Final Fantasy VIII

Experience A Massive New World On Your PC. A member of an elite military team, Squall is forced into a conflict beyond imagination. To survive, he must contend with a desperate rival, a powerful sorceress, and his own mysterious dreams. Realistic, detailed characters and background graphics enhanced by a breathtaking musical score. An epic story based on the theme of love, set in massive new world. New Junction System allows characters to be customized with magic spells drawn from enemies. Nearly an hour of stunning motion-captured CG cinemas seamlessly integrated into gameplay.

I bought the Playstation version as soon as it came out; I grabbed some provisions and (almost) stopped contacting with anyone until I finished the game. Soon afterwards I realized that I haven't done some things like killing Ultima and Omega Weapons and finding all GFs, so I decided to replay it. But since playing for another 50 hours the same game right away would be very tiring and quite boring I decided to wait for the PC version in order to forget the story (not that it is something that you can forget, but you will not remember everything in after months) but also because I was curious to see the 3DFX rendered graphics since the Playstation's were sooooo great.
You are Squall Leonheart (you can pick whatever name you want followed by Leonheart but Squall is the default. You can write your own names for Squall, Rinoa Heartilly and for all the Guardian Forces) a candidate for SeeD, Garden's (some short of fighting school) Special Forces. He is a ''silent and a bit cold'' person that tries to keep his distance and feelings from everyone in order not to feel bad if they are separated. But that will soon be changed, as he will meet Rinoa Heartilly the ''Forest Owls'' princess, a beautiful young woman that shares her feelings with everyone- especially with Squall.
Squall' s first mission as a SeeD will be to go with Zell and Selphie (who are also new SeeDs) will be to go to Timber and help the Forest Owls in their fight for freeing Timber. They will so on encounter a strange and powerful sorceress that wants to rule the world and alongside with Rinoa and Quistis (the ex-instructor of Squall) they will begin the mighty ''strife'' against her.