How can you enjoy this game? Volume 3: Final Fantasy VIII

[Blade]

^ Based on my observation, a combination of A and B... though to be fair at least he's playing the game.

 

[Umatbru]

How do I get to the tomb of the unknown, or whatever its called. I have a map but its not very detailed. (No Icons or NESW)

 

[Blade]

You know where Galbadia is? Follow the edges of the land till you get to a peninsula.

 

[Umatbru]

You know where Galbadia is? Follow the edges of the land till you get to a peninsula.

Never Mind, I Found the tomb, Fought a minotaur-like monster which ran away and nothing else. So I went back to the nearest city to general caraway's mansion to do this ludicrous puzzle.

Enter Ones: 1

Enter Tens: 0

Enter Hundreds: 0

Is there something wrong? because that how I remember it my maths classes.

 

[Sprites]

May I make a suggestion that you go back to the tomb and finish that minotaur off, you're only finished half that quest, you're missing out on a GF. if you don't do it disc1 you won't get another shot until late into the next disc.

What was the student ID number?

 

[Kuja9001]

Here's a very handy tip, whenever you acquire some flying device go to a place at the end of the map called "Island closet to hell" and you'll level up quick also when you get into a battle use a command called "Mad Rush" learned from Ifrit and it'll make the process go even quicker.

Also don't save no where near or on the island because there a 75% chance the game will glitch out or something.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Really? I used to save there all the time.

 

[Hisako]

I remember going to the Island Closest To Hell completely underlevelled at some point and I got TPK'd within the first round of turns.

I pretty much noped the fuck out of the game for a while

 

[Obsidian Fire]

I went there towards the end specifically so I could take advantage of the Angelo Search skill. T-Rexars have some of the longest animations and are really easy to stick blind/slow on (and I had high evade). I'd get into a fight with them, and leave the emulator running for hours at a time.

 

[Blade]

....I could've SWORN I wrote a guide on how to deal with Island Closest to Heaven/Hell on these forums (check my posts in the other FFVIII thread).

Never heard of that save bug before... PC version?

Honestly you're better off farming from Cactuars (seriously get a Chocobo and WALK to Cactuar's Desert near Cactuar Island near the crater in the south)... learn all your AP stuff, then when you get the chance, grab Gigantuar and start leveling with the level bonuses and EAT EAT EAT Malboros and TRexaurs.

 

[Kuja9001]

....I could've SWORN I wrote a guide on how to deal with Island Closest to Heaven/Hell on these forums (check my posts in the other FFVIII thread).

Never heard of that save bug before... PC version?

Honestly you're better off farming from Cactuars (seriously get a Chocobo and WALK to Cactuar's Desert near Cactuar Island near the crater in the south)... learn all your AP stuff, then when you get the chance, grab Gigantuar and start leveling with the level bonuses and EAT EAT EAT Malboros and TRexaurs.

There's no save bug, I was trollin

 

[Umatbru]

Hey, If Squall can't be a soldier, then who would he be in real life?

Honestly you're better off farming from Cactuars (seriously get a Chocobo and WALK to Cactuar's Desert near Cactuar Island near the crater in the south)... learn all your AP stuff, then when you get the chance, grab Gigantuar and start leveling with the level bonuses and EAT EAT EAT Malboros and TRexaurs.

Eat Marlboro's? Inb4 Phillip Morris (READ: Owner of Marlboro, The tobacco company that used to sponsor EVERY RACING TEAM EVER back in the day) sues.

 

[Umatbru]

Oh, and I think Rinoa looks like Liv Tyler.

 

[Blade]

Liv Tyler has huge lips and a thin nose... I don't think so!

Rinoa is way cuter.

 

[Umatbru]

This painting looks fishy

Then why on earth can't I interact with it?

 

[Blade]

"Vividarium et Intervigilium et Viator"

"In the Garden sleeps a Messenger."

Read the other paintings.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

He's not that far yet. Pretty sure he's locked in General Caraway's mansion right now.

 

[Blade]

Ah, in that case, check the Wine Cabinet.

 

[Umatbru]

Alright, I got rinoa out of the Presidential residence, How do i get down from the roof?

 

[Cthulhu]

Have you tried taking the stairs?

 

[Blade]

I do NOT recall getting lost in this part of the game, or stuck, not even on my very first run...

 

[Umatbru]

This is the roof I am trying t get down from.

 

[Sprites]

That's because you CAN'T go down you're at a fixed point in the game, you can only go forward from here. There's a hatch in the corridor before you rescued Rinoa, you need to go there to trigger the next set of events. Did you pay attention to where Caraway said you should go to pick up the sniper rifle, that's your next destination but really come on this isn't hard at all, I'm getting the impression you couldn't be bothered finding this stuff out yourself or searching for it. I'm happy to give tips to you about the game but a lot of the stuff you're getting stuck on is very easy to get through, even for a first timer you need to just explore the areas a bit more before deciding you're stuck.

 

[Blade]

Dare I ask how he plans on dealing with

Spoiler

either the Deep Sea Research Center or the "Catch Rinoa in Outer Space" scene? Or hell, I don't know, figuring out how to "turn Balamb Garden on"?

 

[Umatbru]

Sir, sir... SQUALL IS DEAD!

And that brings us to the end of Disc 1.

1. This game could be more action-y. IGN said that the gameplay was the games weakest point, A case not helped by the fact that this game was released in 1999, the same 1999 in which The Matrix was released. How to fix this: DROP THIS TURN BASED MADNESS AND ADD EPIC BULLET-TIME-LADEN GUNBLADE FIGHTS!
2. The Soundtrack is still underwhelming. Get Rob Dougan or someone to remix Liberi Fatali, and maybe add Blackbeat by Apollo 440 to the train detaching scene.
3. If GameSpy says he cant be a soldier, What can he be? A Cop? A Spy? A racing driver?
4. I am told that Square has bungled the much touted love story between Squall and Rinoa. Jeff Lundigran of IGN criticized how Squall and Rinoa do not expose their feelings for each other until very late in the game, stating that "considering that the love story is so integral to everything that happens—not to mention forming the central image of the box art—it's incomprehensible why no one says 'I love you' to anyone, ever." I am also told that there was a dating minigame and vague references to sex in FF7. Maybe they could have added those to FF8. (Yes I know they're just 17, there are soaps and films featuring characters the same age as Squall and Rinoa explicitly making love.)

Any other ideas?