oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
Ill still choose FF8 over FF7 though.
I haven't played FF 8, I heard it wasn't that good? :/
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
Ill still choose FF8 over FF7 though.
I haven't played FF 8, I heard it wasn't that good? :/
:/
Spoiler for quote:
gamestop Wrote:"The core of any Final Fantasy game has always been its story, and Final Fantasy VIII's story is the best the series - and likely the genre - has ever seen. With Final Fantasy VII, Square showed that it had mastered the epic; with VIII, it shows that it has mastered the personal. The characters and their relationships are all extremely believable and complex; moreover, the core romance holds up even under the most pessimistic scrutiny. The decision to eschew a cast of dozens and focus on a central cast of six major characters appears to have been a wise one. The characters don't seem like base archetypes or generic "heroes," but like actual people.
The graphics are absolutely breathtaking. The detail in the backgrounds is frighteningly meticulous, and almost all backgrounds contain some animated elements. Battle sequences are nicely textured, and the sheer number of battle environments is borderline obsessive. Most full-motion video sequences are well integrated with gameplay, eliminating jarring "cuts" to and from CG sequences. Words don't do the graphics justice; neither, for that matter, do stationary screenshots. The motion and animation are what set Final Fantasy VIII's graphics apart from the rest. Both the FMV and in-game graphics are extensively motion-captured, and the difference is stunning. Characters don't just move around the screen; they act. The dance sequence on the first disc is equal in every way to Final Fantasy VI's famous "opera house" sequence. Square has proven that it has the biggest, baddest graphic artists and sound composers in the known world. Now, size no longer matters; they're going to awe you with majesty. While the limitations of the PlayStation hardware rear their ugly head from time to time, the sheer artistry and detail of the movement, the models, and the textures are beyond reproach. The mind reels at the thought of what Square can do with the next generation of gaming machines.
The sound, while excellent, is perhaps the game's weakest point; the music doesn't match the perfection of Final Fantasies IV, V, and VI. Of course, almost no video game has ever equaled the aural bliss of Nobuo Uematsu's SNES trilogy - but the bar was set, and Final Fantasy VIII falls just short. Even so, Uematsu is still a certifiable genius, and the soundtrack is very good, with more "quality" songs than Final Fantasy VII's. Even Faye Wong's pop sensation "Eyes on Me" is surprisingly inoffensive. Sound effects are excellent during FMV sequences, but only average during battle and gameplay sequences. The promised "Dolby Surround Sound" is mostly unnoticeable. Voice acting would have added a great deal to the FMV sequences; the game sometimes feels like the most beautiful silent film ever made.
Final Fantasy VIII combines a fantastic story, amazing visuals, and excellent sound with solid RPG gameplay, an eminently tweakable junction system, and scads of secrets and extras. After a string of visually stunning but uninspired games from Square, many gamers feared that Final Fantasy VIII would be more of the same. Cast all fears aside: the latest Final Fantasy is the greatest game ever to bear the name. "
Review Wrote:After a string of visually stunning but uninspired games from Square, many gamers feared that Final Fantasy VIII would be more of the same. Cast all fears aside: the latest Final Fantasy is [b]the greatest game ever to bear the name.[b/]
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
Ill still choose FF8 over FF7 though.
I haven't played FF 8, I heard it wasn't that good? :/
:/
Spoiler for quote:
gamestop Wrote:"The core of any Final Fantasy game has always been its story, and Final Fantasy VIII's story is the best the series - and likely the genre - has ever seen. With Final Fantasy VII, Square showed that it had mastered the epic; with VIII, it shows that it has mastered the personal. The characters and their relationships are all extremely believable and complex; moreover, the core romance holds up even under the most pessimistic scrutiny. The decision to eschew a cast of dozens and focus on a central cast of six major characters appears to have been a wise one. The characters don't seem like base archetypes or generic "heroes," but like actual people.
The graphics are absolutely breathtaking. The detail in the backgrounds is frighteningly meticulous, and almost all backgrounds contain some animated elements. Battle sequences are nicely textured, and the sheer number of battle environments is borderline obsessive. Most full-motion video sequences are well integrated with gameplay, eliminating jarring "cuts" to and from CG sequences. Words don't do the graphics justice; neither, for that matter, do stationary screenshots. The motion and animation are what set Final Fantasy VIII's graphics apart from the rest. Both the FMV and in-game graphics are extensively motion-captured, and the difference is stunning. Characters don't just move around the screen; they act. The dance sequence on the first disc is equal in every way to Final Fantasy VI's famous "opera house" sequence. Square has proven that it has the biggest, baddest graphic artists and sound composers in the known world. Now, size no longer matters; they're going to awe you with majesty. While the limitations of the PlayStation hardware rear their ugly head from time to time, the sheer artistry and detail of the movement, the models, and the textures are beyond reproach. The mind reels at the thought of what Square can do with the next generation of gaming machines.
The sound, while excellent, is perhaps the game's weakest point; the music doesn't match the perfection of Final Fantasies IV, V, and VI. Of course, almost no video game has ever equaled the aural bliss of Nobuo Uematsu's SNES trilogy - but the bar was set, and Final Fantasy VIII falls just short. Even so, Uematsu is still a certifiable genius, and the soundtrack is very good, with more "quality" songs than Final Fantasy VII's. Even Faye Wong's pop sensation "Eyes on Me" is surprisingly inoffensive. Sound effects are excellent during FMV sequences, but only average during battle and gameplay sequences. The promised "Dolby Surround Sound" is mostly unnoticeable. Voice acting would have added a great deal to the FMV sequences; the game sometimes feels like the most beautiful silent film ever made."
i have heard mixed things. Some people said FF 8 was bad and FF 9 was the good one and vice versa.
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
Ill still choose FF8 over FF7 though.
I haven't played FF 8, I heard it wasn't that good? :/
:/
Spoiler for quote:
gamestop Wrote:"The core of any Final Fantasy game has always been its story, and Final Fantasy VIII's story is the best the series - and likely the genre - has ever seen. With Final Fantasy VII, Square showed that it had mastered the epic; with VIII, it shows that it has mastered the personal. The characters and their relationships are all extremely believable and complex; moreover, the core romance holds up even under the most pessimistic scrutiny. The decision to eschew a cast of dozens and focus on a central cast of six major characters appears to have been a wise one. The characters don't seem like base archetypes or generic "heroes," but like actual people.
The graphics are absolutely breathtaking. The detail in the backgrounds is frighteningly meticulous, and almost all backgrounds contain some animated elements. Battle sequences are nicely textured, and the sheer number of battle environments is borderline obsessive. Most full-motion video sequences are well integrated with gameplay, eliminating jarring "cuts" to and from CG sequences. Words don't do the graphics justice; neither, for that matter, do stationary screenshots. The motion and animation are what set Final Fantasy VIII's graphics apart from the rest. Both the FMV and in-game graphics are extensively motion-captured, and the difference is stunning. Characters don't just move around the screen; they act. The dance sequence on the first disc is equal in every way to Final Fantasy VI's famous "opera house" sequence. Square has proven that it has the biggest, baddest graphic artists and sound composers in the known world. Now, size no longer matters; they're going to awe you with majesty. While the limitations of the PlayStation hardware rear their ugly head from time to time, the sheer artistry and detail of the movement, the models, and the textures are beyond reproach. The mind reels at the thought of what Square can do with the next generation of gaming machines.
The sound, while excellent, is perhaps the game's weakest point; the music doesn't match the perfection of Final Fantasies IV, V, and VI. Of course, almost no video game has ever equaled the aural bliss of Nobuo Uematsu's SNES trilogy - but the bar was set, and Final Fantasy VIII falls just short. Even so, Uematsu is still a certifiable genius, and the soundtrack is very good, with more "quality" songs than Final Fantasy VII's. Even Faye Wong's pop sensation "Eyes on Me" is surprisingly inoffensive. Sound effects are excellent during FMV sequences, but only average during battle and gameplay sequences. The promised "Dolby Surround Sound" is mostly unnoticeable. Voice acting would have added a great deal to the FMV sequences; the game sometimes feels like the most beautiful silent film ever made."
i have heard mixed things. Some people said FF 8 was bad and FF 9 was the good one and vice versa.
oh well, i knew zack was going to die throughout the time i was playing CC
see, in the first game he was some random guy that died; i was like "oh well" but once you get to know zack's story throughout CC and watch his epically epic death; then you're like nooooooooo
even though you know its coming....
The way he died totally sucked.
He was this big soldier fanatic and then Shinra guns him down. :/
I almost cried at the ending, and becuase it ended :'(
I almost cried too. That ending cutscene was the best out of any of the FF VII games!
Ill still choose FF8 over FF7 though.
I haven't played FF 8, I heard it wasn't that good? :/
:/
Spoiler for quote:
gamestop Wrote:"The core of any Final Fantasy game has always been its story, and Final Fantasy VIII's story is the best the series - and likely the genre - has ever seen. With Final Fantasy VII, Square showed that it had mastered the epic; with VIII, it shows that it has mastered the personal. The characters and their relationships are all extremely believable and complex; moreover, the core romance holds up even under the most pessimistic scrutiny. The decision to eschew a cast of dozens and focus on a central cast of six major characters appears to have been a wise one. The characters don't seem like base archetypes or generic "heroes," but like actual people.
The graphics are absolutely breathtaking. The detail in the backgrounds is frighteningly meticulous, and almost all backgrounds contain some animated elements. Battle sequences are nicely textured, and the sheer number of battle environments is borderline obsessive. Most full-motion video sequences are well integrated with gameplay, eliminating jarring "cuts" to and from CG sequences. Words don't do the graphics justice; neither, for that matter, do stationary screenshots. The motion and animation are what set Final Fantasy VIII's graphics apart from the rest. Both the FMV and in-game graphics are extensively motion-captured, and the difference is stunning. Characters don't just move around the screen; they act. The dance sequence on the first disc is equal in every way to Final Fantasy VI's famous "opera house" sequence. Square has proven that it has the biggest, baddest graphic artists and sound composers in the known world. Now, size no longer matters; they're going to awe you with majesty. While the limitations of the PlayStation hardware rear their ugly head from time to time, the sheer artistry and detail of the movement, the models, and the textures are beyond reproach. The mind reels at the thought of what Square can do with the next generation of gaming machines.
The sound, while excellent, is perhaps the game's weakest point; the music doesn't match the perfection of Final Fantasies IV, V, and VI. Of course, almost no video game has ever equaled the aural bliss of Nobuo Uematsu's SNES trilogy - but the bar was set, and Final Fantasy VIII falls just short. Even so, Uematsu is still a certifiable genius, and the soundtrack is very good, with more "quality" songs than Final Fantasy VII's. Even Faye Wong's pop sensation "Eyes on Me" is surprisingly inoffensive. Sound effects are excellent during FMV sequences, but only average during battle and gameplay sequences. The promised "Dolby Surround Sound" is mostly unnoticeable. Voice acting would have added a great deal to the FMV sequences; the game sometimes feels like the most beautiful silent film ever made."
i have heard mixed things. Some people said FF 8 was bad and FF 9 was the good one and vice versa.
never played ff9
I have only played 7, 10, 12, and CC and have only ever finished Crisis Core.
ff6 (or 3 in the US) has the best story.. no question about it.. any hardcore FF player will tell you that.. and ive played them all.... get for an emulator and try not to let snes graphics bother you.. its REALLY well done...
12 was a little wishy washy, Vaan seemed to me like a supporting character to Ashe and everybody else.
I thought he was going to be the "hero" of it.
Basically what was fueling everyhting was politics. :/
