Yes it was the story that ruined FFVIII. The story was made really stupid so it would fit in with the idiotic humanlike losers. It sucked in so many new and different ways. Squall was really a bad Cloud-imitator, a loser, in a word. Rinoa... ugh "Uuuu, Seify\'s nice, I like Seify, no, wait, he\'s gone bad, uuuh, I like Squall, oh he\'s so handsome, uuu *blinky*" Ack!
And the others were there just to fill some empty space...
The only proper character in FFVIII was the malicious transvestite-sorceress (hmm... I think I\'m joking here), Adel. And boy was she/he an idiot too. And Eyes on me... well now we know that the big U can do mushy love songs too, let\'s just hope that\'s the last one we ever hear.
The only really good thing in FFVIII was Liberi Fatali. One of the best Final Fantasy tunes ever.
Rant rant rant...
The FF games are not supposed to look mature or real or anything. They\'re about fantasy (I think it\'s somewhere in the series\' name too...). FFIX was great in the way it presented a real fantasy world, littered with dozens of totally different "people". I want something totally different when stepping into a fantasy world, not some stupid teenagers going through puberty.
Rant rant rant... I can\'t believe I\'ve got nothing better to do