FF8 - Contrived Challenge
When FF8 came out for Steam, there was a big buzz about how this would renew interest in the game, possibly making the way for extensive mods of the kind FF7 enjoys.
But what I was surprised by were the game's achievements. I expected the same kind of dross that had been rolled out for FF7 and, to a certain extent, some of the achievements were just that. But it was easy to tell that some effort had been made this time around. The Contrived Finish challenge, besides having a cheeky name, also seemed like it would be a good place to start for me picking the game up again.
So I started this challenge run where I tacked on a few other conditions around the Achievement clause, to keep Squall at Lv.7, and got underway. Unfortunately, FF8's legendarily peculiar balancing managed to somehow defy logic and reason by becoming easier rather than harder. The run never really got dangerous, but we had a good time with it nonetheless.
