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[Stumpokapow]

THE REAL JOKE IS THOSE THUGS AT ATLUS MOVING THE CAT """"""BECAUSE THE ESRB LOGO WOULD COVER IT UP"""" #MAGA

 

[potatohead]

FF VIII is the actual best.

All the haters just hating on its pure glory.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Yes, it's called Digital Devil Saga.

 

[giancarlo123x]

FF VIII is the actual best.

All the haters just hating on its pure glory.

This!

 

[secretanchitman]

FF VIII is the actual best.

All the haters just hating on its pure glory.

Correct. FFVIII is my personal favorite game in the series. It's an amazing game.

 

[Keihart]

FFVIII is my personal favorite, wouldn't call it the best but definetly the one i most enjoy.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Ikr wtf? That's HILARIOUS!

Also, I didnt know that there were ps1 fFFs that ages so well like 8 did? Wow. It looks good still.

(Not really familiar with FFs so pls forgive me)

Its definitely the best aged FF game from the PS1 era.

 

[ethomaz]

You can, because you can get Eden before that point.

Spoiler

It's an auto-game over though

That was a myth/joke created, no?

I tried in the part Rinoa is a enemy and it didn't happen when I was a kid.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Yet another reason why FF VIII is my favorite FF of the PlayStation era. FF titles (and their fans) often take the games too seriously. The levity and absurdity, which we saw in both 7 and 8, got lost after 8. It's also got the craziest, most inventive story. I miss the Square that made VIII.

It's frustrating that XII would get a PS4 remaster before VIII.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

That was a myth/joke created, no?

I tried in the part Rinoa is a enemy and it didn't happen when I was a kid.

Devour always had a huge chance to fail, but the lower the opponents health got/more status effects on them the higher the chance but it was still a small chance.

Oh and another great ability was Selphies "The End". It immediately ended any fight, even boss fights. I remember beating Diablo that way once. Ugh so good


Oh oh and then theres Odin and the fight with Seifer, being the way to unlock Gilgamesh...soooo many awesome things in that game.

 

[Psxphile]

FF8 is hella goofy and I love it.

One part that I totally forgot about until I recently replayed it on the Vita was when

Spoiler

the party retrieves their stolen weapons in the prison and proceed to do cheesy anime poses as each person's character model dramatically zooms towards the camera.

https://youtu.be/0J83NkhifFw?t=41m20s

So freaking weird and nothing else like it happens in the rest game!

It's the Moomba that sells it.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Love this thread.

FFVIII is a very creative, criminally underrated game, born from an amazing era of Squaresoft when Sakaguchi really pushed for his teams to just do their thing. This game really was Kitase & Nojima's passion project - and extremely ballsy after the juggernaut that was VII.


It'll always have a special place in my heart. :}

 

[Marmaladefire]

FF VIII is the actual best.

All the haters just hating on its pure glory.

100% Truth. It's a weird game with weird humor that doesn't take itself as seriously as people who hate on it like to claim and was really ambitious. I think it still has some of the best music in the series and best characters (who really should have been more fleshed out, admittedly.) The opening sequence is fantastic, still one of my favorite ever.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

The opening sequence is bar none the best of the series and a personal #1 most favorite and memorable intro to any game.

 

[SeanTSC]

FFVIII is a game where you catapult yourself to space where a sorceress is kept in stasis floating in orbit around the world who calls forth a giant zit of monsters from the moon to drop like a tear drop onto a crystal tower called lunatic pandora. And you can summon satan.

Man, I'd buy an FF8 remaster.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Man, I'd buy an FF8 remaster.

Just something similar to what they did with FFVII PS4 (the PC port) with trophies & gameplay buffs + Pocketstation stuff built in would be fantastic.
Also a dynamic theme with either the Balamb Garden theme or Breezy playing.

 

[naw]

The opening sequence is bar none the best of the series and a personal #1 most favorite and memorable intro to any game.

ff8 also had the best ending. reminded me of a cool, experimental movie or something. so dope

love this game

 

[TheJollyCorner]

ff8 also had the best ending. reminded me of a cool, experimental movie or something. so dope

love this game

It has a really amazing 'silent film' quality to it.
Even in my dream scenario where VIII gets a full, fancy remake, I'd still want the ending to retain that quality. The characters' actions & expressions tell you everything you need to know.

 

[Vlaphor]

http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/he-can-still-hear-it-s-screams-523476021

Might as well post some more Sejic while we're here.

Seriously, I could post Sejic all day. Anyone down for some Sunstone? No...well you should be!

Nice Reef.

Dammit, I was getting ready to make that joke. I even did a ctrl-f Boat to make sure nobody beat me to it...

 

[Sub_Level]

Yes, it's called Digital Devil Saga.

You mean the game where the devour ability just recycles the normal attack animation lmao

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Hahaha the Sejic strips are great! Never seen these before.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

This thread is the best just like how FF8 is the best.

Elixir please.

THE REAL JOKE IS THOSE THUGS AT ATLUS MOVING THE CAT """"""BECAUSE THE ESRB LOGO WOULD COVER IT UP"""" #MAGA

It's a conspiracy against game creative freedom and expression, but mostly my freedom to jack off.

 

[Izuna]

A hahaha, those comics. Thanks for making my day.

 

[TheSeks]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s76-Vjdt3Zw/maxresdefault.jpg

Hell, Pupu picks up one of the Maoi's from Stonehenge or whatever in-game near Winhill.

Plus there's that whole Shadow and Monkey side-quest to do.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Hell, Pupu picks up one of the Maoi's from Stonehenge or whatever in-game near Winhill.

Plus there's that whole Shadow and Monkey side-quest to do.

FFVIII has the best secrets.

 

[Sub_Level]

I refuse to believe there is a single person who did the Tonberry King sidequest without a guide.

The Doomtrain sidequest at least has hints.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Thread about joke 'censorship' in games? (Drakengard 3)

The thing about the Drakengard 3 example is that there really is an uncensored version of that scene floating around.

 

[TheSeks]

I refuse to believe there is a single person who did the Tonberry King sidequest without a guide.

The number of Tonberries the player needs to defeat to engage the Tonberry King changes with the beginning of each new file, however, it is usually about eighteen to twenty-four. Should the player run from the Tonberry King, they will have to fight the prerequisite number of Tonberry enemies again to make him reappear. If the player successfully cards a Tonberry, it does not count as defeating it.

The player may leave the area and save the game while in the process of killing the required number of Tonberries. Killing them consecutively is not required.

I dunno, seems easy to run into if you're killing every monster in the game/every battle. Do it enough instead of doing Odin's quest and it's easy to run into it accidentally.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

ff8 also had the best ending. reminded me of a cool, experimental movie or something. so dope

love this game

Oh man, the what is it, 13 minute CGI that happens near the end? That thing was awesome. It was...probably one of the best visualizations of a 'dream', in that it goes from one thing to another in a flash and the faces are distorted where you can almost make out the details but not and it looks like the faces are blen-

JUST WATCH IT IF YOU HAVEN'T:
Spoilers of course, but...it's striking.

I refuse to believe there is a single person who did the Tonberry King sidequest without a guide.

The Doomtrain sidequest at least has hints.

Is that the one where you have to kill 21 tonberries? Yeah, i used a guide for it. I always remembered having this one empty slot and finally looking it up and going 'THAT'S A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT' but I did it anyway because Tonberry King is legit

I dunno, seems easy to run into if you're killing every monster in the game/every battle. Do it enough instead of doing Odin's quest and it's easy to run into it accidentally.

I want to say you had to do another thing as well to get only Tonberries to appear, because otherwise you'd get other monsters in the mix.

 

[Wazzy]

VIII has so many hilarious parts it's great. I love that you can choose to save hotdogs or have little scenes with the cast joking around like Zells bedroom or Balamb date. Also the concert dancing.

It has a really amazing 'silent film' quality to it.
Even in my dream scenario where VIII gets a full, fancy remake, I'd still want the ending to retain that quality. The characters' actions & expressions tell you everything you need to know.

Yup. It's absolutely gorgeous and it makes sure you understand exactly what's going on. It's also nice watching everyone have fun and interact in the ending.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

I refuse to believe there is a single person who did the Tonberry King sidequest without a guide.

The Doomtrain sidequest at least has hints.

It was easy. You fights lots of Tonberries at the ruins.

VIII has so many hilarious parts it's great. I love that you can choose to save hotdogs or have little scenes with the cast joking around like Zells bedroom or Balamb date. Also the concert dancing.

Or picking musical instruments for the concert.

FF8 is so good. Haven't really played it since 2009 for the 10th anniversary though.

 

[Japanmanx3]

I am genuinely bummed. Kinda figured it was always a gag, but maybe just maybe omeone came across a wayward animation file ala Kingdom Hearts file craziness.

Details please.

 

[mrmickfran]

Might as well post some more Sejic while we're here.

lol that reminds me of this:

 

[mdzapeer]

Honestly all the bizarro weirdness is a huge part of why I love FFVIII. Now that I think of it, I would say it's by far the most surreal game in the series. It's fitting that since dreams are a big part of the storyline, the whole game just feels like one.

Same here even the soundtrack is dream like.

 

[aravuus]

....
...
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I should play FF8...

Lmao

My exact reaction

Really need to replay the game soon

 

[struggler_guts]

I am genuinely bummed. Kinda figured it was always a gag, but maybe just maybe omeone came across a wayward animation file ala Kingdom Hearts file craziness.

Wait whaat, never heard of this

 

[Kyougar]

I so love FFVIII

 

[| Praxis |]

VIII was always my favourite FF. Don't care what anyone says.

 

[Shift Breaker]

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Best final fantasy? Best final fantasy

 

[Stilton Disco]

FF VIII is the actual best.

All the haters just hating on its pure glory.

This, Rinoa and the frustrating inability to make Squall choose the objectively superior Quistis aside, it's pure brilliance and the franchise high point for me.

 

[Parakeetman]

http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/he-can-still-hear-it-s-screams-523476021

Baby Chocobos lol.

 

[cireza]

Guess I will have to plug my PS1 and replay this sooner than expected.

 

[Mendrox]

I am genuinely bummed. Kinda figured it was always a gag, but maybe just maybe omeone came across a wayward animation file ala Kingdom Hearts file craziness.

This sounds way more interesting. What is this about?

 

[Napalm_Frank]

We will never, ever get another Final Fantasy like it that's for sure.

 

[bitbydeath]

 

[silver.tongue]

The thing about the Drakengard 3 example is that there really is an uncensored version of that scene floating around.

Holy shit. I have the game on my backlog.

 

[eyeball_kid]

This game really needs a remaster more than any other FF game. It rode that in-between period where they tried to do a level of model detail that would've been fine on the PS2, but tried it on the PS1. Even at the time it looked rough. So much pixellation.

Granted, I say "remaster", but it would really have to be full reboot a la FF VII.

 

[Crayon]

Holy ff8 lovefest in here.

I found my people.

 

[Dragon Puncher]

I forgot about the Devour ability! FF8 is such an awesome game.