The Official Final Fantasy VIII Rumble

[Agent0042]

Okay, I think I want to do Most Exciting/Interesting Moment, unless somebody has a better idea. So if anyone has any thoughts on their favorite moments, post them here. It can be anything you want-- I'm looking for what's interesting to you, so even if it's not something most people would think of, feel free to suggest it.

[Shadow mage]

How about:

-The assassination mission at the end of disc 1, ive always liked that bit.
-Or, the part where the team attempts to make Garden move. I mean, it is pretty exciting how it happens.
-Or, the time your FIRST meet Laguna in esthar. Thats pretty interesting meeting someone youve been seeing throughout the whole game.
-The confrontation with Ultimecia. Come on, its nearly the whole point of the game.

Thats, all I can think of right now....I hope you find some use of it...If not,well thats ok 2.

[mellifluous tupperware]

The battle of the Gardens (I loved that part)
When they go off into space
Understanding the whole Time Compression thing
The whole missile launch part

...and last but not least, trying to find the White SeeD ship.

[Smarty]

The best part of the game was the end of disc 2. where the gardens clash. i just love it
All the laguna parts were fun.
The Castle in the end was interesting. trying to find all the bosses was interesting even though not necessary.
and escaping the prison was pretty fun too. going so many floors up and down and up again...

[Gentleman Ghost]

I liked the Dance Scene, was pretty neat.
Also, being chased by that huge spider in that town for that SeeD Mission. Exhilarating.
Hearing the track "Breezy" whenever you go to fisherman's point/Balamb.. Just makes me want to doze off.

:|

[Agent0042]

Okay, thanks everyone. I'll add in some more of my own and I think we'll try for 32. I'll get that posted later today-- until then, if anyone wants to post any others, go ahead.

[tanis_lionheart]

The moment when Riona & Squall are alone in space before her capture.

When Squall saves Riona from falling off the Garden.

Finding out Edna is Cids' wife.

When the Pandora thing is activated and that whole cutscene of the monsters descending from the moon.

[Shadow mage]

-OMG...you have to add the part in space when you go through Rinoa's mind. Then you see Ultimecia for the first time.

-Going through the the time compression itself.

-The first time you meet Edea when she isnt possessed anymore and you learn about ?Ultimecia and Adel and all that.

[Agent0042]

You know what-- I don't think I'm quite ready to do this yet. Let's give it until two days from now. To those of you who mentioned large portions of the game, could you try to narrow it down a bit? Something like "the whole missile launch" scene is a bit too wide-- try to go more specific.

[tanis_lionheart]

@ The end of the missile launch scene, when everyone 'dies'.

The first time I saw 'Diablo' was pretty big for me.

Seifer's betrayal and subsequent explanation as to why.

Finding out Riona is Julia daughter.

[Zak]

Didn't read the whole list just skimmed it so sorry if someone said this, but the explanation of the train mission. If I must narrow it down, the explanation of the train mission, not the mission itself.

That part made me start liking the game a lot because it showed how missions were actually choreographed in this game which make them all the more exciting to anticipate, where as in the other games you just go along and take what's thrown at you.

I don't know if anyone mentioned these, but add the explanation of the Deling mission.

AND, Laguna's step-by-step process of how to get to Ultimecia (that might be the same as "understanding the whole time-compression thing" as someone said).

With that, I'd like to also add just Squall's crew and Laguna's crew meeting face to face. That was also one of my favorite parts, until then I was under the impression that Laguna was dead or something, but he's alive and well and the president of Esthar!

[mellifluous tupperware]

Originally Posted by Zak

With that, I'd like to also add just Squall's crew and Laguna's crew meeting face to face. That was also one of my favorite parts, until then I was under the impression that Laguna was dead or something, but he's alive and well and the president of Esthar!

I was under the same impression as well about Laguna. Ellone kept saying she was trying to change the past and I thought it was weird that the past she was trying to change had to deal with Laguna. I assumed he was dead and she was trying to bring him back to life. I can't remember if she ever said what exactly she was trying to change if she did at all.

I haven't played this game in a long time. I need to .

[Agent0042]

All right, let's do this.


Seifer Calls Zell a "Chicken Wuss"
Chased Out by X-ATM092
The Waltz for the Moon
Explanation of Train Mission
Squall Says He Doesn't Believe in Evil
The "True Mission" of SeeD
Selphie and Co. "Killed" in Missile Base Explosion
The Garden Takes Flight
Revelation of Edea's Identity as Cid's Wife
Meeting Edea as Herself
Search for the White SeeD Ship
Launched Into Space
Activation of Lunatic Pandora
The Party Discovers Laguna is Alive/President of Esthar
Understanding the Time Compression Process
The Party Confronts Ultimecia


I decided to go with just sixteen, using a mixture of most of the ideas suggested and just a few of my own. I think I got all of the best, but sorry if I missed out on anybody's absolute favorite. Let's get started!


Chased Out by X-ATM092 (The party is chased out of Deling City by a gigantic mechanical spider called X-ATM092, culminating with a fantastic FMV in which Quistis shoots it down with a massive gun.)

vs.

Understanding the Time Compression Process (Doc Odine, with the help of Laguna, provides a detailed mission briefing explaining how the party can travel through time compression to reach Ultimecia's time, giving them a shot at defeating her.)




Oh, BTW...

Originally Posted by mellifluous tupperware

I assumed he was dead and she was trying to bring him back to life. I can't remember if she ever said what exactly she was trying to change if she did at all.

Ellone's objective was actually to prevent Laguna from leaving to go look for her and thereby abandoning Raine in Winhill when she was dying.


"Elle wanted to tell me not to leave Winhill, no matter what happened by sending you inside my head. That way I could've stayed beside Raine in her death bed...To hold her when she called my name."

[arthurgolden]

Chased Out by X-ATM092

[Shadow mage]

Understanding the Time Compression Process.

[Zak]

Time Compression Process

[mellifluous tupperware]

Originally Posted by Agent0042

Oh, BTW...


Ellone's objective was actually to prevent Laguna from leaving to go look for her and thereby abandoning Raine in Winhill when she was dying.


"Elle wanted to tell me not to leave Winhill, no matter what happened by sending you inside my head. That way I could've stayed beside Raine in her death bed...To hold her when she called my name."

Ah, okay....did he in the end?

Originally Posted by arthurgolden

Chased Out by X-ATM092

[tanis_lionheart]

Understanding the Time Compression Process
While the other was a nice FMV, the TCP really made the plot make more sense and added to the overall story.

[feralanima]

Chased Out by X-ATM092

[CDrake]

Chased Out by X-ATM092

[Szczepan]

Time Compression

[Averic]

I actually really liked the time gates from the chain leading to Ultimicia's castle, it was so interesting to just randomly appear, alone in the middle of nowhere, then you found a chocobo forest and thought, hmm not so bad.

After riding around for ages you find the path all the way down, and whats there, the ragnorak! and inside is the card club!

I really enjoyed tha bit, felt like a real exploration with a real discovery at the end.

[mellifluous tupperware]

I'm assuming you don't know how to rumble, do you?

[Agent0042]

LOL, obviously someone who didn't read the first post of the thread or anything else in the thread for that matter and thought they'd just pop in and post some general thoughts about FFVIII.


Anyways...

Chased Out by X-ATM092 - 4
Understanding the Time Compression Process - 4


Well, it seems we have a tie. I really don't want to just flip a coin this early, so I think will try Zak's message and a send a PM to someone who has voted regularly in the past but hasn't yet posted a vote in the current battle. That will be Solaris. Hopefully he'll respond. But if there is anybody else reading who hasn't voted yet and wants to cast a vote, go ahead and your vote will be the tiebreaker instead. If Solaris doesn't come through and nobody else votes, then I guess it'll just have to be left to fate...



Oh, and mellifluous tupperware (I know you told me not to call you that, but I think it's actually one of the best ones that Sarah came up with.)-- the answer to your question about Laguna is no. Ellone realized that it wasn't actually possible for her to change the past. "You're the one that changes. Not the past." She and Squall both realized that "What's important is right now."

[Solaris]

Understanding the Time Compression Process


Also, Solaris is a girl