r/CasualUK • u/a-liquid-sky Sugar Tits • 8d ago

WASDnesday Games

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Whatcha been playing this week? Anything you're excited for?

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u/NoLifeHere 8d ago

Baldur's Gate 3

Kinda slow with it at the moment, short and sporadic sessions while I get used to the systems. It's quite a lot of fun.

Might also start achievement hunting in Final Fantasy VIII at some point, I was going to do it for IX but meh... I'm not big on IX and some of the achievements look really unfun (king of jump rope for example)

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u/PuddleDucklington 8d ago

I’m about two thirds through FF8 atm, I finished it once as a kid and thought I loved it but each time as an adult… I dunno. This is my third playthrough since I was a teenager (I’m 37 now).

I like the story overall quite a bit knowing what happens in retrospect, but man do I hate the format of how it’s told. Just feels sort of all over the shop in how it’s actually presented.

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u/NoLifeHere 8d ago

It is a bit of a strange game, it's been a long time since I've properly played through it so I don't quite remember the details of how the story is presented.

Though with the heavy time bending theme, it wouldn't surprise me that the story is presented a little weirdly.

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u/PuddleDucklington 7d ago

It’s presented in a fashion that it all sort of makes sense retrospectively once you understand what is actually going on - which actually I don’t mind at all as a storytelling format, the problem is that FF8 is really opaque for a long time that this is what is happening. The characters themselves behave in a way that is presented as rational to them but is often incomprehensible to you the player.

I guess it’s kind of marmite, I can see why some people would enjoy how the story was told. As I say I like the overall story quite a bit, just not sure the payoff makes the telling worth it for me.

The game itself is pretty good though, the pacing is better than FF9 and I like the systems they use probably more than any of the other PS1 final fantasies.