Final Fantasy VIII
"Final Fantasy VIII" received critical acclaim. The opening cut scene in "Final Fantasy VIII" was ranked second on "Game Informer"s list of "Top 10 Video Game Openings", and first by IGN. GameSpy listed it as the 15th best cinematic moment in video games. IGN named the game's ending the third best of any game for the PlayStation, while UGO.com named it one of the series's best and most memorable moments. "Final Fantasy VIII" was voted by readers of Japanese magazine "Famitsu" as the 22nd best game of all time in 2006, and named one of the 20 essential Japanese role-playing games by Gamasutra, stating "[t]here's a lot that "Final Fantasy VIII" does wrong, but there's even more that it does right". Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for "Next Generation", rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "A great game. But from Square, from whom we routinely expect brilliance, a merely great game is something of a letdown."