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| Topic | SaveEstelle/LeonhartFour in Different Houses: Remastered Edition [SELF] |
| LeonhartFour 09/03/19 7:19:13 PM #67: | I've got to get used to the gunblade trigger timing again. I whiffed on a few Renzokuken triggers finishing off Ifrit. One of the things that's always stood out as strange to me is that every gunblade (whether it's Squall or Seifer) has 255 Hit. They literally never miss. I wonder what the logic behind that was supposed to be. I guess a weapon as cool as a gunblade couldn't possibly ever miss...! Also, I like that FFVIII added "intro" animations for the characters at the beginning of a battle (Squall does a practice swing of his gunblade, for example), and I like that each character has a "Ready to attack" pose after you choose your action. They're fun little touches. FFVIII is big on expressing emotion and such through body language in general. They tried to make all the important characters very expressive (perhaps because they finally had the technology to do so!), and I enjoy that aspect of the game. One of the things I don't like is that, once a GF finishes learning an ability, it defaults to choosing a GF boosting ability (like GF Strength boost or HP boost) when I don't really care to enhance those stats over learning junction abilities or refine abilities. Well, I guess it's nice that they automatically assign you a new ability to earn so you aren't wasting AP if you forget or something, but still. Oh hey, here's the first of a running gag of Squall ignoring people's attempts to shake hands with him (We'll come back to that one later...!). Also, considering Seifer has repeatedly failed this exam (and considering his general reputation), whose idea was it to make him the squad leader? This doesn't seem like a wise decision! Headmaster Cid does seem to have a soft spot for him though. He even has his card! On a related note, there's kind of a fan theory out there that Seifer is his son or something of that nature. Usually when it comes to character cards, they're held by someone close to that character. Of course, that would mean that Irvine is the long lost son of the mayor of FH or something because his wife holds the Irvine card, so I wouldn't take that as gospel...! Also, they assigned Quistis (a rookie instructor) as the squad leader of a bunch of candidates who have potential behavioral problems, so I'm not too sure about that choice either! Maybe Cid is more interested in "character building" exercises than actually succeeding at the mission. That seems a lot like him, actually. One of the best burns in the game is when Quistis wishes Seifer luck, and he tells her to save those words for a bad student who needs them. Then she goes, "Ok then. Good luck, Seifer." Say what you will about Quistis and her flaws (and I'm sure I will!), that was a great comeback. Then Seifer tells them to add Quistis to "the list," and Squall echoes my own thoughts by wondering what the list is. Is it some sort of "people who are on my bad side" list or something? Knowing Seifer, that seems possible! Headmaster Cid looks less like Robin Williams with his new character model. That makes me a little sad. I really like Seifer's updated character model though. It makes his trenchcoat look really slick. I wonder what Seifer called Zell in the Japanese version. I can't imagine it was "Chicken-wuss." --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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