Final Fantasy VIII

Name: Final Fantasy VIII
Brand: Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix, Square Product Development Division 1, Squaresoft

1999· Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix, Square Product Development Division 1, Squaresoft· Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Card & Board Game · PS

Time to Beat ~53h

IGDB 512 ratings

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Role-playing (RPG)Adventure Card & Board Game Fantasy Science fiction Open world Third person Bird view / Isometric

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Final Fantasy VIII is set on a fantasy world with science fiction elements, and focuses on Squall Leonhart, a young SeeD mercenary hired out to various missions by Balamb Garden. Squall and his friends are enlisted to help a group known as...

Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional means of boosting a character's power via leveling, although levels are not completely abandoned as they were in Final Fantasy II. In addition, it does not have a Magic Point-based system for spell-casting. Instead, magic is collected, drawn, and created from items, and is used to power up the characters via the junction system.