I still can?t see why everyone points at FF8 for a love story. Any of the other FF games, including many other franchises, are better at telling a love story. Even without it being the main focus. Did you honestly care if any playable character died in FF8? Hell? What were the levels of your other characters besides Squall in the last fight? How many card games did you play? Everything in the game just seemed so forced and rushed, story and love story wise in my opinion. When Squall finally started to give two cents about everyone you, as the player, are like, ?What the hell!?! Where did this come from!?!? because it wasn?t just a gradual change, but a complete 180 out of no where. One second it?s, ?I don?t care!? then it turns to ?Ok! I care now!? I know that love can make you do stupid things and change someone, but still. I haven?t experienced it myself, but I?ve seen a lot of people, including close friends, acting down right retarded and changing into a completely different people for *Sighs sadly as he laughs* Love...
I think it would have been a better game if they would have had the characters express there feelings more, if not, tell more about themselves. Because? to be honest? I didn?t care about anyone in the game at all. I wanted to know more but the game is like, ?Nope! That?s all you get!? The story should be drawing the player in, to the point of the player caring about the characters and story as well as telling more about them. Most importantly the part you play in the story. There are just so many unanswered questions in that game and not enough information to support it. There was countless times where I was just looking at the screen in confusion saying, ?Why?? I went into the game really wanting to enjoy it but when I finished it? multiple times I might add? It just felt more like a waste of time. Just like Eternal Sonata was, just one of many past failed rpgs, and the most recent Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning that I am still playing. If you ever have to ask yourself why while you?re playing a game, chances are you?re not enjoying it.
When you finish a game it should be like closing a good book. Good ending or bad. Not more confusion? @_@ Oh! Also nice post Stew!