Under-rated by whom, may I ask... A game is only as good as the player decides it is, not what the media hype says. If you don't go buy or try a game because some rich bastard belonging to a large gaming network says it is bad you are a horrible role-player in my opinion. I love FF8. Honestly, the only ones I truly enjoyed to the fullest were (in this order) 12, 8, and 9. The others were good but not grand!