December Meme!
Dec. 21st, 2014 11:05 amTalk about what you love most about Final Fantasy 8. :) - ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
scribblemoose
...okay so look, I didn't say I would do these in any particular order and talking about MY FAVE FFVIII is easy, alright? ALRIGHT.
So Final Fantasy VIII. Sigh. FFVIII was the first FF I played. I watched my niece play FFVII but I didn't personally play it until years later. So, FFVIII was my first step into RPGs and what a turning point in my life. I loved the storyline and the universe (I wanted to be a SeeD! And live in a military boarding school! In hindsight that would have been very bad). I loved the weird futuristic style. I loved the turnbased combat and the junction system. I know a lot of people had a problem with that but it never bothered me. I like the idea of the GFs getting attached to whatever human they were living inside of, to the point of being so much slower when junctioned into a stranger. I loved that! Shiva loved Squall and Quetzacoatl loved Zell and Ifrit loved Selphie. This was my standard lineup and it made me so happy. ;3;
And the characters. THE CHARACTERS. While Squall and Rinoa are the mains, this really is an ensemble cast and I loved everyone (except Seifer, he was only okay). It's really no surprise that Zell was my fave but I really loved everyone. Their interactions (Squall and Zell be so unimpressed with Irvine, who seemed to be impressed with himself to make up for that but haha, not really, enjoy your pain; everything Laguna and his crew did; Squall's utter disgust for Laguna, lmao). Selphie's sweet spunk and also love for blowing shit for JUSTICE. Also, I share her love for TRAINS. Quistis and her maturity and also the weight of that maturity that settled on her shoulders like a too-heavy shawl. I always felt like Quistis wanted to be one of the kids (as much as military personnel can be "kids") but she always had so much on her plate.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. The entire premise of this game is fucked the fuck up. Why are these 17 year olds, these children, being groomed for warfare? Man, that's messed up. I love it.
There are definitely things about this game that can be tedious (the Squall/Rinoa romance does nothing for me, not just because I'm not Rinoa's biggest fan but also because it wasn't really built up very well) and random battles are really nobody's friend but I love this game still, I love these characters still, and I would really appreciate a remake Squeenix, I'm just saying.
scribblemoose...okay so look, I didn't say I would do these in any particular order and talking about MY FAVE FFVIII is easy, alright? ALRIGHT.
So Final Fantasy VIII. Sigh. FFVIII was the first FF I played. I watched my niece play FFVII but I didn't personally play it until years later. So, FFVIII was my first step into RPGs and what a turning point in my life. I loved the storyline and the universe (I wanted to be a SeeD! And live in a military boarding school! In hindsight that would have been very bad). I loved the weird futuristic style. I loved the turnbased combat and the junction system. I know a lot of people had a problem with that but it never bothered me. I like the idea of the GFs getting attached to whatever human they were living inside of, to the point of being so much slower when junctioned into a stranger. I loved that! Shiva loved Squall and Quetzacoatl loved Zell and Ifrit loved Selphie. This was my standard lineup and it made me so happy. ;3;
And the characters. THE CHARACTERS. While Squall and Rinoa are the mains, this really is an ensemble cast and I loved everyone (except Seifer, he was only okay). It's really no surprise that Zell was my fave but I really loved everyone. Their interactions (Squall and Zell be so unimpressed with Irvine, who seemed to be impressed with himself to make up for that but haha, not really, enjoy your pain; everything Laguna and his crew did; Squall's utter disgust for Laguna, lmao). Selphie's sweet spunk and also love for blowing shit for JUSTICE. Also, I share her love for TRAINS. Quistis and her maturity and also the weight of that maturity that settled on her shoulders like a too-heavy shawl. I always felt like Quistis wanted to be one of the kids (as much as military personnel can be "kids") but she always had so much on her plate.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. The entire premise of this game is fucked the fuck up. Why are these 17 year olds, these children, being groomed for warfare? Man, that's messed up. I love it.
There are definitely things about this game that can be tedious (the Squall/Rinoa romance does nothing for me, not just because I'm not Rinoa's biggest fan but also because it wasn't really built up very well) and random battles are really nobody's friend but I love this game still, I love these characters still, and I would really appreciate a remake Squeenix, I'm just saying.
