Accordingly, how hard is ff8?
Final Fantasy VIII has the potential to be both the easiest and the hardest game in the series depending on your understanding of the Junction system. If you don't know anything about it and make the mistake of gaining too many levels while keeping poor junctions, it is definitely the hardest Final Fantasy.
Beside above, is ff8 worth playing? You have captured the essence of FFVIII very well. I would definitely recommend it as well - depending on your perception, it is easily one of the best entries in the series. Yes. Every Final Fantasy game has good and bad reviews.
Similarly, you may ask, is ff8 better than ff7?
FF8 has great pre-rendered graphics and great models (Than FF7 blocky graphics), a better character driven story, an amazing score, and unique systems in GFs and juctioning. You can't say that FF7 has better content than FF8. Since FF8 is made after FF7.
Should I grind in ff8?
Enemies level up with you, so grinding is a no-no. The only "grinding" you'll have to do is to draw magic, but it's given away pretty consistently so you shouldn't ever have a problem with it. There are missables, mostly with cards and stuff you can steal from bosses. It's nothing too crucial.
