Final Fantasy VIII 1999
Developed by Square Product Development Division 1
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Card & Board Game, Fantasy
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. 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 the Forest Owls led by Rinoa Heartilly, an endeavor that escalates into a conflict against the forces led by Sorceress Edea.
Role-playing (RPG)AdventureCard & Board GameFantasyScience fictionOpen worldanimebloodytime travelmagicgrindingminigamesturn-baseddystopiansummoning supportjrpgdeathmilitaryPlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
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Earnest, epic, grave and richly built.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Square Product Development Division 1
- Publisher
- Square, Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix
- Released
- February 11, 1999
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
- Time to beat
- 35 h rushed · 53 h main story · 90 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.6/10 from 523 ratings.
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