If I remember right, VIII does indeed fall under that category. Sadly, the details escape me, but I think the Centra only fell some ... 80? 100 years pre-game? That is, I think, a short enough time period that there would be holdovers from that society.
Reeve is awesome, but sadly, there's really no point to play anything but the base game and Dirge of Cerberus if you're looking for Reeve stuff. Honestly, I got my Reeve fix from DC by reading the scripts and watching the cutscenes on youtube since I am terrible at FPS. He's in a few chapters of Before Crisis, but not too much. I think you're better off reading scripts for that one as well.
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Reeve is awesome, but sadly, there's really no point to play anything but the base game and Dirge of Cerberus if you're looking for Reeve stuff. Honestly, I got my Reeve fix from DC by reading the scripts and watching the cutscenes on youtube since I am terrible at FPS. He's in a few chapters of Before Crisis, but not too much. I think you're better off reading scripts for that one as well.
Just. Oh, Reeve. We need so much more Reeve love.