During my time with Final Fantasy XVI, I stored fascinated by Final Fantasy VIII, not simply because it’s most likely my favourite Final Fantasy, however as a result of there have been some real synergies between these two FF video games. Maybe quite a lot of that needed to do with the truth that the primary battle theme of FFXVI actually feels like FFVIII’s combat music.
Or possibly it needed to do with FFXVI’s cosmic plot specializing in the sluggish unraveling of a cosmic huge unhealthy whose motivations are considerably mysterious and unclear. That wasn’t all. (*8*) I appeared, I felt like I used to be seeing FFVIII. The central position that FFXVI’s summons (the Eikons) play within the narrative jogged my memory quite a lot of FVIII’s Guardian Forces, narratively and (to a sure diploma) mechanically.
There’s a spellbinding fusion of fantasy and sci-fi in Final Fantasy VIII, and it’s executed in a manner that feels extremely pure, setting the stage for a mind-bending story that’ll keep on with you.
I performed Final Fantasy VIII again in 1998, and I nonetheless actually don’t perceive all the pieces in its story. I don’t imply that it’s complicated in a damaging sense,, however that it has a wealthy, virtually dreamlike ambiguity, weaving the sort of mysterious, fantastical story you will discover all types of meanings in. I don’t assume I’ll say the identical about FFXVI 20-plus years from now. FFVIII retains its playing cards very near its chest within the narrative division and continues to bend and twist its story in attention-grabbing, surprising methods over the course of its 4-disc journey. As a traditional FF, it options turn-based fight and strict RPG mechanics (which you’ll break the hell out of, by the way in which). If you’re not against some ‘90s gaming vibes, FFVIII makes for an excellent follow up to FFXVI.
You may want to give some consideration to how you play this game, however. 2019’s remaster of the 1998 RPG options new character fashions and improved audio. But if I’m being sincere, the shortage of true analog motion and the jagged juxtaposition of the newer, fancier fashions with the outdated pre-rendered environments and lower-poly NPC fashions isn’t nice. If you possibly can, get your self the PSX model and both a PSX, PS2, or PS3 to expertise this 1990’s gem.
But for those who’re solely on PC and don’t have a legally obtained backup of the ISO and an emulator, go together with the remastered model. The unique PC launch (which remains to be, in some way, on Steam) butchers the audio and soundtrack to an inexcusable diploma.
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