Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation 1 Reviews

Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation 1

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  • Go Ahead...Make My Day(Games That Will Change The World W/O)

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 25, 2001
    Pros: started the base for the future Final Fantasies
    Cons: graphics are kind of blocky

    Summary: I’d like to think ChromeKiller in advance for letting me join this W/O. This W/O is called "Games That Will Change The World," which are games that have or will change the way we play video games or how graphically enhanced we'll be in the future. ... read more

  • A Game That Could Have Been So Much Better....

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 16, 2009
    Pros: The game actually has a lot of innovative concepts...
    Cons: ...That are sabotaged by poor implementation and execution.

    Summary: So many fans of Square demand a remake of Final Fantasy VII for the Playstation 3. I, however, feel that that Square would do well at giving Final Fantasy 8 another shot on Sony's new console, and this time they could: 1. Give the game a ... read more

  • The best game on PS1

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 8, 2008
    Pros: You will be entranced!
    Cons: Graphics are dated now

    Summary: There are a few games in every generation of gaming that stand out. They become part of gaming history and are played religiously from then on. Here we have one of those games. In terms of the best games of all times this game for me is runner up, ... read more

  • The first major RPG I've ever played and one of the best.

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    May 20, 2008
    Pros: Storyline, Charecters, replayability, is on 3 discs.
    Cons: The ending. Right before you find out what happens, it ends.

    Summary: Like the title says, this is the first major RPG I have ever played. You start out playing as a so called Terrorist group called Avalance. As the events progress, you find out that you are apart of a much bigger cause. I never played an RPG before this ... read more

  • If you have a brain, move on

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 26, 2008
    Pros: So easy a 5 year old could beat it? Is that a pro even?
    Cons: Dang near everything. Was graphically impressive back in the day.

    Summary: So FF7 causes more headaches than all the other Final Fantasy's put together. Sure VIII took a dump at the end, but at least it was held together with some glue, they had a plan, they stuck to it, even if it sucked. But VII...hoooboy, what drugs were ... read more

  • Disapointed?: yes, very.

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 15, 2007
    Pros: Minigames
    Cons: just about everything

    Summary: ok, my first RPG was final fantasy 9, loved it, second? 8, loved it. FF7? disapointed me. ok, I played this game because they said that it was way better than Final Fantasy 8, I expected this game to be amazing. did I get amazing? no I got final fantasy ... read more

  • hack and slash some monsters...and have fun doing it

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 28, 2007
    Pros: had a great story and great characters along with a few good side quests.
    Cons: graphics should've been better, controls were really frustrating, should've had a wider variety of monsters.

    Summary: I LOVE THIS GAME! Truly one of the best Final Fantasy games you will find. GAME PLAY--I found the game play to be quite satisfying. However, the graphics could have been a bit better, but you have to consider that this IS a PS1 game. STORY--The ... read more

  • Great game

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 22, 2007
    Pros: I don't think it's produced anymore
    Cons: none

    Summary: First of all let me state that I am an adult reviewer with picky taste. There seems to be a lot of debate over this game, probably because it's slightly different than the average Final Fantasy editions. But if you like previous editions, you will ... read more

  • I expected a Ferarii and got a Mustang.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 3, 2007
    Pros: Graphics, customization, length
    Cons: Story, GF sequences, characters

    Summary: Well if you can’t already tell by looking at my reviews most of the RPGS I have played come from a quirky, mostly unknown franchise called Final Fantasy. Square, the company that develops these games, despite horrible sales numbers and almost zero ... read more

  • Best game ever, hands down

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 9, 2007
    Pros: Great graphics, great character definement, etc. (everything!)
    Cons: A bit confusing at first.

    Summary: I love this game. Being a Final Fantasy game, you know its good. However, this isn't JUST a Final Fantasy game, it's something more. Starting the game as a teenager by the name of Squall, who was injured in a training fight by Seifer (his childhood ... read more

  • Wow, you couldn't be farther from the truth...

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 4, 2006
    Pros: Incredibly interesting storyline, amazing sound track and scores, accompanied by smooth flowing eye-candy cutscenes.
    Cons: Slightly aggravating "Real Time Battle" timers. But, really, this game is perfect.

    Summary: When I first bought this game I didn't play it much due to the harder difficulty of this game. After a few years of sitting on a shelf collecting dust, I opened it again and put it into the Playstation. I made it through the first few bosses, and was ... read more

  • a truly iconic game

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2006
    Pros: Battle system, depth, cool characters, impressive cinematic sequences, immersivenes.
    Cons: depth of characters, dated in game graphics

    Summary: final fantasy 7 was the game that started it all for me. don't get me wrong, i'd been into games before but never immersed to anything like the extent that i became in this game. the game introduced me to the world of rpgs and in so doing created a ... read more

  • The game that became a legend fails to impress me.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 8, 2006
    Pros: Fantastic music by Nobuo Uematsu; a good story, in theory
    Cons: Poor graphics; undeveloped, generic characters; Materia System is appallingly bad; incredibly easy

    Summary: Warning: Contains Mild Spoilers It's hard to deny the importance of Final Fantasy VII in the realm of video gaming. Arguably the game that sold the PlayStation and brought the RPG genre to a new level of popularity worldwide, ... read more

  • A true classic, worth every cent...

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 10, 2006
    Pros: Storyline, Materia System, huge world, extra characters, mini-games
    Cons: Battle/Materia system can be challenging to learn...

    Summary: The sky is dark, the stars are shining bright, and the train is slowly moving toward its destination. On this train is a character- a character so emotionally deranged that he is the only one worthy of playing his role. He is the main character from ... read more

  • Where true fantasy begins.... (Read this review first.)

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 25, 2005
    Pros: Storyline was good, Magic system was fun, ending was strange. Perfect fantasy.
    Cons: The graphics are a bit old in styling, but that's about it.

    Summary: When I found this particular game was up for review, I thought I might write a review for it. After I read the reviews already here, I knew I had to write one. There appear to be so many "right-" and "left-wingers" in these reviews, it's high time ... read more

  • the bar mitzvah of my gaming career! (totally serious!)

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 19, 2005
    Pros: oh what a story!
    Cons: tifa isn't real.

    Summary: Did I spell "mitzvah" right? Oh, anyways, welcome to the 1000th review of Final Fantasy 7 for the Playstation. As I let that fact sink in, here's a quote to prove how well-read I am... "I don't believe that friends are those who like you the ... read more

  • Is that sword compensating for something?

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 15, 2005
    Pros: Wonderful story. Great character development. Gameplay both easy and fun.
    Cons: Some players may not like materia system.

    Summary: In my time I've come across some so-called 'RPG pros' who whined about FF7's story being too needlessly complicated. To these people I've always advised that they go back to playing the old Donkey Kong games and leave things like this to people ... read more

  • When deformed lego charecters atttack

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 19, 2004
    Pros: it's a great game with memorbile charecters, and a great battle system
    Cons: the charecters look like there mix between popeye, lego, and anime rejects.

    Summary: Ok a couple of weeks ago I found this in a used game shop and at a good price. All ready owning it on PC I decided to give the playstation game a try. I figure it couldn’t hurt to try it after all the game is good, but the PC I played it on at the time ... read more

  • Old Skool IS The Best School

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 27, 2004
    Pros: Great story, battles, gameplay and characters.
    Cons: Bad graphics, no voices

    Summary: Final Fantasy has been around almost as long as I have been alive. It all started as the last game for a massively failing Japanese games company called Squaresoft back in the 1980's. They planned to release one more game and then give up (Thus the name ... read more

  • An absolute masterpiece!!

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 5, 2004
    Pros: Amazingly fun and addictive gameplay, mindblowing storyline, everything.
    Cons: None

    Summary: This game is simply amazing. the game consists of three discs of pure quality. it is full of adventure, puzzles, interactions with a wide range of characters and a mind-blowing storyline. As soon as you start playing this game you will be instantly ... read more

  • This game is from the grave.

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 4, 2003
    Pros: Burning Sephiroth
    Cons: dangerous hair may poke eye out

    Summary: Final Fantasy VII is not what I expected. I expected good FMV's, a good story, and fun game-play. Ho ... read more

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