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Final Fantasy 8
Storyline




     The Balamb Garden... a military school that pumps out highly skilled mercenaries called SeeDs.  Squall Leonhart... a trainee... starts the game in an all-out movie battle with Seifer Almasy... his arch-rival.

     The story intertwines left and right... it begins to get more complicated... especially when you and your party all start having the same dream.  Laguna Loire... a soldier for Galbadia and a talented writer... comes into their dreams at random parts of the story.

     Final Fantasy 8's role-playing design has done away with MP and gaining money from enemies.  Money is earned by being in SeeD throughout the game.  When you take your entrance exam, your performance determines the height of level SeeD you will be.  The higher the level, the more money you get.  Level 3 SeeDs get 1,500, while Level 9 gets 7,000.  Money is recieved in certain intervals of time throughout the game.


     Magic is used by drawing energy from enemies, and GF (Guardian Force {summoning}) can be used as many times as you wish.  Guardian Forces have Hit Points and gain levels, just as your characters.  They also give your characters special abilities and status bonuses.
     In the story, it is rumored that GF is dangerous and can cause memory loss, but that hasn't been scientifically proven.  It is also rumored that SeeD is the result of a much larger conspiracy than just the neutral, peace-keeping, mercenary force.

     Final Fantasy 8 looks at Squall from a more first person point of view.  He is quiet and a lone wolf, but he is a very interesting character in this game.  Not only do you hear his spoken words, but you get to read what he's really thinking inside.



     Rinoa and the others in the party have a hard time trying to get Squall to express himself, or even say anything for that matter... and they need to since he's slowly molded into their leader.  Squall wishes there didn't have to be fighting, but he enjoys battle with a passion.  He is a specialist with a Gunblade, which rarely comes out of The Garden.



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