International GF Job System-OVERVIEWThe Final Fantasy 8 International GF Job System is a hack of FF8 that overhauls the GF system, namely abilities, commands and junctions, as well as changing or slightly altering other gameplay elements to make for a new and varied experience. There are very few hacks for the PSX FF8 and I wanted to try and remedy that. This hack is specifically set up for those that want to play FF8 on the go through phone emulators and such.The game is slightly more challenging as junctions have been significantly altered/reduced but this is not a difficulty hack.
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The hack is simply meant to streamline alot of the minor nitpicks that I have always had with the game. Things like which Junctions are attached to GF's, unused or broken abilities/mechanics, overly generous stat boosts from both abilities and magic, as well as limits that break the game are a few things that have been changed among many others.Most of these changes come from my experiences playing the game but alot of them also come from various forums and sources on the internet that had improvements that could really help with the flow of the game.
Sega Chief was also a great resource for improvements after the FF7 New Threat was finished and people werespeculating what an FF8 mod would entail.This patch is used with the Final Fantasy VIII NTSC-U rom. The patch was created with the.bin but will work with a.img rom as well.Included in the download is all 4 discs, use PPF Studio to apply the patch and enjoy.Notable ChangesI really like FF8 but always had some issues with it, even unrelated to the Draw system. The draw systemwas never as bad as some people think even if I never liked it back in the day, but there are alot ofthings that could be changed to make the game more fun and interesting. Below are a few of the most notablechanges.Character Stats- Character Stats have been changed to reflect a character role and make them more you unique.This is gone into much greater detail below.GF's - The main focus of the hack, the GF's have been almost completely overhauled to better reflect a typicalFF Job so equipping them would be similar to choosing a class in other FF's. The GF's now specialize in certainstat junctions and skills to complement a role.
This is why the hack is named as such since it takes alot ofcues from the original Japanese version of the Zodiac Age (International Zodiac Job System).Much more info below.Abilities - The AP required for skills have been changed and some unique commands have replaced older ones.% boost abilities like STR +60% was overkill and have been altered to only go up to 30% for most statsand I believe up to 40% for HP.Junctions - The second complete overhaul. Junctions have been reallocated with their boosts and almost all havebeen changed in some way. Ultima is no longer the strongest magic junction across all stats, as it is mainlyfocused toward the Magical stats. Apocalypse is obtainable at several points in the game and is the strongestmagic for STR. Even with this, the highest junction only goes up to 75 for Mag and Str instead of 100 and HPwill not easily hit 9999 without additional% boost abilities.Much more info below.Magic - These have been changed greatly as well.
Pain now inflicts damage and Meltdown has been significantlyreduced. Meteor is not overly viable to spam on an Angel Winged Rinoa either as it doesn't do nearly as muchdamage as the main game, but would still do adequate damage.
Ever played Final Fantasy VII, leveled up your character, collected all the best equipment and materia just to realize that not even the two super bosses of the game could give you a decent challenge, and most other enemies in the game die from a single hit with the sword? I have been able to play Final Fantasy 8 first time i put the cd into the dvddrive. But i want to use Alchol 120% so i dont have to play with cd. But it doesnt work anyway. And either with the original cd.? I can see i read in the start from the disc, but nothing happens. And there is just a black box. My computer: 3 Ghz P4HT 512DDr 80 Gigabyte harddisk Dvd and Cd.
There are various other changes to and alterationsto magic that are highlighted below.Limits-Limits have been reduced in damage output and/or been given boosts or qualities that make them lessredundant. Because of the changes in junctions (especially STR), Limits will not be able to one shot enemies.Overuse of limits is not encouraged or discouraged since it is a viable way to do damage especially withthe new Aura Command. Alot of people seem to want to 'limit' the use of Limits but since the damage output ingeneral is somewhat reduced, it would not necessitate limiting players of the characters most unique skills.Enemies - Have not been significantly changed but the biggest is that flying enemies now have high Evaand therefore cannot reliably be hit by all characters.
Squall and Irvine have the highest Hit% followedby Rinoa so they will be the main physical attacker for flying types for the majority of the game. Otherenemy changes are below.-CHARACTER AdjustmentsCharacter Stats have been changed to reflect a character role and make themmore you unique. All characters have a stat that they excell in more noticeably(except for Quistis who is the All Rounder) and can be tailored to suit their rolebetter.
Hit% has been changed drastically with Irvine now having thehighest Hit outside of Squall with the lowest Hit belonging to Zell. This is to take intoaccount the gameplay element of Flying enemies now having higher Eva and cannotbe hit by the likes of Zell easily, to make it more like FFX and XII.-Squall is the best physical attacker but has trouble taking damage.-Zell is fast and can take physical attacks but has poor magic across the board.-Irvine has the highest HP and Luck but is fairly poor outside of high Hit.-Quistis excells at nothing but she is not terrible either. She is supposed tobe geared more toward her Blue Magic which have been given minor alterations.-Selphie is the fastest and has high Magic but is poor with physical attacks in general.Her weapons now use Mag instead of Str to calculate damage.
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