FF8 thread

I had no idea what I was doing as a kid with the junction system, but looking forward to breaking the shit out of it with the remaster now
What's the best setup to melt enemies

I don't think they could do limits and the end is classified as magic.
I remember in the fight against the fake president deling the bosses were shuffled and it was NORG

Fantastic soundtrack. The music of FFVI, VII, and VIII was peak Uematsu.

Like what if an enemy could do Lionheart or MY Final Heaven

I don't think limit breaks like are in the randomizer pool. The End works, because that's basically just a magic spell

Would it be possible for Omega Weapon to show up as Ifrit?

yes. I remember resetting because odin was at ifrit's spot and I didn't want to grind to kill him in the 2 actions I had before he zantenzuken'd me. I think the ifirit timer was different than the odin timer so it was assumed the odin timer was at 0

The best part of FF8 is XIV's remake of The Extreme

youtube.com/watch?v=cpJwyd0AEvA

Why did they remake the song? Is there an ff8 themed boss or something in 14?

Not super directly, but XIV borrows from every FF given it's MMO nature. The Extreme is part of the one of the best raid fights ever made in the game.

Also it features Nomura's signature girl: goth raven-hair girl with sexo lips.

Eden is a boss and even uses her gf attack
youtube.com/watch?v=6Pd0ALPOhnQ

I like the idea of giving it a replay but if I do I know I'll sink a shit ton of hours into triple triad

Moombas are so cool aside from Moogles, Chocobos and Cactuars, wish they made plushies of them

they never brought Moombas back

Makes me sad, they cute.

turning a whole garden into a generic midge robot

Complementary rage bait.

skill issue

Your own fault for not immediately removing the retard same and plus rules

Played FF6, 7, 9, X and 15

10 hours of FF8 got filtered hard

When did you fall in l0ve with the game at first?

1999

This exact moment

When I 1st saw the opening cutscene when it came out and I bought it since I loved VII

The moment this started:

youtube.com/watch?v=bWA635zt9nM

unfathomably based

FITHOS

It's interesting that FF8 and FF10 seem to consistently have threads on Anon Babble, more so than the other FF games. I think FF7 would too if remakezoomers didn't make that fucking impossible nowadays.

It's because are starting to realize 8 is fucking awesome

Brothers and Quetzalcoatl are so much cooler than faggy Titan and shitpile Ramuh

7, 8, 9, 10 are peak FF

Diablos

Doomtrain

Pandemona

Cerberus

Eden

It certainly had some good one off summons.

Japanese Humor: The Game

Why do Laguna's squad have such consistently nonsensical interactions with each other? They're not the only example but they are by far the worst.

two teenagers hang out with eachother and gradually start to like one another

I'd say it's the most realistic part of the game.

I loved Odin surprising you every now and then

Diablos and Doomtrain should've returned

Definitely. Plus the game genuinely surprising you with Gilgamesh afterward if you had recruited Odin before Lunatic Pandora.

The game never really improves. The story sucks, the characters are forgettable besides Squall, Rinoa, and maybe Seifer and Zell. You are basically discouraged from leveling and the majority of your time is wasted on triple triad. Its only remembered fondly because of nostalgia

t. Marathoned the series a few years ago

Right here.

It had a very strong aesthetic and the gameplay made some bold choices that unfortunately didn't really pan out. I'd still take it any day over the safe and sterile slop we get these days.

JRPG without random encounters

What's the point?

It's not so much having it on permanently. But having the option when you just wanna travel somewhere and not have to deal with random encounters.

There's a lot of backtracking in certain areas and leveling up isn't a linear power scale in 8

It's been 50 years and you guys have FF8 threads like it came out yesterday.

The story sucks, the characters are forgettable

Someone junctioned with a GF too long

FF8 has one of the worst stories, but great game mechanics. Shame that Riona is one of the worst FF girls ever created.

Got his ass

I've played every FF including a good chunk of the side stuff and FF8 definately stands out in terms of designs that were actually being translated directly into the game without relying on concept arts, FF7 felt more like they were trying to translate these familiar concepts into 3d but FF8 felt like the first time they were actually being built into fully realized 3d models.

Also compared to FF 1-3, 5 and 9 ? FF8 had a pretty good story, it went off the rails but how it went off the rails largely still kept in line with the main cast and the overarching story.

I would compare the cast being adopted friends to the the terra reveal in FF9, the cast being adopted friends all along was a shitty twist but it maintains focus on the cast, you're either like "this is stupid" or "This is crazy" but you're thinking about our characters and the journey so far. Time compression is similar, it's weird and convoluted but it's keeps that same focus on Squall and Rinoa's earlier encounter in the flower field so Rinoa can save Squall as a true act of love between them.

Contrast this with everything going in a completely different direction, the world ending stakes that were already introduced go even further into some other planet that feels hardly related, Kuja turns into a completely different character. You know how Zidane Has a tail? That actually meant he was an angel of death created by garland, a character we pretty much know nothing about. Oh yeah also necron. Who is he? who knows. How does this serve anything that happened before? who knows.

FF isn't perfect at telling stories but 8 is far from the worst the series has to offer.

Also personally I loved the freedom that the junction system gave and haven't instant access to easy limit breaks was really fun. Also I personally loved Triple Triad wasn't just good, it was way better than most minigames in general. It's probably the perfect minigame

Gotta catch em all

the game doesnt deserve its music. im a simple man, for me its the battle theme and the boss battle theme

[Random]

Speaking of battle themes, The Legendary Beast is an incredible one that if you tear through Griever (pre-Ultimecia junctioning) too quickly you won't hear all of it.

youtube.com/watch?v=oW61WM0DDUA

Uematsu is a genuine genius.
I purchased his albums and game soundtracks he created. My praise for him isn't just some "investment fallacy" either; it's warranted and true.
Of his 1000+ tracks he's made, 99% of them are brilliant.

I want to murder Nomura

i played this game without ever understanding anything about it. i never used the weapons skills like shooting with the gun, i <wish but i didnt know how,n i didnt undferstand the magic system. i just headbutted my way through, the fight prolly took longer than they should have. made the game more difficult and more enjoyable in a way, goes to show that FF could use a difficulty setting

How the fuck would affection values even work? You've only done the Ifrit cavern with Quistis, the retreat from Dollet with Selphie and haven't even met Rinoa.

FF9 has its own problems and I think it suffers the worst drop in quality from the second disc onwards. You could probably make a case the fall starts after you defeat the final Black Waltz. FF8's problem is that a lot of the plot points that the game brings up don't get resolved in a satisfying way or at all. Why didn't we get more time with Adel? What's going to happen to Galbadia since Ultimecia is gone and she killed their president? What about Esthar literally being flooded with monsters? FF8 focused too much on the personal story between the party, especially since the amnesia reveal ultimately isn't that important.

I played FF8 first so I was incredibly disappointed to learn that some old crusty wizard was the lightning summon in nearly every other game.

kek, same

never remixed Premonition

I'm still mad.

Yeah that's true, my biggest problem with the story was that Laguna and Squall never have an actual moment together.

It felt like the game telling two stories was building up to that but it just didn't happen. It wasn't just nothing but less than nothing Squall never actually learns that Laguna is his father.

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I literally just finished 100%-ing FF8. It's not my favorite FF, but the music is nice.

Steamdeck is ready to 100% FF9 starting this weekend.

Junction your dick to your deck

I don't know the achievements, but you'll probably need more than 1 playthrough to 100% 9.

Why didn't we get more time with Adel?

Because the main plot point of Adel is her being an alternate host for Ultimecia compared to Rinoa

What's going to happen to Galbadia since Ultimecia is gone and she killed their president?

Seifer took over since he was the sorceress' knight

What about Esthar literally being flooded with monsters?

The most scientifically advanced nation in the world would be busier than usual but be able to handle it.

What's going to happen to Galbadia since Ultimecia is gone and she killed their president?

The people will elect an new one and move on. What more do you need?

FF9's story was written much more like a book.
FF8's story was written much more like a movie.
FF7's story was written much more like a video game.

Looking at that picture I could hear the Fossil Roo OST

I want to 100% x-2, I wish it had a separated list from X like ps4 had

I had completely forgotten about the cavern-insect monorail and seeing that image made me smile and listen to the musical track.

8 always needed 7R treatment

I love how realistic Squall’s character is. People in the military often say it’s just like being a civilian, then all of the sudden you’re getting shot at. His reactions are always well written, trying to survive is his goal for the whole game. There’s no grandiose reasoning like some evil that might affect him in the future such as Shinra, only the current effect of the powerful sorceress that he must overcome. All metered with the school he attends, the rules he must follow, the law he is trying to save pushing him along just as a real student.

whatever

Why were PS1 FFs so obsessed with mini games?
Does anyone actually enjoy playing these shitty card games?

Yes

can't even read a paragraph

your brain is fried

Take a break from twitter, zoom zoom

Yes, much more so than blitzshit.

implying the CPR and snowboarding in 7 isn't supreme gameplay

100% FF9 starting this weekend.

You're gonna have to cheat or stop caring about pointless achievements.

The 90s was the era of Soul

Or practice jump rope for weeks

Triple Triad in FFXIV is pretty fun. I hear the one in Rebirth is really good too.

pic

Post the crt filter

How do I play this game on my phone?

Dial my number and I'll let you listen in while I play it

I'm playing the game on real hardware through composite cables on a Retrotink 5x

youtube.com/watch?v=Na0kklT7N4A

Squall standing in the corner getting wasted alone

sees shooting star, locks eyes with girl that also saw the star

calls him the coolest guy there and asks to dance

IGNORE

suspects he only dances with the girl he likes so she tries to bewitch him.

sensible chuckle

can't dance though

says it's fine, she's just looking for an acquaintance but you can't go on a dancefloor alone, right?

Squall dances like a fish trying to climb a tree.

Tries to get out but she pulls him back in.

When they mess up and hit someone else Rinoa just makes it their problem and smiles at Squall like he'll never need to worry about anything ever again.

Fade to Squall having learned like a natural

Fireworks guy so moved he sets it off early.

Squall pondering the meaning of life

but then a flash of absolute worry as he notices she is looking away at something.

Squall looking on at how they all still simply abandon him in the end.

retrotwink

A bit gay

level of care for someone exponentially increases when they nearly fucking DIE

Maybe if you left the basement and had a single friend or at least good relationships with your family, you might understand.
Did some update add this or am I being fucking mandela'd? I played 8 and X on the ps1 and 2 back in the day, and played a good bit of both of them on the PC with their remasters over the past couple years. Not once did Isee any text being blue or yellow. Now just this past week, playing both games again and seeing this image, both games have this fucking nintendo baby pokemon "colored text for important things you're mentally 10 years old and have the iq of a potato so we need to point this out" thing that was NEVER there before.

Nothin personnel, Odin.

Is the remaster on Steam good?

6 is squarely in Anon Babble territory (despite all of these games being over 20 years old)

7 is hampered by the higurashi gou/sotsu-style "remake" and was obscenely popular in the first place

9 was anus and NOBODY cared about it

10 was the last actual final fantasy game

14 is just a shitty mmo that constantly leaks out of Anon Babble to the point they have stealth generals here all the time

That leaves just 8 and 10, with the occasional spinoff like SoP or Tactics.

youtu.be/PxsX1XOmES4?si=Cpeaw5ORdIe68o2e

Arguably.

models are obviously improved, basically early PS2 game quality instead of wobbly messes

backgrounds are sloppily upscaled because SURPRISE square didn't keep the original sources

replaces the midi soundtrack with the PSX compressed recording of the roland sound system

The latter is more subjective, but something like virtualmidisynth with a good soundfont would make all the instruments sound far better than the PSX version's music. The only exception would be the vocals and the recorded songs with real instruments, but I think the original PC version kept those.

Mad cuz bad.

Remember when FF games had badass secrets? XVI literally has not even one secret.

youtuber has female name

is a troon

EVERY
FUCKING
TIME

Squall is a retard. Quistis was better than Seifer's used goods.

Maybe there was cut content that could've made Balamb's beginning portion of the game longer.

8 had many problems, but this is legit one of the most badass things in the series.
And it's completely optional too, it's entirely possible to get there without even knowing odin is a thing in the game, and gilgamesh breaking out of the void rift from ff5 to take up the reigns.

Nobody does stuff like this anymore.

SEX

Alrighty, time to finish the fuckin game

show you magic junctions anon. Those stats are horrible

I typically just let the game do it for me since I don't really care

They'd have to completely rewrite the beginning or have a different affection event later on, because only after the Timber mission you have all 3 girls in your party

You dont need Hit-J on Squall, because he always has 255%. Use Quake on something else

Bro... you gotta fix that shit up

For me it's the Lunar Cry.
From hearing about it you're likely to think they're just going to keep that as a background story event.
But no, you will look at the bloodred streaming ocean of monsters surging to the planet from the fucking moon, attracted by a gigantic weaponized crystal pillar.
And you will shelter from it in a badass dragon space ship with a huge gun.

It's a bit silly when you think about the monsters just chilling on the barren surface and flying together.
But as an event I still think it's cool they actually included it in the story.

I'll fix it once I get the GF's that I have to max stats. I'm at the part where you get separated from Rinoa after you get Ragnorok. I already got Bahamut and Doom Train. I have one last GF to get but I don't really care about that one since I have to draw it from Tiamat from the final dungeon or get it from Ultima Weapon. Who I can probably kill right now but I'm not that interested

FF8 and 9 both have a critical flaw of it feeling like the developers started dying of medical exhaustion the last 1/3rd of the game. When you look at Squares release schedule in the 90s, it's not surprising

I feel like tifa being a concerned friend turned lover and Dagger/Zidane changing eachother for the better to finally get togheter are better love stories than "guy keeps saving a ditzy cutie and later realizes that after all has feelings for her"

I wish you luck. Your stats are pretty low for lvl 61

This decision as likely made early into script writting before they even started coding cutscenes

I change my mind, I'm gonna fuck Ultima Weapon in the mouth

Junctioning finally clicked for me. Any good spells I could get from Triple Triad before the first visit to Dollet?

fuck, I am too late to goon

Nice

What is FFIX even about? i never hear about that one, i don't even know who's the protagonist

Don't bother farming the AGA spells. They become instantly obsolete when you get diablo's time and status magic refine

FF8 and 9 both have a critical flaw of it feeling like the developers started dying of medical exhaustion the last 1/3rd of the game

I'm pretty sure internally they gave their games like a year and a half to max 2 to wrap up their development during these years. It's why these titles like 8, 9, Xenogears all feel rushed to an extent. It's actually very impressive how good and fun these games were considering that pressure.

Sky pirates masking as comedians plan to kidnap the princess, they become friends and discover autonomous weapons are being made, they travel the world to stop the weapon dealer.
The four protagonists are a thief, the princess, her bodyguard, a random kid who got there by mistake, thay have an amazing growth, chemistry and moments togheter possibly the best "base" cast in any FF.

Theatre troop escorts a runaway princess
Characters each deal with a particular personal struggle

I like how in cross game series, Squall is always depicted as the leader, despite being arguably the weakest out of the main protagonists. He’s not some super being or have some innate bloodline that makes him super strong. He’s not even a master at sorcery or combat. He’s just a regular guy who doesn’t even want to lead, but he has the most leadership experience so he steps up. It’s great.

like a year and a half to max 2 to wrap up their development

That was the standard in the pre-3D era as it was more than enough time but Square was late to adapt. It almost bankrupted their company.

Not fucking true. X has the best cast. 9 has a pretty good central cast but some characters are just kind of there and don’t really serve any purpose. Also Zidane being an alien is stupid and feels like an asspull of a plot to give him some connection to the bad guy.

Few companies made games that extensive back then though, to be fair.

I only liked the katana dude in FFX

thats the effect actually good games have especially when you were there for it. completely alien concept to zoomtards i know.

"...characters are just kind of there and don’t really serve any purpose"

Sounds like you're describing X's cast, Zidane included.

rinoa my wife

The cast in X all had some personal connections to the two central characters and none of them ever felt like they were there by coincidence. A lot of the games in the series feels that way, including 9. Vivi is a black mage prototype thing, Garnet is the last of the summoner, so is Eiko, Zidane is an alien race who is the final boss’ brother, and they all just happen to coincidently be in the same party. Doesn’t make sense. Why would they even pick up Vivi in the first place and keep him along? What are the chances that these special beings just happen to meet up together. It’s too many coincidences and ass pulls one after another for the story and cast to work.

I want to give your wife headpats

The themes of their romance are better integrated in the overaching plot so there's a lot more that reinforces it when looking at the bigger picture.
The nature of SeeD and sorceresses that plays out as the main story is directly represented by each of them.
In many ways they are opposites as people and in the end they're destined to end up mortal enemies.
This makes Squall's decision that he'll face anything to become her knight instead all the more significant.

Squall changes from someone who just wants to shut out the world and who doesn't care about anyone to someone who will take on the world, even including friends and allies, if it means he gets to keep her.
That's not to say that it's brought perfectly in the game, but him simply being a guy realizing he has feelings for a girl is selling it too short.

Yeah man, i still only liked the katana dude in X

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kys

Fair enough, even though he isn’t really using a katana, and they do the thing where they just call a gaunt sword a katana to fit the the ronin aesthetics.

death

Give Squall a GF setup with STR-J and HP-J

Junction Ultima to STR until it's 255

Junction Tornado to health until you have 9999 hp

you will now routinely do thousands of damage per normal hit, and if you stay at like 3-4000 hit points you'll constantly get limit breaks because you'll technically have "low" hp in terms of percentage but you won't be low enough to have to worry about getting one-shotted

Also you can take whoever has Status attack junctions and junction 100 deaths. it doesn't work on bosses but they now insta-kill anything that's not resistant. You can do this with break, too

The fact this page from the official Ultimania book exists and pretty much confirm the theory that Rinoa is Ultimecia has never been talked online, or explained.

Here is the extracted text from the image:

FINAL FANTASY VIII SCENARIO

PROLOGUE
the Promised Land

遠く、潮騒が聞こえてくる。
薄桃色の花が咲き乱れる草原を、 海風がおだやかに渡っていく。
海は見えない。一面を、鮮やかな緑と淡いピンクが埋め尽くしている。
そのただ中に、空を切り取ったような青が見える。 それは、 スカイブルーの衣を身に包んだ少女――
美しい少女だった。艷やかな髪が、微風になびき漆黒にきらめく。 白いうなじに光るのは銀の首飾り。
子をかたどったシルバーの指輪が、鎖につながれて胸元に揺れる。
少女は、待っていた。

――誰を?

そう彼女は問いかける。 ずいぶん長いあいだ、 ここで待ちつづけているように思える。 あるいは刹那の時を。
時間は意味を持たない。 大切なのは、誰を待っているのか、思い出すこと…。
最初から、待つべき者などいないのではないかふと、 少女の心にそんな疑いが忍び寄る。 不意に、
含んだ風が強まってくる。 暖かな陽光は暗雲にさえぎられ、冷気が少女をそこから追い立てるように舞い
りる。 彼方の空では稲光が、 雲の腹に複雑な模様を閃かせはじめる。 少し遅れて雷鳴が、 飢えた獣のうなり
声のごとくにとどろく。風も泣き叫ぶ。彼女をこばむように。
黒髪をあおられ、少女は不安そうに手のひらを胸に当てる。 指先に触れる硬質な感触。獅子の指輪それが少
女のよりどころとなる。

くる。 きっとくる。 そのとき自分を見つけられるように、少女はいつまでも待ちつづけると心に誓う。
彼は存在する。 そして彼女のいる場所を目指している。 なぜならここが約束の地だから。ふたりで決めた
会の場所だから......。
突風が花びらを舞い上げ、 視界を薄桃色に染める。 美しき嵐の中で、 少女はにぎりしめた小さな掌を開く。
包まれていたのは純白に輝く一枚の羽根。 それは少女の想いを乗せて、風に高く運ばれていく。
空の果てへ。 時の狭間へ。傷つき迷う、 待ち人のもとへ――。

258 | FINAL FANTASY VIII | ULTIMANIA | CHAPTER7 | SCENARIO

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sex with freya

At least translate the moonrunes

the Promised Land

The sound of the ocean can be heard in the distance.
A sea breeze gently blows across a meadow where pale pink flowers are in full bloom.
There is no sea to be seen. The whole surface is filled with vibrant green and pale pink.
In the midst of it all, a blue that seems to have been cut out of the sky can be seen. It was a girl dressed in sky blue clothing -
a beautiful girl. Her glossy hair fluttered in the breeze, sparkling jet black. A silver necklace gleamed on her white nape.
A silver ring in the shape of a child was attached to a chain and swayed against her chest.
The girl was waiting.

--Who?

she asked. It seemed as if she had been waiting here for quite a long time. Or a fleeting moment.
Time has no meaning. What's important is to remember who you're waiting for...
Suddenly, a doubt creeps into the girl's heart that there may not have been anyone she was waiting for in the first place. Suddenly,
the wind gets stronger. The warm sunlight is blocked by dark clouds, and cold air
dances . In the distant sky, lightning begins to flash complex patterns on the underside of the clouds. A little later, thunder roars
like the growl of a hungry beast. The wind also cries. As if to fend her off.
Fanned by her black hair, the girl uneasily places her palms on her chest. The hard feeling touches her fingertips. The lion's
ring becomes her anchor.

It's coming. It's sure to come. The girl vows .
He exists. And he is heading to where she is. Because this is the promised land.
Because it's the place they decided on together ...
A gust of wind sends up the petals, painting the field of vision a pale pink. In the midst of the beautiful storm, the girl opens her clenched small palm.
Enveloped within is a single, sparkling white feather. Carrying the girl's feelings, it is carried high into the air by the wind.
To the ends of the sky. Into the gap between time. To the one she is waiting for, hurt and lost.

Better translation from Grok.

Far away, the sound of waves can be heard.
A gentle sea breeze flows across a field blooming with soft pink flowers.
The ocean is not visible. The entire landscape is covered in vivid green and pale pink.
In the middle of it all, a patch of blue — as if a piece of the sky was cut out — appears.
There stands a girl, wrapped in sky-blue clothing.
She is beautiful. Her glossy black hair sways in the breeze, shimmering in the light.
A silver necklace shines on her white nape.
A silver ring shaped like a lion’s head dangles from a chain over her chest.
The girl is waiting.

— For whom?

She asks herself.
It feels like she has been waiting here for a very long time. Or perhaps only a moment.
Time has no meaning.
What matters is remembering whom she is waiting for.
A doubt creeps into her heart: maybe there was never anyone to wait for.
Suddenly, the wind picks up.
The warm sunlight is blocked by dark clouds, and a chill rises, urging her to leave.
Lightning begins to etch complex patterns into the belly of the clouds.
Thunder follows, echoing like the growl of a hungry beast.
The wind howls, as if to reject her.
Her black hair is whipped about, and she places her hand against her chest in worry.
Her fingers touch something hard — the lion ring — her anchor.

He will come.
He surely will.
She vows to continue waiting, so that he will be able to find her when he arrives.
He exists.
He is heading for the place where she is — because this is the Promised Land.
The place they chose together as their meeting point.

A gust of wind lifts the petals, dyeing her vision pale pink.
In the midst of this beautiful storm, the girl opens her small, clenched hand.
Inside it lies a single white feather, glowing pure and bright.
Carrying her feelings, it rises into the sky.

To the ends of the heavens.
To the rift between time.
To the one who is wounded and lost — the one she is waiting for.

Rinoa is trapped in the Time Compressed world.

Rajin: Fujin, I need a break, ya know? My asshole needs a day to recover. That last dildo you used was kinda big, you know?

Fujin: "SUBMIT"

Spoilers abound

The game starts with you as Zidane, a thief masquerading in an acting troupe as you infiltrate th royal city of Alexandria to kidnap the Princess Garnet for a mysterious benefactor. But as you do, you find out she is trying to run away, so she leaves with you, angering her adopted mother, Queen Brahme. You also pick up a boy(?) named Vivi who is a black mage. After some hijinks, you make it to the city of Lindblum, where the man who hired you turns out to be Lindblum’s regent, and Garnet’s uncle, who feels like Queen Brahme is slipping down a dark decent and wants to rescue his adopted niece. Meanwhile, Queen Brahme is being manipulated by a mysterious wizard named Kuja, who is using the mysterious mist that surround the continent to make soulless black Mages as war machines. Cont.