I'm considering it, but I don't know when I'll ever get around to it. Or if I'll even be able to find VIII &/or IX. I'm having enough trouble finding the earlier games, which were only recently ported.
The majority of FF doesn't have a materia system. In fact, only FFVII really did. Even Magicite, the closest thing to it, isn't really that close at all.
As for whether or not VIII is good, that's the interesting thing: Pretty much everyone either says it's great/the greatest or it's crap/the worst. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground.
I wish it came out to psn already >.<
Lord Noctis said:Consider me the middle ground. FFVIII was ok.
It did, actually.
You're part of a more exclusive group than the people who think Clerith is canon.
Bull I enjoyed FFVIII all flaws included. Playing the game was fun even if Squall was a doody.