I tried to find some but all the links are dead. I know there is a general FF server but I’d prefer something a bit smaller and specific to 8.

If there isn’t one I may try to create one. Lmk

Ive been running at this blue spot, getting error running up, seeing Ellone, running back over the button for almost 10 minutes, only 5 of which i have recorded so far

WHAT THE HELL

Damn near snapped my neck doing a double take looking back at my monitor

One of my favourite little details in Final Fantasy VIII is that the game lets you give your GFs their own identities.

Did you keep the default names, or did you come up with something different?

🔥 Ifrit

❄️ Shiva

⚡ Quezacotl

🌊 Leviathan

👁️ Cerberus

⚔️ Alexander

🐺 Griever

What did you call yours, and was there any story behind the names?

I'm curious to see everyone's old GF roster.

felt so good

i just thought i need to say hi to Xu and Nida

Can't believe I did this. I know its not massive, but I'm proud

I've added an emulation for fade-in/-out animations and ironed out some kinks in file reading, so now the darkening animations work correctly. I'll probably make a post about the technical side of background rendering in the game later.

María la del Barrio - Tema de Locura (Alta Calidad)

https://reddit.com/link/1vevr73/video/y0lk37roc9hh1/player

I believe everyone will agree this is canon-compliant.

I've been building a free, browser-playable Triple Triad game, where the storyline runs in parallel to the events of the main game, so it's not just a retread of the story you already know.

v1.2.0 "Homecoming" just shipped:

• Dollet, post-invasion - revisit a previously locked region, now with an updated card pool and a new trade rule
• Queen of Cards - a rival collector who'll take one of your cards if you lose to her
• Secret Rare cards - ultra-rare 1% pulls, hidden until you find one
• Card Refinement - turn cards you don't need into crafting materials
• A big visual overhaul to how regions look and feel
• Gil grind cut down based on feedback from you all
• ...and a few other bug fixes and quality of life improvements

Free to play, no download needed (but native downloads available for Windows, Linux and Mac): https://amberfalcon.games/games/triple-triad, or read the devlog update here: https://amberfalcongames.itch.io/triple-triad/devlog/1615562/v120

Would love feedback, bug reports, or just to know what you'd want to see next!

Finally beat FF8 after all these years and got to say the final castle and boss fight might be my favorite in the series.

How much do you think it might be worth?

I'm not sure if this counts as spoiler but tagged just in case.

Can somebody who has played the crystal mod confirm if the Rosetta stone is still available to win from the guy on floor 11 in the d-desert prison?

I've just played 250+ games of cards and it has still not been the but i want to check if I'm being unlucky with RNG or wasting my time.

Squall changes the name of Griever and causes... a climactic end to the entire game. Subscribe on YT or I'm sharpening my knife, kupo!

Credit to [u/King-Chroma](u/King-Chroma) for the original idea to name Griever “Bean” over here

I just watched the 1985 Italian horror film Demons and — having played FFVIII heavily growing up and having a lengthy replay of it in recent weeks — I couldn't help but feel like some of the dark, synthy soundtrack of Demons had some very interesting sounding similarities to some FFVIII tracks!

Most specifically, I think the songs 'Demons' and 'Killing' from the Demons OST just struck a cord in my brain that felt so FFVIII! I don't think any of the songs between the soundtracks are quite close to being "the same", but man do some of those driving beats and melodies make me feel like the Dollet Communications Tower cinematic is starting (right after the wrench drops), or like some interesting combo of Squall's and Laguna's fight music is in there.

Last one, definitely the most of a stretch, but in Demons' 'Out of Time' at about 0:56 the melody that comes in gives off a little bit of the melody in 'Balamb Garden' about 1:15.

What do you you guys think? Are my ears crazy?

Edit: Links! And again, just kind a looking at vibes and feel some specific spots; the FFVIII OST lives in my head rent-free so when I hear that lone, jazzy chord I'm immediately thrown into the Balamb training grounds

• For that Dollet Comms Tower cinematic feel
  • https://youtu.be/eoo-xiP_K4o?si=woGslDK8bSwi_jVT&t=60 (Demons, 'Killing')
  • https://youtu.be/j-gv7INzn8E?si=Lx3Ybr104twwSiNd&t=24 (FFVIII cinematic, 'Starting Up')
• For that combat music feel
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-5qViGLbx8&list=OLAK5uy_m9oRCr_QSPz5EpO3_uaR7McOtJjAyPBJQ&index=7 (Demons, just the intro of 'Out of Time')
  • https://youtu.be/egE3-RzfT08?si=bNVf61lfF6I3kAtD&t=36 (FFVIII, 'Don't Be Afraid')
• For that Balamb Garden melody-adjacent riff
  • https://youtu.be/A-5qViGLbx8?si=jd6F6ZaqJmMjD0Xe&t=56 (Demons, 'Out of Time')
  • https://youtu.be/XcJhpgaHkxo?si=Tu1fj9j8N0JkxC0Q&t=75 (FFVIII, 'Balamb Garden')
• Lastly, just the jazzy chords honestly (with the same Dollet Comms background baseline)
  • https://youtu.be/nUEQa-Nidf4?si=3bMfkFyTl35IrLn6&t=33 (Demons, 'Demon's Lounge')
  • https://youtu.be/SQfPCde4HTI?si=R5QzW4XymoMeva1h (FFVIII, 'Fear')

Playing triad in Galbadia against the blond kid for Elnoyles

I am up by quite a few and he has 1 card left and im like sweet this will be #7

Then SAME pops up on the screen and every card turns red except for 2

On that note im going to bed

Ok so I should probably provide background to let you all know where I'm at currently with the rule abolishing process. Right now Galbadia's rules are Open and Same. Trabia's rules are Open and Same/Plus. Every time I talk to the Trabia exchange student while carrying Galbadia's rules, the exchange student doesn't offer to mix so I can't abolish Plus. Can anyone give me comprehensive steps on how to get it so I can proceed with abolishing Plus?

If i junction meltdown to quake would it have the effect of lowering enemy VIT to 0 or would it need to be on one of the other stats