As others have said, FFVIII hasn't aged well at all. I would say skip it if you're already playing current generation games. FFVIII was, well is my favorite rpg of all time mainly because it was my first or second one and got me into the genre. Looking back at it now, I can see the flaws everybody talked about, the drawing of magic, the junction system, but I still love it. If you can stand the graphics, maybe you'll love it too.