I really enjoyed this game, but only after I finally figured out how to use the basics of it. To give you a slight back round, this was the second Final Fantasy I have every played with Final Fantasy 9 being the first. Many agree it is the most user friendly when it came to setting up magic, defense spells and weapons effects. In Final Fantasy 8, this is a very long and drawn out process which takes up much of the first quarter of the first game disc(It does have game play durring this long drudge so hang in there).