My Top 50 RPG Boss Themes #9- Final Fantasy VIII

[jacquesattack2]

Squall's dead.

[NostalgicSince2005]

A love it or hate it installment?

I wouldn't really say that about it. I mean, I liked it, but I didn't love it.

[Manadragon2000]

@NostalgicSince2005 The expression love or hate it means you either like it or don't. Don't take it literally.

[NostalgicSince2005]

@Manadragon2000 No, it means that you either REALLY liked it or you REALLY hated it.

Like, you would either think it's one of the best games ever or you'd be like Spoony1 and hate every second of the game.

[AuspexAO]

Man, they should really do a re-release on this one. Tweak how draw and enemy scaling worked and this game would be one of the best FFs. How to fix draw? Well, just make it so each enemy could only be drawn from once and when you draw from stronger enemies the spell would get more powerful (and the junction to the GF would too).

[JugbandGates]

01:07 best part, i just love it

[rocketeer101]

DRAW!!!

[metalmayhem007]

Only played 26 hours of this game so far, really love it especially the music, i got hooked and played so much in a week lol :P

[Pho3nixDr]

I really like the fact that your express your opinion in the game, remain open and ect. Everyone have they taste and opinion and at least you are not like those...

OMG GAWD ISH NOT WRITTEN COD OR FF7 SO IT MUST SUCK AN ALL THE OTHER WHO DISAGREE WITH ME ARE TROLL BECAUSE TEY PLAY OTHER THING THEN OVER RATED GAME!

On my side i did enjoy the game, and thanks for the music upload

[KT1keytee]

sorry, but i hate FF8... FF9 is better

[gamester512]

FF VIII Is one of my favorite FF games. My top 5 FF games would probably be:

1.) FF VIII

2.) FF VII

3.) FF IV

4.) FF V

5.) FF VI

:P

[PapiPush]

Omega Weapon:

SQUALL- (Cast Scan)...... o_O OMFG!! 1,250,000Hp

ZELL - Don´t worry (Casts aura on Squall) do your job pal =)

IRVINE - (Cast Metldown on Omega) Go Squall !!!!!

Squall - RENZOKUKEN ..... LION HEART !!!!!!

Omega weapon +_+ !!!

xD

love this game ^^

[Keto26]

My First go through of FFVIII I HATED it...however I gave it another go, and managed to learn the Stock and GF systems....and came to love it.

[Ahluk1]

I don't hate the game, just the Junction System. Call me lazy or something, but I grow tired of drawing all the damn time. Still Epic music from Uematsu!!

[LioNOHEart]

he is not fan of ff8

HE IS NOT FAN OF FF8

U R SO FUCKING STUPID SIR!

[MrSlaide]

I see a poser!

[balzirus]

nobuo get's it right again :) however... as for the rest of the game well... like ff 13 it just doesn't work for me sorry people but it's a negative opinion on ff 8 GET OVER IT!!!

[DarkZero2009]

The game's Junction System is so damn confusing....

[AimlessAmoeba]

I think it was the drumming in the music in this game that really caught my ear... sounded more realistic than anything else out at the time.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

this is top 5 to me,the first time this them played is when you fight behemoth in the fire cave and i was so pumped when i heard the intro.good times

[GamingLeeLee]

why put up a soundtrack for a game you dont like? .. .. ..

[Reuleu]

The image you picked its pretty lame, just look at Rinoa's face

[ShiroKreuz]

i love the 1:40 to 1:49 has been my favorite part of the song since i was a kid.

[naxhant]

the good od days of beating the fuck out of wedge and biggs

[Sagemaster00]

Does Tetsuya Nomura have something against this song? because this was more than deserving to be in Dissidia.

[Xan4591]

@Sagemaster00

I was just thinking the same thing. I love the three songs, but if I had to pick, I would replace Don't Be Afraid with this one. Then again, the pure overall awesomeness would've caused too many deaths by awesome.

[Codyray1992]

And of course, unless you junction Ultima to speed and put on speed boosts, he's going to be way faster than you. Light pillar, Your turn, Nope nevermind he sent another Light Pillar, Use Revive, Light Pillar, and would you guess it? Another Light Pillar. But.. Of course that's the only time I truly had fun in the game, I LOVE hard fights. Hehe.. I love FF IV, but my favorite will always be VII. I love the extra dungeon they throw in there on the moon when you beat the game in FF IV though. Bye!

[Codyray1992]

Well, I like FF VIII, but it's completely unbalanced... I went through the ENTIRE game without a single problem, all you have to do is have a little patience with that ANNOYING draw system, and junction smartly. The only way ANY of my characters would die is if they used a death spell on me. It's beyond extremely easy... UNTIL you decide to finally get to Ultimate Weapon. Then the game suddenly shouts FUCK YOU! Sending 4 Light Pillars in a row, which does 9999 damage no matter what.

[masterjustin45]

the first time i heard this was fighting the metal spider i believe i put up one hell of a fight but it was to strong for my party level and i had to run

[XFADOOX]

1:02 *0* best moment

[stevieFFmaster]

7, 8 and 9 are the best FF games in my opinion. Music in all 3 of those games is just........i cant think of a word to describe it.

[shinomorisagara]

@stevieFFmaster finally. someone who agrees with me on this point. those 3 were the best. 10 was good, too, but didn't have the same feel as those 3

[joebarcena]

squal, rinoa, quistis - the best theme

[Sephiroth1984]

This IS a good theme. People gripe about FFVIII music a lot, but it had some great tracks like this.

[Uktrayf]

Squall-Quistis-Someone Else was my team. Always.

[naruting00]

noooooo

Irvine-Squall-Zell

its not a male team xD

hahaha

the best characters

[ultimaweapon2000]

I actually loved this ff's gameplay the best because it was the first ff to really have a fighting style like advent children. Squall would just own all of the mosters with his limit breaks. I have beat it 60 times in total and im not joking. thats how addictive i think it is.

[Fnlfy10]

Loved this game was the first ff I got, to be fair as you said after comparing it with the gameplay of some of the other ff games the combat itself was pretty weak, I particularly disliked the leveling system, but on the other hand I did like the fact you could junction stat effects to your attacks, (Try using death or drain, they both work quite well, provided your oponent isnt a zombie).

[naruting00]

hahahaha weak?

are u nuts

have u ever try to end the game

with no junction

hahaha

try it and then u tell me

[Fnlfy10]

as I said, I was mainly talking about the leveling system.

[Uktrayf]

@naruting00 Yep! I've completed it once and was redoing it for youtube, but my gaming computer failed and this one cannot emulated :l

[naruting00]

HAHAHA SURE?

send me some videos at least you upload 1 part

then i can see if thats true o fake

[tomenaki]

Fuwaaaaa!! Thank you thank you thank you! I have always thought this game was the best in the series, especially musically. Lovely choice and great song. I was kind of worried because i didn't see it earlier on the list.

[Dradeeus]

Well, I love the storyline...

Unfortunately, I thought the gameplay was weak as well.

[MikePage1337]

Squall is so bad ass, just look at that leather jacket. He is almost as manly as me

[FSBIsrael]

I have played a lot of RPG's and this is a top 5 for me^^ Zell you suck, your sitting on the bench.

[mopbrothers]

FF8 had better graphics whereas FF7 had better gameplay. The music was about equal in both games. Some of the characters were good in FF8 like Irvine and Rinoa, whereas some were dumb like Quistis. Overall the game was decent.

7/10

[Barrylocke]

I liked Quistis :/

But thats another thing I dont care for in this game. There's no true variety in the characters because once you get enough Junction abilities, you can make them however you want. I generally dont care for blank-slate characters.

[Fnlfy10]

I prefered Seipher, for the short amount of time you could play him at the start that is.

[Barrylocke]

Eh, he seemed alot like squall but he had a harder gunblade trigger to do. And personality wise, he's not the best, imo.

[Fnlfy10]

It's was the personality that made me like him so much in the first place :P

I gotta admit it is true he wasnt as easy to use as squall, but he hit harder, its a shame they didnt make his limit break better while you could play him though, I mean it was pathetic :(

[cranenoir]

Agree with both last comment ff8>ff7 and squal is more charismatic than cloud

[BishopSasarai]

I liked FF VIII more than FF VII, believe it or not. It's one of my favorite RPGs.

[piromaniac9999]

I would probably be thought as crazy for this by some ff7 fanboys,but i like squall more than cloud,i can relate more towards squall.

[Wolfir11]

@BishopSasarai

After I played it through, I kind of thought that FF VIII was a lot of fun after you got into the game style about it's magic system and so on.

[skyzer332]

I've enjoyed every Final Fantasy released so far. I doubt I will ever dislike one.

[Uktrayf]

i know right? why do people need to have favourites :(

that said i havent played final fantasy III. apparently V is the same game but better so i dont really want to be disappointed by it.

[skyzer332]

Final Fantasy III and V are different games. Completely different. FFIII has a deeper story and better characters. Better music too.

[Uktrayf]

Uhm. Well, I know you're a troll, seen as III didn't have any characterisation... While V is a better game, I understand if you think the music is better. I disagree, but fans will never agree one which game have the best music aha ;)

[Barrylocke]

strangly, despite V having more characterization, a more involved story, and a more refined battle system, I prefer III (ds and nes). And normally I prefer the games with the better story. Though part of it might be because I think FFV's story was one of the dullest. Music is another part.

[Uktrayf]

@Barrylocke

Strange indeed.

Music does make a case, though. V's really wasn't that great.

That said, Ending Theme and Four Hearts are both beauitful from V.

[Barrylocke]

surprised you used those songs as your cases of good songs from V, and not Clash on the Big Bridge.

[Uktrayf]

The Extreeme / Darkness of Eternity are better.

[AerylonBW]

FFVIII Was a test for orchestrated ideas that would happen later. It became popular in 7 with the infamous ONE Winged Angel. This entire soundtrack rocks. Even its take on the Prelude. I also liked how many different battle songs and boss songs between the two parties. Love Laguna's battle music! lol. Course i also liked Seymour's in ten.

[Crextal]

Sorry for saying this but... Rhinoa's face is really really goofy looking at this picture! Like she just dropped a big one or something... :o

[SakuSkullz]

@Crextal LOL

[gm182]

@Crextal LMAO!

[NostalgicSince2005]

@Crextal *Rinoa laughs*

Squall: "Not again." -_-

[KingMeglion]

9 was like that, and I didn't mind at all. 10 was more along the lines of 8, only it had PS2 graphics to make it even shinier.

[wee187]

9 was done that way purposely in order to look back on the series. If the only FFyou're experienced to is 7 and 8, odds are 9 will suck to you, but if you play the whole series, it really sticks out as one of the best. It's graphical style is different, but completely designed by Amano, which is amazing. Also, I find Zidane the best male lead in any FF to date, with the best female lead being Ashe, from Final Fantasy XII, shortly followed by Rinoa, from Final Fantasy VIII.

[Barrylocke]

Of course, my first FEs were 7 and 8 too, and I loved 9. I credit Vivi for sparking my love of Black Mage type characters, and was pretty surprised when I saw pictures of FF1 in a magazine article and saw a Black Mage.

Still my favorite in the series.

As for 8, Im replaying it now. It's not terrible, but battles are inflated due to me drawing alot. I have more Mod skills so its not as bad now, but It's just a shame that a setup that was supposed to prevent grinding just made me grind more.

[KingMeglion]

Durhur graphics durhur.

[Saromez]

I Hated FF8.......gameplay wise

everything else about it was great, I wish they would have implemented gameplay styles from either side in the series. (VII, IX, ect...) but the magic/stat improvement system was.....sad? lame?

[piromaniac9999]

what really pissed me off was the stupid 2 steps 1 enemy.

[itsWillyo]

ff8>ff7 music and all. game was just better imo. ff7 is overrated highly

[wee187]

Amendment to that. FF7 itself isn't overrated. It's a great game. What makes it SEEM overrated are the fanboys who suck FFVII dry and hate on every other FF. Just my 2 cents, although I agree 8 was better. 12 remains my favorite, now with 13, 8, and 9 in the follow-up, and 7, 10, and the rest of the earlier coming in after that.

[BenPriest888]

It was definitely one of the best FF games in terms of originality, storyline and presentation, not to mention the music (in which it had the best of the series). What was annoying that you could get lost easily and that you will see more cutscenes and talk scenes than battles.

[P4W3R]

I do not like the story line in FF8

[Juraya91]

Wish I have finished the game.

I needed 2 days till the last disc, then i got stuck at those boss who has rinoa. Couldn´t spam Ultima there :D

[Cerulaine]

I love this theme so much ahhhh yayyy

[lsc946]

i cry so miss this game

[shawnmurr]

this is epic.... i'll prolly remember this when i am grey and wrinkled

[AngelRuler1]

@ freestyla1234 FFVIII is really a love or hate game. It's one of your favorites in the series or one of your least favorites. That's just the way the game works. I wish I could have gotten into it, because I loved its music so much. I did beat the game one week when I had strep throat and couldn't go anywhere, and I'll admit it was fun, but many things about the game just annoyed me.

[DragonQuestFanboy]

I personally loved this game, I played it back when I was a kid and it seems like we can't just enjoy games anymore, we always have to criticize them : (

[twinku1]

Did you consider Edea's boss battle theme, Premonition? Really good work there.

[AngelRuler1]

Definitely one of my least favorite in the series, but its music has always stuck with me.

[freestyla1234]

Sticking up for ff8, this was one of me favorites of the series :P But then i was lucky with not experiencing many of the issues ppl have with this game and was free to just enjoy the experience as a whole(example:im not a big magic user, so not using magic in favor of gf skills wasnt a prob for me).

[Kicks42]

AMEN Brutha!

[jairomy]

Yes I liked this FF the least myself.

[broncovols]

Well VI is my favorite of the original series, but Tactics is my No. 1 that bears the FF name. Another excellent choice Zapper, and that is a very cute pic of Rinoa

[krnsux58]

This song kicks so much ass it's unbelievable. I am going to get this game as soon as i can.

[Zapper101]

Because of how different it is from the other FF games, it is love it or hate it. It's my least favorite FF game, but the music kicks ass.

[krnsux58]

Weird...I would have guessed it was your most favorite for some reason.

[Zapper101]

Nope. That would be IV by a wide margin.

[krnsux58]

Huh...I didn't like the annooying grinding in it on the GBA, but I'll probably pick up the DS version in a few months.

[kereminde]

The grinding wasn't all that annoying, as some parts seemed to make it easier to gain levels. Two places I know I recall are the Tower of Zot once you got the elemental sword armed, and later in the Cave of Summoned Monsters (Summoners who would conjure Arachne up, while you had Float active).

[pailmaster]

@Zapper101 it's my favorit FF game Because of how different it is from the other FF ^^