Let's Play Final Fantasy 8!

Zack_ Fair said:
You can make the 10 mins in the cavern however you have to really escape from all battles and have tons of ice magic and have a high-ish level and boost with Shiva.

Don't know if it's worth though though, because A) it takes a while and b) If you get a low SeeD level you can just do tests and change that later on.

Same with beating up the Spider Robot on the Dollet mission. It's possible but takes soooo much effort before-hand and tedious drawing and summoning just to make it happen.

Though for that once- in- a -playthrough experience I recommend it just to say " Hey I did that ".
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[ Like when Squall said to Rinoa when they first had sex ] :britt:​
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Not really if you spend time on the beach learning boost and sum mag10% you won't need to run from battles in the fire cavern at all.
You may have 2-3 at best. First one against the bat and wheel with wings easy to kill both off. Then second with bombs a quick shiva takes care of them.
 
Part 4 - Zell's Balamb Town

http://youtu.be/XhlL6pHA_mk


Ok folks, this episode has us back at Balamb Garden after finishing the Fire Cavern! Within, we obtain a new party member (Zell Dincht), change our uniform and make our way to Balamb Town, on our way to the field exam!

In the town, we find our first Timber Maniacs magazine; I'm not really sure why you can collect them but...there we go. I also show you where the weapon shop is, ready for when we want to upgrade them. Although, by the time we upgrade them for the first time, we may have made it to the next weapon shop.

Anyways, see you in the next part when we start the field exam! It's a wee bit more exciting than the prerequisite...I'll not say any more ;)
 
2 episodes today, to play through half of Dollet in one go. Also, it's Sunday, so it's easier to get more done :)

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Part 5 - Aiding Dollet

http://youtu.be/ziV8R62ZE00


Hey there folks, it's finally time to make a start on the SeeD field exam! This section of the game is going to take a few episodes, but it's one of the better parts of the game, so it's fine ;) .

Anyways, this episode has us see how to switch junctions quickly from character to character, we take on plenty of galbadian soldiers who are trying to take over Dollet's comms tower, and we make it to the waiting area...

P.S. This is the only time we'll be able to use Seifer throughout the game. T'is quite unfortunate.

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Part 6 - Here Comes Selphie!

http://youtu.be/yH2kbWuLUKU


Hey there folks, this episode takes us from the waiting area up to the Dollet Comms Tower. Along the way, we take on a mini-boss (Anacondaur) and find a new party member (Selphie).

That's right, the girl who was late to class and needed to be shown around back at Balamb Garden is now in our party :)

P.S. Jumping off cliffs is fun. See you again!
 
Part 7 - Elvoret On The Comms

http://youtu.be/74bri8LGphU


Hey there folks, this episode has everything that goes on on top of Dollet's comms tower! This includes the fight against Biggs and Wedge, as well as Elvoret (boss). It takes a while, but the best way to fo all this is the following:

- Wait for Biggs' part to be over (defend/draw magic for a while)
- Take down Biggs and Wedge when they have both arrived (attack/magic/GF)
- Finish off Elvoret with GFs all the way. It'll hurt your seed rank a bit, but it's the easiest way.

Remember to draw Siren from Elvoret! It's a new GF and you won't get another chance to get her that I know of!
EDIT: See Soulcorruptor's post below! Turns out there's a chance to get the GFs at the end, in the final dungeon. It's still better to get them along the way, but at least you can get them eventually :lew: .


And we'll finish off the field exam tomorrow folks! The action's not over yet...
 
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Just adding it in there as an fyi all the GF's that you can draw from can be gotten in the 4th disc again in Ultemica's castle. After the first boss and only if you unlock the draw command first. So Siren, Carbuncle, Leviathan, Alexander, Pandempndium, and I believe even Eden can be drawn from all of the other bosses. Each one has a specific one though and forget which one has which.
 
Soulcorruptor said:
Just adding it in there as an fyi all the GF's that you can draw from can be gotten in the 4th disc again in Ultemica's castle. After the first boss and only if you unlock the draw command first. So Siren, Carbuncle, Leviathan, Alexander, Pandempndium, and I believe even Eden can be drawn from all of the other bosses. Each one has a specific one though and forget which one has which.
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Oh wow, I never knew! That's amazing news *goes to edit post*. Thank yous :sir:
 
Part 8 - Robot Spider On The Loose!

http://youtu.be/8AObrYYw_wI


Hey there folks, it's time for the last of the SeeD field exam! While evacuating back to the beach, we get a surprise that'll make our trek a little bit more hazardous! X-ATM092...what a name :D

Possibly Quistis' best scene is in this episode, so look out for that! Who said all women were fragile...

Anyways, see you in the next episode when we see if we've passed...or if we've failed :(
 
Part 9 - Dancing As A SeeD

http://youtu.be/gYww3z5lcj0


Hello there folks, it's time to find out if we passed the SeeD field exam! We also get to see the more understanding side of Seifer, and see that he's not so horrible as he makes out. Still a twat...but not quite so bad.

Finally, we go to the ball and get introduced to another new party member, but we don't get to learn her name yet. Still, it's an amazing bit of cinematics which shows how socially awkward Squall is and, afterwards, how self-centered he can be too.

See you next time when we head on over to see what Quistis wants!

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Part 9b - Bonus Tests 1-9

http://youtu.be/wASxcbrFoXc


Hello again, this part is completely optional and only shows the answers to the first 9 tests. Doing these will take your SeeD rank up each time and give you more money each time your wages come in.

Anyways, I left out the commentary, and we don't go any further, so this video is just for those who like their FF quizes or whatever.

See you for part 10 :)
 
When Squall put on his SeeD uniform and you said that he looked " Dapper " ? what does that mean ??

Yeah I think if Cid didn't team him up with Zell and Selphie later on or if the whole adventure didn't happen Squall would of been left alone. Zell and Selphie would of found somebody else to hang around with and Squall would of been left grumpy and isolated.

Cloud only gets attention because he just happens to look like somebody's ex lover and he just happens to bump into his old childhood friend. Squall and Cloud were both lucky in that respect.
 
Zack_ Fair said:
When Squall put on his SeeD uniform and you said that he looked " Dapper " ? what does that mean ??

Yeah I think if Cid didn't team him up with Zell and Selphie later on or if the whole adventure didn't happen Squall would of been left alone. Zell and Selphie would of found somebody else to hang around with and Squall would of been left grumpy and isolated.

Cloud only gets attention because he just happens to look like somebody's ex lover and he just happens to bump into his old childhood friend. Squall and Cloud were both lucky in that respect.
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Dapper means posh or formal. Like when someone's wearing a suit or shirt and tie, they are dapper. It's proper welshy :lew: .

Oh definitely. Maybe Squall would have come out of his shell and all that on his own eventually, but we can never know. Cloud I think was a bit more outgoing...at least he didn't constantly talk to himself instead of replying to someone who's in front of him. Still, he probably would have been alone too. I wonder if they would have cared if they were alone?
 
Part 10 - Intensive Training

http://youtu.be/sERgrvjxMA0


Hey there folks, this episode sees us head through the training center in Balamb Garden, meeting some grats and a t-rexaur along the way, and making it to the secret area, where Quistis wants a word. As you'd expect from Squall though, he doesn't listen to a word and has no sympathy for Quistis' new predicament.

Afterwards, we head back out of the training center via another route and encounter an easy boss along the way (Granaldo). We also see the mysterious woman again from the very start of the game and make it to the exit.

See you again :)
 
The more Timber Maniacs Magazines you find around the world the more pages Selphie adds to her page (accessed via the computer in classroom, where you first obtained Shiva and Quezacotl) about Laguna. Can't remember when exactly the pages start being added, I think after the events in FH, but they elude to his travels. He used to write articles for Timber Maniacs whilst on the road to earn Gil and is the guy the magazine Editor mentions if you talk to him at it's offices in Timber.
 
Atticus Fetch - Ahhh, this makes sense. I now feel less guilt about not collecting many of them on most playthroughs :lew: . Thanks a lot for the info, much appreciated :)
 
Yeah, they aren't all that interesting really. It's just a small paragraph of thought from Selphie accompanying a photo 'taken' by Laguna (most of which are just screen shots of certain parts of the game) showing where he has travelled too. If you ever talk to a NPC who mentions something about 'some guy' from the past it's usually Laguna. Turns out it was Laguna who was the guy who won all the rare cards from the Dollet Pub owner at the height of his gambling problem, for example. Fun tid-bits to know if you like Laguna but not important to the story as such.
 
Part 11 - Gravity Maker

http://youtu.be/0eqn8TRUI84


Ok folks, this episode has a few little things going on. We find the Weapons Monthly April magazine in our new dorm room, so we can make some new weapons. We also find out about our first ever SeeD mission, where we have to head on over to Timber to meet the Forest Owls. Finally, we get an optional GF (Diablos) my fighting an optional boss (Diablos) ;)

Thanks for watching folks! See you again :)
 
Part 12 - Laguna, Kiros And Ward

http://youtu.be/m8C8xuGQoCI


Hello there peoples, this episode has us find the train to Timber and has a surprise visit to the dream world. It's pretty strange and confusing at this point (and it still confuses me a bit later on) but it really keeps you interested and guessing.

Laguna, Kiros and Ward are all members of the galbadian army, who has been our enemy up until this point (in Dollet at least), so to see the army from a party member's perspective is a good way to see that they aren't all evil conmen with patches and hooks, and are just following orders from higher up.

See you next time when we finish off the 1st dream world! :)
 
Part 13 - Play Me A Song, Oh Piano Woman!

http://youtu.be/5XzxbM2d9Vk


Hey there folks, here's the rest of the first dream world! Laguna, Kiros and Ward get to have a bit of a break for now, but I'm sure Laguna is more nervous about this part than his normal missions :D . Will he get Julia, or will his nerves get the better of him?

By the end, we finish the dream and find that we have made it to Timber and get to meet the Forest Owls (a resistance group against the president's ideals) by giving them the correct password. It doesn't really matter if you get it wrong first time or anything, just try again.

See you tomorrow, when we find out what the Owls want from us and we make a good start on it!
 
Nooooo Laguna. Stay with Julia. Don't go... okay... fine....be like that....:sad3:
 
Ok, 2 episodes today, and they're both pretty long too. Thing is, I wanted to get the whole train mission uploaded in one day, so here it is!

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Part 14 - Playing With Trains

http://youtu.be/c0bIQRp2nWI


Hello people, it's time to start our first SeeD mission, and we're given quite a biggy: to confront President Deling while he's on the train. This involves swapping loads of trains around while they're on the tracks, as well as confronting him about what the Forest Owls disagree with. All of the mission briefing is in here too, but it's pretty fun to watch this time around.

If you complete the train passcodes both times without getting caught even once, then you'll get a boost to your SeeD rank level (so you'll get a bigger wage). Let's see if I can do that, shall we :D

Also, I should probably mention that this episode is pretty cutscene heavy, which is certainly a good thing in my eyes, but some people may not think so. They're pretty epic cutscenes, even if they shouldn't be in theory :)

See you next time when we actually confront him and see how that goes!

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Part 15 - President Gerogero

http://youtu.be/PbfL6dQLfbY


And hello again! This episode has the rest of the train mission, which involves
confronting the president, only to find that there are 2 bosses in a row to take on:

President Deling - Just draw a bit if you need the magic. Otherwise take him down however you prefer; he's incredibly easy. GFs are faster, but isn't that always the case?

Gerogero - With this guy, healing moves are best. Use a phoenix down to kill him in one, but it may miss. I stick to fighting him full on to show you guys that it isn't that hard. Look out for his zombie attack, as well as blind, silence and sleep. You should probably just go all out with GFs, once again, but attacks and using cure on him is good too. Also: limit breaks.

After all this train stuff is done, we decide that we need to head to the train station to see about confronting president Deling for real this time. Along the way to there, we check out the Timber Maniacs HQ (where there's a hidden blizzaga draw point, a girls next door mag and a timber maniacs magazine), enter the house next door to see that there's a back ally that leads to the tv station, we take on a few of the local enemies that are in the town hunting us (probably for trying to assault the president or something) and we make it to the pub. The drunk man is...fun :/

We save out back ready to take on the tv station in the next episode! See you there! :)
 
Here's part 16 folks! Introducing The Sorceress

http://youtu.be/RBwwtsYYCzE

Hey there folks, for the start of this episode, we head back to the petshop, which I somehow missed when we went past earlier. There, we get some Pet Pals magazines (3 and 4). Then we head on over to the TV station to find that Seifer is ready to take the president hostage (with Quistis in tow, trying to save the day), while Rinoa is having a strop on about not being taken seriously about her resistance faction. A bit more goes on, but that's in the video :p

After the tv station, we need to hide from the galbadian army 'cause we were involved in the whole hostage thing...they're so sensitive :/ . Anyways, we hide away with the help of the Forest Fox (another resistance faction in Timber) and get our train tickets to leg it out of here.

See you next time when we give that a go :)

P.S. This is the episode where we first meet the sorceress. I probably should have emphasised that more :s
 
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