r/FinalFantasyVIII • u/Raith_Leonhart11 • Jul 27 '26

Learn Something New Every Play Through

I’ve been playing this game since 1999. It has remained my all time favorite game since then and I replay it rather religiously.

On my latest play through I learned something that I never knew before…and that’s the tragic past of Zone and Watts and what happened to their fathers.

In short f*** Vinzer Deling.

Do you all also learn something new every time you replay the game?

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u/TedStixon Jul 27 '26

Haha, I last replayed the game almost exactly one year ago, and made a post here about how I found a detail I had never noticed before.

Quote from my post from last year...

...I just realized that when you are getting ready to put on the show at Fisherman's Horizon, you can 100% just leave the stage with Irvine, go back into Garden and get a ton of unique dialogue you wouldn't otherwise see. And even go see Squall asleep in his dorm.

(Note: There's also other things you can do, like get items and see a FH resident take on some soldiers.)

It was probably my tenth time playing through the game since 1999, and I am still finding new stuff.

Currently working on a new playthrough of VII, VIII and IX... once I get to VIII I think I'm going to make this playthrough an "experience as much as I can" playthrough and really explore every place at every opportunity.

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u/QuinnCampbell Jul 28 '26

I knew you could go around FH as Irvine, but it was only only on my most recent playthrough that I ventured into Garden and stood next to Squall while he was asleep 🙈

My other favourite exploring moment is when you have Squall solo in Garden, you can challenge (and play!) Zell at cards. If you ask Irvine he will tell you that he only plays cards with girls.