Let's Play Final Fantasy 8!

The dream shows that when Seifer was little he watched the movie Laguna made as a kid and that's how he got his desire and his wish to become a knight. If you look at the way Laguna uses the Gunblade and how he slashes the Gunblade, it's the same way as Seifer fights.

How did you come across this? Does Seifer mention it at some point or something?
 
Part 49 - Upon The Train Tracks

http://youtu.be/PTbtpKbxZD4

Hello there peoples, this episode has a quite a bit going on. We start off by heading to the orphanage to see if Edea would know where the white SeeD ship is, and apparently she does! With this info, we bob along until we find the ship and meet a few old friends from the Forest Owls! :D

We also find out that the ship was attacked and Ellone escaped by going with some Esthar soldiers, which means that we now must follow suit. Off we go to Esthar!

Squall tries to sneak off to Esthar on his own...with Rinoa. Following the tracks is one of my favourite parts of the game, you may be surprised to find. I love the artwork, scenery and tranquility of it all. We also get a monologue from Squall while we're going...what if Rinoa never gets better? :'(

Bah, it turns out that the rest of the party knew that Squall would do this and were waiting for us up ahead. Sorta like when Aeris waits for Cloud in FF7, in the slums of Midgar, when he sneaks off to find Tifa.

Anyways, now that we have Edea in the party (I was pretty shocked at this first time through), it's time to use her and make a move!

We finish up just outside Salt Lake, which is a pretty simple dungeon/area. Be on the look out for a bonus episode that's coming soon! ;)

See you there!
 
How did you come across this? Does Seifer mention it at some point or something?

I just recognized it after the millionth or something crazy times of playing this game. When Laguna says " Is this how you use a Gunblade " ? Or something like that, he does Seifer's victory cheer and the way he battles the Red Dragon is like how Seifer fights.

Btw I'm almost at the end of CD 3 so you're catching up to me anymore. Tee-hee.

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I think you read a timber manics ot talk to Edea or Cid at one poiint, or some NPC, last one could be Ellone I think. But one of them mentions him watching that movie. And I think I am still further xD on last bit of disc 3, just have to charge pandora.
 
Part 49b - Malboro Tentacles Tutorial

http://youtu.be/lnHpdJEG-Uw

Hello all! This here is a bonus episode showing how to find some rather annoying items that are needed for 3 reasons: Quistis' Bad Breath limit (1 needed), Doomtrain GF (6 needed), Save The Queen whip (3 needed). All you need to do is go to the area shown in the video and keep fighting through those horse enemies until a malboro shows up.

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How to Gain Malboro Tentacles In Battle:

- Junction the ability "Initiative" to one character, which is learnt from Tonberry, Pandemona and one other GF.
- Junction "Mug" to the same character, which is learnt from Diablos only.
- As soon as the battle against the malboro begins, attack with the mugger.
- If you get the item, flee with L2 and R2 as fast as you can.
- If you didn't get the tentacles, run anyway. This is one of the toughest random encounters in the game.
- Once you've escaped, use a tent to remove all status effects (if you had any)
- Repeat until you have 10 tentacles


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Just remember that this can take a while, but they're well worth the wait. See you next time! Be on the look out for another bonus episode! :)

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Part 49c - Bonus Tests 21-30

http://youtu.be/CPBX1DN2ruQ


Ok folks, here's another bonus episode. If you've seen the other two bonus test episodes, then you'll know what's coming. This will be the last bonus test episode in this series :)

P.S. I realise the implications of doing these tests when you won't go up in rank. I just wanted to show the answers for you guys.

See you next time when we carry on towards Esthar! :)

P.S. Depending on if my new harddrive arrives in the post today, there may not be a new episode tomorrow. Apologies in advance :sad3:
 
You can also junction sleep, blind, pain, and spells like that to your Junction and spells like Bad Breath shouldn't effect you. But I honestly prefer your way. I spent so much time collecting spells, characters jumped levels like crazy defeating the stupid monsters, and in my last playthrough a couple of years ago, Odin kept on coming in, destroying everything.

Next time I'll just steal and run.
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Part 50 - A Great Salty Abadon

http://youtu.be/TLxrIsbMOeU

Hey there folks, we're finally back to normality, so 1 episode per day again (damn harddrive). This episode revolves around the Great Salt Lake, which is the "dungeon" right before Esthar. There's not much to this place; it's tiny and there's barely anywhere to explore. Climb the bones to get to a draw point or 2 and that's it.

An enemy to look out for though, and these take a while to kill, is Vysage. This is shown in the video and its weakness is fire. Go for Ifrit if you like, of attack your way through (though this may take a while). You can draw Haste from the head, so that may be a good idea, considering it's a spell that's good both in battle and for junctioning.

At the end of all this, we face a boss. Meet Abadon, one of the easiest bosses in the game.

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Abadon Strategy:

- Fire magic works well, as does Ifrit
- Healing magic will hurt him, seeing as he's an undead monster
- A phoenix down has a chance to kill him in one, though it can miss
- Draw/cast Curaga to deal a load of damage each turn
- Limits breaks work as well as ever...look how much damage Ice Strike does in the video. Pretty shocking really.
- Drawing magic could be worthwhile, but...that's up to you

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We finally make it to the outskirts of Esthar (passing by the camouflage machine) and we fall asleep, ready for the last proper dream! See you next time! :)

P.S. I love the music in the outskirts of Esthar. Jazzy :D . Also in Esthar somehow...
 
Part 51 - Dreaming With A Moomba

http://youtu.be/EfGmmDunj-k

Hey there folks, here comes the last proper dream world episode! It looks like our dream party are working in Esthar, and are having a hard time of it too. However they escape and find Ellone as a little girl being imprisoned. Thank god Uncle Lagoona was there ;)

We also get to see Dr Odine. What an interesting chap.

See you next time when we enter Esthar for real :)

(Short description this time. Greeny's sleepy :/ )
 
Part 52 - A Futuristic Episode

http://youtu.be/JPZMWUv-ifQ

Hey there folks, this episode is all about the city of Esthar! We visit Doctor Odine, to see if he can remove Edea's possession and to see if he can help Rinoa. It turns out that we'll have to head to Lunar Gate and...a little bit further from home to get Rinoa cured.

We also have a little look around Esthar City and find our way to the mall, which has some of the best shops around, with some of the best items around (including the last of the Pet Pals, Combat Kings and Occult Fans). The best items can only be bought if your Tonberry has learnt Familiar though, so look out for that.

Finally, we rent a car and make a pit stop over at Tear's Point, where we get Solomon's Ring (needed for Doomtrain).

See you in the next episode when we head on over to Lunar Gate and everything starts getting serious again...
 
Part 53 - Those Who Were Left Behind

http://youtu.be/F-d9yfdgCAQ

And here it goes folks: the start of the Lunatic Pandora/Space section of FF8! In this episode, we send Squall, Rinoa and Quistis off into space via Lunar Gate, while Edea, Selphie, Zell and Irvine stay behind.

As much as I'd love to go into space right now, there's a threat down here to take care of, which is more important at the moment: Lunatic Pandora is on its way to Tear's Point, and is going to cross over Esthar to get there!

Because of this, we head back to Esthar and visit Doc Odine and get our mission briefing (the last briefing of this kind really, although there is one last, very important mission on disk 4).
See you all next time when we start the mission properly :)

P.S. Sorry about the lack of commentary at the end. The sister decided to hire a clown car and bring all her mates to the house with it. A gaggle of women is never good for an LP :p


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Part 54 - Operation: Lunatic Pandora


http://youtu.be/Pl_JJFCoqws


Hello again! This episode sees us take on the great Lunatic Pandora mission in Esthar (which...I don't like that much but still). We muck it up a bit, but the mistakes are all cut out so don't worry too much about it. Once we make it aboard, we have a slight problem with a monster and don't get to stop it (booo!).

Next up, we check out how the space party are doing, and it's all running smoothly on their side. Rinoa gets taken off to be checked out by the experts/scientists, which is for the best.

See you next time when we check out the space station a bit more :)

(Loving the cinematics in this part by the way. Even if the ballroom dancing music for space is a bit off :lew: )

NOTE: The 2 episodes today are to finish up the parts with this party that were left behind. Also, they're both relatively short :)
 
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You left Irvine behind with the dog ! Rudeness ! :toni:


I'm up to the final battle, wish me luck. Hopefully I can beat her today. Because I want to complete FF V this year and FF3 DS and then maybe take a break from FF games.

 
You left Irvine behind with the dog ! Rudeness ! :toni:


I'm up to the final battle, wish me luck. Hopefully I can beat her today. Because I want to complete FF V this year and FF3 DS and then maybe take a break from FF games.


I apologise. He had to be punished for his sleaziness though :sad: . I bet he likes dogs though. He looks like a dog person :lew: .
Good luck with the last boss/es! She/They aren't too bad so long as you're doing alright in the junctioning and leveling departments.

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Part 55 - Tears Of A Moon

http://youtu.be/MMXh8zYdQA0


Hey there peoples! Up until this point, the space station has been all fun and games, with the happy music and scientists bouncing around. This episode is going to change all that though.

It seems that Rinoa is ready to wake up, but this is only going to cause trouble and show us why Lunatic Pandora suddenly started moving. The Lunar Cry is starting folks!

With a million and one monsters being sent down from the moon, as well as the awakening of a new villain (Sorceress Adel/Ultimecia), time can only tell what sort of havoc is coming.

See you on the other side, when we try and save Rinoa in outer space. It's not all gonna be a barrel of laughs, but it's one of the most stunning moments from any FF game to date :'(
 
You mention the music in the last few episodes. But can't hear it. Could you turn the music up, in the game, a bit?

Thank you
 
If you don't like space how do you feel about Final Fantasy 4 ? If you've planned it. I hope you don't dislike it, though I will respect your opinion on it.

Yeah I completed it. I tried to try something new like spreading around the Junctions to everybody, but that failed miserably I didn't even pass Griever, but just keeping it the main 3 [ Irvine, Rinoa, Squall ] worked without a sweat. Now I feel empty without a game to be into lol. And it's going to suck with our FF 8 playing the game at the same time chat no longer happening.
 
I am just trying to get one more thing before I do my final push in the game, and that's getting all of Quistis blue magic. Missing three at the moment, know where to get them all except they are not dropping for the two. And those are the items for ray-bomb and white wind. But once I get my 100 curse spikes will finish disc 3 and go into disc 4 and also attempt to beat omega.
 
@Koloth
Ok, I'm editing the next part etc and I'll make sure to turn the sound up a wee bit. I find it a bit tough to find the right balance of sound and commentary...it's a problem I've always had :) .

@Radioactive
I didn't mind the space part in 4 either funnily enough. It may be because it's all in bits rather than more modern graphics...I'm not too sure :)
Yeah, I'll miss our chats like that :sad: . We can still talk here though if you want.
Soulcorruptor
Ah, good luck with Omega. I'm gonna put it out there that I won't be beating it in this series...such a pain in the arse :lew:
 
Part 56 - Oxygen Depleted

http://youtu.be/PUg_I-_mkTw


Hello peoples, time for a more downcast episode today. While it may be slow, this space part is incredibly emotional. With Rinoa slowly bobbing through space, losing oxygen and life support as she goes. The cutscenes are incredibly well done here too; they're subtle and really add to the moment. Heck, it's probably the only subtlety in FF8...considering how well it's done, you'd think they'd have used it more?
Anyways, will Squall be able to save her from this seemingly impossible situation, or will this be the end for her? Check and see :'(

P.S. We get some background info on a couple of other parts of the game too that are connected to Rinoa. There's no doubt that this is her big moment.
 
Part 57 - Propagator Puzzling

http://youtu.be/_1Sqg8ZBi68

Hey there folks, this episode is all about the Ragnarok dungeon, where we need to take care of our new, little threat in order to continue. The propagators are easy enough to kill off on their own; they're more like mini-bosses than bosses. Even Odin can kill them off if you're lucky :)

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Propagator Strategy:

- Attack Attack Attack
- Limits
- Draw some reasonably good magic
- Steal some magic stones, that can be refined into powerful magic
- Keep your health up, unless you want to risk going low and using limits more often

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Make sure to kill them off in the right order (kill both of the same colour before taking on a different colour, or they'll revive) and this place is pretty harmless. Once all 8 are down, we head to the cockpit and are helped back down to home. Romance scenes incoming...if this makes you wanna wretch, then I apologise ;)

It looks like Rinoa has Ultimecia possessing her, as we saw up in space, so she's being taking into confinement. We'll see how this goes next time :)

P.S. Sorry if you can't hear the music in this one. Sorta rendered this one before it was mentioned Koloth
 
Part 58 - Rescuing Rinoa...Again!

http://youtu.be/zzEQ7ZkwVDg


Why hello there peoples, I never expected to see you here! :D

Seeing as you're here, I may as well give you some sort of insight as to what's going on in this episode. Squall has much regrettings going on about just letting Rinoa go and become contained like Adel was (only not in outer space). It's a good job the rest of the party were around to remind him how stupid of an idea it was to let her go!

So, with desperate times comes desperate measures! We relax and let the ragnarok go as slow as possible on autopilot, and make our way over to the Sorceress' Memorial, where Rinoa is.

With a bit of cinematic heralding back to the day when we watched the opening cinematics (memories! :'( ), we rescue Rinoa and go where she wants to go: Edea's House. This place is quiet and lacking in peoples apparently, so we can talk a bit easier, and not risk being assaulted by guards who want to take her back etc.

Our time here is just to take care of Rinoa's insecurities and for them and Quistis to have a heart-to-heart about romance and stuff. Next up, if we were to follow the main plot, we need to head back to Esthar city and take care of Lunatic Pandora etc but...
...that's the last of the story episodes for a while! The next few episodes will all be optional stuff and sidequests, which we haven't seen much throughout the series.

See you around! :)

P.S. You don't have to buy Ultima at all...you can draw it from certain enemies and draw points (Island Closest to Hell). Not quite sure why I said that.


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Part 58b - Ultimate Weapons


http://youtu.be/Qg30ccdpljI

Ok folks, this episode has me show you where to get your steel pipes, and an explanation on how to make Squall, Rinoa and Quistis' best weapons. If you have any questions about it all, leave me a comment or a message and I'll be happy to answer.

Also, I show the results of all this by heading to the junk shop in Balamb Town for the 1st time in forever. It's the last time we'll be heading there too.

See you next time when we go for a new GF! :)
 
Just wanted to say that these segments I could hear he music better. I think the sound had been down since you got the hard drives. Was fine before then. From now on, the story gets a bit creepy and confusing. Took me a few play throughs to understand everything going on. Ultimecia really is quite creepy. Particularly her last form in final battle.
 
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