Final Fantasy VIII on Steam, the launch trailer made so happy ;_;

[Himu]

Since Username is past Dollet.



FFVIII was so fucking cool in 1999.

[Himu]

The smooth transition from fmv to in game still impresses me to this day.

I adore this game and can't wait to replay it. I haven't played it in years. I used to play it annually. Haven't done that since 2009 for the 10th anniversary. The next time I play FFVIII it will have to be in Japanese.

This is a lot like reading southern revisionist textbooks on slavery

Someone needs to chill. Here I'll help.



Now challenge me to a card duel.

[Lucretius]

ps3 version does not work with pocketstation. ps1 or pc/steam versions only

the ads for the Vita PocketStation app specifically indicate that it works with the PSN version of FF VIII.

[Positive Touch]

 

[Himu]

[Lucretius]

nevermind… it was another Chocobo game… Chocobo Stallion.

meh.

[thisismyusername]

Finally started to play the card game. I dunno why I took this long since I beat Cid pretty handily with that one non-T-rexer but in the Training Area card enemy card.

Got Seifer's card, proceeded to smack the child that runs around the Garden's ass until he gave me Minimog.

Now to go to Balamb and get Zell's card. 

I don't think there's anymore "rare" cards after that, so I can run to Timber to start the game proper at that point.

[Himu]

Remember to challenge QoC.

Card game quests are so bad ass. God I love this game.

The kid who runs around the garden dies on disc 2. Why'd you do that to him?

[magus]

if there is one shit that's missable in FF8 is card and coincidentaly the missable card are all the strongest/better reward one,whenever you encounter a new NPC even for a fraction of second press the triple triad button... the location or situation doesn't matter,just press the triple triad button

[thisismyusername]

Remember to challenge QoC.

I will when I have two A-rank sides.

The kid who runs around the garden dies on disc 2. Why'd you do that to him?

Wait, what?

[Himu]

Is Minimog missable or does the kids little girl friend have his card after he dies?

[Himu]

Remember to challenge QoC.

I will when I have two A-rank sides.

The kid who runs around the garden dies on disc 2. Why'd you do that to him?

Wait, what?

He's killed I think before the garden war during the norg uprising or during the garden war. Girl with pink shirt says he's "missing" iirc but it is heavily insinuated he dies because he doesn't show up afterwards.

[Himu]

Wait. No. Yeah he doesn't die. The girl thinks he's dead but you have to challenge her to a card game, kick her sorry ass, and then he shows back up. Google didn't surface anything so I had to remember, haha.

[Positive Touch]

if there is one shit that's missable in FF8 is card and coincidentaly the missable card are all the strongest/better reward one,whenever you encounter a new NPC even for a fraction of second press the triple triad button... the location or situation doesn't matter,just press the triple triad button

only one card is missable and its not even a good one you noob

[Himu]

This morning I loaded up a save from my first playthrough. It is hilarious. My guys are level 100, their stats are shit, their junctions are basically "I have no idea what I am doing", I'm on disc 3, before Lunatic Pandora on the island closest to hell. I was missing some stuff so I made me some high level magic in about 10 minutes. Stats are still shit. It is hard to change this because they're level 100 and that means I can't use gf stat bonuses.

Still, it is hilarious. And hard as shit. I have all of the ultimate weapons for my team (Squall, Rinoa, Selphie GOAT) and so I fight some battles and I'm wiped out against a lv 100 T Rex. Everyone's HP falls between 7500-8500 and this thing does crazy damage and is fast as shit. It has 76,000 HP. On Active I barely had time to cast a spell on him with Selphie and he killed Squall and her in that time frame. Game over soon after.

It is amazing how I beat the game like this. I have to thank FF8 for being the for honing my RPG skills. After this game, every RPG felt pretty easy, especially IX.

I need to do a level 100 run again some day. Fucking awesome shit getting massacred by a goddamn random monster. Then again maybe I was under prepared.

[magus]

if there is one shit that's missable in FF8 is card and coincidentaly the missable card are all the strongest/better reward one,whenever you encounter a new NPC even for a fraction of second press the triple triad button... the location or situation doesn't matter,just press the triple triad button

only one card is missable and its not even a good one you noob

really? isn't there like a shit-ton? like...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

missing angelo card if you don't challenge rinoa on the train,missing laguna card if you don't challenge after his wall of exposition (most important because laguna card convert for invincibility items!)

[close]

let me guess,there is some complicated rule where you can make card you missed pop out from the queen of cards because this game is FF8 and that sounds pretty random and stupid

[Himu]

Haha no wonder. Squall is the only one lv 100.

Levels:

Squall - 100
Selphie - 48
Rinoa - 47
Irvine - 16
Quistis - 12
Sell - 12

Hahaha no wonder Selphie and Rinoa's stats suck. I fixed that with some preparation though.

[Human Snorenado]

People who think FF8 was hard should be beaten to death with copies of Phantasy Star 2

[Himu]

if there is one shit that's missable in FF8 is card and coincidentaly the missable card are all the strongest/better reward one,whenever you encounter a new NPC even for a fraction of second press the triple triad button... the location or situation doesn't matter,just press the triple triad button

only one card is missable and its not even a good one you noob

really? isn't there like a shit-ton? like...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

missing angelo card if you don't challenge rinoa on the train,missing laguna card if you don't challenge after his wall of exposition (most important because laguna card convert for invincibility items!)

[close]

let me guess,there is some complicated rule where you can make card you missed pop out from the queen of cards because this game is FF8 and that sounds pretty random and stupid

Laguna stays in Ragnarok like the rest of the story. I just talked to him.

[Himu]

People who think FF8 was hard should be beaten to death with copies of Phantasy Star 2

It can be. Depends on how you play. You can fuck yourself over.

[Himu]

Fucking island closest to heaven and hell. I assumed that Squall was level 100 because the enemies there are displaying 100. But he's 53? What the fuck. No fucking wonder.

I definitely jumped the gun. My guys are totally prepared now for the story. It is really only the Islands Closest that give problems due to their crazy high levels. I always hated grinding that place as a kid because of that.

[thisismyusername]

Well, got around to playing this a little more. Beat Zell's mom after like fifty attempts to get her to spawn Zell's card.

Himumu should I lose the four cards later http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Queen_of_Cards to get to move to Dollet and then get Doomtrain and lose that to finish the quest? You said to start it now, but if I can just mess with card rules or something and lose them all (and then regain them back) in one swoop, that'd be faster and easier than chasing her down and losing them over time...

[Himu]

Lose a rare card to her. When you get to Timber, iirc you should be able to walk to Dollet.