in a Majin Vegeta kind of way, but I find it incredibly jarring how he gets blown away from battle by Gilgamesh, disappears from the game, only to be seen next in the last FMV fishing and having a good time. Good for him, I guess.

The ending FMV was trippy. Probably the best part of the game. Until Rinoa comes out and a Disney song starts playing. Was that scene real or metaphorical? Why wait until the very end to see Laguna and Raine getting married? I Laguna Rinoa's father? That'd be weird.

The last battle is horrible. Almost ruins the whole game for me. It punishes you for sticking to three characters throughout the whole game, although the game encourages you to do so by allowing you to switch Junctions freely almost all the time. I could beat it until I got lucky enough to get Squall on my first three characters. Ugh, really bad fight that starts badly and gets worse as it goes on. Even the Omega and Ultima Weapons were more enjoyable.

Why isn't Squall in the credits scene? Because Squall is fucking dead, of course!

Overall, I think the game is a 3/5. A 2/5 if I remember the dreadful, horrible, game-ruining final boss... But really more like a 2.5/5, but I don't like using half-points in a five-point scale because it defeats the purpose of a terrible>bad>average>good>great system. It's a step over FFVII, but I'm really not feeling the PSX era of FF.

I think I'll wait a bit to jump into FFIX. It looks more up my alley, but the Trophy list is some serious stuff.

 

[Deleted member 5028]

So, I finally finished this game. Platinum and everything.

Spoiler: My final thoughts

I liked it a bit more than FFVII, but not much. I think FFVII is a mess, no matter how you look at it: its nonesensical plot full of hole, its terrible characters, its awful Materia system that makes every character feel the same... I really dislike it. It's a solid 1/5 for me.

Now, FFVIII. I see how it's an improvement over FVII. The plot is better laid out, even if it goes off the rails towards the end. Or, rather, the end of disc 1. I wish some of the unique topics of this game were explored better. Like, for example, what are GFs exactly? How does the Junction system really work? What are the long-term consequences of using GFs for the memory of each character?

Some twists were completely unnecessary. The reveal that they had all been in the orphanage together would have worked better if the memory loss from using GFs had been explored more. And the fact that Squall gives Edea the idea of creating the Garden via a time loop... ugh.

The world map felt barren at times. It was big, but ultimately mostly pointless. There were fewer locations than in other FFs I've played, or at least there was too much empty space between them.

The side quests were interesting, but I can't see how anyone could ever figure out the Lake Obel stuff without a guide. And getting PuPu to appear in Balamb? Oof.

The main characters were pretty lackluster. Squall is a dork. Selfie is a little kid. Zell and Irvine are annoying. Quistis's the best. And Laguna is far better than any of them. I wish we had more time to play as him, or have him interact with the party after he's revealed to be the President. Oh, and I don't like Rinoa. I don't like Squall's and her "romance". It seems forced. I saw no chemistry between them, beyond "main character and main female love interest". I'm team Quistis all the way. I get that Seifer was possessed the whole time, like in a Majin Vegeta kind of way, but I find it incredibly jarring how he gets blown away from battle by Gilgamesh, disappears from the game, only to be seen next in the last FMV fishing and having a good time. Good for him, I guess.

The ending FMV was trippy. Probably the best part of the game. Until Rinoa comes out and a Disney song starts playing. Was that scene real or metaphorical? Why wait until the very end to see Laguna and Raine getting married? I Laguna Rinoa's father? That'd be weird.

The last battle is horrible. Almost ruins the whole game for me. It punishes you for sticking to three characters throughout the whole game, although the game encourages you to do so by allowing you to switch Junctions freely almost all the time. I could beat it until I got lucky enough to get Squall on my first three characters. Ugh, really bad fight that starts badly and gets worse as it goes on. Even the Omega and Ultima Weapons were more enjoyable.

Why isn't Squall in the credits scene? Because Squall is fucking dead, of course!

Overall, I think the game is a 3/5. A 2/5 if I remember the dreadful, horrible, game-ruining final boss... But really more like a 2.5/5, but I don't like using half-points in a five-point scale because it defeats the purpose of a terrible>bad>average>good>great system. It's a step over FFVII, but I'm really not feeling the PSX era of FF.

I think I'll wait a bit to jump into FFIX. It looks more up my alley, but the Trophy list is some serious stuff.

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Answers

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Laguna is Squall's father
When Raine died he went to the orphanage
Squall was in the post credits balcony sequence
The time compression was incredible.

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[Musubi]

I doubt anyone is paying attention to this thread these days but... anyone know where to get the Catobpolebas and BGH251F2 cards on Disc 4? They are the last two cards I need to get for a complete Triple Triad card collection and its driving me bonkers trying to figure out if anyone plays those cards on disc 4.

 

[Toth]

I think the queen of cards uses all cards on Disc 4. She's at the landing site of the escape pod near Esthar.

 

[Wazzy]

I doubt anyone is paying attention to this thread these days but... anyone know where to get the Catobpolebas and BGH251F2 cards on Disc 4? They are the last two cards I need to get for a complete Triple Triad card collection and its driving me bonkers trying to figure out if anyone plays those cards on disc 4.

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I'm assuming you completed the CC sidequest? All the members are aboard the Ragnarok and I believe they have cards from level 7 and up. Since you have all rare cards they should play only level 7 and 8 cards and the two you need are level 7.

If that doesn't work use the Card ability on Elnoyle(found on Esthar streets world map) or Armadodo for a chance to receieve Catoblepas TT card and Behemoth and Grand Mantis for BGH251F2 TT card.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

Sooo... has anyone figured out a way to patch/mod analog movement yet?

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Gonna finally jump back into this version. Just finished FFVII Remake and FFVII PS4, can't wait to play get back into this.

A couple of questions, does this version have any bugs like the audio loop bugs of FFVII and FFIX on PS4?

Also, with the increased speed, are the timing based limits (Renzo, Duel etc) more difficult? Or should I just reduce speed when in combat?

 

[Warrior of Light]

Gonna finally jump back into this version. Just finished FFVII Remake and FFVII PS4, can't wait to play get back into this.

A couple of questions, does this version have any bugs like the audio loop bugs of FFVII and FFIX on PS4?

Also, with the increased speed, are the timing based limits (Renzo, Duel etc) more difficult? Or should I just reduce speed when in combat?

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Those bugs were fixed, eventually. But not that I know of. But it's based on the PC port from back in the day, so no analogue movement, for example.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Those bugs were fixed, eventually. But not that I know of. But it's based on the PC port from back in the day, so no analogue movement, for example.

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Cool thanks for the heads up, looking forward to this.

Between FFVIII Remastered, FFVII PS4 port and FFIX PS4 I might be most excited to play this.

PS4 version of FFVII was fantastic and the boosters really helped make it more time-friendly. Not really feeling FFIX, which is a shame because I love that game so much. The UI changes and having to pause to activate the boosters dampen the experience.

 

[Warrior of Light]

I dislike the blurry backgrounds in these ports. I wish they'd have left them as they were, even if pixelated. I do like the new character models in FFVIII and FFIX though. It's hard to go back to the old ones now.

 

[Squall ASF]

Cool thanks for the heads up, looking forward to this.

Between FFVIII Remastered, FFVII PS4 port and FFIX PS4 I might be most excited to play this.

PS4 version of FFVII was fantastic and the boosters really helped make it more time-friendly. Not really feeling FFIX, which is a shame because I love that game so much. The UI changes and having to pause to activate the boosters dampen the experience.

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Have fun running through this game again! You can toggle the boosters at anytime in this game, don't need to pause and battles are where it's the most worth the speed boost to counter the frame rate and it makes farm-drawing if you wanted to stock up on spells that way pretty painless imo. You can do Renzokuken no prob with the speed increase, might just need a try or two to get it down but then you'll be set for the rest of the game. Zell's might be the exception. Unlike FFIX, you can still get all the trophies for this game using the boosters so no reason to hold back unless you want more of a challenge. Insta healing back to max health plus non-stop having access to LB is great for playing for the story again. The speed boost is nice for Triple Triad and running around the world map too. I just make sure to turn it off for dialogue/cut scenes. I hope you have a blast! Feel free to ask any questions about the game as you play it in here, of course! Also it's always fun to read impressions :)

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Have fun running through this game again! You can toggle the boosters at anytime in this game, don't need to pause and battles are where it's the most worth the speed boost to counter the frame rate and it makes farm-drawing if you wanted to stock up on spells that way pretty painless imo. You can do Renzokuken no prob with the speed increase, might just need a try or two to get it down but then you'll be set for the rest of the game. Zell's might be the exception. Unlike FFIX, you can still get all the trophies for this game using the boosters so no reason to hold back unless you want more of a challenge. Insta healing back to max health plus non-stop having access to LB is great for playing for the story again. The speed boost is nice for Triple Triad and running around the world map too. I just make sure to turn it off for dialogue/cut scenes. I hope you have a blast! Feel free to ask any questions about the game as you play it in here, of course! Also it's always fun to read impressions :)

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The best part of FFVII's PS4 port is how easy it was to toggle those boosters. Glad FFVIII Remastered has the same system. FFIX is truly the odd man out, but glad it had some kinda of booster system, even if it isn't as elegant.

FFVIII is one of my favorite PSX games of all time, so I'm glad to hear the impressions of the port are mostly positive. I beat it like 3 times on the PSX, so having the speed increase really helps get through the parts I didn't like as much.

FFVII and FFVIII on PS4 are ports done right in my opinion. Now if we can only get Chrono Cross, which already had a speed booster built into the game.

 

[AINTneauxACID]

Them ff8 threads got me to rebuy the game. I already had the steam version, now I got the switch version.

Question: do y'all use guides to play jrpgs? It bothers me knowing I be missing stuff.

 

[Worldshaker]

Them ff8 threads got me to rebuy the game. I already had the steam version, now I got the switch version.

Question: do y'all use guides to play jrpgs? It bothers me knowing I be missing stuff.

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I always have a guide or checklist when playing RPGs. I always go for the 100% completion.

 

[Warrior of Light]

It depends. I do it when I replay an old game that I want to 100% - if it's Tales or something that has New Game Plus, I feel like I don't have to worry about anything on my first run.