/vr/ - Retro Games

The main problem wasn't the story. Hell, most JRPG stories are incoherent messes, but you can forgive a lot if the mechanics are functional and the characters likable. FFVIII didn't have the later.
It's true that Squall's moping has been exaggerated throughout the years, but what's there is still annoying. Rinoa might just be the most dull female character in the history of video games and both Selphie and Zell were annoying as fuck. But the real kicker was the fact that there were way more interesting characters and story within the game you never got to explore fully. Fuck Squall and his cronies, I wanted to play as Laguna Loire and his team, would have made for a much more interesting game. Pic related was pretty cool though.