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WIP Final Fantasy VIII: The Altimate Rewrite, Part I by: Albert~T

Discussion in 'Trash Bin' started by Cruentus, May 14, 2010.

  1. Cruentus

    Cruentus Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    Title: Final Fantasy VIII: The Altimate Rewrite, Part I
    Author: Albert
    Rating: T
    Genre: Adventure/Romance
    DLP Category: Other Fandoms/Misc
    Pairing: Squall/Rinoa
    Status: WIP
    Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin.
    Link: Link to the rescue!

    This is what FF8 should have been.

    This is only part one, he has a link to part two in his sig.
     
  2. Andro

    Andro Master of Death DLP Supporter

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    What the fuck is this? A parody?

    1/5.
     
  3. JWH

    JWH Unspeakable

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    So.

    -Squall's name is changed to 'Thay' ('Rakhesh anyone?)

    -Squall remembers the orphanage

    -Squall has a massive hard-on for Seifer.

    -Squall's and Seifer's scars are meant to mark them as brothers or something, inflicted deliberately.

    Aaaaaand that's just the first chapter.

    Read a couple more, and it doesn't get better. Squall's voice is very annoying and far removed from what I remember of the game.

    1/5
     
  4. Jon

    Jon The Demon Mayor Admin DLP Supporter

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    No. No. No.

    I only meant one of those No's. The extra were due to post length.
     
  5. Rayndeon

    Rayndeon Professor

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    It gets better. Don't dismiss it so quickly. The guy has some interesting modifications of the FF8 magic system and world.
     
  6. Joschneide

    Joschneide Groundskeeper

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    So you're saying, although the character development is bad early on, we should continue reading for the replacement of an already terrible magic system?

    No. Thank. You.

    Read the first chapter just to be able to repeat: No.

    1/5 on the first chapter.

    EDIT: And, although the magic system already blew, the world itself was well done and rather quality. Pointless to modify one of the few good things about the game.
     
  7. Clerith

    Clerith Ahegao Emperor ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Wah, the pictures sure give me fond memories.

    But the fic itself?

    I don't like the diary format much. Seifer fapping in the beginning was not only bad, but also creepy, with definite slash vibe.

    And yeah, Squall - sorry, Thay, is annoying. His monologue and commentary made me laugh a couple times, but more often than not, he's annoying. And what are the chances of Thay being the author's real name, doing SI?

    Fight against Ifrit was just BAD. So was the Dollet operation fights. I guess the author won't do fight scenes.

    After reading through coupla chapters, I just lost all motivation to read this. Squall gets boring and annoying fast. This fic isn't horrible, but not my cup of tea.

    2/5
     
  8. Seitou

    Seitou Third Year

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    I didn't mind it so much (I read about 50 pages of it) but I can't shake the feeling that the author really has no idea exactly how he wants to define his characters. He calls junctioned SeeD's "champions" and goes to great lengths to describe how incredibly overpowered they are. Hell he even calls them Demigods on more then one occsaiona, and then out of nowhere Rinoa gets lumped in with them despite not being able to junction. Then a few pages later he'll describe Rinoa having it so much harder then the champions, only to have her fight toe to toe with them a few pages later.

    so I'd say 3/5 with a 2/5 if I wasn't a huge fan of the originastory and some of the stuff that happened resonated with some shit I wish had happened.
     
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