Defend this game

>It's my favorite FF8
I mean what else could it be?

Imagine a comma.

No one can and if they do its pure nostalgia or being a pasty white boy who "has a connection" with Squall.

Only good thing about the game was the final area and gunblades as a design.

isn't squall asian?

It has a lot of interesting systems like Refining and SEED Salary (Gain gold periodically based on a Macro-level appraisal of combat behaviour as whole) as opposed to getting Gold instantly after a fight based on fight difficulty, which can actually make for a kinda interesting case of fund management.

I mean, CARD GAEMS breaks it, but my point is that it is very experimental and non-traditional, even for a FF title.

I beat it for the first time today and it's tied for my favorite in the series with IX, not sure what's to defend. The plot and junction system have issues but at least they tried something different.
The music are cinematics are objectively fantastic.

based

robin williams is the principal of a mercenary school for orphans.

It's my favorite ff8 too

Gunblades are fucking cool, the card game was ace, and drawing magic was broken, but in a good way.

Good design
Great musics