Final Fantasy 8: Squall is dead
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Mindfuck.
Have you guys ever seen this? FF8 was one of my favorites as a teen (still love the music).
http://squallsdead.com/
Have you guys ever seen this? FF8 was one of my favorites as a teen (still love the music).
http://squallsdead.com/
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i like it!
Afaik Square staff never clarified wtf was up with the story, I guess they just really wanted people to figure it out for themselves.
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That said, i watched the end of FF8 about 30 times, and never really got it. i like this interpretation!
Also, that empty-hollow face...Fk, NIGHTMARE!
Just reading that page connects my dots of confusion with various parts of the game, but it'd be cool to replay it accepting the idea that Edea killed Squall.
hahaha. nah ff8 was cool, never finished it, but being about 15 at the time the emo kinda longing after a girl storyline was easily identifiable. If i could stomach the cheese and terrible ps1 graphics I would probbaly love to go back and play it again. i remember the card game being awesome as well.
Though its pretty brilliant how a small change in interpretation can make the game story seem much more deep and grounded.
Don't care what haters say, but I still find graphics very cool (aside from being lo-res), they have some artistic feel to it. Also great mix of sci-fi and fantasy.
Nope. I think this is why I liked it so much as an angsty teenager, though. I recall trying to play it several years ago and I couldn't stand him.
Flashbacks, yeah. But stuff that never even happened?
...so...it makes zero sense for that to be the story...because it would be...original?
it is.
it's so awesome that people have emulated JUST the card game for pc haha.
One of the bigger points was that the first disc was more believable, vs the Moogles later on in the game.
Did this guy forget that the first SeeD training mission you do in the game involves talking to and fighting a giant fire beast? (Ifirit). I don't think the second half of the game feels like a weird dream, I think it feels like a typical JRPG.
Still though, I loved the article and it presented an interesting point of view (and brought back some memories).
not because he was dying, but...
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8 seasons of a dream :P
It's no different than saying that magic exists in the game because oranges are actually green in that world. There's no logical correlation.
"Perhaps the rumour started because I haven't been much in the press lately. I have done enough press for a lifetime, and I don't have anything to say these days. I am happy to be with my family and I will work when I work. I was switched on for ten years and I never switched off. Now I am switching off whenever I can. I would rather be a little less famous these days"
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/197343-final-fantasy-viii/68548821?page=1
About the theory, in my opinion... Squall not dies in the game. (spoilers) If he die on Disk 1 everything that follows from disc 2 onwards would not make sense, we would not know the role of Edea, the connection with Laguna, Ellone, etc.
Now, I want to mention the point "d) Just stay close to me."
There is a translation error in english version: "If I didn't, I wouldn't be talking about it." In the japanese version is: "If I did I couldn't talk about it like this", then she no longer likes Seifer. See: lokasenna.pe.kr/ardente/etc./
One more thing, the line: "I wonder how he felt...?" if I am not mistaken in the Japanese version is: "I wonder what he thought of me", indicating further that among them there was more friendship that anything else.
Speaking as what is presented here, she does not see to Seifer on the dance floor (actually he was not there), but she see at the director Cid Kramer and talk with him. This is indicated in the "Rebellion Princess" page, a page that brought information of Ultimania and other sources.
Also, Rinoa in the game NEVER says and ensures that Seifer was her boyfriend, then obviously they were not boyfriends. It is also important to say that she THOUGHT loved Seifer, NOT assures us even hinting several things: that she was confused with his feelings (for me the most reasonable choice), she was not interested, I had no desire to formalize a relationship with him, etc. And to top Seifer did not know if some feelings / what he thought about her. To me, that is not a relationship at all.
For me, They only had a relationship purely business, hence Seifer falls in the summer with the Owls of the Forest, and he has a dream to meet a child (Rinoa is not a sorceress/witch when he met, so it makes sense that he are not interested in her), and apart is a revolutionary type, who loves battles, for he delighted to release Timber, and continue increasing their ego.
If Seifer risked his life by Rinoa can not ensure, do not forget that he never says why, will not know your reason, but remember that Squall is also there, and he is his rival. Seifer fears that Squall and Rinoa are defeated for the Galbadia's army for majority and experience, and that's why going to his aid.
Squall does not die in disc 4 (spoilers) because the the video where Selphie and Irvine filmed the celebration after beating Ultimecia, everyone is happy, that means that everything went well (include Squall alive).