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Final Fantasy VIII The first game in the series to consistently use realistically proportioned characters, FF8 also threw more of a futuristic mix into the old (Hi-)potion that is Final Fantasy.

View Poll Results: Did you like Squall?
Yes 80 74.77%
No 17 15.89%
Not Sure 10 9.35%
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Old December 24, 2007, 2:52 AM   #111
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Quistis, actually did have a messed up background. During an interview with Nomura, he said that she had several abusive foster fathers, before finally going to Garden. The translations of the interview said she was sexually abused, which, is a topic that obviously didn't make it to the American version.

Quistis is known for being depressed over trivial matters, which, I thought was really odd, given the fact that whenever she seems slightly down, it's for good reason. I'd be pretty upset if I got fired from my job, told I was a failure, and then told to talk to a wall when I tried to confide in someone. I never understood how they figured that to be 'trivial.' Even so, the next day she was up and about and chasing Seifer to Timber.

You're right on the emotional relations with characters, but the problem was, coming after Cloud, there's some big hero shoes to fill. If Squall had come first, I wouldn't have thought of him as such a disappointment, but really...all I saw was a brown-haired, watered-down version, realistic or not.

My favorite series-heroes were Zidane and Locke, so, you can see the kind of hero figures I prefer. Because, Squall was forced into it. That's what makes him different from most of the others. He was 'reluctant,' and because of that, I just didn't care for him.
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Old January 24, 2008, 10:03 AM   #112
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yes, because he is so good looking... harhar

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Old January 24, 2008, 1:11 PM   #113
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Old January 25, 2008, 12:02 AM   #114
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omg ur sig made me cry :( i miss heath!!! anyway back on topic, squall waz a pretty good character. he had good development i thought, and by the end of the story he had become a different person than the one u started with. he waz a lot like cloud, but he waz still a cool character, even if he waz based off of him.
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Old January 25, 2008, 3:05 AM   #115
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I enjoyed playing as him because I liked to see how the developers could twist his character based on such a lone wolf personality they'd given him in the beginning.
That being said, I also liked his scar and hair...
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Old January 25, 2008, 9:48 PM   #116
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Though Cloud was a great Hero, Squall would still have to be one of my favorites.


Throughout the story he was a loner, and wanted no one to rely on him, he was forced into the hero position by Garden and the people he met along his journey, such as Zell and Qistist.

But even so, his character developed a lot throughout the game, which made me get close to him, and relate.

Squall was a bad tempered, loner, which I loved, and the strong bond between his friends made made me love him even more.

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Old January 26, 2008, 10:30 AM   #117
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*hes not that bad,he is the hero but his personnality stinks,acting all mysterious and tough! id like to kick his ass just for being himself!

*but hes a good guy,he protects his friends and fights for what he believes in and those are the wualities of a person i like so he ok for me

*Squall would rock if he hed a personnality like zell and if hed smile a lot well even in anime nobody is perfect!

*weeeeeeee peace and rock on everybody!
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Old January 31, 2008, 12:11 AM   #118
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Squall did something really cool actually he was the first emo in all the world. too bad I hate them
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Old February 2, 2008, 7:03 PM   #119
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I really liked him I loved his whole development throughout the game. I didn't really mind his emoness either, I just thought he was quiet and thought alot reall. I don't like the main characters to be to hyper it gets annoying *looking at you Tidus*
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I really liked Squall, he was an interesting character. I never really noticed him being 'emo' He was a pretty cool character with his phrase 'whatever...' He was pretty mellow and i like that in my main characters, but that being said, i still loved Tidus
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