Non-magical Final Fantasies: FF7 and FF8 contrasted

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:40:28 +0200

Neither game has good world-building by today’s standards, and perhaps not even by those of the 1990s. I will argue, however, that with respect to magic, the world-building in FF8 makes sense and it’s superior to FF7’s. You don’t need to have played either of the two games to understand this post, but of course it’ll be more relevant if you played at least one. The spoilers are few and small on purpose:

World-Building on Pablo Parguiña's Website

Non-magical Final Fantasies: FF7 and FF8 contrasted