greengoron89 wrote...
EntropicAngel wrote...
...yea, I have no idea what you're talking about.
...I haven't played all the way through. But I've played enough to get a feel for it. I plan to finish it, but it will take some time.
I was just highlighting the fact that I've spent more time playing FFVII than any human probably should.
To tell you all the truth, the worst FF game I've ever played is not any of the newer ones - it's FFVIII. That game was a pile of offal with one of the s***tiest battle systems in any game I've ever played. Square should be ashamed of themselves for having ever made it in the first place.
FFVIII is still better than FFXIII.

The battle system is actually kind of fun when you get used to it. Like using the Limit Break Lion Heart with aura and haste on Squall.

Since I typically never use spells anyway (the cost is rarely worth the damage in games where it doesn't auto-refill after battle, aside from when enemies are nigh invincible otherwise, or you need it for hitting groups) equipping magic in FF8 worked really well for me... I ended up just using items instead for healing and whatnot, which usually just rot in the inventory anyway.
It was a super customizable system and I loved the hell out of it. If you have a main team of 3 you can give them 3 or 4 summons apiece and it balances out pretty well. I kind of want to replay the game just for that part of it, that customization is great... (I made Zell into a lightning dealing/absorbing god... which made for interesting matches when he fought Raijin.) but I don't think I could suffer through the actual story and dungeons again.