The ULTIMATE Recap of Final Fantasy VIII (RECAPitation)#ffviii #ff8

An in-depth plot summary of Final Fantasy VIII explaining everything that happened.

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TO KIS-TIS COMPLAINERS:
If hearing 'Quistis' said as a hard K bothers you, relax. Just like quiche, queue, quay, opaque, plaque, technique, turquoise, mosquito ... QU as a K is quite common. NOW, according to World of Final Fantasy, it IS Quis-tis, so going forward I will be saying 'kwistis' too.

TO FAN THEORISTS:
The 'Squall is Dead' and 'Ultimecia is Rinoa' fabrications are incorrect fan theories, as confirmed officially by Director Yoshinori Kitase himself.

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[AGuyWhoPunkUMama]

this is the first final fantasy i played and will forever have a special place in my heart.

[hilarioferreira]

I was 11 when I played this game, I had to play it with a dictionary by my side and I had literally hundreds of hours in the game because I missed the dialogs and had to talk with every npc trying to find out what to do. I didn't had internet or magazines to help me, and I played it for years like that. Eventually I reached Ultimecia's castle but never managed to defeat her.
I started a new game last month and managed to finish the game last night. I was caught by surprise with my feelings when I started to realize I never knew what happened in the end of the game. I watched the whole thing with tears in my eyes, and the credit scenes made me smile in a way I felt like I was watching a footage of old friends having fun. I was really happy about that. It sounds silly, but I had to share this. lol

[ro.royner]

This is amazing, the reason I'm writing this comment is because i understand how hard must be to put all these together, you did a terrific job.

[alamf]

IT took me 20 long years to realize that Laguna is Squall's Dad. Laguna and Julia love that never happens, actually happens in the next generation with Rinoa and Squall

[tonygin]

I'm just happy that there are so many people like this FF8 as much as I do

[AlexLopez]

When the battle music came on, I remembered watching my mom play this when I was young. I couldn't understand what was going on but I helped her strategize each battle.So that took me back.

[KellyEden]

Does anyoen else pronounce Quistis as "Kwiss-tess"?

[Moonwalker]

This game was my gate to Final Fantasy world and RPG genre, I'll never forget those days as long as I breath..

[wcsxwcsx]

One marvels at how the FF8 production team could have come up with and realized such an incredibly complicated plot so quickly after FF7.

[modelhuman]

I could never wrap my mind about how the entire game is a never-ending time loop that starts when Edea inherits Ultimecia's power. Because of that incident, she founds Garden to fight that very sorceress, which ends in her following Squall through time compression and dying, where Edea once again inherits her powers. I wonder if the number 8, being turned on it's side to represent the symbol of infinity, was a basis for the storyline.

[InoSense]

This was my first Final Fantasy, so all the love VII gets is cool but this one has my heart.

[rexxvulgrim]

Also, does anyone else think that Headmaster Cid looks a bit like Robin Williams?

[jxLoo]

today i felt nostalgic and thought about playing ff8. it was my favorite FF because of the story line. i wanted to relive the story but didnt want to spend countless hours to get the feel. then i discovered your video. thanks man. i had a rough day today but for the 30 minutes this video made it all the better. thanks!

[SyntheticLTD]

omg no way, im from that same orphanage too!!!

[prettypinkmma]

My takeaway is that Ultamecia was ultimately (no pun intended) obsessed with the death (or the finite condition of life) and wished to control time out of fear. In her fear she never truly lived and when she was destroyed came to that realization (as per her strange final words).
For Squall he was essentially following a route where he was wasting his finite time dwelling on the past (the part of time you have the least control over) and ignoring the happiness that was (sometimes literally) poking him in the chest. Seeing Ultamecia and what she had become in her obsession with averting the inevitable shook him out of his own obsession.
For the players the story basically boils down to this: Don't waste your time in fear of the future, and being ruled by your past because "time will not wait for you, even if you cling to it, It slips away the instant you open your hands, And…"

[erickrodriguez]

My brother finished the game one time. He liked it a lot. Then he found a guide and realised that he finished the game but didn't find half the content of it. So he played again, and again, and again until he got this game with all done, cards, swords, summons, all. Conclusion: This game is addictive.

[Abla_lolo]

Played this game more than 10 years ago. Now I am a mother in age of 34 and enjoying this clip cause it put everything together amazingly💖💖💖. Wish a written text attached to the video😍

[TruenoSprinter]

honestly as a teenager i played this game not knowing what the hell was going on. lol I just remembered so many stuff happening. I loved the game so much because how much the story changed.

[ryanstrom]

My favorite Final fantasy of all time. Yeah I'm one of those guys.

[MarikTheGentleDemon]

this is a special relation i have with this game compared with other games. without hesitation i can say it is my absolute alltime favourite game ever. i grew up with this game and played it as long as i can actually really think and i dare to say that it shaped a lot my point of view and my personality ever since. still got my first 4 disks from 1999 and they work just fine, although they are almost two decades old. talk about quality~
since then i've played this game every year at least once and it never gets old to me.