COMING OFF A VERY HIGH SUCCESSFUL NOTE THAT WAS FF7, FF8, WHILE STILL AN ABOVE AVERAGE JRPG, WAS A SIGNIFICANT LET-DOWN
FIRST OF ALL, THE MATERIA SYSTEM GONE AND REPLACED WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE IF NOT THEE WORST COMBAT SYSTEMS IN FF: THE DRAW SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED NO SOPHISTICATION BUT INSTEAD BORING TEDIOUS PAINFULLY BORING SPAMMING OF 'DRAW'- THIS GAME FOR THAT REASON WAS MUCH EASIER THAN THE OTHER ONES BECAUSE YOU ALMOST HAD TO MANIPULATE THE DIFFICULTY OF THE GAME BY DRAWING ENDLESSLY
THE PLOT OF THIS GAME WAS ONE OF THE LEAST INTRIGUING/INTERESTING
THE MUSIC WAS UNDERWHELMING AND AT ONE POINT THERE'S SOME BAD SINGING
BLAND CHARACTER SET
7.7 OUT OF 10