Thats why I thought alot of people liked it, is because you can relate to it. They were all in school, theres that kinda 'high school' crush on Squall that Rinoa has, that turns into something else later. I thought it was great too though.

Well actually, no i don't. In fact, i just made that title up so you'd all come in. It's actually pissing annoying that this 'Final Fantasy Fansite' says FFVIII is one of the worst FF games. How dare you call yourself Final Fantasy fans. I'm all for people having opinions, but FF8 is similar to 7, just with a different storyline, different characters and locations. The battle system is very similar and the graphics are slightly better. So how can FF8 be bad. I didn't get the same feeling i got when playing FF7, but FF7 is unique and it's extremely hard to recreate that feeling. But it's beginning to get almost unbearable reading comments from ''FF Fans' saying FF8 is rubbish and what-not.

It is people like you that change Square-Enix's mind. They do read comments online, believe it or not. There was a guy i had once spoken to and he owns a website, which doesn't deal with video-games, yet he worked for Capcom (i think it was Capcom, i can't remember now). And he said all video-games companies check what people are saying about the game. In real-life, on the internet, in forums, in chat-rooms etc. Because their aim is to make sure that the finished product appeals to as many people as possible, because the production costs are so high, they want to make as much profit as possible.

So, when people say FF8 was the worst game, Square-Enix have listened, without some of you even realizing. From Final Fantasy 1 way back in 1987, to Final Fantasy 9 in 2000, the battle system was virtually perfect. It had been the same for 10+ years. FF10 made the most horrible , negative move that Sqaure-Enix could have taken. They added a horrible new battling system, i forget what it was called, but learning a new move was with those silly emblem things. No more materia or such-like. Now, Final Fantasy has changed into 'real-time' battles, just like Zelda. One of the main reason i loved Final Fantasy was because it took you into a battle scenario, not the horrible, repetative, LIMITED 'real-time' battles like in Zelda.

Now to me, the series is buggered. The whole series has fell apart. From 10 onwards. I hope to god 13 will be a great game, because that is supposed to be the last in the series. But please, next time you say a game is terrible, please, please post your reasons and make them VALID. Because i blame people who know nothing about the Final Fantasy legacy for ruining the series.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but everyone has an opinion, and this was mine. Thanks for reading.

I dont see why people thought 8 was a bad game, I loved it. Everything really, at first I hated the junctioning system, but once I got used to it it kicked ass and I loved it.VIII is one of the best in the series.and I feel the same way about the real time battle systems. Final Fantasy to me shouldnt be like that. I loved the battle concept of going into a battle screen and getting exp and stuff. But when DOC came out it had that Zelda battle thing, and I guess the same with 12. I even heard that FF7s remake will be in real time. What kinda bullshit is that

exactly my point. FF8 was great because from the glorious opening scene with Sqaull being slashed across the face with a sword, you instantly fell in love with the characters. And that's what Final Fantasy is. You're going on a 'Fantasy' with these characters. FF7, 8 and 9 were the best games in my opinion because in each game you were forced to feel emotion for the characters. I can honestly say i felt nothing for anyone in FF10 and FF10-2. I've never played FF11 and don't intend to. Final Fantasy shouldn't be an online game. FF12 is supposed to be awful and i believe it. I don't have high hopes for FF13.

And i heard that FF7 remake would have real time battles. If that's the case, i wouldn't buy it.

Real time battles are SO BAD !!! I cannot tell you how much i hate them. Forcing you to battle MADE you level up. It's too easy to skip real time battles and the effects on the screen isn't the same.

I miss Square when they had their brains in gear. Now, they just wanna try out different styles of gaming in the FF world and are ruining it.

Like, i don't like Zelda. But Nintendo constantly gives similar Zelda games, so the fans are happy. Square tries to give us something different ,but they're trying to fix what isn't broken!!!!

I didnt really 'like' or 'dislike' the high school romance thing. It didnt really effect my game playing, except I always wanted to see what Squall would say/do next to Rinoa because she wouldnt leave him alone. But yeah I understand what you're saying. I didnt like that the characters all came from the same boarding house thing at one time. It kinda made me mad when I first saw that but I got over it.

Yeah man exactly, if the characters had been like VII's with really deep backgrounds, or even like X's with fairly deep or kinda shallow backgrounds, the game would have been so much better, I mean it would have helped loads.

I agree I prefer to say less good than to say worst FF.

Even tho I didnt like FF 8 as much asq the others it's still high above all other games that have been made.

FF is heaven on a console.