FFVIII Remake Done Right

[NintenNessLucas 10]

Yesterday, I finished playing FFVIII and I'm gonna be honest....

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GAME WITH SO MUCH WASTED POTENTIAL!!!!!

People are always complaning about how FFVII needs a remake and etc..., but FFVIII is the one that deseperately needs a Remake(or at least some adjustments.)

Some of this might seem like i'm nit picking but I beleive they would Improve the game's quality a lot:

1. Get rid of the horrible dark grey colors in menus and dialouge boxes(or at least let people change them.)

2. Whenever you master a GF ability, instead of having to go to the menu and choosing which ability you want to master next, you choose the ability right after the "GF master Abilty Message".

3.Make the game harder overall.

4. Make  Draw a spell with "Infinite Usage" to save a command slot, also make it draw more spells.

5. Storywise, there are a few things they should improve greatly.

 5a. Make the Rinoa=Ultimecia theory real, it turns a Necron Final Boss battle into a rather emotional boss battle, gives a darker theme to the game and fixes plot holes.(and gives some sense to her final words.)

 5b. Make Squall's development through the game more aparrent, because lots of people seem to overlook that he has development in the story. Also develop other playable characters a bit more( only Squall and Rinoa seem to get development)

 5c. Explain Ellone's powers origin and elabrate a bit more on it.

 5d. Rewrite the entire Script( without changing the story.)

6. Make junctioning stats bonus dependant on your level(or the GF's level) and not on how many of junction spell you carry.(To actually make magic useable

 6a. However if this is applied then the 1000 exp to next level would have to dissapear.

7. Add the Ribbon the game without the Chocobo world thing.

8. Add more GFs and a new game + mode( maybe even a Griever as GF in New Game+).

 And more to come.

Edited April 27, 2013 by NintenNessLucas

[kingdomlanelover 494]

I agree with some of these, but Final Fantasy 8 came out around the end of the Playstation 1 era, and by this time Square was already developing Final Fantasy X, so they didn't put in as much effort as they could with this game. Hints the so many unfinished frustrations you had with the game.

[Dio Brando 5,810]

FF8 was horrible in my opinion(FANBOY RAAAAAGE),it was the beginning of the series's downfall and I doubt a remake would fix the badly written story and the stupid Junctiondrawing magic system that makes the game soooo easy if you're ready to spend 8 HOURS on the menu junctioning every spell and drawing hundreds of magic from a single enemy

Edited April 27, 2013 by Metal Snake

[Weiss 8,279]

I wouldn't mind an FF8 remake. However I don't see it happening honestly. 

[Shulk 8,623]

Instead of a remake, I'd like to see a prequel about Laguna and his game, preferably with better gameplay systems than the original game. I'd play it.

[xxClouDxxmoon 901]

FF8 was horrible in my opinion(FANBOY RAAAAAGE),it was the beginning of the series's downfall and I doubt a remake would fix the badly written story and the stupid Junctiondrawing magic system that makes the game soooo easy if you're ready to spend 8 HOURS on the menu junctioning every spell and drawing hundreds of magic from a single enemy

NO WAY! After FFX was the series downfall. FFVIII did have its downs like all games, but it still kept that FF feel to it.

[TerraRedeemed 255]

Yesterday, I finished playing FFVIII and I'm gonna be honest....

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GAME WITH SO MUCH WASTED POTENTIAL!!!!!

People are always complaning about how FFVII needs a remake and etc..., but FFVIII is the one that deseperately needs a Remake(or at least some adjustments.)

Some of this might seem like i'm nit picking but I beleive they would Improve the game's quality a lot:

1. Get rid of the horrible dark grey colors in menus and dialouge boxes(or at least let people change them.)

2. Whenever you master a GF ability, instead of having to go to the menu and choosing which ability you want to master next, you choose the ability right after the "GF master Abilty Message".

3.Make the game harder overall.

4. Make  Draw a spell with "Infinite Usage" to save a command slot, also make it draw more spells.

5. Storywise, there are a few things they should improve greatly.

 5a. Make the Rinoa=Ultimecia theory real, it turns a Necron Final Boss battle into a rather emotional boss battle, gives a darker theme to the game and fixes plot holes.(and gives some sense to her final words.)

 5b. Make Squall's development through the game more aparrent, because lots of people seem to overlook that he has development in the story. Also develop other playable characters a bit more( only Squall and Rinoa seem to get development)

 5c. Explain Ellone's powers origin and elabrate a bit more on it.

 5d. Rewrite the entire Script( without changing the story.)

6. Make junctioning stats bonus dependant on your level and not on how many of junction spell you carry.(To actually make magic useable

 6a. However if this is applied then the 1000 exp to next level would have to dissapear.

7. Add the Ribbon the game without the Chocobo world thing.

8. Add more GFs and a new game + mode( maybe even a Griever as GF in New Game+).

 And more to come.

 

 

Final Fantasy VIII is fine as it is. While I would agree with some quality of life improvements,everything in the game from a story perspective is far more developed than it seems on first playthrough. The Rinoa=Ultimecia theory has been proven false by the developers and I personally hate that idea. It ruins the good ending. 

 

Theories are interesting however. If you haven't heard of the "Squall is Dead" theory. you should look it up. I don't personally like it either but it sure makes sense. 

[dusk 910]

I can agree that VIII could have use for remake. Unlike FF VII, I can't really enjoy this one too much. Why to fix something that isn't broken? 

[TerraRedeemed 255]

NO WAY! After FFX was the series downfall. FFVIII did have its downs like all games, but it still kept that FF feel to it.

 

You see X as the weakest link? Really? Im more inclined to say XII myself. But then, all FF titles have something to bring to the table. I enjoyed them all despite the changes. Ill probably continue getting them for as long as they keep em coming lol

[Snow 1,800]

The only problem is, Square won't do it. When they fall deep enough into shit, they'll pull out an FF7 remake and say "heheh, hey, look, we're not all bad." If demand for an 8 remake gets high enough, they'll do the same.

NO WAY! After FFX was the series downfall. FFVIII did have its downs like all games, but it still kept that FF feel to it.

X was not the downfall of the series imo. XII was really good in my opinion, and people doesn't like it because it focused too much on the characters, was more about politics, etc. It was after XII that the series started to fall. I'll be honest, I enjoyed XIII, but that doesn't make it a good game, does it?

[Jim 2,990]

Hm, I wouldn't really want a remake with all these changes, but I agree with quite a few of your points, mainly in the storyline area. The storyline to this game was awful. I liked everything else about the game, but the storyline was just total crap, IMO. It's like they tried way too hard to make a complex storyline, and added in elements that were just kinda pointless to do so. Not to mention Ultimecia was an awful villain. I mean, time compression? Really? Literally, what kind of villain wants to do that? It's legit pointless. 

[Dio Brando 5,810]

NO WAY! After FFX was the series downfall. FFVIII did have its downs like all games, but it still kept that FF feel to it.

Dude that's my opinion(Told you FAN RAAAAAGE)

 

What I meant it was the slow start of the downfall,yeah it kept some of the FF elements intact,but the story has many plotholes,and the junctionDraw magic system is boring and stupid as f.uck

 

Then they got it 100% right with the masterpiece FF9.....only to f.uck it up again in X-2 and XI

[xxClouDxxmoon 901]

I meant FFX was the last good game, then the games afterwards were its downfall

[axele 151]

Yesterday, I finished playing FFVIII and I'm gonna be honest....

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GAME WITH SO MUCH WASTED POTENTIAL!!!!!

People are always complaning about how FFVII needs a remake and etc..., but FFVIII is the one that deseperately needs a Remake(or at least some adjustments.)

Some of this might seem like i'm nit picking but I beleive they would Improve the game's quality a lot:

1. Get rid of the horrible dark grey colors in menus and dialouge boxes(or at least let people change them.)

2. Whenever you master a GF ability, instead of having to go to the menu and choosing which ability you want to master next, you choose the ability right after the "GF master Abilty Message".

3.Make the game harder overall.

4. Make  Draw a spell with "Infinite Usage" to save a command slot, also make it draw more spells.

5. Storywise, there are a few things they should improve greatly.

 5a. Make the Rinoa=Ultimecia theory real, it turns a Necron Final Boss battle into a rather emotional boss battle, gives a darker theme to the game and fixes plot holes.(and gives some sense to her final words.)

 5b. Make Squall's development through the game more aparrent, because lots of people seem to overlook that he has development in the story. Also develop other playable characters a bit more( only Squall and Rinoa seem to get development)

 5c. Explain Ellone's powers origin and elabrate a bit more on it.

 5d. Rewrite the entire Script( without changing the story.)

6. Make junctioning stats bonus dependant on your level(or the GF's level) and not on how many of junction spell you carry.(To actually make magic useable

 6a. However if this is applied then the 1000 exp to next level would have to dissapear.

7. Add the Ribbon the game without the Chocobo world thing.

8. Add more GFs and a new game + mode( maybe even a Griever as GF in New Game+).

 And more to come.

 

 

1 You're going to hate FF IX. Though you do get a choice between grey and blue.

 

2 No, it's fine the way that it is.

 

3 It already has that ! It's called going to level 100 early on.

 

4 No. 100 is enough.

 

5 No,  Squall's development was fine, Yes Ellone's power does need more explaining but I think that it was clear that she just had odd powers.

 

6 No. 

 

7 Do you mean the Pocket Station ? That was supposed to come out in America and Europe but they dropped it during the last moment. It's Sony's fault not FF VIII's.

 

8 This game was created before New Game +'s were common thing. The only game that I think of that had New Game + material was maybe Chrono Trigger. 

[Dave Guthrie 0]

Okay - I see one thing wrong already, many people criticising FF and where it had a downfall.  If you were all true fans you would realise that not one of the games is a downfall, purely because they have been developed to be different, not to 'match' your style of play, or else that would be boring.  I appreciate some games don't have the same feel as others, but there is no downfall, just a difference in opinion, I have a favourite, but I certainly don't hate or have hated playing any of the ff titles.

 

As for a remake, I would love to see the game exactly the same with improved graphics as I thought the general idea of it was great and for its time was a great game to play - If anything should be looked at from ff8 is making a spin off game of Triple triad with all the FF series monsters, avatars etc as cards to collect with a mini rpg story surrounding it in typical FF fashion and musical performance.

 

--#1 FF Fan--

[xxClouDxxmoon 901]

Okay - I see one thing wrong already, many people criticising FF and where it had a downfall.  If you were all true fans you would realise that not one of the games is a downfall, purely because they have been developed to be different, not to 'match' your style of play, or else that would be boring.  I appreciate some games don't have the same feel as others, but there is no downfall, just a difference in opinion, I have a favourite, but I certainly don't hate or have hated playing any of the ff titles. As for a remake, I would love to see the game exactly the same with improved graphics as I thought the general idea of it was great and for its time was a great game to play - If anything should be looked at from ff8 is making a spin off game of Triple triad with all the FF series monsters, avatars etc as cards to collect with a mini rpg story surrounding it in typical FF fashion and musical performance. 

--#1 FF Fan--

I know FF was going to change overtime, all fanboys are just in denial because they want there series to stay the same, but the world changes. But when it comes to FFXIII, I dont hate it for it being different, I hate it because it is honestly one of the worst games in the world. And that is why I think it was the downfall of FF. Not because it changed, but because a once great series turned to shit.