The settingis thatthe Republic of Dor (Dol, Door, whatever) is at war against the Kingdom( I think) of Garbaldia (Garubardia, whatever) and has asked for Garden tosend SeeD to help them win the war, so Garden complies and sends SeeD candidates i.e. Squall etc. so they can be tested for entry...As in this is like the final exam.

All right, so asyou know, the way it begins is really similar to that illegal movie waaaay back. There's that big moon(earth?) and the logo, with those sevenairplanes or whatever flying across. The screen distorts, and then it's thesea with all these weird boats and orange colored sky, as in sunset.
I can't really describe the music...but anyway, the camera sort of meanders towards a boat where someone is standing. It is, of course, Squall. His hair and jacket collar stir in the wind...I assure you, it was so cool and marvelous that I drooled. Literally.
Anyway, he looks down at this map/photo, and flips this transparent plastic sheet over it. The way his hand moves is sooooo realistic, I was stupefied. So he looks up, and stares at the scene in the picture i.e. looks ahead at his destination. The view changes to a close up of his face, from the front, and he narrows his eyes. The ships start to speed up, and Squall swings himself down inside. His boat zooms through the water, crashes through this wall, and pulls up at the shore. The entrance/exit swings open, and Seifer, Squall, Zell,and Rinoa step out.

Squall: "Seifer, instructions."

Seifer: "Our mission, that of B Squad, is to secure the center square.  Let's go!"

He runs offfirst.  At any rate, off we go too, running towards the center square. Up the stairs?cthenthere's this street with a car and some Garbaldian soldiersto fight.  Now,here is where Draw and Guardian Force come in. It's simply amazing, GuardianForce.  In the demo, only Rinoa can useLeviathan, but only Squall and Zellcan use Draw, so it's even.  Anyway,we get to the square and there's thislittle brown dog and a fountain anda statue and in general it's a very nicesquare. 

Once you get thereyou talk to Seifer, who asks you about the presence of enemies and whether or not they're there.  You get to say yes or no.  If you say yes, Seiferis very proud of you, and sends you off to find them.  If yousay no, Seiferis disappointed with you and sends you off to find them anyway, not standthere daydreaming.  So of course you find some soldiers, fight, and you'reback in the square, standing with Seifer, who gets really, really, boredand is taking it out on the poor little dog, which seems to like him. 
The screen fades out, and back again, indicating that a lot of time has passed.  So you (Squall) walk around the square, talking to Rinoa, who says nothing, to Zell, who indicates to you that he is really, really, bored, and to Seifer, who finally loses it and swings his sword around. 

Then the dog startshowling i.e. it's signaling that people are coming.  So everybody hides behindthe fountain or the statue, and sees some Garbaldian soldiers come runningin and out of the square towards a strange mountain that canbe seen in thedistance.  Once they are gone, Seifer, the ever-impatient squad leader, saysthat we are going after them.  =Gasp=  Zell is shocked at disobeying orders,and says so.  Seifer replies that if he doesn't want to, don't come.  Theythen turn to Squall, who says that he will obey the squad leader. 

Seifer: "Ha!  You want to fight about as much as I do!"

Or something to thateffect, and grabs Squall's collar.  Squall pushes him away, and says thatit's a chance to test the results of training with Seifer. 

Squall: "Thanks to you, I don't think I'll lose to any enemy that fights dirty." 

Seifer: "Inthat case, you'll have to thank me!" (in a really sarcastic way)

Gosh, theseguysreally have team spirit, don't they?  Anyway, Zell is disapproving,but theygo anyway, but Zell goes very reluctantly. 

So we go running across a stone bridge, up the mountain stairs and path, meeting monstersalong the way and learning that the Garbaldian soldiers are interested inthe old, broken power plant on top of the mountain.  Naturally, we go onuntil we get to a cliff that oversees the entrance of this power plant. 
Everybody gets down, while some soldiers come trotting out of the plant,rattle off some phrases concerning repairs and whatnots, then go trottingback in again.  So we get back up.  Then ensues a very interesting conversation. 

Seifer: "This is your first combat experience, isn't it?  Are you scared?" 

Squall: "I don't have the emotional leeway to be scared." 

Seifer: "I'm not scared.  I like fighting?cIt brings me closer to fulfilling my dream." 

Squall: "Huh?!  Dream?!  Sorry, but this is a subject I'll have to pass up..." 

At this point Zell joins the conversation, demanding to be let in and notified of any plans. 

Seifer: "I'll tell you about it someday?cI'll tell you ALL about my RooooMantic Dream!!  Get going!" 

And off he goes, alone...Boy, is he self-centered or what?c  Zell, of course, is left utterlyconfused and asks Squall what that was all about. 

Squall: "A subject I am very weak in.  Come on, let's go." 

They leave. 

So Squall, Rinoa and Zell reach the entrance of the plant, when Seifer, who has gone in already, comes charging out, driving a few soldiers ahead of him and hollering "Cowards!" at the top of his lungs.  He then goes charging back in.  Squall, Rinoa andZell follow.  I mean, what else can they do?

Inside, there's an elevator.  More like a lift without walls.  
But anyway, you get on, and go upstairs and outside.  Before you get outside,there's this little event, where there's this officer called Biggs, and hissubordinate called Wedge.  (Sound familiar?)  So Biggs is trying to fix thepower plant and is yammering away irritable.  Wedge decides to take a lookaround for any anomalies.  Fade out, back in...the plant is fixed, Biggssteps back, and in come Squall and Zell and Rinoa.  Oh, no!  What the heckis happening?  Argument ensues, althoughvery short, and finally!  A beautifulmovie comes in...

The movie starts with the plant starting to shake.  A crow bar slides through the grating and falls into the sea below.  Our heroes look around wildly, wondering whatis happening.  Rather, you can see Squall looking around. (Drool)  Next,inside the power plant, all these really cool machinesstarting to work upand lights and WOW!  Indescribable!  (No duh,how am I supposed to describewhat looks like no machine I've ever seen before?) Back to Squall lookingaround, then something whooshes up the power plantbehind him and he whirls.  Angle changes to birds-eye view, lookingdown in Squall's confused/waryface turned up.  Again, some more mechanisms,outside, looking like a giantparabola opening up and something sticking upand into the sky and a beamof light from that something lancing up into clouds. It'sGLOWING!!  

Movie ends,we'reback to gritty polygons, Small Boss Battle with Biggs, then later Wedgewhojoins in.  Once you give a certain amount of damage to the guys,(I haven'tfigured it out yet...) some wind/tornado blows them away and youface theMiddle Boss, some disgusting bat/bee/extruding chin/purple-pink-redmonsterthat for the life of me I can't remember the name of.  (It'stoo long...)  So, fight!  Damn, when that thing stabs you withthe needle in its butt,it really hurts.  But then, we always have thespecial skills of SquallandZell, and Rinoa's Leviathan. 
So we defeat the monster, and lo and behold it dies in a very pretty, sparkling, tinkling manner in which it disintegrates into pretty little pieces thatrise and disappear.  Can you believe it?  Such an ugly monster, andsucha pretty demise.  Ah well, perhaps that's fair. 

So we are all standingthere again, on this balcony like thing, and Seifer is standing there.  Aguy comes up on the lift, and gives us the message about retreat and gathering at the seaside within 15 minutes.  Seifer isn't too pleased, but hehas toobey.  It is a very important order, after all.  So he hopson the lift,and away he goes!  Leaving us behind.  Really, whereis that guy's team spirit?  We get on the lift too, and leave, whilethe little display in the cornerstarts ticking...

Scene changes toBiggs, who is dying, but intent on revenge.  So he presses these buttons on a little console, and promptly flops down again after screaming encouragements to whatever monster he's called.  The scene changes back to Squall,Zell,and Rinoa coming down on the lift, and running outside.
Once outside, we notice a shadow on the ground, look up, and behold a crab/spider machine monster that jumps and crashes down in front of us.  =Gasp=  Gotto fight it!  It has a very painful attack called Ray Bomb, but anyway, wefight on.  After a certain amount of damage, you are allowed to run away.  The rest of the game concentrates on running away from this monster so youdon't have to fight it again.  Ruuuuuuuuuuuun! 

Back to thecliff,back down the slope, back down the stairs!  Go go go!  Imust say that althoughI am not going to give you the details of how to escape,I will admit thatit is rather thrilling.  Back across the bridge! This partis tricky.  Youhave to run forward, back, and forward againto escapebecause otherwiseit jumps on you. 

SO we're running back, through the square, where the dog runs to, and back down the streets!  Squall, for some reason, lags behind.  Once you're into the street where there's a car parked, a movie starts. 

The movie consists of the advancing machine crushing the car, very beautifully.  We get to theshore, but Squall trips over the railing and falls in the sand.  Rinoa whirlsand stares, worried.  The machine looks around, down atSquall, and JUMPS!  Squall gets back up and running just in time andis pounding his way towardsthe waiting boat, where Zell yells and gesturefor him to hurry.  View changesto that of the monster, staring at Squallin black and white,running.  Squallleaps for safety, view having changedso you can seehis face approaching.  (Drool)  He splashes intothe water but doesreach the boat, scramblingin. 
The boat immediately starts off, doors started to swing shut but the monster has advanced very quickly and is almost upon the boat!  The gunner on topof the boat (face is covered) roars and rips into the thing.  The monstervery nearly makes it but thanks to the diligent gunner, it is riddled withholes and falls back, exploding.  The boat speeds off into the sea, and thelast view before the doors are completely shut is that of Squall,gasping,gazing with wary relief and tension back out at the shore. The camera swingsupto show the boat, speeding off into the distance.
Rattling sound, screen effects of making the screen look like 8mm tape or something.  Black screen, credits. 
  The End...