Well, hey, it was my first FF game... and if it sucked so much... then I wouldnt have started to play ANY of the other FF games... Not trying to argue with ya there but I wouldnt be here talking about FF series if I didnt actually see FF8 and played. Hey, you say its bad, I dont care, thats your problem, I say that its not a complete garbage work by Square, for ONE reason... it drew me into the whole RPG gaming not just Final Fantasy... but any RPG's throughout the world. Same ppl made it... same person wrote the songs...(except the Eyes on Me which really gave me the goosebumps)I dont see why you ppl hate it so much. Okay, storyline, characters... I understand because I didnt like Squall from the first place anyways... and the story I didnt understand how it went until the second time I played the game and whoa junction system.. I was stuck on this for A while. Yeah, Jin, you say that Strategy guides are for pussies but I was there CLUELESS, buying my first FF game ever with the book in my hand and on the other hand holding my daddy's hands... I WAS A GRADE 4! I don't even know why I bought it even though a magazine I bought had a strat guide for the game... heh, heck, I didn't even know how to speak english nor know how to read back then Let me finish off here with a final conclusion...

I do not think this game was a total failure for Squaresoft.

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