Final Fantasy 8 is better than Final Fantasy 9 , 9 felt like a downgrade after 8 presented you the party in full motion in the screen no longer do you just walk alone nope party members followed you in 8 which was far far better than anything that came before it or 9.
FF8 junction system is said to be broken and like yeah it is and you know it is yet you are abusing it to be OP then complain the game is broken? Not like you can just not spend 10 hours getting 99 of every spell then calling the battles tedious cuz draw magic exists.
+nobody shoved a gun in your head and told you to max out on every spell i played without the knowledge of higher number of spell = better result yet i beaten 3 discs just like that I'm i too good? Possible or is it just that the game is easy? Also possible , the game is very fine to beat without maxing out on spell count thus it can still remain well balanced save for few monsters.
The game tackled the weak summons issue like shiva/ifrit becoming useless late game by giving each summon a level system and further improved upon summons by reusing the FF6 system that had each esper grant a stat bonus and spells to learn FF8 uses this system but upgraded.
The junction/GF system allowed for far more customizable playstyle way more than 9 which had more linear path similar to 4.
The story seems to get a lot of flak but for what? Cuz it's teenage romance? Oh wait FF9 has that..... Or nitpick one scene and deem the entire story trash cuz of it?
Also 9 lacks the cinematic gameplay 7/8 had in 7 there was all these very cool moments like running across the cannon as tifa and engaging in a slapping contest with that one woman , stopping a full speed train , and that one fight against the massive mech that attacks midgard , 9 places a heavier focus on cutscenes which is pretty fine it has some of the best cutscenes i seen in Final Fantasy game so far but there is no cinematic gameplay , 8 has the train section and the battle with galbadia garden and the whole space section no matter how nonsensical it may be catching rinoa in space and figuring the alien monster puzzle , also the fight with Adel and ultimecia fight was one hell of a fight , ultimecia was WAY more difficult than kuja i died not to kuja but to necro in 8 i lost twice to ultimecia ALSO ultimecia castle is full of puzzles and challenges that test how good you are with the game by restricting magic/GFS etc sure i understand it's lengthy and at disc 4 you are just done with the game and would hate to prolong it still i found it to be the best and most entertaining final zone that sets up the antagonist pretty well.
Problem with FF8 is it came after 7 which was groundbreaking expectations were high but it seems FF8 didn't live up to those.... Also the limit break is far better in 8 than the trance mechanic in 9 which is unreliable and random at best.
Both are decent games but i found 8 to solve some issues that 9 didn't the SEED system was a fun way to get money , and the card game of 9 was pretty mid compared to 8 , visually both are compareable but 8 takes the lead in animation department , it features pretty amazing animations while 9 doesn't offer a lot of animation variety like 8.
8 also narrates the story with 2 protagonists the main (squall) and the side (Laguna) being the first game to ever do that in the series.
So yup FF8 isn't as bad it's problems seem to stem from gamers optimizing fun out of the game wanting numbers to rise up then complain "MUH ITS BROKEN" no bro you just got rid of all the fun cuz you hyper fixated on numbers.
AND FF8 nerfed melee damage allowing spells/summons to play bigger role you won't get by in 8 just spamming attack like previous games.
Final Fantasy 9 is the most overrated final fantasy game.
Final Fantasy 8, single handedly made me a fan of RPGs', not 7, though I loved aspects of 7 and I played that and a few other RPG's before hand, I much prefer the advent children additions and onwards, the 7 remakes are what the OG should have been and I'm glad it got remade because of all final fantasies, that needed a remake the most, as it aged like milk outside of the music and designs.
9 gets heaps of praise for some reason thought itr's objectivel worse than 8 in every way.
It has a simpler story and is more straightforward than 7 and 8. I also didn't notice that it was loved by anyone till I saw people mention it online. I am willing to bet it was their first final fantasy.
A common reddit post is "when does FF9 get good?", "How much longer do I have to play through 9 before it gets good?", I tried playing through it three times throughout the years and I stopped playing each time.
I say that as someone that finished, 7,8,10,13,13-2,lighting returns and all the kingdom hearts games, and all dragon quests except 9. I''m quite seasoned at RPG's in general and I thought FF9 had bad character designs, crap level layouts, really drawn out combat and also Nobuo Uematsu's worst soundtrack, add to this that it's written exclusively by Sakaguichi, whom isn't a great writer and the better written final fantasy stories are written by someone else, anyone else really. Blue dragon had great music, character designs, good music and a absolute ass story, written by Sakaguichi.
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