THIS DIABLOS SUMMON ANIMATION IS FUCKING INSANE

Diablos has imo a top 3 summon animation in the entire franchise, shit goes INSANELY hard from beginning to end lol

All that for 384 damage?

Me mashing square button:

Right? It is one of the best Reminds me of the Sea of Dirac in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Every single second of this animation is cool 🦇

FF6-10 were just so fucking good. Back to back to back to back. Then you had side games. Xenogears, Saga Frontier, Parasite Eve 1&2, FFT. Square golden age. And i didnt even name half of em.

This was breathtaking in graphics in the PS1 days

too bad his usefulness isnt as insane lol

The FF8 summon animations are absolute peak. I like them more than FF9's even

VIII is so good, just wait until you see Squall's Limit Break--you'll know which one when you see it. Childhood me absolutely freaked out

If I remember correctly, it's also one of the first summons you can hit 9999 with

Fun fact: Diablos' summon damage is gravity-based, and directly tied to his level. He does Level% of the enemy's health as damage, up to 9999. This means at level 100, he insta-kills anything with that much life or less. Sadly useless against bosses, though.

This dude’s entire feed is basically me in 1998 as a 14 year old playing FF8 for the first time

Hold select and mash square!!

He's good for junctioning and damaging bosses early on, but basically becomes useless later. There's lots more powerful summons in disc 3 including one with the longest animation ever so boosting it is super easy

VIII has the overall best for sure

Definitely is. 8's GF animations are top tier in the franchise.

Genuinely the best summon in the franchise. A true perfect 10/10 summon, that uses Gravity magic so he’s WORTHLESS

I’ve screenshotted it and used it for my wallpaper back on my old 4:3 aspect ratio monitor.

This is my all time favorite summon from FF8. Seeing this for the first time as a kid I was shook

Anti random battle ability available as early as 1/3 through disk 1 thanks to him was great game design. Unavoidable, slow random battle grind was a huge anti pattern of that era of RPGs.

They're all great in FFVIII 🙂

Probably the best summon in FF8. Sad it never came back.

Been obsessed with this since i was 10 man. Diablos is so fucking coooool.

@PlasmasIchor My first playthru these bitches fucked me UP. I was mad as shit as a kid

congrats

Ff8 has the best summons no one else comes close

This game would be insane as a remake. If for nothing else than piloting Balamb Garden or the flying ship (Ragnarok, I believe).

It's top 3 for sure

Its true

All of the FF8 summon animations went pretty hard.

yeah it's awesome particularly against Ruby Dragons is where Diablos really does phenomenal, 9999 everytime because they have such high health anddddd you might just obtain another powerful GF if you use that knowledge wisely😎👍