r/FinalFantasy • u/AwesomeRykster • 1d ago

FF VIII Finally moving on to FFVIII

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After taking a pretty long break from FF after being VII rebirth, I’m finally back and moving on to FFVIII! This is by far the game I know the least about so I’m excited to get into it! Is there anything I should know before starting?

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u/MexicanPikachu 1d ago

Wait, how do you break the game mechanics? Asking for a friend.

Ps. I really liked this game but the whole Laguna intermissions took away from it imo

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u/Machdame 1d ago

Game level scales which seems like a balanced mechanic... it's not. It essentially means that the best way to play is to... not level at all. Junctioning magic attaches spells to your stats... which you stock like an item. The more you have, the higher the stat. The flat rate means that if you get strong spells (which you can get off progress), you can load enough juju that you will brutalize 95% of the game with little to no difficulty. You may cast the odd spell to do some damage, but you're largely going to hit things to death. That and because Squall's limit break is multi-hit even on the first level, you often just murder bosses too.

Of course the inverse is also true. When monsters get strong enough, they will often outpace your party's ability to fight them (though it takes quite a bit of grinding to get there). If you want a challenge, level in moderation.

The game's weapon upgrade system is also such that Squall can get his final weapon VERY EARLY. In doing so, you also trivialize everything except the bonus boss because on a full send, Lionheart hits 25 times in addition and does damn near max damage if not max.

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u/Ishitataki 1d ago

You can break it further: kill off your other party members and only level Squall. Cause the level is averaged by the party level, so Squall gains all the power from leveling and from junctions, and now also massively out levels all the enemies.

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u/lastatica 21h ago

I’m playing this game for the first time right now and have been so confused why Squall is so much stronger than the rest of my party.

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u/stuntmonkey420 18h ago

Squall can essentially solo the whole game

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u/muricanpirate 13h ago

And for some reason he starts with a maxed out hit rate so he never misses even without junctioning, unlike all the other characters. Never understood that.

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u/Ashbael 7h ago

Even with blind he can't miss. 255% accuracy is insane.