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A member of an elite military team, Squall
is forced into a conflict beyond imagination.
To survive, he must contend with a desperate
rival, a powerful sorceress, and his own
mysterious dream.
This sequel's theme is on love, set in
a massive new world, totally different from
the rest of the sequels. Here, will Squall
ever find his true love?
Final Fantasy 8 is packed with intense
graphics boost to the Playstation's maximum
capability, together with nearly an hour
of stunning motion-captured CG cinemas seamlessly
integrated into gameplay.
The new junction system has replaced the
old MP and materia system, allowing characters
to be customized with powerful magic spells
drawn for enemies. Apparently, it appears
that magic in this sequel is pretty weak.
The emphasis on magic is rather used by
junctioning to boost your characters' stats
rather then casting them out.
Final Fantasy 8 also gives the ability
to 'mix and match', allowing your characters
to use certain abilities, cast summon spells,
special attacks by means of a Guardian Force.
These GF's help the characters in the game
to fully utilize their abilities, and they
look similar to FF7's summon magic, except
that they offer special character abilities
such as Str +40%, Vit +40%, Spd +40% and
more...
A new interesting concept has overtaken
the previous FF's, setting it in a realistic,
futuristic environment, regulated with special
effects and present time possible events.
The battle system once again consist of
3 characters, similar to FF7, with the ability
to use limit breaks, do critical damage
as well as counter attacks. The weapons
can be upgraded instead of being bought,
unlike the previous sequels.
The traditional swords and staffs have
been replaced by new replica weapons such
as gunblades (sword in gun; ability to fire
and attack), whips, chains, guns and even
bare fists themselves.
The special 1 million HP bosses are also
back in the game itself. Ultima Weapon,
Omega Weapon can be found in the game. These
are special bosses which you can fight against,
with requires a little bit of brain power.
Final Fantasy 8 is a 4 discs Playstation
console game and a 5 discs PC platform game
with over 50 hours of gameplay to entertain
you to the very last bit.
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