Get overpowered early in FINAL FANTASY 8 REMASTERED with THIS method!

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

If there are any ideas you think I missed, make sure to share them below! Don't forget to check out my full Final Fantasy 8 walkthrough here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4a7laaOgZiXgMU

[@thesarcasticfantasticman1488]

To limit the amount of exp gain for your characters, try using the Card ability on the Fastitocalon. This prevents the earning of exp while allowing the AP for your GF's to build up. I am not certain that Carding the enemies gives the same AP as simple killing them, more research will have to be done.

[@josejfuentesaguayo1692]

quick question, you mentioned to fight Fastitochalcon (Fish creatures) to get 6AP but escape??

[@aithirskylord7196]

@@thesarcasticfantasticman1488 they give the same amount of AP, even the items you will get.

[@jayofthep]

I'm doing a No Level Run... That's how to be ridiculously OP haha. Level 7 9999 health 100+ on all stats! Enemies have no health and do very little to no damage.

[@Eaglecorp911]

My wife has been playing the remastered version since it came out. It looks like if you let the the timer for the fire cavern run out during the name screen, you DO NOT get any points. I guess it was a glitch they decided to correct when they updated the system for the remaster. Also, she noticed that if you use the card ability you can keep your levels low as you gain exp for every monster you kill. However, if you card the monsters, you can still gain the AP for your GFs but not gain exp/level up which, as we've all gradually learned over time, is better than simply leveling up because it also keeps the monsters you fight weak. So that's another reason aside from the mod feature. The biggest con to this is for when people are looking for specific items dropped by certain monsters as their drop rates varies (ex Adamantoise at level 30+ can drop more of Adamantine, which you need for Lionheart, rather than a lower level one).

[@thedarksavior0]

I highly recommend farming the Triface card once you've obtained Siren. One of them will refine into a Curse Spike, and with Siren's Status Magic refinement, turns into 10 Pains (A status effect that causes blind, silence and poison simultaneously). Use Siren's Status Attack Junction, and one of your characters can cause all three status ailments with every attack! :-)

[@jameshamblin3964]

Sean Foley Thank you so much for this mate.

[@simonwang8519]

thank you

[@whodis715]

Diablos* not siren

[@poppabloodvessel7072]

I missed siren likenan idiot

[@ddmkthfc8555]

It’s awesome junctioned to stat def especially when facing malboros (bad breath)

[@ROYCE415]

Back when I was a kid I never even touched the card game. I’m now playing the remastered and the card game mixed with the card mod changes the whole style of gameplay. FF VIII and FF X were always my favorites

[@clarencefernandez1432]

ur my best friend irl if u tell that to my face with 12.

[@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175]

I agree. I just downloaded ff8 on Xbox earlier, I lost my ifrit card on the first card game :(

[@BamaSlim007]

FVIII and FF X-2 for me

[@InterYamah]

FF9 is a masterpiece

[@Vyzar]

I love the Junction system as a power up system and I love Triple Triad as both a mini game and a way of gathering magic for the Junction system! On my last playthrough I finished the game averaging level 15 amongst my main three, with stats like level 70+ characters in most RPGs. It's just a expansive and very unbalanced system and it's very fun to take advantage of that.

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

Nice! In any other game level 15 sounds underpowered... but in FF8 it can mean being very overpowered LOL!

[@MrGrimlocksmash]

Jacob Nelson only people that hate on the junction system either a) don’t get it b) suck at it and cards or c) lack the innovation to create unique runs

[@ryanoliver9131]

I never understood the card game. Still a great game

[@Nocis999]

@@ryanoliver9131 its so simple

[@bambangnoorseno7952]

​@@FuzzfingerGamingIm stock up 100pcs grendel card, to get 100% guaranteed rare tiamat card when successed moding. If you fail moding, re mod until u successfull and get rare card guaranteed. Sorry for bad English

[@tory6733]

Better strategy when fighting the fastilicon fish is to use quezacolts Card command to turn them into cards. This gets you all the AP without experience. You could do this until the 3 GF have learned everything without gaining a single level. Ideally you get to the end of the game without any characters gaining a single level all game.

[@chrissantos1877]

But how can you handle all the enemies' damage they inflict in you if you keep your level too low?

[@mervinkimballjr1251]

@@chrissantos1877 in this game the mobs are based off of your level so if you don't level up but use the junctions system to make yourself strong you will overpower everything in the game

[@gerryfaderes2618]

But you need ifrit to reach level 10 to unlock ammo-rf, considering you want lionheart on disc1

[@gerryfaderes2618]

So i killed squall and zell during the dollet assault, used seifer to level up.

[@sengasengana]

@@gerryfaderes2618 The GFs level by AP, not by EXP.

[@miradude11]

I feel like a lot of people leave out Zell's mom in triple triad. She has tons of marlboro and ruby dragon cards on top of her Zell card

[@beng4210]

The gate keeper at the garden has tons of good starting cards too. Ruby dragon, Iron giant, etc.

[@danlyday7248]

This is so true cuz it makes you explore the world and talk to people which really flashes it out

[@user-bd1yv8gd5x]

miradude11 CID is the best person to play against at this point in time in the game

[@mikegonzalez4551]

At first the gate keeper, then what helped me was the girl in the library.

[@Mystearica81]

My Ifrit didn't have str +60% and he has learned every thing, currently playing triple triad farming for cards like a crack addict 😂 but I don't remember if he gets it at a certain level or not. Started playing it Wednesday.

[@captainspazma2002]

I'm 32 and I remember getting this game when I was 12. Mu dad bought it for my birthday. I had no idea what final fantasy was. I just liked the CD case. I played it for months. I could never finish it but for that reason it was and still is my favourite final fantasy game. So many memories.

[@captainspazma2002]

@Anthony R I love final fantasy x. It's the first final fantasy game I ever finished. Amazing game my friend.

[@alucius1]

Hoping hurricane Dorian goes away so I can play. supposed to hit Tuesday. It's my favorite in the series so I'm excited

[@zeldabotwoot4603]

Same! In the Daytona area. :-( Wanting to get up and download it ASAP on my Switch and play it if power goes out hopefully the storm stays off shore enough. :-(

[@mrsgamer9218]

take care! saw on the news its a pretty bad one. sta y safe

[@alucius1]

@@mrsgamer9218 thank you. Apparently as of the 8am update it hadn't turned north yet

[@AltoAtik]

Best of luck peeps stay alert man shit can go bad really fast

[@brainwater01]

Same day as the release of the remastered version, hurricane will be here, lol. Great timing Square/PSN!

[@traviscasey9108]

Another thing you can do is have Seifer kill everyone else and have him get all the experience. As he levels up the draw spells from the enemy's get stronger. Allowing you to draw some good high level spells while still keeping the average party very low.

[@seasonings2taste115]

Use the method mentioned to grind ifrit to 10 and unlock ammo refine

[@mvl71]

Ah. Apparently I have been playing this game all wrong for years. Now I have to start all over again.

[@rixflavz6578]

It's so great to play this classic again. I've farmed the 100 flares junctioned to str (137) and have the punishment at level 8 before Dollet mission. Squall's hitting 2500+ with Ifrit's 20 and 40% str boost. Tornado is equipped to HP sitting over 3000 HP. Farmed for 10 energy crystals and strong magics via triple triad and feeling like Sephiroth. Thank you for the advice!!!

[@poopsie343]

where did you farm the ruby dragons?

[@rixflavz6578]

@@poopsie343 The cafeteria, guy in the back. Number 1 Quistis troupe. I decided to farm 10 energy crystals and ended up with 100 ruby dragon's. Was pretty easy having x3 speed and some rng. Having the all card rule set was very helpful. Was able to get 100+ Full-life Magic for HP junction. Squall has 5329 at level 8 just after Dollet mission. Refining Chimera card.

[@lightjosi9752]

how do you get the twin blade?

[@rixflavz6578]

6 iron giant cards make 2 star fragments. 3 admantoise cards make a turtle shell. 2 geezar cards make 8 screws and a tonberry card makes a chef knife and done. You can have it before Dollet.

[@TheCrow2483]

Dude i think you meant Punishment as i had that before Dollet SeeD exam

[@mattg768]

Also before starting card farming go get jumbo cactuar, available right outside the school, card the glacial eyes by the mountains until it drops jumbo, also the catapilers can turn into trauma and the bombs can turn into a high powered card. I did that first and then put jumbo cactuar bottom left ifrit bottom right so they are extremely difficult for your opponent to flip, it makes card battles a lot more easier. Ps Great video I really appreciate it and the fact your teaching people how to ACTUALLY play FF8 properly.

[@debutkov]

There are 2 ways to play this game...1:Like a teenager lvl up to Max and thinking u are OP,not knowing monsters get stronger,or 2: keep low lvl be OP,keep calm, play T triad and enjoy a Great story.

[@Eury9819]

LOL when I was a kid I did this exact method lvl up as much as possible thinking I was a beast only to get squashed

[@NoNameJustWords]

I'm 36 and I like leveling my characters up as I prefer them to be on somewhat of an equal footing. Please don't gatekeep leveling characters, everyone is entitled to play how they like.

[@SamuraiX6288]

NoNameJustWords seriously “gatekeeping” grow up.

[@NoNameJustWords]

@@SamuraiX6288 You are talking to a man who is 36 and still plays video games and you're telling him (me) to grow up... not very smart, are you. Listen, you are free to play the game the way you wish, as am I, don't like it, not my problem.

[@mlee4306]

I alwaya level to max a d play the game like that never had any problems with any monsters or bosses

[@WinterFox1000]

I always remember farming up the cards needed to get the goods for Lionheart on disc 1, took forever but it was worth it.

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

you can actually get 5 out of the 6 top level weapons on disc 1 - the only one you can't get is Irvine's top level gun, you can only get second best for him

[@colinireland6169]

Thanks for what you do man I got to relive ff7 after 20 years and pretty much 100%'d it with the help of several of your vids, in about 53 hours with x3 speed. Now onto the again really nostalgic and fun ff8. Referencing your vids to stay big time OP and just dominate having a blast. The card game in this game is way fun and this game will surely take much longer than ff7. So much more to do and work, thanks man

[@ocantu1987]

just found your channel man! I was searching for FF8 walthrough/tips &tricks in anticipation of the release of FF8 on sep 3rd

[@GreenPawelito]

Thank you kindly Sir, I never played thru FF8 like this. October gonna be great this year :)

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

Enjoy 😊

[@jeiku_balmung_iraisan]

Honestly this video alone is helping a great deal getting me a decent setup to dive deeper into the junction system and just this game as a whole! Amazing work!

[@phualeon1941]

I still remember how to get all status max for a character . Keep the characters u want to max out Low level by letting them stay dead. At dish 3 (arc3 of the story) get cactuar which give u multiple status up when level up. Then grind to level 99, after u equip the good magic to each status , all status would be 255.

[@snrkmaiden7015]

I’ve managed to do all of it except the x50 ruby dragons 😂 A good tip for anyone just starting is is to get 3-4 T-rex cards before starting to play people around Balamb garden as it makes much easier to win from the outset. Also buying a few tents to convert into x100 curaga is great to junction to your HP or vitality stat 👌🏻

[@cheahyewtan5559]

Ap

[@cheahyewtan5559]

Good ao

[@hartleyfunk]

Terrific video! Very well explained with attention to detail. It's great that you took your time to explain some of the different Magic and Blue Magic abilities you can farm with the on screen text. Keep up the great work :)

[@ChasingCloudsTTV]

Bruh I'm glad I found this channel now that I got the remaster.

[@markwoollard-grose9445]

Card grats to get shumi tribe cards...get 4 of them and card mod so u can teach both squall and quistis the card ability. Carding enemies gives ap but no exp allowing u to keep ur levels low. With both characters using card u can turn most anything into a card even at full hp.

[@spccew9818]

So you can card enemies at full hp? I always thought they had to be damaged slightly for card to succeed, which slowed me down since I had to find the right set up for say, Squall, to hit the enemy without killing them.

[@ninjastyle46]

Thanks fuz. Seriously. Sometimes life is confusing. As i play this old game side by side with you it takes me away from the struggles of the world. It makes me feel like I am home and doing the right thing. Even though its an old game. Much love. Ill watch every vid as I get to plat trophy 💕

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

If you want a better starting hand, especially to get Quistis, Card the bugs outside garden, caterpillar, glacial eye over and over until they give you a rare card. IT could take a while but it makes getting higher level cards easier early on.

[@jamesstewart5706]

@@Bl4ckH4nd years later I find this. The one you specifically want to card farm is the glacial eye monster. When carded during battle there is a small chance that you get jumbo cactuar instead of glacial eye. That card is a bottom row beast of a card.

[@ajdiller98]

I think you can play Zell’s mom to get his card, and she plays T-rexaur cards which make Dino Bones and refine into Quake.

[@rayanalmaimani4392]

i don't think you can at this point in the game, maybe after the dollet mission.

[@sternfan75]

rayano You might be able to get Dino Bones from the T-Rex in Balamb Gardens training center.

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

@@sternfan75 or close to the fire cavern

[@stupiditym8]

I played well right after running from the spider got zell

[@t.j.marian7338]

The two people you want to grind in Balamb Garden are the gate booth guy, and trepie #3 in the classroom (not the cafeteria) after you get minimog from the running kid. Trepie#3 drops Blitz and hexadragon, but also the elnoyle cards you need to make Lionheart, as well as quistis and rinoas ultimate weapons too (takes 80 to get everything, but just 20 for lionheart) and gate booth guy drops Abyss worms, snow lions, tonberries(death), and armadodos (quake)

[@frankrobinsjr.1719]

I turn off encounters until I reach the wall of mountains when I first leave Balamb Garden. I want the blizzard, cure, and scan spells the glacial eyes give me. Later, I farm there for cards to get the Jumbo Cactuar boss card. It will really help during early card games. (If you are keeping your characters at a low level, don't junction any magic to strength. A a hit or two to anything in the grasslands and the character with card should be able to turn them without raising your level.)

[@zraxxis9559]

Great video! This helped me streamline my early game grind.

[@heyitsjustjacob5308]

Hey cheers mate. I never knew about these tactics and I've been playing ff8 all my life

[@Orodreth888]

I remember doing this as a child. I spend hours in the game stage before the big test. Squall was way over everyones head once we finally went over sea to fight.

[@chasealan2166]

A method I always used to use to get ap but not level up was using Card on the enemies at the beach...you get cards to mod into fish fins also...I would continue this method until Ifrit learned Str Bonus then I would begin to level up with it equipped the rest of the game until level 100...that way I got the absolute best possible amount of bonus strength points...93 if I remember correctly by level 100

[@Tonedawg181]

id go with the difference rule instead of the all rule for triple triad, the reason for this being the all rule eventually degrades down, when this happens there's a chance of it turning into the direct rule which is awful. Other than that, great guide!

[@frankrobinsjr.1719]

You don't need to go to the cafeteria. Trepe Groupie #2, the girl with the ponytail in the classroom, has never failed to play the Quistis card within four hands of playing her and she plays Ruby Dragons and Elnoyle cards more than the guy in the cafeteria.

[@jamesgoss1860]

If you want to maintain a low level run but get overpowered, kill Squall and Zell during the Dollet mission and grind Seifer only to a high level. The three GFs will max out abilities and levels, you can draw high level magic from enemies, who will also drop better items for creating weapons. You'll now easily defeat the giant robot 8 times with level 100 Quezacotl for more AP. Then when you're back to Garden, get Diablos easily and grind his abilities by fighting T-Rexaurs at Garden and defeating them using Card. Having Ifrit and T-Rexaur cards will easily allow you get all the rare cards in Balamb. Then get a bunch of the available cards to convert to items and magic.

[@cthomas025]

I have never done that, but I feel like it's so much quicker to just Card the fish on the beach to earn Quezacotl and Shiva's junction abilities and use Card Mod to get the high level magics. Then just do some more carding to get to Enc-None and your golden. Can easily stay low the the whole game (but for all that is holy do NOT get Odin if you want to stay low!) that way.

[@jamesgoss1860]

@@cthomas025 When I play, I generally stay low level until I get the Ragnarok and get Jumbo Cactuar. Then I go get Bahamut/Eden and then do the Odin side quest before going to the island closest to hell along with level-up stat boosts until I hit level 100. Odin speeds that part up.

[@cthomas025]

@@jamesgoss1860 Yep, I'm all about the stat bonus abilities. 80 extra points in every stat at base, thank you.

[@daytafanboy1515]

Nostalgia peaked 😄 You have been linked from my brother as he is currently playing, we played ALOT back in the day and i even had a random alien battle! Even picked up a cow 👽🐄 and this is when there was no internet Truly amazing looking back at it all now and that's using 4disc's 😪 We were/are good but you my friend. have done so well i feel kinda noobsish lol all goods tho, Good work, we'll done and keep on winning 👏 👏

[@AbRas644]

FuzzfingerGaming:-".... you really will be overpowered, so you may wanna think twice...." Final Fantasy VIII Requiem mod:- Hello there.

[@uimgoogle3033]

Triple is the strongest junction you can get. I had over 200 str on my squall on first disks. With str 40, 60% and auto haste. The strongest you can get. 1 hitting every boss on disk 1 and almost every boss on disk two. It's as strong as you can get without lionheart

[@uimgoogle3033]

To do this refine quistis card into samantha souls, zell card into hyper wrists. Use time magic refine to get triples from samantha souls. And hyper wrists to get str 60% use that on ifrit.

[@rogerhammond4835]

Really excited for this to come out. Gonna use your guide for sure fuzz

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

Great to hear from you Roger, I'm looking forward to playing this too - got the PS4 version pre-ordered!

[@rogerhammond4835]

@@FuzzfingerGaming nice. Sorry I've not been around much on your vids. Been busy. I plan to get it for the switch.

[@FuzzMustard]

I've been doing these methods since the 90s :P If you farm Ruby Dragon cards 10-1 refine into Inferno Fang and with F-Mag Ref they become 20 Flares. Keep it going till 100 on each char and junction to Str. Blitz cards 1-1 refine into Dynamo Stones which give 20 Thundagas with T-Mar Ref. Give whoever has Ifrit Str +20-40-60% and 100 Thundagas on Elem Atk. That character will normal hit X-ATM for 5.5-6k one shotting him assuming your around lv20ish. Makes farming him MUCH faster without having to sit through limit break animations.

[@marc_paints40k]

A great way to farm AP is when Seifer is in the party during the SeeD exam, down Squall and Zell and let Seifer do all the work. He gets the exp and the GFs get all the AP. Best place to do this is on the bridge.

[@MrOzzmac920]

I haven't experimented with this part of the game much, will this count toward the enemies destroyed for the Attack score of your SeeD rank if Squall is KO? The one that I have done is the spider tank X-ATMO92. You lose points for the Conduct and Spirit scores, but the AP you can get is incredible. I know a few ways to take it down to 0 HP multiple times within the 30 minute limit, but my favorite is to cast double on everyone, then 2x thundara. So you don't have to OP Squall to one-shot it with a limit break, or waste time with the Quetz animation.

[@kyril98741]

I did this and feel that it was wasting time and I didn't like it.

[@nickmyers3065]

@@kyril98741 to never gain exp you have to down squall and Zell during the dolled mission

[@blakecurry3880]

I look forward to more of this. I did not junction well in my original game 20 years ago and it was a huge pain defeating Omega!

[@SkywatcherAnomalous89]

Same here bro was like 12 years old didn't even complete the game. Now I have better chance lol.

[@ChrisGorski]

Similar. I played FF8 like a traditional RPG and just leveled up. My final stats were fairly low and Omega remained undefeated in my original play through.

[@jgg86rpgs]

The nostalgia I'm feeling right now.

[@justinellis8711]

Hello, I'm new to your channel and I really appreciate your guides. I'm not sure if you have a guide for the card game, but it would be helpful if you could explain how to play the card game.

[@ralphsimone8308]

You could even go a step further and get the lionheart wep for squall in disc 1. You can get it right after the brothers side quest.

[@wingofunny]

Yeah, growing up i would just grind trex in the garden area after the ifrit training so i could power him up while i did my 10 hour grind for ap and skill unlocks on them, then onto playing cards. Once you get em setup for the all rule and your emptying their hand each time, so many materials with card mod and my mom love the card game so she would just grind it while I was at school.

[@lutrueson9000]

good guide, though i recommend to anyone playing this game for the first time to have at least one or two normal play throughs before breaking the game.

[@Whateveridontcaremeh]

Back in the day I watched a guy named HCBaily and his playthrough explains in detail what to do to get overpowered without any grinding

[@JWolfen_TMD]

I still watch HCBaily. Love his rpg lets plays

[@xxriseempirexx5520]

I still love HCbailly FF playthroughs they are funny and really good.

[@PopcornFunnies]

wow i just remembered him! i may have to give his 8 playthrough yet another watch

[@DiablozStyx]

i love hcbailly. I hope he does a remstarter version of ff6 sometime. His older videos are short and bad quality :(

[@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats]

I mean it’s still grinding just not level grinding

[@bradw2020]

The boy you're looking for at 7:20 will always show up if you just wait in the area.

[@TheCrazyNekoGirl2123]

I wanted to add something since you did not. Cards are also great ways to get items for weapons early on. He shows later one in particular but for em I always had a really tough time getting items to refine Selphies weapons and Zells to so you can use cards to get things like bomb cores, sharp spikes, dragon skin and even dragon fins needed for them. I can't remember which monster refines but it is also great for that.

[@xEllionex]

wait you have the good old Squall look there! It is the remastered version? How did you get him?

[@omaruck5mx]

It isn't the remastered version.... I believe he made the videos in advance to publish them by the time the game was released

[@mattkite7246]

Farming Mesmerize cards for Card modding will yield 20 Regens per item with Life Mag RF which busts your HP when junctioned into the endgame too

[@vovasyhin7219]

I did this before going to Dollet and getting perfect score of 600pts and Seed rank 10. I think i spent 50 hours getting 100 of every card possible, and filled out my card collection by more then 50%. FYI: - IF YOU HAVE 100 MONSTER CARDS, YOUR CARD COMMAND WILL FAIL, WHEN TRYING TO CARD THAT PARTICULAR MONSTER! I learned this the hard way, so remember to periodically Card Mod those cards and keep them under 100, otherwise your Card Command will fail during battle! I must have spend around 5 hours trying to figure out why my card command did not work, just thought I'd save you some PAIN!

[@BMikeAD]

Yup. Did lv 100 in the forest before ifrit and also did a rush run when I was a kid. Probably played through 8 a dozen times. Low lv and cards is the easiest way but lv 100 is more fun and challenging. Also triple triad was great.

[@whatif718]

Great job editing and putting these videos together. Just subscribed look forward to seeing more

[@LOREWITHBLAZER]

How did you make it fullscreen

[@bigchinkbowski]

I can complete the game without going up 1 level and get everything including 3 ribbens that protect against all status changes. using Seifer to grind with other characters ko'd early game is a good way to get gf abilitys and he limit breaks easy with 2 allies down. can also get squalls best wepon on disck 1 before getting to Galbadia Garden. i am a proper geek for this game

[@TiGillett]

Best tip I have is to get Quezacolts Card ability learnt first, once you have beaten Ifrit and left the fire cavern, save your game and go back in and "Card" Bombs. I usually card about 3-4 of them and they are fairly powerful Cards to start with in Garden, alongside the Ifrit Card it will make the first few games really simple and before you know it you will have all the powerful cards you need to farm for Items :)

[@mikedoherty5824]

There is a much easier way lmao just before boarding the train to timber deal with Diablos in the magic lamp then head to the beach for some ap grinding to obtain Time magic RF for 30 ap ( around 4-5 battles on the beach) then head to your classroom n fight the quistis fans until one of them drops the quistis card, then just refine the quistis card into Samantha Souls, then refine those into triples and junction triple onto your str and hey presto insta 2-3k damage per hit

[@mikedoherty5824]

@NPC# 8675309 yeah but unless you going for a full collection there really isnt much point in most of them apart from refining early on

[@user-bd1yv8gd5x]

NPC# 8675309 Yes and no. I believe if you completed the cc group quest, the cc group members will be on the ragnarok on disk 4 they have every card you either lost used up or never got.

[@lastredever]

Thanks this was a great help

[@justdessertsgaming7609]

Card the glacial eye around 10 times and it’ll give you a rare jumbo cactur. Very handy card. Also bomb and Buel and bite bug and Caterpillar. All those are pretty quick. T-Rex isn’t quick but you’ll get Shumi Tribe if your patience lasts (I don’t go for this one but it’s possible. If you lvl your GFs before communication tower the anacondor’s rare is mobile type 8.... These will definitely make you a awesome hand at this stage!

[@ganjover4978]

Some nice tricks here, did you really tell us how to spell all?

[@EveryoneNeedsASmile]

You mention keeping levels low, but potentially missed the best way to do that. Still play cards and get tons of them ready, but don't go to the beach for fasticalons. Instead, go to the dollet mission. Give Seifer all the GFs, then kill off Squall and Zell. You can then proceed to level up Seifer and the GFs as much as you want (learning all the best skills and eventually drawing higher level magic). By letting Seifer do all the fighting, none of the main party members will gain exp. You'll still be just as overpowered before Elvoret, but even better off long term.

[@Ariastyr]

So just farm the enemies in Dollet before the boss? Do they give decent AP? I would think that would take quite awhile though

[@EveryoneNeedsASmile]

@@Ariastyr There is actually a battle with two Anacondaurs that gives 8 ap and around 800 exp, and it's all pretty easy since Seifer can constantly use his limit break (since the rest of the party are dead). It shouldn't take longer than the fasticalons on the beach anyway.

[@CPTDOOMED]

It won't take long with three times the speed in the remaster

[@timetoduel11]

EveryoneNeedsASmile lol I hate seifer I always kill him 🤣🤣🤣 But I get what you mean

[@Wol1427]

Lol So Seifer telling you to let him hog all of the exp was the correct decision after all. Clever Square, very clever.

[@rottenmangogaming2252]

you have helped me so much!!!

[@ThunderstruckGames]

There are three people who may have the Quistis card. Trepe Groupie #1 (the one you battled), Trepe Groupie #2 (found in the classroom), and Trepe Groupie #3 (also found in the classroom)

[@REALmikegordan]

All you need to get overpowered early on in Final Fantasy VIII: 15 Armadodo Cards 15 Abyss Worm Cards 30 Gayla Cards 30 Tri-Face Cards 100 copies each of Firaga, Blizzaga, Thundaga, and Curaga -- Which you can draw from random Dollet encounters on high levels. The above grant you 300 Quakes, Tornadoes, Meltdowns, and Pains, which, alongside Curaga, are the absolute best early-game spells to Junction to each character's HP, Strength, Vitality, Magic, and Spirit respectively. The Firaga, Blizzaga, and Thundaga cards are for Elemental Attack Junctioning. All you need to do is solo grind Seiffer to level 100, and draw the "Aga spells from the Dollet random encounters. That's it. Also worth getting: 11 Gesper Cards > 300 Demi's + Degenerator 15 Cockatrice Cards > 300 Breaks 15 Elastoid Cards > 300 Berserk's 15 Forbidden Cards > 300 Confuse's 10 Ochu Cards > 300 Blind's 300 Sleeps You pretty much want access to both Demi and Break in order to avoid gaining experience points as much as possible. The other status's are more or less for defensive purposes. Also, after you acquire Ifrit, all you really need to get started on Triple Triad are Mini-Mog and a couple decent Lv. 3 cards, and then Quistis, Marbloro, Elastoid, and Biggs and Wedge. Then you can grind for the above cards from the girl at the library tables for all of the above cards as well as a complete set of every card from level's 1-5 minus PuPu.

[@Marcinex]

I believe at some point I got zombie and Cura or even Curaga early on, and I remeber taking on the tyranosaur in the forest near balamb garden. This was to my knowledge the biggest damage output I found by accident, that I could do early on on a Zombiefied enemy and the Tyranosaur was the toughest one at the time.

[@alesgrym4622]

This is such a great video

[@RedMarioXIIINanaki36]

When I Fought X-ATM092 I Actually Had The "Punishment" Weapon For Squall Plus Thundagax100 On His ELEM ATK, Which He Actually DEALT 1600-2000+ DMG With His Normal Attacks! DESTROYED X-ATM092 In Like 5 MINS! Got The "Force Armlet" Drop Too!

[@mariusschnetzer393]

To get a good hand before ever playing cards, I would recommend carding bite bugs, glacial eye, caterchiplers and buels/bombs as there a chance you could get strong boss cards

[@scousegeeks]

My fave RPG of all time, played it when I was in senior school, I never knew about any of this 😂😂 the remastered switch version makes this so quick an easy to get going on, with the 3x speed ability, I did the dollet town mission while watching this vid :( am making up for it now on the beach on the way back after it, ❤️ the 3x game speed boost making it easy 😂😂

[@Redbullluva]

I’ve been wanting to replay this game for so long. It really makes me happy that they’re doing this remaster. Also looking forward to the great content like this I expect you’ll make for it!!

[@EyeStorrm]

During the exam in Dollet, keep Squall and Zell KOed. Use only Seifer and junction all 3 Guardian Forces to him, level him up so he can draw 4 -ra spells when he's around level 30s. Make sure that all party members (including Quistis, who isn't currently in the party, and Seifer himself, whose stocked spells will be inherited by Selphie later) get all ra spells by having Seifer draw them from G-Soldiers then give it to each party member before stocking the spellls himself. Then keep leveling him up until he's around level 60s so he can draw -ga spells, as well as Dispel from Elite Soldiers and Bio from Anacondaur. Again, make sure each of the 4 characters have these spells before you proceed to the Communication Tower where Seifer will leave you permanently. Also, make sure the GFs learn the prioritized abilities: the refine abilities, the J abilities, stat% abilities, etc; learn every GF abilities before bothering to learn GFHP and SumMag abilities (I very rarely, if ever, use summons; so these abilities aren't really important to me).

[@ApeBrainGames]

Before you do the Dollet mission, you can farm the Enoyle cards from the guy in the cafeteria that has the Quistis card, the guy by the docks in Balamb town and the girl with the dog in the same area.

[@gdav8513]

Fantastic info on refining cards. I always knew the basics but this has made me insanely powerful! 😂 still at character level 11 and doing over 1500 damage in a basic attack with Squall. Liked and Subscribed 👍🏻

[@boscosworld]

How???

[@alteredstates927]

Just a note: Mini Mog card is available from the beginning but he plays it somewhat rarely, although the odds seem to increase when you either have more wins or have/use better cards. I know because before I began looking at guides I made a habit of getting that card and whatever decent cards I could get out of that jogger while waiting for it to appear since it's unlikely to win against him while he's using it with the starter set. The last few times it seemed like it took 20+ games (all wins or draws since I reloaded if I lost anything and I hadn't even left Balamb, let alone messed with the card rule lady) but as I played it appeared more and more often until it wasn't unlikely to see it twice in a row if I lost first. I also noticed there is a very specific condition to make him respawn in that area if he runs offscreen: you leave the area and come back but if you move to the immediate areas left or right and come back you can neither walk too far nor not far enough or he won't spawn when you walk back... if you move to the left walk just far enough to almost pass the eight feet or so of hedges without going all the way past. Weird condition but if you just barely take a few steps in and return or walk well into the next section and return he won't be there 9 times out of 10.

[@alteredstates927]

I did this often on the PS1 version and I seem to remember him respawning every time regardless of how far you walked into the next screen. I could be mistaken, it was years ago. I wish I'd known I could get the rules changed without being ready to face the card queen, though. It would have taken a lot fewer card battles if I'd been accumulating five at a time...

[@FelixS.]

FFVIII Could be a surprise for rookies. If you don’t Know what you are doing this game will bring a decent Challenge to the table.

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

Infact it is really hard game. Monster scale up and every boss are challenge!.

[@EC-rd9ys]

I softlocked myself in FFX because I fled all the battles and my levels were too low. In FFVIII I committed to levelling up my characters as much as I could stand.... I always ignore mini games... Yeah...

[@pinkin7five720]

Ouch, was ffx your first ff?

[@EC-rd9ys]

@@pinkin7five720 Yep... Not my favorite tbh

[@EC-rd9ys]

@Thelondonbadger Will do! Been wanting to play 9 and 6 for a while now.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

I’m totally ok with being OP on a FF game. I recently beat FFIX for the first time ever, on PS4. I went out of my way to get all the Chocographs as early as I possibly could and get all the best gear I possibly could as early as possible. Even stealing endlessly attempting to steal really good gear from bosses while just keeping my party alive till I stole everything. I had Zidane and Freya’s ultimate weapons at disk 3 as well as Steiner’s Ragnarok at dusk 3. Doing roughly 6k damage every hit, plus Auto-Haste and Auto-Regen making every fight only last maybe 3 minutes. So I don’t give a fuck. FFIX was the first one I ever beat, though I’ve been playing FFVII, FFX, and FFXII for years. I was cursed to never beat a FF game throughout my childhood. So I just want to get through them. If that means steamrolling every boss I’m ok with that. Btw, FFIX was so good. Don’t understand why it’s looked down on. That ending was beautiful... I totally didn’t cry. Nope, I was totally stone cold through the whole thing... my throat didn’t even tighten or nothing... eyes didn’t even get misty. No sir! I even called the reveal there at the end... I still fucking cried! The fuck man?! I was expecting it and I still fucking cried!! So good! Beat than FFX in my opinion.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

*better than FFX

[@Peter-dp2hw]

Noone ever says on their videos about being able to change card rule so easy!! This video is nuts

[@cheeyewkoay3451]

10x ruby dragon to 1 inferno fang, not 1 card, typo error mate, although your explanation correct

[@RedDevilMan2306]

Don’t go for the All rule! It degenerates into Direct which is the worst rule. Go for Diff instead.

[@chaddeverger3827]

You can ban rules in each region.

[@zanth6577]

@@chaddeverger3827 Trade rules do not get abolished.

[@chaddeverger3827]

@@zanth6577 oh duh lol I read his comment wrong. I was thinking of the regular rules. You change trade rules by talking to the queen and gaining the trade rule popularity in the towns.

[@zanth6577]

@@chaddeverger3827 Yep. I think there's a document on GameFAQs that has a bunch of technical information about how it works, too.

[@Frankenmuppet]

When I first played VIII way back at launch, I had no idea it level scaled... I won't make that same mistake this time, thanks for the guide!!! Now I can do it right 😏

[@lrb662003]

Me too. I figured out that it did but way too late and was completely out of my depth by then.

[@grimmjow0928]

Got lionheart the moment I arrived in galbaldia at level 12 😎

[@aithirskylord7196]

How?

[@grimmjow0928]

@@aithirskylord7196 a ton of triple triad for elinoyle cards = pulse ammo Keep your level to less than 20 by carding encounters and hunt for grendel near galbaldia garden they drop dragon fangs at a high rate at less than level 20. Then grind at the beach near east station up to level 30 you will encounter adamantoise there which drops adamantine

[@CerealPanic]

Aithir Skylord look up Cyric1983’s no leveling guide. Its pretty legit

[@j800r]

Video just autoplayed in the background and after hearing one particular tip I feel the need to cut in and rectify what I feel to be a bad piece of advice (all due respect to the uploader, of course). You DON'T wanna spread the "All" rule from the Queen of Cards. The reason for this is that Trading rules degenerate over time. All, to Direct, to Difference, to One. All, means you receive all an opponents cards if you when, Direct means regardless of who wins, you both receive whatever cards of your opponents you managed to flip, Difference means you get to choose an ammount of cards to take from your opponent dependent on the difference between your scores if you manage to win. One is self-explanatory. All can, of course, be an excellent way to quickly build up your deck but the problem here is Direct. A VERY risky rule to ever play with as you may win a game, but if your opponent flips your rare Ifrit card or whatever then you lose then and with the Direct rule in play you may find yourself losing all of your good cards if you even try to win it back. The better trade rule to spread for deck building is difference. The reason for this is that with a quality deck you will often be winning with a difference of four, meaning you'll be taking all but one of your opponent's cards anyways and it's not much slower. The risk is completely eliminated also as if the rule DOES degen it will only become One, which is perfectly safe. I should also note that at this stage in the game the Queen of Cards does not have powerful cards by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, they are so weak that it can sometimes be a challenge to lose to her which you will need to be doing as part of her sidequest. I would also recommend against modifying the trade rule until you've built your starting deck. The video may state this, I'm still to finish it just yet, but just in case here is how you can build a decent starter deck. Learn the Card ability with Quezactl ASAP. Card at least two bombs in the fire cavern (you'll already have Ifrit's card which will also be part of your starting deck). Then, return to Garden and keep carding Grats in the Training Center until you land yourself a Shumi Tribe Card. Next, we need to card a T-Rexaur which you need to be careful with as this guy is no pushover at this stage in the game. With this we have our starting deck and can start improving our deck (e.g. replace T-Rexaur with Elastoid, and pick up a Malboro card to replace one of the bomb cards).

[@fernandoblengio]

I remember this from back when I played it first. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Ericstone00]

Let the fun begin

[@jimlaker6552]

Something to note. You have a higher chance of a limit break once your current HP is less than a quarter of your max HP. If you junction curaga to your HP and then unjunction (or something along those lines), you will permanently be in that supposedly danger zone, except you're not really, as the enemies will do damage as per your actual level. So even in your unhealthy state, bosses will still need 10 hits to take you down, while you get limit breaks every round. With Zell in your party, you can take any boss down in a single round. Also, once you have enc none, you need not fight any non-boss for the rest of the game. Top up your meltdowns with your many TT cards, and you are effectively capable of taking on Omega Weapon before you go to Timber for your first mission.

[@gostreiver8036]

100% win rate and easy farm against the Balamb guy on the docks Put elvoret bottom left Put ifrit bottom right. If he plays his top right corner. You play quistis mid and he’s checkmated. If he flips her on either side You flip her back over with behemoth. If he doesn’t play his top right corner You play Mog in the middle bottom then flip quistis back over with behemoth You win everytime easy Elnoya farm. And ruby dragons

[@joedachs3145]

“On my way to become the King of Card Gam-I mean save the world Um totally what I meant”

[@GrumpyMunkyGameDesign]

Cradely? Bilston? Halesowen? Im trying to hard to pin ur accent!!!

[@strobeligght489]

I grinded till level 21 before ifrit & starting cards will this effect my card games now?

[@SirTyrin]

my method of becoming op in the game is way easier, but takes longer in the story, just get siren and use her ability to convert cottages into full-cures, you are set for pretty much the first two disks

[@Vereid]

I'm interested to find out just how much we'll be able to farm "Angelo Search" now that it has the Chocbo World items added into the pool of items that can be obtained. For example, putting the game in 3X mode (and God Mode I guess) and leaving the system on for a while, it should build up a ridiculous amount of items lol. I can't wait! Love the video!

[@Sullvein]

I hope that works cause I remember you had to walk a lot on enc-none etc to learn his pet pals abilities

[@Cee_Nelly]

Wow that was great! Now I almost feel compelled to get this game. Haha

[@TrustynHERO]

Farming Rube Dragons and Behemoths early. Once you are able to consistently beat the girl and her dog in Balamb Harbor, keep checking back for the guy in the brown shirt at the top by the water (he is not always there). He wants to sit and talk with Quistis and she agrees, but with a burn (man I love her lol). Anyways, I found him to play either a Rube Dragon, a Behemoth or both almost every game. Anyone else find this works? I've been playing that girl and her dog for like 6+ hours now (not all at once lol) and I only had like 5 RBs and 6 Bs. Then I left to go save, came back and was like "oh, new challenger. I wander what he's got?" 30 mins in and I got 6 more of each, till I got too cocky, lost my Ifit card and just had to start over from 30 mins ago🤦‍♂️lol=P. Anyways, thought I'd share my find. Hope it helps everyone else too just starting out😁👍💪

[@TrustynHERO]

Of course, Now that I say this, an hour goes by and he's barley played any anymore. FML😅😅🤦‍♂️💀

[@pst5345]

Do not take All. Use Diff instead. More control over rewards.

[@dosenplok140]

After beating Ifrit I would learn Card as early as possible and morph 4 Bomb Monsters into 4 Bomb cards. With Ifirt Card and 4 Bomb Cards you blast the competition in the Balamb region. For Card farming in the Balamb region I would choose the women who walks her dog at the Balamb harbour.

[@Mackinstyle]

How to turn FF8 into a tedious spreadsheet game with save scumming

[@timk6041]

I remember playing this game as a kid and i never knew about this. Some how i managed to get to the fourth disc but got rekt after killing that huge sorceress adele. Oh yea i kept using GF summons to get through the game lmaoo. There was also a point where i never knew how to junction and played the whole game untill like disc 1 with only the attack function lmao. I eventually resetted got shiva and the lightning GF but never properly farmed, played triple triad, just relied on gf summons to kill strong enemies loool. So nub of me Oh yea i got lucky with adele cause i used selphies limit break the end to kill her. After like 1000 times of vsing her 😂 I Im now playing this game with new knowledge and cant wait to be overpowered. Ty for the vid.

[@ryanhodde5032]

Tim K dude same here verbatim. It was so damn hard facing her at the end. I never did any of this.

[@airimee]

Found something interesting in my playthrough...disk 1 mechanics dont work from disk 2 forward...such as using zell limit break moves that you didn't find yet. Or save points disappearing.