Likewise, nice to see you again too merylsilverburg
I actually loved the FFVIII OST alot also, and I do agree that alot of the FF magic lay with the soundtracks. Probably a big reason why I didn't like FFX-2 so much.
Overall I felt FFIX had the strongest OST, FFX being the weakest (although it had some excellent tracks). Like merylsilverburg said, the storylines all followed the same sort of path however FFXII does seem to be heading in a different direction, one that I feel I won't agree with either
