The ability is tied to the equipped GFs, and the system can provide various effects. Removing Curaga and Bio reduces his stats. It bolsters stats, unlocks abilities, and provide enhanced offensive and defensive capabilities. The Junction System is a pivotal system in your battles. Squaresoft continued to develop more and more new systems post-FFVIII, but this one seems to be the genesis of the unique systems in the other newer series. This is one of the most innovative and highly divisive systems in the entire series. And let me usher you to the next section. But for the sake of summing it up, you gain EXP for both your characters and their GFs, then your GFs will learn new abilities like Stat-J or Elem-Def-J or such. It would take me another twelve paragraphs to explain what each of the summons do, and another ten to explain the GF progression mechanic.
#FINAL FANTASY 8 SERIES#
Another staple idea returns in the Final Fantasy series are summons, and GFs are your summons here. Nope, not short for ‘girlfriend’, but Guardian Force. Yes, this is a game about collecting GFs. Sounds about right.Īll of your characters’ abilities come from summoned monsters called GFs that you’ll collect throughout the game.
#FINAL FANTASY 8 UPGRADE#
Previous games had you spend only Gil to upgrade, but in this game, you had to unlock each upgrade by gaining information through reading. Weapons are upgraded through reading magazines and finding parts and material for it. You can replenish the spells by ‘drawing out’ the spells from enemies or certain Draw Points in the world. It creates new strategies and gameplay styles. For example, if you have 50 Fire spells, you can cast Fire 50 times before it runs out. If you haven’t noticed, magic does not cost MP now, but rather, each magic has its own quantity. Huge robots and ships, floating cities, weird plot. For starters, the game features massive differences compared to FFVII. Squaresoft had one of the strangest ideas to tear up apart a working formula and supercede it with an experimental one. The song was performed by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra at Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, and it was one of the reason’s that sparked me the idea to write this up. It has a sense of dread and buildup perfect to present the audience the game. “Liberi Fatali” is another song featured in the game, it is the intro FMV song. The moment it came on, my dad and I looked at each other and just laughed after recognizing this song.
#FINAL FANTASY 8 TV#
Listening to it gives me flashbacks when I was a naive child playing this game.Īnother interesting fact about this piece of the battle theme is that one of the local TV stations used this bit of song in their intermission. The battle theme “Don’t Be Afraid” was one of my favourite themes up until this very day. The themes were spot on and conveyed emotions strongly. Nobuo Uematsu went all out with this one. With plot twists and gripping tales and an inevitable romance gig, FFVIII has successfully created a wholesome story for fans like me. But hey, I’m not complaining about that.įurthermore, the entirety of the plot spawned many fan theories which are the sign of a great story, with special mention to the “time kompression” bits near the game’s climax. He then falls in love with another student, Rinoa.īasically, this is your emo teenage anime created in a game form.
These students will join their mercenary group called SeeD which is trained to kill sorcerers. The game begins introducing you to Squall, who is a student at Balamb Garden. In fact, the compilations of the game’s FMVs over at YouTube can substitute for a good movie.Ībout the plot: yeah it’s a bit complicated, but not out of place for a Final Fantasy game. This is a huge advancement in terms of technology, and in terms of presentation. The previous game had only rendered scenes, and the other game before that had sprites. Full-Blown FMVs and PlotįFVIII is the first game in the Final Fantasy series to use FMVs in the game. I also came up with this epiphany: Final Fantasy VIII is the best classic Final Fantasy to this day. I attended the recent Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy Kuala Lumpur, and thanks to the surreal experience of living my childhood soundtracks live, it had my gears running. It sounds like a lost cause, to stray off a known path and venture to lands unknown, but in Squaresoft’s case, it gave us a masterpiece. Squaresoft did just that, straying off from common mechanics and concepts that have been ingrained deeply into the Final Fantasy name. The answer was simple walk off the beaten path. So I can only imagine the thought process of the developers over at Squaresoft going somewhat like “How do we top Final Fantasy VII?” Squaresoft had a humongous mountain to climb created by the success of their masterpiece, Final Fantasy VII.
The logo accentuates the theme of romance in the game.
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