let me start out by say that i grow up with final fantasy and ( even though i dislike most of the game and especially ffvii ) the ps1 . i have play and beat ffvii and hat every bit of it . i think the dialogue be cliché and poorly write and the background kindergarten crayon style look and the overall game play to be very boring . a a kid i get ffviii for christmas and play it and beat it . it take me over a hundred hour to do it and but i do it . that be the most intriguing part though . every other game i have ever play be beat in a couple of hour and barely play again . final fantasy viii give me something i have never see before in a video game . a challenge . not to mention epic beauty and dialogue that still fascinate me today . when i be maybe thirteen or so i lent this too a friend and he lose the third disc so for a long time i be replay the first two disc or just crush ultimecia a best i could in the finale of the game . i have the ps2 at the time and spend a lot of time play tekken tag and devil may cry and the gta game . yet i always keep the ps1 hook up . until it break . also and my copy of ffviii which i receive the year it be release ( 1999 ) be in pretty haggard condition . unfortunately i be without my favorite game for about four or five year . one day while speak with a friend and he mention he have find a work ps1 emulator for the pc . what do i do . i find the ps1 emulator and pirate every ff for the ps1 . illegal yes and but totally necessary for a ff addict . plus the ps2 ff leave a bad taste in my mouth and all of them miss the greatness which be ffviii . be eighteen at the time when i start to replay ffviii i be more intelligent and have a well understanding of how all the junctioning work ( when youre ten year old and just look for fun this can prove to be the most confusing thing ever ) . play it again i be bring back in time while the epic beauty and the to this day unparalleled cut scene and the infinite possibility with junction and gf ( guardian force ) . i always have wonder why they never bring that aspect back to any of the late ff game . it be what make the series unique instead of mp which always run and you never have enough ether for the last battle . now and be nineteen year old and have play some of the fine rpg out there like oblivion and fallout 3 and and star war kotor . be nineteen and have play some of the fine action game out there like prince of persia represent the sand of time and call of duty and and batman represent arkham asylum . this be still the great game i have ever play . a video game epic on a level that no ps3 or xbox 360 insert have achieve . with a love story that feel real and that actually move you and evoke your emotion . character that live in a world of fantasy but be similar to people we all go to school with and an end that deserve great finale of all time award . if you have never play this game and go out and get it now . or play it and just rush through it so that you would be able to say you play all the ff game and play it again . you will not be disappoint when you take a hundred hour and play this game straight down to the bone core and suck all the marrow out of it . best game of all time .