Game:

Final Fantasy VIII (1999)

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Let's Play

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It's time to essentially finish up the Triple Triad side quest!

First, we lose Doomtrain to the Queen of Cards in Balamab (went smooooothly!), then we have to win Doomtrain back from her son back in Dollet (went NOT smooooothly!). Seriously, we got -so- lucky that a) the kid used Doomtrain, b) elemental was a rule, c) there was an elemental spot in the upper right, where the kid was clearly always going to play Doomtrain, thus giving Doomtrain a minus 1.

That's the awfulness of 'trade rule: direct' where you keep whatever cards are flipped over. Seriously, you have to play essentially a perfect match to -not- lose any of the high level cards you would be using. Lastly, it's time to do the PuPu/Alien sidequest, which is THE most cryptic thing in the game.

Seriously, stopping at 4 random places that you normally wouldn't ever be at, to see a completely random cutscene, then going to an extremely small island to fight a UFO, then knowing you have to go back to Balamb AND hoping you have 5 elixirs for the fight???? Hoo boy, games back then did not play around.

Alright, we are essentially done with Triple Triad, and it'll be time to finish up the story at large next time. See you then!

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