FINAL FANTASY VIII
Square Enix · 2013 · JRPG, RPG, Classic, Singleplayer, Great Soundtrack
PC
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About FINAL FANTASY VIII
✦ AI summary
Lead Squall Leonhart and his elite team through an epic war spanning two worlds as you uncover a conspiracy involving a powerful sorceress and mysterious connections between past and present. Master the innovative Junction system to customize your characters with magic and summons, while uncovering an unforgettable story blending romance, military conflict, and surreal dreams across Final Fantasy VIII's expansive adventure.
It is a time of war. Galbadia, a Global Superpower, has declared war on Dollet, a country whose training academy is home to two personalities: the hot-headed Seifer and the 'lone wolf', Squall Leonhart. Both are equally at conflict with each other as their country is with Galbadia; to others, Squall appears lacking in team spirit, while Seifer lacks the discipline of his rival. However, a chance encounter with the free-spirited Rinoa Heartilly turns Squall's universe upside down; having thrived on discipline, Squall find the carefree Rinoa fascinating. He also begins to dream that he is Laguna Loire, a Galbadian army soldier…
Meanwhile, a sorceress manipulates the most powerful men in Galbadia.
Will Squall and his party succeed in defeating this maniacal sorceress and saving their world?
What part does the mysterious Laguna play? Only you can decide what happens next, as the greatest Role Playing Adventure of all time returns...
Meanwhile, a sorceress manipulates the most powerful men in Galbadia.
Will Squall and his party succeed in defeating this maniacal sorceress and saving their world?
What part does the mysterious Laguna play? Only you can decide what happens next, as the greatest Role Playing Adventure of all time returns...
Key Features:
- Magic Booster
When Magic Booster is used, the player’s inventory of the following spells is increased by 100:
Cure, Cura, Curaga, Fire, Fira, Blizzard, Blizzara, Thunder, Thundara, Sleep, Blind, Silence, Berserk, Bio, Esuna, Aero, Confuse, Break, Zombie
This feature can be used from the launcher. - Chocobo World
This version of FFVIII includes the full game “Chocobo World” that was released as a separate application for previous versions. It is possible to play “Chocobo World” directly from the launcher after booting up FFVIII and by fulfilling certain specific conditions in the main game you will also be able to synchronise data between the two games.
New Game Boosters:
- High Speed Mode
All scenes (including cutscenes, movies and battles, etc.) can be fast-forwarded. (Fast-forward speeds vary by cutscene, but average about five times normal speed.)
* CAUTION, certain computers may not be able to process the game with High Speed Mode. If the game crashes while in High Speed Mode, please restart the game and refrain from using High Speed Mode. - Battle Assistance
Grants the following advantages in battle:
-ATB gauge always full
-HP always full
-Limit Break always available
*Characters die instantly when suffering damage that exceeds their HP. - 9999
Normal attacks, certain Limit Breaks, and certain G.F. attacks deal 9,999 damage. - AP MAX
Sets level and AP of all acquired G.F. to max when used on the world map.
*May not function properly when used during event cutscenes.
*These commands can only be executed via keyboard. - Magic and Gil MAX
Sets inventory of each acquired magic spell to 100 and sets gil to maximum limit
*Cannot be used on menu screens, during cutscenes, in combat or at shop. Usable when moving between areas while playing Laguna's Dream.
*These commands can only be executed via keyboard.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Weird, goofy, experimental, narrated in a very strange way, translatiom issues. And still, best from the series for me. I prefer 2013 version to remaster.
Long story short, DO NOT BUY THE REMASTERED. Get this version, save 1/2 euro, download junction viii and mod it to make it better than the so called """"remastered"""" version.
Triple Triad
8/10 Would be a 8.5 but -0.5 points because of the pc port issues. Definitely the most experimental game out of Final Fantasy 6-10 which leads to higher highs but also lower lows. The biggest issues I have with this game aren't with the game itself but the pc port as sometimes it just refuses to remember your key bindings. It also doesn't show what controller button to press, only which keyboard button to press. There are some sections where you have to only use the face buttons, ABXY, but there is a noticeable delay when pressing the buttons which makes those sections annoying. The junction/draw system is interesting to say the least but I still recommend anyone who wants to get into Final Fantasy add this to their list. I still can't decide between Quistis and Rinoa.
best game ever played, really recomend trying it
The much maligned and woefully underrated black sheep of the post-3D era final fantasy games, it's still my favorite. The PC version was always a little finicky, but at least it finally let us westerners play Chocobo World. That said, its showing on the steam version is disappointing. The audio is horrible - weird delays, glitching out entire tracks of the bgm, and at times going completely quiet. The controls are still a disaster for controller players (and the devs recommend it, for some reason?), but most of the minigames (like the train codes) are forgiving enough so far that I could get my bearings without too much trouble. I could overlook that and give it a recommend for nostalgia's sake, but for the hassle of trying to set up a 3rd party Squeenix account to even play it.
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