ff8's story is horrible. why do are these soldiers in training acting like saved by the bell rejects? don't get me started on the coincidences either, like how they all grew up together, their nanny starting their school and then becoming a witch, laguna becoming president of esthar. damn, ff8 had a terrible storyline and translation. laguna is supposed to be a writer, yet he never says anything remotely intelligent. all the characters are underdeveloped. the whole game was unbalanced. damn, i could go on and on. IMO, ff8 was a rushjob piggybacking on the success of ff7.