Sadly, Final Fantasy VIII influenced me. Not so much because of the game, but because of the graphics .. which were new and unheard of (to me), as I had never played or thought about playing an RPG before this due to the graphics of small sprites and the likes which weren't very appealing to me. Final Fantasy VIII were actual life-sized characters throughout the game, which attracted me to the whole thing.

But, because I was under the assumption all Final Fantasy games were linked, and this was VIII I opted to play other RPGs to get the feel first .. and, my first RPG was Xenogears, which was a phenomenal game. That game is golden. That RPG set the pedastal to search and play other RPGs like it. Final Fantasy VIII definitely wasn't it. But, since I had never played the highly acclaimed VII (still haven't, really) .. I enjoyed it. After playing IX and FFX, I joined the ranks of others and can see where it fell short.


// Strider. Out.