Into the second disc of Final Fantasy VIII! I'm currently running around on Balamb Garden's MD level.
If Squall Leonhart played a game with me as the main character, I wonder if he'd identify with me the way I identified with him as a teenager.
Kiros explains he's been searching for Laguna for the past year. Laguna asks, 'Why?' and Kiros's response is 'After leaving the army... Well, just killing time, I guess.' I like Laguna/Raine a lot, but Laguna/Kiros is also very shippable.
As Squall in Laguna, I tried to ask 'Where am I?' and Laguna thought, (I know there's something here, but I don't know what it's saying.) I still think it would be really interesting if our party could actually make themselves heard to Laguna and company.
Can't believe everyone in Winhill is so keen to get rid of Laguna when he's the only one fighting the monsters.
I choose to believe Squall's wound disappears after Edea's attack because Seifer healed him. Seifer will never admit it, but of course he couldn't just let Squall die.
In some respects, the D-District prison sequence is a bit tedious - there's a lot of running up and down stairs! - but it also contains two of my favourite scenes in the game: Seifer torturing Squall, and Squall charging ahead to save Zell's life.
It feels like such a betrayal the first time you run into a random encounter in Balamb Garden during NORG's coup. This is our home, and it's no longer safe.
The first thing I did in the coup was break through to the dormitories and have a nap. I'm enjoying the image of Squall, Zell and Rinoa trying to grab a few broken minutes of sleep in Squall's single bed as the Garden falls apart around them, not knowing whether they'll be obliterated by missiles at any moment, because they haven't had any real rest in days and they can barely function.
I like that enemies have different animations for 'being hit with a regular attack' and 'being hit by a critical hit'. It really makes critical hits feel like they connect with more weight.
Cid: I want you to assist them and then evacuate.
Squall: But I have a lot to report.
Cid: You can tell me later.
Squall: (You might be dead later...)
I find this hilarious. You're so inconsiderate, Cid, not letting Squall report to you when you're at high risk of getting murdered in a coup. Who's he going to report to then? Honestly.
I think Final Fantasy VIII was where I first learnt the word 'mercenary'. Quite the introduction to the concept.
Squall: Sir, I'd like to handle whatever it is that you're planning.
Cid: And why is that?
Squall: (...I don't know... Because you might screw up. ...Because I want to do more than announce the evacuation. Because this place is important to me, too. Because I want to find out your plan. Because this is my home. I have too many reasons. I don't know why... Who cares?)
Squall: My feelings have nothing to do with it, sir.
Squall having a bunch of feelings and then going 'NONE OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT' is sort of heartbreaking.
If they ever remade this game with voice acting, I wonder how they'd handle Squall's thoughts. They're such a huge part of Squall's character, but it could feel awkward to have a constant voiceover of his interior monologue.
Maybe he'll just look at the screen and talk directly to the audience, like Malcolm in the Middle.
If Squall Leonhart played a game with me as the main character, I wonder if he'd identify with me the way I identified with him as a teenager.
Kiros explains he's been searching for Laguna for the past year. Laguna asks, 'Why?' and Kiros's response is 'After leaving the army... Well, just killing time, I guess.' I like Laguna/Raine a lot, but Laguna/Kiros is also very shippable.
As Squall in Laguna, I tried to ask 'Where am I?' and Laguna thought, (I know there's something here, but I don't know what it's saying.) I still think it would be really interesting if our party could actually make themselves heard to Laguna and company.
Can't believe everyone in Winhill is so keen to get rid of Laguna when he's the only one fighting the monsters.
I choose to believe Squall's wound disappears after Edea's attack because Seifer healed him. Seifer will never admit it, but of course he couldn't just let Squall die.
In some respects, the D-District prison sequence is a bit tedious - there's a lot of running up and down stairs! - but it also contains two of my favourite scenes in the game: Seifer torturing Squall, and Squall charging ahead to save Zell's life.
It feels like such a betrayal the first time you run into a random encounter in Balamb Garden during NORG's coup. This is our home, and it's no longer safe.
The first thing I did in the coup was break through to the dormitories and have a nap. I'm enjoying the image of Squall, Zell and Rinoa trying to grab a few broken minutes of sleep in Squall's single bed as the Garden falls apart around them, not knowing whether they'll be obliterated by missiles at any moment, because they haven't had any real rest in days and they can barely function.
I like that enemies have different animations for 'being hit with a regular attack' and 'being hit by a critical hit'. It really makes critical hits feel like they connect with more weight.
Cid: I want you to assist them and then evacuate.
Squall: But I have a lot to report.
Cid: You can tell me later.
Squall: (You might be dead later...)
I find this hilarious. You're so inconsiderate, Cid, not letting Squall report to you when you're at high risk of getting murdered in a coup. Who's he going to report to then? Honestly.
I think Final Fantasy VIII was where I first learnt the word 'mercenary'. Quite the introduction to the concept.
Squall: Sir, I'd like to handle whatever it is that you're planning.
Cid: And why is that?
Squall: (...I don't know... Because you might screw up. ...Because I want to do more than announce the evacuation. Because this place is important to me, too. Because I want to find out your plan. Because this is my home. I have too many reasons. I don't know why... Who cares?)
Squall: My feelings have nothing to do with it, sir.
Squall having a bunch of feelings and then going 'NONE OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT' is sort of heartbreaking.
If they ever remade this game with voice acting, I wonder how they'd handle Squall's thoughts. They're such a huge part of Squall's character, but it could feel awkward to have a constant voiceover of his interior monologue.
Maybe he'll just look at the screen and talk directly to the audience, like Malcolm in the Middle.
