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I've always loved RPGs and JRPGs and my aim is to spread the love to others; including newer or younger gamers who may not know about the absolute masterpieces of the past. I'll be reviewing and creating other content from all kinds of RPGs from the past 3 decades.
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Some of my favorite games include:
#finalfantasy #shadowhearts #dragonquest #xenogears #xenosaga #xenoblade #suikoden #persona #chronotrigger #nier #kingdomhearts #megamitensei #wildarms #ys #talesof #trailsofcoldsteel #vagrantstory #chronocross #pokemon #lunar #skiesofarcadia #trialsofmana #grandia #earthbound #phantasystar #ninokuni #baldursgate3 #breathoffire #starocean #atelier #xeno #valkyriachronicles #arcthelad #fireemblem
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Some of my favorite games include:
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Final Fantasy VIII - Review [My First JRPG!]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we’re finally here. After all of these years, I’m finally reviewing the first JRPG that I ever played. Final Fantasy 8 was my gateway drug into JRPGs, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This game has been out for 25 years now, so the question remains, Is it still good today? For this review, I’ll be playing the HD remaster version on Switch, which was released in 2019.
💬 Also, I'd love to know what thought about FF8, or if you plan on playing it in the future, so let me know in the comments below.
📕 Video Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Remaster Additions
04:07 - Story / Characters
06:14 - Combat
08:32 - Junction System
10:48 - Common Critisisms
12:46 ...
This game has been out for 25 years now, so the question remains, Is it still good today? For this review, I’ll be playing the HD remaster version on Switch, which was released in 2019.
💬 Also, I'd love to know what thought about FF8, or if you plan on playing it in the future, so let me know in the comments below.
📕 Video Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Remaster Additions
04:07 - Story / Characters
06:14 - Combat
08:32 - Junction System
10:48 - Common Critisisms
12:46 ...
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Top 10 JRPGs with ONE major FLAW!
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If you ask me, JRPGs are easily the best genre out there and over the years, I’ve been fortunate enough to play a lot of them. Some have been absolutely amazing, and some….. Not so much. I’m a believer that no JRPG, or game, for that matter, is perfect. There’s always something that could be improved upon, to make the experience, slightly better. But this video isn’t looking into the small thin...
Top 10 JRPG protagonists!
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.21 день назад
Throughout the years, I have been on many journeys in JRPGs, meeting loads of characters along the way, and watching them save the world, countless times. JRPGs are my happy place, but one of the major things that makes this genre so enjoyable for me, is when these epic stories are driven by a strong, memorable cast of characters, and that all starts with the protagonist. This video is going to...
Trails Through Daybreak - Review [A great entry point!]
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Over the past few years, the Trails series has become a hot topic for JRPG fans, with its many interconnected titles, that, to put it bluntly, all kick ass! We’re now in 2024. Another year, another Trails game, but this one is different. Trails through Daybreak is the newest installment in Falcons massive JRPG series, but is set in an entirely new location, and features a brand new cast of main...
Nintendo Direct RPGS! My Thoughts (June 2024)
Просмотров 634Месяц назад
Hell Fire RPGs here, and It’s that time of year again. A few days ago, we were treated to another Nintendo Direct, and with it, came a LOAD of RPG and JRPG announcements. This video is going to cover what we saw, as well as my thoughts on each of the RPGs mentioned. 💬 I’d also love to know what you thought. What games are you most excited for? Did anything blow you away, or did you find the dir...
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete - Review [ A must play CLASSIC!]
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
It’s been over 20 years since I first player Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. I was only in my teens at that point in my life, yet somehow, it feels like it was only yesterday. The characters, the music, the theme song, it all seems to familiar, which is saying a lot because I don’t remember what I had for breakfast. There’s something special about Lunar:SSS that has stayed with me, for a lar...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 2 - What I want in the SEQUEL!
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 месяца назад
It’s now been over a month since Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes was released, and since I watched the credits role, and saw my name in the credits, I’ve been thinking long and hard about what I would want in a sequel. And yes, if you haven’t heard, the developers did state that a sequel is the aim that they are working towards, and also, that they wish to carry on Murayama’s legacy, with the ric...
The JRPG that means the MOST! Epic Collaboration! [Featuring JRPG YouTubers!]
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 месяца назад
What is the JRPG that means the most to you? The one that will always hold a special place in your heart. One that had an impact on your life, in some way shape, way or form? That is the question I asked to 13 other amazing content creators. This video is a massive collaboration, where you’ll hear from them all, ending with the game that means the most to me, whiiiich, most of you would no doub...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Mini-Games [Ranked, Rated, Reviewed]
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.3 месяца назад
It’s been a few weeks since Eiyuden Chronciles: Hundred Heroes has been released, and since then, I’ve been in complete Eiyuden mode. Overall, I really loved the game, and it’s something that hope continues for many more installments. One thing that Hundred Heroes did particularly well was its mini games, and that’s just what todays video is all about. I’m going to be ranking, rating, and revie...
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Review (The Suikoden 6 we all need)
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 месяца назад
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. This one means a lot to me, as the Suikoden series is probably the one game that influenced me the most, growing up. Not only that, but then there’s the recent passing of series creator Yoshitaka Murayama, which hit myself, and many other fans, hard. The fact that he poured his heart and soul into this dream project, but isn’t able to see how it’s received, is...
Unicorn Overlord - Review [Tactical Perfection!]
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.3 месяца назад
Unicorn Overlord is the latest title developed by Japanese Indi studio; Vanillaware, who, only a few years ago, created one of my favorite modern games: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Unicorn Overlord, however, is a lot different. This strategy RPG may have been overshadowed by other powerhouse games released around the same time, but I’ll tell you now, this is NOT one you should miss out on. 💬 What ...
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Review (PS5)
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.4 месяца назад
The Granblue Fantasy series has been going for a decade now, with the original title, never released outside of Japan. A few years ago, the west did see Granblue Fantasy Versus, but I skipped this one considering it’s a fighting game, which isn’t really my thing. Granblue Fantasy Relink is the latest in the series. First announced in 2016, it’s one of those titles that’s seemingly been in devel...
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth - Review [The Best Final Fantasy?]
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.4 месяца назад
When you think about it, pleasing the fanbase by remaking one of the most significant, and beloved video games of all time, really seems like an impossibility. Yet, back in 2020, Final Fantasy 7 Remake NEARLY managed to do it. Whatever your criticisms may have been, it really feels like FF7 Rebirth took a MASSIVE step forward, in every single way. Rebirth is amazing, but how good it is, really?...
Final Fantasy VII - All The Facts! (Secrets, Trivia and Easter Eggs you didn't know about FF7!)
Просмотров 56 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Hi FF7 fans! To celebrate the release of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, I’ve completely remade the entire Know the Facts series, and put them together into one meaty video. There are some seriously unbelievable facts regarding the original Final Fantasy 7 here, and I guarantee that you will not know them all! This is Final Fantasy VII - ALL THE FACTS! Where we look at all of the facts, secrets, Ea...
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Review [PS5]
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Back in 2020, I missed the Yakuza: Like a Dragon train. You can’t play everything, and Like a Dragon unfortunately slipped through the cracks. It wasn’t until last month that I finally picked it up, to see what all the fuss was about, and I am so glad I did, because it was one hell of an experience. The best part about waiting 3 years to play it, is that I would only have to wait a couple of we...
The Best JRPG of every year (1990 to 2023)
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The Best JRPG of every year (1990 to 2023)
Honkai: Star Rail - Review [Does it live up to the hype?] PS5
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Honkai: Star Rail - Review [Does it live up to the hype?] PS5
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Review [Better late than never!]
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Review [Better late than never!]
Origin of RPG Mechanics [What RPG did it first?]
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Origin of RPG Mechanics [What RPG did it first?]
Top 10 upcoming 2024 RPGs that you MUST PLAY!
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Top 10 upcoming 2024 RPGs that you MUST PLAY!
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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - MASSIVE new Info [My thoughts]
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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - MASSIVE new Info [My thoughts]
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince - Review (Switch)
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince - Review (Switch)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Remake Review [Switch]
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Star Ocean: The Second Story R - Review [The Perfect Remake?]
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CRYMACHINA Review - Are Mechanical girls enough? [Sci-Fi Action JRPG]
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CRYMACHINA Review - Are Mechanical girls enough? [Sci-Fi Action JRPG]
Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest - The Adventure of Dai - Review [NOT what I expected]
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Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest - The Adventure of Dai - Review [NOT what I expected]
Baten Kaitos I: HD Remaster - Review (Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean) Switch
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Baten Kaitos I: HD Remaster - Review (Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean) Switch
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - My thoughts on all the NEW info!
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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - My thoughts on all the NEW info!
The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails - Review [Spoiler Free] (Switch, PS4, PC)
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The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails - Review [Spoiler Free] (Switch, PS4, PC)
Nice list even though you cheated a little bit with Dark Souls. Here is where I disagree: 1996 Wild Arms 1998 Xenogears 1999 Chrono Cross 2003 Nocturne 2004 Dragon Quest VIII 2005 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 2006 Persona 3 2008 Persona 4 2009 Dragon Quest IX 2011 The Last Story 2012 Bravely Default 2013 SMT IV 2014 South Park: The Stick of Truth 2015 Stella Glow 2017 Fire Emblem: Echos 2022 Triangle Strategy 2023 Sea of Stars
When I first got to play FFVIII I thought it was a sequel to FFVII! 😂
Those cutscenes man.
Why are you speaking this way
A lot of the things people hated about it were because it was so different from FF7 and fixed some of FF7's major issues (leveling, being overpowered by leveling early) Now that time has passed, I think these differences are actually what makes this game special. The leveling/junction systems are crazy but SO fun to manipulate and exploit.
This game need a remake
I never played the Complete version of Lunar. I did have Lunar 1 and 2 for the SegaCD. These games and their characters had charm. Lunar 2 Eternal Blue's intro I still adore.
I loved this game, part of the last group of great games on 16-bit before the arrival of Playstation and Saturn consoles of the next generation. The only bad thing I had with the game was that it came to an end. I really felt like I could have kept on going much longer because it was fun. I owned Phantasy Star 1, 2, and 4. A good friend of mine had 3 and played his copy. 3 was indeed the worst of these and 4 had to make up for it. Phantasy Star 1 makes me the most nostalgic but 4 was the best of the original mainline games.
First JRPG I played was the original Super Mario RPG, but I didn't get hooked on JRPGs on FF7
This is my favorite console SRPG. (I never finished 64 because I only ever knew one person who owned it and he sold his copy while I was mid run.) I wish square would re-release the Ogre Battle games instead of remaking Tactics Ogre once a decade or so.
All I remember from this game is spam draw, spam limit breaks and play triple triad.
I recently was itching to play this game. I started it once like 5 years ago. But never got to play the rest. I finally tracked down a copy that wasn’t 80 dollars, waited 3 weeks for it to be delivered to my apartment. Popped it into my ps5 to learn that the ps5 can’t play ps3 discs. So disappointed lol. They need to rerelease this game
Also, Man with the Machine Gun.
Always loved this game despite the hit and miss of the junction system. Although you sell it really well.
I'm so glad BOF3 is in here!
Great review! I really need to try and beat this one! Been bugging me for years!
Awesome video and I am so glad you mentioned the community thing with Torna! UGH!!!
Haha absolutely! It's one of the worst! Thanks for watching! You're awesome!
I played the original version on my ps1 way back. seeing this and getting a chance to play it was so nostalgic. i love everything that they added and the guild quest will surely guide you with all the game mechanics that I have never bother doing on my first time playing so2 in ps1. good job for this. its makes me 20 years younger when I played it.
I just want some strong recruitible characters thats not a god damn wifu..
Also my first RPG and one of my favorites to this day. I love this game!
It's so good!
The enemy scaling was flawed and broke the game, junction or no junction. Enemies do not scale proportionally to your character so if you level up and gain +100hp, enemies will gain +1,000hp. So basically after 5 levels, you will have gained only +500hp while the enemy bosses will gain +5,000 more hp. This makes it impossible to defeat some bosses if you are over level 80 since they will have such a substantial amount of hp compared to if they were at even a few levels lower. This is why most people do not want to level up because the game punishes you for grinding, the complete opposite of other RPGs. When this game came out, it was this mechanic that was being talked about everywhere on the internet and gaming magazines.
Yeah? Cheers for the input. My experiece has been the exact opposite. More leveling/junctioning makes the game so much easier.
The draw/junction system is not great.. I had few problems with because I didn't grind. Leveling up causes the game to become more difficult, while drawing everything you encounter is a tedious bore and exploiting the junction system makes anything the game throws you a negligible joke.
Somehow this game could fit into both DmC & Jojo verse 😂
I’m a simple guy, I see a FFVIII video and I like. So take a like!
See comment. Like comment!
Love VIII, hated Drawing though but yeh like u say many tricks later to reduce that. So lazy what they did with the Remaster though to the point I refuse to buy it lol. I think the older version looks better in most areas + I think you can mod it and AI upscale it
Yeah I agree. Hopefully a complete remake will be my next play through.
My school years! Exactly 21 years ago I played it Summer 2003 / finishing it December 2003! First time trying it was back in 1999 as my big brother had it and 7 at the time 😊🙌 Loved it a lot tbh
Love it! Long live FF8!
Loved this game as a teen, especially Squall & Rinoa plot, used to be my favouirite jRPG, but it's been losing its flair with each replay. Last time I replayed it when a remaster came out. Have to admit I don't really like FFVIII game mechanics. Drawing magic is ridiculously tedious, even with a speed up feature. Junctioning magic to stats completely discourages using magic in battles. Alternate ways of getting magic spells from items and cards requires checking guides all the time, which isn't fun at all. Why even have a levelling system if the best experience with the game is to not level your characters? You can get overpowered with GF junctioning and get progressively weaker with levelling as enemies become more damage resistant and gain enormous amounts of HP while you're stuck with 9999 damage limit. Abusing multihit limit breaks helps, but sitting at low HP is annoying with main characters and impossible with side characters that you're forced to play as in many sections of the game. Constant GF swapping between characters upon party swaps is tiresome. Have to admit that I probably won't ever replay FFVIII again.
I love the story and all the characters. Yeah, I know Squall & Rinoa take lots of space in the plot and the other characters are less developed, but if you do all the side quests you can still appreciate the other characters. The nostalgic and the love atmosphere are amazing and you can feel the atmosphere if you're a teenager or if you're in your 30s... Best OST in FF, with 2 epic songs! Fantastic card game! And lots of other things to mention... but well you know better than me if you played it.
What are your 2 epic songs?
@@HellFireRPGs eyes on me and liberi fatali
4>3>2>1>5>6
I'm 37. When i was a kid i had a NES, a Genesis, Gameboy. But i was never into gaming. I got bored easily with plataforms and action games. In 1998, during summer vacation i went to my cousins house and he was playing FF7. Fighting the Emerald Weapon. Watching that fight hook me on the spot. Seeing Ultima, KotR, Bahamut Zero, Omnislash, i couldn't believe what my eyes were witnessing. I asked my mom for a PS1. When she finally could aford to buy me one FF8 just came out. And i got my PS1 with FF8 instead of 7. And since that day FF8 is my favorite video game of all time. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but i still lice that game to this day with the same passion. I know how much people trash on it but i must have played it to completion 15 times during my life. When i'm sad, when i'm bored, when i'm in a gaming slump i can always count on FF8 to get me out of it. Not only it is my favorite game but it also made me a fan of all kinds of JRPGs, to this day.
Haha, thanks for the comment. That is VERY similar to my story.
FINAL F'N FANTASY VIII *in the style of Catalina Wine Mixer*
Are you saying you're going to make a song?
Ah, one of my fondest titles too. The tracks "The Extreme", "Movin'", "Compression of Time" and "Premonition" live rent free in my head. Also have fond memories of the Neoseeker FFVIII board, and the RP that we set up back in the day.
So many good tracks. The FF8 and Oceania forums were easily my two favourite. So many fond memories there.
I’m hoping to play this game this year probably after XenoGears or FFVI, I’m be playing this game on Steam with Mods.
Going back to the classics! Great to hear.
It's awesome to revisit and review your gateway to JRPGs! Well done!
Thanks mate!
This is a really cool idea for a review! Especially considering your thoughts from back then compared to now. Shame the remaster doesn't seem to live up to the original 😅
Thanks! Yeah, they had the perfect chance to make the game better, but blew it :(
FF8 is also my first jrpg, it's a masterpiece and i will forever love it, this game is pure art ❤
Yeah, brings back so many memories, too.
this was my first RPG too 😭
Lots of people saying it's the first! Great place to start!
Always love to see gaming channel give love to this title. Nice work, as always!
Thanks, mate!
I was in the middle of a playthrough of the pc version of this game when this remaster released. The mods that I was running looked better than this version looked at that point. There are mods for the backgrounds so that it blends better with the character models
If I played the game again, I would definitely consider the mods. However, I would miss the 3x speed and no encounter toggle.
@@HellFireRPGs I think the older PC version had those, but don't quote me. It's been a few years since my last playthrough. Also, save yourself and use a mod to replace the midi soundtrack with mp3 quality audio lol
So glad to see love towards ff8 for once. It's like a meme to hate on it. Ff8 was my introduction to the series and rpgs as a whole. I was 9 or 10 when i watched a family friend play and he popped off a lionheart on a Behemoth. I was fascinated. Then my friend recommended ff7 to me and I recognized the series name from watching my other friends play 8. So I got 7 and 8 around the same time and fell in love with both. I never did beat 8 though unfortunately.
Ah man! That was a long time ago. Now is a great time to finally finish it, haha.
My favorite too, as you and I have discussed over the years. Completely biased 10/10 from me.
It's so amazing! My score rounds up to a 10!
FF VIII was my first Final Fantasy game and still one of my favourites.
It was the perfect place to start for me!
This is the ONLY Final Fantasy game I hated, playing it again I dislike it I do not think it deserves the hate it gets. Was nice to see it through the eyes of a fan
Definitely not for everyone. I'm making a guess that most people who don't like it played FF7 first.
@@HellFireRPGs That was the case in my case I played 6 then 7 then 8
I’m really excited to watch. I’m currently playing FFIX (I have played the first 7 as of this summer) and decided to wait on VIII because it seems so convoluted. I still plan to play it this year but yeah I’m intimidated by it compared to the rest of the games.
Take a bit of time to learn how to Junction, and you'll be right. As you can see from the comments, loads of people have this as their number 1 FF game. You're likely to absolutely love it.
i dont like the chars :/
Dude if you love FF8, check out the Echo-S 8 mod that is currently in development.
I was never a huge fan of this game. It was fun, but the plot especially the memory and time travel aspects never really meshed for me. But I think its biggest problem with popularity was coming right after FF7. Expectations were impossibly high for this game, so every fault was magnified. Had it come first, it might have been a different story. But at least the flack this one got gave us FF9.
The flack had nothing to do with FFIX. Sakaguchi was going to make his own game while Kitase did his own.
Absolutely right with expectations. Chrono Trigger --> Chrono Cross is probably the best example of this. CC is an amazing game, but disappointed so many people who wanted another CT.
@@HellFireRPGs Same with this game, people didn't pay attention to or read interviews leading up to on the direction the game would go. They know CBU1 never does the same thing twice and thinking you'd get pretty much a sequel in approach and gameplay of VII was strange. Chrono Cross was rumored to have been sabotaged in a way to not be a sequel by the director, I think it had something to do with Final Fantasy. Even back then and being young, not seeing Toriyama's art direction or the original three minds behind it meant it wouldn't be the sequel people expected. For FFVIII just seeing the visuals and previews you could tell it wasn't going to be VII in the slightest. However, CBU1 had made their strong character writing into a trope somewhat or the expectation was of that and you can see the archetypes carry on through the series except with FFXI (of course) and FFXII. They still had the archetypes, but the entire cast wasn't going to get a relatively short arc compared to rest of game. If the focus was to make a love story, you have to dedicate even more time outside the main's development and we know they had development issues as with all FF. People would have been mad if they didn't do much/long enough arcs if they attempted it. Even so, everyone can tell you the personality, traits and moments with each character. Kitase understood conveying that. I was okay with the change in focus, as I think it would need to change genre so people wouldn't expect a follow up continuation that came before. My criticism is more they not only didn't do the JRPG standard party arc, but made a world that had so much mystery that the feeling of something missing was all the more ponente. I will say VIII makes more sense now compared to what FFVII has become, by a mile.
@@HellFireRPGs That's an interesting comparison. I remember I was in middle school/high school when Cross and 8 came out. People seemed to be upset with Cross (at least here in the US) mainly because it wasn't a true sequel to CT. More of a spiritual successor. Whereas, FF8 was disappointing because it didn't feel like an FF at the time. Unlike, Japan, we'd never seen FF do anything innovative like it had tried with FF2's saga system or FF3 and 5's job system. And if you really analyze it, the materia system in 7 was just an improved version of FF6's esper system. But FF8 was just a total departure from all we had known. And that made it hard to love at the time.
It was my very first JRPG too! And it was when I was 8 years old, what makes it craziest. I remember getting the other FFs was a quest on its own and I played them in such a bizarre order. When I finished with the PS1 FFs, I began my search for other similar games and thank god for that cause it made me find my very favorite JRPG (Valkyrie Profile), and many other amazing games (Xenogears, Star Ocean, Breath of Fire, Legend of Mana, Koudelka, and many others!)
The PS1 was such an amazing console for JRPGs. Many of those games are still in my top 10 today.
This was the first rpg I ever owned holds a special place in my heart despite everyone's hate 😂
There's a lot of love there, too! People just seem very vocal about this one.
I LOVE FFVIII! It's always tied with VII as my favorite FF, and never understood the flack it got... At the time I was just blown away by the story, FMVs and overall feeling and don't recall any particular feelings about the battle system... it was just another puzzle to figure out to progress. Although we became more skeptical of war and the financial interests behind them with age, my brother and I were very into military stuff as kids... so at the time, the aesthetic of a military academy, going on missions, and interacting with cute girls was really an irresistible combination. (See also Full Metal Panic, which made us laugh so hard we had to pause to be able to breathe - but that's neither hear nor there.) I believe FFVIII was also the last FF to overlay gameplay on top of pre-rendered FMVs; and did it best - interactivity which I find sorely lacking in modern games. Also, I did know about low health and switching turns to activate Limit Breaks - It seems like a mechanic to me, as you are increasing risk and taking time in which you can take damage or fall behind as a fair tradeoff.
Thanks for the story! The mix of FMVs and character movement was amazing. I always loved the setting, even if a 17 leading an entire army to war is a bit strange, haha.