Oh my god, you two, it's like a ten-minute walk. In an interesting design decision, the game makes you walk about two steps before starting this scene. None of them have been to go between Balamb and Garden. Rental cars replace chocobos in this game for transportation, and I think I've rented a car three times in all my playthroughs of Final Fantasy VIII. I am also not going to blow all my money on rental cars. I am not going to blow all my money on Tents. Nobody has new weapons available, so I pop over to the item store. Weapons also only have one real stat, which is Hit % - for damage, weapons just add directly to Strength, instead of having an Attack stat.

See, instead of buying new weapons straight-out, you upgrade by swapping some items and gil to 'remodel' your weapon. This is a junk shop, which is Final Fantasy VIII's version of a weapon shop.

Shit, why not grab some lame-ass Thunder spells?

I like a lot of the towns in this game, they're pretty well-done. We'll talk about it at length later, but here's my comment on Balamb right now: it's pretty. I recommend you go back and rest, though. We're not being penalised for chatting anymore, so we might as well get our gossip on. If you don't refine, Curaga won't show up for a while. Garden is only, like, two kilometres away anyway.īefore we leave, though, let's look at our newest refinement ability.Ĭure is okay, whatever, we have a billion Cures already.Ĭuraga is a great, easy-to-get HP junction early in the game (100 Curagas add 2,200 to HP) and it's honestly not a terrible idea to sink a bunch of gil into Tents for it. One example of where Seifer could be: taking off in the Garden car. I guess we're free until continental drift moves Balamb over to neighbour Dollet, then. Oh, who knows with Seifer? Could be anywhere, honestly. How was any of that a job well done? We abandoned our post and we didn't stop the Galbadians. Seifer just shrugs off Fujin's concern, and the whole disciplinary committee leaves. I think it's supposed to convey that she's very to-the-point, but it just makes me think of a yelling robot or something. I know I mentioned it when she was introduced, but I hate the way Fujin talks. Looks like Seifer's crew is here to receive him. Part 10: Part Ten: Test Results Part Ten: Test ResultsĪs we approach Balamb from Dollet, time runs backwards and it magically becomes afternoon again.

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