FF8 Review 2day!

Hello again, today my game of choice is FF8, released 1999, still the biggest selling FF game to date, partially due to the game itself, and also from a host of new fans from the fantastic success of FF7.

Graphics: Absolutely fantastic. The characters are well rendered, the backgrounds are realistically defined. The FMV’s are better than FF7’s, which was hard to do.
SCORE: 10/10
Gameplay: Some people may find the start of the game a little frustrating, in order to get a decent SeeD rank, but once you get past this then you begin to get into the true spirit of the game.
SCORE: 8.5/10
Story: Very good. At first it focuses on the Seed mission, but even from the very start that intense rivalry between Squall and Seifer is evident. Probably, the best opening sequence of any FF, EVER, before or since.
SCORE: 10/10
Longevity: 4 disks, taking about 80 hours of your time, need I say any more?
SCORE: 10/10
Originality: Well, a lot of it came from FF7, but there were a plethora of features that were new as well – the junction system for one. Drawing magic was a good idea as well. Music was really good again, the first song being one of the best I ever heard.
SCORE: 8/10
Overall Score: 10+8.5+10+10+8 = 46.5/50
Adjustments: Gonna award extra half point, purely for the fact that watchin Squall throughout the whole story reflects my own life well.

Final Score: 47/50

Remember, “I will never just be a memory”

Sephiroth