I can imagine the feeling right as you hit the final screen. I remember when I finished it for the first time and watched the ending I was blown away. It's such a gorgeous finale and followup to the fights beforehand.
Now I just need to beat the game for that sweet platinum trophy. I'm going to fight the last boss right now and prepare myself for the glorious and best ending in the series.
Yup but you need the battle meter Cid gives when you become a SeeD member which is optional. If you grabbed it then go to Tutorial in Main Menu and click Information. Then click battle information and then character kills. It will show you each characters kill count
Also if anyone else is wondering the Tutorial section has updated information on towns, history, characters and other neat info as you progress through the gamem
Yup but you need the battle meter Cid gives when you become a SeeD member which is optional. If you grabbed it then go to Tutorial in Main Menu and click Information. Then click battle information and then character kills. It will show you each characters kill count
Also if anyone else is wondering the Tutorial section has updated information on towns, history, characters and other neat info as you progress through the gamem
i THINK it's safe for me to move on now, could someone confirm?
I have the Quistis, Zell, Seifer cards, lost Minimog to the queen and she went to Dollet, and I got 20 Elnoyles. Am I missing anything before I step onto the train?
Ok but seriously how did they mess up the presentation so much? The overture intro (pre title screen) has the wrong timing to the music. It should crescendo when Rinoa's back fades to the logo, but it doesnt. It plays much more of the music because the rest of the animations were too quick or something.
I DID IT. PLATINUM TROPHY AND FINISHED THE REMASTER.
Replaying this with the Remaster updates was worth everything. The models are THAT good and the PS1 music getting to play on consoles again is glorious.
Also another artwork done for VIII by Yukihiro Kajimoto:
Ok but seriously how did they mess up the presentation so much? The overture intro (pre title screen) has the wrong timing to the music. It should crescendo when Rinoa's back fades to the logo, but it doesnt. It plays much more of the music because the rest of the animations were too quick or something.
Just picked this up. Haven't played VIII since 1999 or so? I loved Triple Triad so much; I remember rushing home from class so I could listen to Shuffle or Boogie and take on more people and win their awesome cards. I also remember LOVING the Ultimecia Castle boss run. I still think it's the best final dungeon in FF.
Conversely I disliked Squall, and the rest of the cast seemed so bland coming off VII - main cast and villains alike. The Laguna segments were where I thought the characters really shined, or were at least more interesting.
And I think I enjoyed the junction system? I remember being surprised people hated it so much back then; not that those complaints weren't valid but for whatever reason I recall having fun with it.
Anyway, just some old memories I'm blabbing out there but looking forward to giving it another shot.
I asked this upthread but I got a bit confused with the answer.
So say I have Ifrit junctioned to squall, when I go into the stats junction it suggests thunder to be junctioned to my attack.
1. Does this mean the more thunder I draw from enemies the stronger squall will get?
2. Did they just suggest thunder because at that time I had a lot of thunder magic and actually it would be better to junction fire because ifrit is fire?
I asked this upthread but I got a bit confused with the answer.
So say I have Ifrit junctioned to squall, when I go into the stats junction it suggests thunder to be junctioned to my attack.
1. Does this mean the more thunder I draw from enemies the stronger squall will get?
2. Did they just suggest thunder because at that time I had a lot of thunder magic and actually it would be better to junction fire because ifrit is fire?
1. Yes the more of a magic you have, the more it increases the stat. The stronger the stat and the more compatible it is with a stat (for example, offensive magic = attack, healing magic = HP/defense) and the more you get. You basically always want 100 of a magic junctioned.
2. The GF's element doesn't affect the junction at all. The abilities are all uniform for all GFs. HP-J or ATK-J or whatever works exactly the same.
I'm not the biggest fan of FFVIII overall but those are my absolute favourite parts of the game. I agree that it's not the most fun sequence to replay but something about the tone and the vibe of it all hits me perfectly, especially the floating in space segment. All that stuff as well as Adel/Esther was generally the point where I've always felt the game peaked and had my attention the firmest.
What is your least favorite "arc" of the game? Mine is the D-District prison. I hate it every time lol. All those repetitious floors and the running up and down, some of them having shortcuts, most not. Bit of a bummer following the fantastic ending end of Disc One. Luckily the two moments that follow it are incredible.
The Parade for Edea is a real great moment on Disc 1. I remember feeling it was such a big looking event back when the OG game came out and while it's obviously a bit less impressive now I just loved what they did with it.
One of my favourite Final Fantasy characters in terms of design and character. I hate that she gets forgotten often for Ultimecia but I guess it makes sense.
I mean....Wutai is supposed to be an entire country that was big enough to go to war with Shinra and when you finally go there it's literally a small town.
You don't see all existing towns and cities in the original FFVII. For example, in Crisis Core you get to explore a town called Modeoheim which wasn't in the original.
Play a game in a region that has at least 1 different rule from the region you want go modify. Let's pretend that Balamb has Open, and Galbadia has Plus and Same. You'd play a game in Balamb, so that you're carrying Balamb's rules.
SAVE YOUR GAME! This cannot be overstated
Find a player in Galbadia, and challenge them.
They'll ask if you want to mix rules. Say "Yes"
Immediately cancel out of the game. 1 of 3 things will now happen: A) Nothing, B) Open will spread, or C) Plus or Same will be abolished
If the rule you want spread/abolished happens, great! You're done. If nothing happens, repeat the process
If they ever stop asking to mix rules, and you haven't spread/abolished, reset and try again
Note this can be an incredibly time consuming process, because I don't know how to RNG manipulate to control the change of rules, but it should work... eventually.
I went through the game quickly for the plat(It would have been done earlier if I didn't get Triple Triad addiction) and now that I'm done I can start another playthrough and go at a slower pace. I'm deciding between Switch or Steam right now but leaning towards Steam so I can knock off achievements.
You don't see all existing towns and cities in the original FFVII. For example, in Crisis Core you get to explore a town called Modeoheim which wasn't in the original.
Her point is that at the time towns and locations were limited so whenever the story claimed something huge or labeled the area a particular way it didn't always add up because they weren't able to show everything.
So going back to the original example of Balamb, even though it's labeled the smallest continent they still call it a country and we only see three areas when most likely there is actually other small towns and areas they don't show.
The rules thing sucks. I want to get Edea's card and all I get is Elemental will be spread. Do I need to close the game entirely instead of exit and reload?
Anyway I'm worse at the game than I thought. I did get Lionheart right after Brothers, but then I found out I fucked up Diablos. I never missed this GF, and didn't even know it was missable but it is. Worse, I killed the 2 statues too fast and didn't get Carbuncle either, lol. I just do all the rest and then speed run to those 2 things in a second play.
No Diablos is pretty bad, because I can't really get Triples etc fast now.
Also, the awesome end of disc 2 set piece had a midi version of The Landing playing? wtf is this.
About Squall's personality (game's finale):
An interesting thing about Squall is that I think he's actually a very good character. He's simply afraid of losing people (as he was abandoned by his Sis), and dying as people will talk about him in a past sense and then forget. His thoughts are usually pretty good and show he does care a lot but deliberately holds people off. I think he is a mirror image of Ultimecia in that his worst fear is that he will be forgotten when he's gone. This is exactly why Ultimecia wants time compression.[/spoiler\
The rules thing sucks. I want to get Edea's card and all I get is Elemental will be spread. Do I need to close the game entirely instead of exit and reload?
Anyway I'm worse at the game than I thought. I did get Lionheart right after Brothers, but then I found out I fucked up Diablos. I never missed this GF, and didn't even know it was missable but it is. Worse, I killed the 2 statues too fast and didn't get Carbuncle either, lol. I just do all the rest and then speed run to those 2 things in a second play.
No Diablos is pretty bad, because I can't really get Triples etc fast now.
Also, the awesome end of disc 2 set piece had a midi version of The Landing playing? wtf is this.
An interesting thing about Squall is that I think he's actually a very good character. He's simply afraid of losing people (as he was abandoned by his Sis), and dying as people will talk about him in a past sense and then forget. His thoughts are usually pretty good and show he does care a lot but deliberately holds people off. I think he is a mirror image of Ultimecia in that his worst fear is that he will be forgotten when he's gone. This is exactly why Ultimecia wants time compression.
The rules thing sucks. I want to get Edea's card and all I get is Elemental will be spread. Do I need to close the game entirely instead of exit and reload?
Anyway I'm worse at the game than I thought. I did get Lionheart right after Brothers, but then I found out I fucked up Diablos. I never missed this GF, and didn't even know it was missable but it is. Worse, I killed the 2 statues too fast and didn't get Carbuncle either, lol. I just do all the rest and then speed run to those 2 things in a second play.
No Diablos is pretty bad, because I can't really get Triples etc fast now.
Also, the awesome end of disc 2 set piece had a midi version of The Landing playing? wtf is this.
An interesting thing about Squall is that I think he's actually a very good character. He's simply afraid of losing people (as he was abandoned by his Sis), and dying as people will talk about him in a past sense and then forget. His thoughts are usually pretty good and show he does care a lot but deliberately holds people off. I think he is a mirror image of Ultimecia in that his worst fear is that he will be forgotten when he's gone. This is exactly why Ultimecia wants time compression.
I tried to listen for it and I thought for like a split second something from EOM would appear but it's too different. I hear Movin and weirdly enough a bit of the Highwind theme in it lol
Since it seems a lot of people miss this part at the very beginning of the game I wanted to screenshot it since it's so great and one of the best Squall moments. It was brought up before by Meowster.
One of my top favourite tracks from this game. It's so good and I wonder how new players will feel hearing it for the first time. I almost wish it played forever in Garden lol
Chocobo Forest definitely isn't fun but your whistle would only get stolen if you keep using it where the sonar isn't going off. Are you moving around an area that went off and using it before using Sonar?
Chocobo Forest definitely isn't fun but your whistle would only get stolen if you keep using it where the sonar isn't going off. Are you moving around an area that went off and using it before using Sonar?
Of course once I make a rage post on ERA I end up getting it shortly after (Thanks to following a YT guide). I guess I somehow misunderstood the controls.
