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Yeah, FF8 is one of my least favourite in the mainline series.
The card game is great, but the actual RPG aspect ended up being dreadfully boring to me. The battle system was bland and easy, playing through the game casually (without even transforming any cards). I think I had one game over in the entire game, and maybe one other close call.
It has a lot of great elements, but the core gameplay left much to be desired.
What sucks is its story is so interesting, below the surface. Unfortunately, the game is never as good as the deep dive videos.
Remake VIII.
Yeah, I feel like the story had potential, but it needed to be presented better.
It's like they thought the post-modern aspects of FF7's story (that made it complex and a bit confusing) was what made it great, so they turned it up to 11 for FF8. But instead of having hints everywhere, I think it ended up being more sort of...blind-siding surprises.