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.
Need to fix the controller not registered unless you do a bunch of jumping through hoops. It's 2026, connecting a controller to a game shouldn't be hard for a game that's from 1998.2 found this helpful
Many people fall in love with Final Fantasy stories because they present a beautiful magical world, inspired in DnD mechanics with wildly experimental approaches to gameplay, but you can always start from a rookie and end up as a god killer. This entry is at the bottom of my list. My biggest critique is the disrespect to the player's time when it comes to gameplay, this game prides itself on it's graphics (for the time), so the models and animations are extremely detailed and beautiful to look at over and over, but here, they manage to get me sick of watching the same long, unskippable animations for things as simple as a basic attacks, which drag battles on and on, one micro second at the time, let's not mention the summons that can take minutes. Additionally, the magic system forces you to draw and store magic spells, which can be both stacked to strengthen the character's stats, while at the same time they can be cast in powerful attacks, forcing you to trade strength for damage, a brilliant system... until they force you to switch characters or even whole parties through the story, forcing you to start micromanaging all the set up magic, with the alternative of walking aroun…
love it
Claims to support Dualshock 4. Does not actually natively support Dualshock 4
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Fully biased and irreverent review. This is my childhood game. I love it.
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