Thoughts on FF VIII (Article)
I don't feel like FF VIII got the credit it deserved. To many people said the story was boring, or simply "FF VII IS BETTER!" In my opinion, you can't really compare the Final Fantasy games. Most people just play the games for the fun or the action, I actually do it for the story. To many people see games as a "kiddy thing." But games like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, actually have things that you learn from them. (By the way, this is just the philosopher in me speaking, lol). Most Final Fantasy present real life issues.
Anyway, back to the main idea. FF VIII has been walking in the shadows of FF VII. FF VII revolutionized gaming as we knew it. It set the standards for all games, it had the best graphics of it's time, and a story that was good enough for a movie (which it later became). FF 8 did this also. But because it came after FF VII, people simply thought that FF8 was a "wanna be FFVII." Or Squall was just a "wanna be Cloud." If you actually play the game, Squall is probably one of the most unique characters in the final fantasy series.
FF8 also revolutionized the graphics world just like FFVII did. It was the first time the Final Fantasy characters were given human figures in real time game play...All thanks to nomura who simply stole Gackt's look(Famous japanese singer, who is now casted as Genesis in Crisis Core). Gackt himself gave the general look to most of nomura's characters in his games. If you notice, every character that Nomura has created can easily be related to gackt in terms of look.
If you notice, most of Nomura's main characters in his Final Fantasy games, all have serious depressing issues. Nomura tends to recycle his ideas, meaning that there's something he wants to teach us. Nomura stated that he will make FF Versus XIII like the real world in the sense that the characters will have reall life issues. This "Storm" character seems to be another one of Nomura's dark characters. But that doesn't mean he's a "wanna be Cloud, or a Wanna be Squall".
You guys might not even care about what I've just stated here. But I can say, I'm a unique person (not to sound cocky), but I look for the meaning in everything.
So, just play the game as it is, and don't compare them. Look and try to learn from them, because believe or not, even you might have similar issues as the character do.
Anyway...yeah, I'm done typing. My fingers are tired... Later guys.
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