FINAL FANTASY VIII · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Final Fantasy VIII is a role-playing, adventure, and card game developed by Square Product Development Division 1. It was published by Square, Square Electronic Arts, and Square Enix. The title is part of the Final Fantasy franchise and features single-player gameplay.
The game was released on February 11, 1999, with a subsequent release on December 5, 2013. It is available on PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, and PC. The Entertainment Software Rating Board classified the game as Mature.
Review scores for the title include a Metacritic score of 90, a RAWG rating of 4.28, an IGDB rating of 82 based on 515 ratings, and a review score of 79/100.
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Game data
Metacritic 90- Released
- 1999-02-11
- User rating
- 4.28 / 5
- Genres
- RPG
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation
- ESRB
- Mature
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
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.
- Released
- 1999
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Card & Board Game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Developer
- Square Product Development Division 1
- Publisher
- Square, Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix
Key facts
- Developer
- Square
- Publishers
- PlayStation WW : Square NA : Square Electronic Arts Windows NA : Square Electronic Arts EU : Eidos Interactive JP : Square WW : Square Enix (Steam) Remastered WW : Square Enix
- Director
- Yoshinori Kitase
- Producer
- Shinji Hashimoto
- Designer
- Hiroyuki Ito
- Programmer
- Ken Narita
- Artists
- Yusuke Naora Tetsuya Nomura
- Writer
- Kazushige Nojima
- Composer
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Platforms
- PlayStation Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One Android iOS
- Release
- February 11, 1999 PlayStation JP : February 11, 1999 NA : September 9, 1999 EU : October 27, 1999 AU : October 29, 1999 Windows NA : January 26, 2000 EU : February 18, 2000 JP : March 23, 2000 Remastered NS , PS4 , Windows , Xbox One WW : September 3, 2019 Android , iOS WW : March 24, 2021
- Genre
- Role-playing
- Mode
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Square
- Director
- Yoshinori Kitase
- Composer
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Producer
- Shinji Hashimoto
- Developer
- Square
- Platform
- iOS
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Designed by
- Hiroyuki Ito
- Official website
- ffviiipc.com
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Final Fantasy VIII
- publication date
- 2013-12-05
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- Commons category
- Final Fantasy VIII
- input device
- touchscreen
- media franchise
- Final Fantasy
- character designer
- Tetsuya Nomura
- operating system
- iOS
- language of work or name
- Spanish
- review score
- 79/100
- compatible with
- Steam Deck
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Encyclopedic overview
Final Fantasy VIII is a 1999 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Set on an unnamed fantasy world with science fiction elements, the game follows a group of young mercenaries, led by Squall Leonhart, as they are drawn into a conflict sparked by a sorceress named Edea Kramer who seized control of a powerful military state. During the quest to defeat the sorceress and the forces manipulating her, Squall struggles with his role as leader and develops a romance with one of his comrades, Rinoa Heartilly.
Development began in 1997, during the English localization of Final Fantasy VII. The game builds on the visual changes brought to the series by VII, including the use of 3D graphics and pre-rendered backgrounds, while also departing from many Final Fantasy traditions. It is the first Final Fantasy to use realistically proportioned characters consistently, feature a vocal piece as its theme music and forgo the use of magic points for spellcasting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Final Fantasy VIII” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.