There's plenty of good reason to not like FF8. None of them keep it from being my favorite though. ๐
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So I see this is the shitposting souls sub.
Wasn't dark souls 2 made without the original game creator?
"""No reason."""
I would like DS2 a lot more if the directional movement hadn't been so badly downgraded.
Honestly, out of all of DS2's problems, fixing this one alone would make the game a lot more tolerable.
Wait what? I thought VIII is about as liked as VII
People hate the level scaling in VIII, because the wisest way to play the game is to never level up.
It's still my 3rd favorite entry in the series, though. I don't try to min/max, I just enjoy the game.
The level scaling is really kind of trash. I played as a kid and it was really hard, and the more I leveled the worse it got.
As an adult it was trivial because I learned not to level, but that was really tedious. Who plays a game to not play a game?
Plus the card game is the most Guide Dang It thing I've ever seen. It's extremely esoteric and the rewards are massive. Also it's so jarring to be like "oh shit the world is ending do you wanna be cards?"
"Let's have a game of Gwent."
Triple Triad is the Gwent of the 90s
I always hear of 8+9 as the black sheep of the classic Final Fantasy games. They were a big part of my childhood, though, so I love them both.
Never heard strong bad opinions about 9. Personally, might be my favorite, although has a very weak villain and ending.
I only remember 8 being the black sheep. 9 was hailed as a return to form, but yeah, 8 was my first and my favorite.