I'd like to ask ZombiePie what he got accomplished in his first hour of FF8, or recall what happened in my first hour of FF10, because those games feel much... slower. I wonder how many hours it'll take me to finish the whole game.
So here's what I managed to accomplish in my first hour of Final Fantasy VIII:
View the "unofficial" introduction with the still images of all of the scenes you will experience in the game.
View the OFFICIAL introduction with the "Liberi Fatali" music.
Waking up in the nurse's office and being greeted by Quistis who shares how I got my ass handed to myself by Seifer.
Quistis asking me to meet her at the front of the Garden.
Giving a tour of the Garden to an inauspicious girl that will eventually be revealed to be Selphie.
Quistis giving me Shiva and Quetzalcoatl.
Quistis performing a fake junction in order to teach me how to complete a junction.
Me frantically trying to copy what Quistis did during the tutorial and failing miserably.
Killing fish in order to collect water magic
Making the trek to the Fire Cavern.
Quistis providing a tutorial on the drawing and magic system.
Entering the Fire Cavern and dealing with the random encounters insider there.
Fighting Ifrit.
Collecting Ifrit as a junction, and failing to understand how to properly junction him.
Re-entering the Garden and being congratulated by Cid.
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