FINAL FANTASY 8 [HD] PART 39 - BALAMB GARDENS UNDERGROUND & CINEMATICS

COMING OFF A VERY HIGH SUCCESSFUL NOTE THAT WAS FF7, FF8, WHILE STILL AN ABOVE AVERAGE JRPG, WAS A SIGNIFICANT LET-DOWN <br />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 <br />THE PLOT OF THIS GAME WAS ONE OF THE LEAST INTRIGUING/INTERESTING <br />THE MUSIC WAS UNDERWHELMING AND AT ONE POINT THERE'S SOME BAD SINGING <br />BLAND CHARACTER SET <br />7.7 OUT OF 10