The Ultimate Final Fantasy 8 Iceberg

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This was the first game I bought with my own money. It holds a special place in my heart.

The beach landing Was the first time i saw a game translate from fmv straight into gameplay it was amazing at the time.

Squall Is Dead: maybe more of an 'infamous' theory than a 'popular' theory. "it was all a dream" is the worst possible trope you could try to insert into a story.

FF8 is my favorite FF game alongside FF5.

Ellone isn't Raine's daughter, Ellone is an orphan that Raine looks over

Ff8 was my first game as a kid. The music still gives me chills so good

The reason people want to believe Rinoa is Ultemicia is because, Ultemicia have no story at all Ultemicia need redo for a FF8 remake

I've always kept squall in yellow health. Worked a charm.

With how invested Squall is supposed to be in Zell's love life you think they'd give Library girl a name??

One of the most underrated games I know. Been playing since 1999 yet I started to truly like VIII as an adult.

Zone likes Rinoa. Zone likes "Girl Next Door" Mags. Rinoa is designed to be "the girl next door". Zone really wanted his magazine back. Zone's mags are essentially Rule34-Rinoa

1. An unmentioned factoid: In one of the Charlie's Angels movies, Drew Barrymore's character (naked and hiding her body with an inflatable pool toy) knocks on a glass door asking for help. Two kids are in a living room playing Final Fantasy 8, but they both are holding controllers. The film makers clearly knew nothing about video games, because Final Fantasy 8 has no multiplayer mode. 2. I've killed the "spider robot" at the Dollet mission at the start of the game (there's a method of using Card mod and magic refining to junction powerful spells to the Attack stat to become overpowered early on and used that to kill the robot). I killed it on the long bridge, but I didn't check later in the game to see if the robot's body was on the beach. I would imagine regardless of who kills it, you or Quistis, the citizens could have had it's remains dragged to the beach and dumped it there.

rinoa should be ultimecia, you can see the early art where she had white wings on her back, ultimecia had black ones, story is better that way the writers couldve just went with it

If I remember correctly the dollet beach is left unscathed if you defeat the spider and go back to it later. But it’s been a while since I’ve played through. FF8 was my first game ever on my first console ever. Special place in my heart.

My very first introduction to the FF series and RPGs in general. Not the best entry but I hold it very dear to me and it changed my perspective of what game narratives could be.

This was the first RPG I played at the age of 13 and the thrill of it gave me chills. This is my favorite FF game and it's grossly underrated. I wish this game was given at least half the attention VII gets.

Fun fact - Final Fantasy VIII made an appearance in the movie "Charlie's Angels".

I remember renting this game from blockbuster when I was a kid and absolutely falling in love with it. Everything about it captivated me and I felt like I was playing a true work of art that I wasn't quite ready for.

So word from the creators only debunks theories people don't like. Also, Villains having things in common with the protagonists is a very old writing technique, used to show what happens if the hero make the wrong choices, Ultimecia is not Rinoa, but she is something Rinoa could turn into.