Despite being very flawed in a bunch of different ways, Final Fantasy 8 is fucking awesome. The soundtrack might be the best soundtrack in any game. Nobuo Uematsu is a genius. The soundtrack is honestly probably one of the main reasons why this game works for me. While most of the characters aren't that deep or anything, it's very fun to see them all interact, which leads to big story beats being all the more emotional. I really fucking love Squall and Rinoa, but other than that the other characters were fun, but a little bit lacking. There are a few story moments that don't really work and make you sit in front of your screen like "wtf just happened" but in a bad way. If this game got a remake like FF7R, then it could possibly be one of the greatest games of all time. But yeah overall really good I loved it