To start this off let me say I seem to be one of the few that enjoy this version as well as the others because it seems that if you like 7 you can't like 8 or the other way around.  I enjoyed 7 a lot when I was a kid and still do today and it is the same with this one.  The graphics are a great improvment from 7 to 8 and anyone can see that. The story is good at times and slow at others and at times feels slow when your playing it but that happens with all games. It still was good enough to keep me intrested. The junctioning system was different and I didn't mind it but it had problems. It was easy to figure out what magic to junction to make my health maxed out and when I got it maxed out I found myself not useing magic through the entire game so it wouldn't bring down my stats. So if always felt like it was missing something since I never used magic through the entire game so this bothered me but not too much. The other thing I had a problem with was the world in wich the game takes place felt empty. Most final fantasy games have a lot of areas to explore and visit and this one had a lot of empty space. It didn't effect the storyline but I like to do side quest so it felt like thay coud have added to it.