Разработчик: Square Enix
Описание
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.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (32/64-bit)
- Processor: 1Core CPU 2GHz or faster
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible card
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated sound chip or more
- OS *: Microsoft Windows Vista/7/8 (32/64-bit)
- Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU 3GHz or faster
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or faster
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated sound chip or more
Отзывы пользователей
This game does not work with a controller in 2025
One of the best JRPG's ever made, after FFVII. Hoping for an eventual remake and a comeback of Triple Triad.
One of my favorite Final Fantasy games. Still good.
Final Fantasy 8 is my 2nd favourite final fantasy, after 6, and I have fond memories of playing it during my teens. I just wanted to revisit and have some nostalgia and with the mods current on the marketplace it was a good time to revisit for something slightly different. Laguna's involvement in the story is peak fun and i've left a save in Winhill with Kiros for some explorative fun!
This is the Final Fantasy that I love the most. The Junction system is really great. I love the Guardian Forces. There are a ton tp find and enjoy. Drawing Magic is great too.
The original game is great, this port is not good, mostly the midi music, and in the map you will find annoying that the UV mapping are screwed and the shadow of the character are screwed too (because 8bit pallete is not supported by drivers for some time, but... no fix in this game). I think its a lot better to just use an emulator and run the PS1 version than this. You can improve graphics a lot better in emulators than this bad port does, for example, FSR shader on retroarch improves the PS1 tittle a lot... Not to mention that the controller support are really bad in this port too, if you, like me, don't like to waste time, you'll need to import something on the steam controller config to make your controller work with this. Maybe it would be better to buy the remastered version than this really crappy port...
they make you sign in to play an offline game and the controller I've used for other final fantasy games doesn't work.
nostalgia hits hard as you relive Squall’s journey
10/10 MUSIC
This is one of the games I played when I was a kid. When I got back to playing it again to clear all achievement after buying it for a long time until now there has a remastered version. It didn't take me long time to finish the game, but more than half of the time I spent clearing the game was spent on getting a single achievement. I think it's brutal me to have to kill 10,000 monsters. Even though I was able to finish the game with killing less than 500 monsters.
If anyone wants to reminisce about this childhood game, I think it's very fun. But I recommend playing the remastered version. The graphics are more beautiful and it's not as difficult to get all achievements as the original version unless you want to challenge the 10,000 kills achievements.
Hard to recommend to casual players, only play if you are a fan of the final fantasy series and would like to experience every game in the franchise. The story wasn't bad, but the execution leaves too much to be desired. The battle system is VERY unique (levels of FFII uniqueness) which can be extremely tedious to study and work around without a proper guide.
Another good but flawed game. bit of a rough port, but some simple mods can fix it.
Excellent game, also childhood memories.
I have mixed feelings about this game.
Some people love it so much, but this game really aged poorly in my opinion.
It feels like Square told a team of movie producers to make a game, so they came up with this
beautiful game ( at that time ) with great cinematic but poor game design choices.
Strange mechanics where u need to farm magic and the enemy levels up with u, making leveling up meaningless. Near the end of the game, I found myself in a situation where i did not own enough magic to progress ( cause i was trying to end the game quickly ) but were not able to get out of the final dungeon.
The "optional" GFs end up being actually necessary to move on with main story a lot easier.
I missed 1 GF that would have made my life a lot easier against 2 bosses close to the final boss,
because i just wanted to end the game quickly, didn't like it enough to justify spending time looking for it.
I kept checking 4 different guides because I didn't know what to do or where to go.
The story was ok, although i feel like it rips off some story from FF4.
But as a game, for me it fails.
A sick nasty collectible card game that even comes with an RPG
Great game as always but I hope the person who thought "Let's put a kill 10000 enemies achievement" on a videogame that literally wants you to avoid combat was fired.
My first FF and always be my fav.
Those people who find Junction and GF systems difficult, that's their skill issue. Literally you can be very OP even on early game. Just freaking farming magics and cards. Instead killing your enemies, turn them into cards using Quezacotl Card ability. Mod and Refine them, and then BAM you got yourself 100 Tornados (STR-Junc), Meltdowns (Vit-Junc), Regens (HP-Junc), Lifes, Curagas etc etc before Dollet mission. Put them on your Junction and you'll be amazed on how OP you're. You don't want to use GF in the battles because they're kinda weak. Instead, you want to use normal attack or LB. Keep your party levels under 20, then you just need a few hits to kill bosses. Oh have I mention that you can get Squall's and Selphie's strongest weapon on Disc 1? That's how easy this game is
Loved this game since the release on Ps1.
Classic FF! Hard to beat the OG characters and amazing story.
Final Fantasy VIII is a very difficult game to recommend since I can’t really put my finger on what it tries to do even after playing it twice, one of them being a completionist run. Subjectively speaking, it’s a mess. Let me start with its gameplay aspects. The whole game revolves around the Guardian Forces (GF) and the Junction System which a lot of people find very difficult to deal with. Since the whole game revolves around them, leveling up doesn’t make you stronger. Instead, it punishes you by scaling enemies to your level. In order to overcome your enemies, you’ll need some strong magic to junction to your stats and your GFs should learn the necessary junction abilities for that to happen. To teach them the new abilities, you’ll need to engage in battles and gain AP, only then you will be able to raise your strength, HP, or other stats. I could spend hours explaining the whole junction system to you, but we all know that it’d be a waste of time. Now another important part: Magic. None of your characters have MP that depletes upon magic usage, instead you “draw” magic from enemies and stock them. You can draw all kinds of magic as many as you’d like, you can even cast them on your enemies without having to stock them. Some bosses also hold new GFs for you to draw, so be sure to keep an eye out for them if you ever decide to go through this madness. As I’ve said before, GFs are very important but not only because they are used to junction magic to your stats, they are also used as summons to destroy your enemies and some of them have ridiculously long animations that you’ll need to sit through over and over again until you can get a strong magic to junction to your STR. And no, there’s no limit as to how many times you can use them in battle. Alternatively, you can use Limit Breaks that trigger upon low HP.
That about sums up the whole gameplay gimmick of FFVIII, but the real problem is the fact that it’s a completionist’s nightmare. I mean, I’ve gone through Final Fantasy VII, and I never had any problems with it when it came to the stuff I needed to do to attain a 100% completion rate. In that regard, FFVIII is horrible. There’s just way too much stuff to collect, many GFs to draw, and the amount of grinding needed for one specific achievement is just insane. Now I know I sound cliché when I compare it to VII, but come on, VIII looks better, its cutscenes are definitely much better, but it lacks everything that VII had and successfully pulled off. It didn’t have Triple Triad, VIII gets a huge point there, but it still isn’t enough to justify its questionable story and gameplay gimmicks. There’s also a separate mini-game called Chocobo World that you can play to find items that you can use. It was originally released only in Japan because it was played on Pocket Station and as you all know, it was a Japan-exclusive accessory for the PSX. And yes, you’ll need to do some grinding in Chocobo World if you want 100%. Funny enough, I had more fun playing Chocobo World than VIII itself mostly because I didn’t have to worry about many things in there.
Now, let’s talk about the story. I don’t even know where to start there. It’s full of inconsistencies, ridiculous plot twists (yes, I’m talking about that orphanage twist), and a dull main character: Squall. Squall is an extremely introverted and edgy guy who is a student in Balamb Garden which Cid and Edea formed. He usually fights Seifer, who happens to be the opposite of Squall. They introduce him as a grey character which makes him quite interesting, but later, they turn him into a simple villain without any depth and his only purpose becomes serving the Sorceress. The Sorceress also changes a few times throughout the story and at some point, you feel like they simply improvised the whole thing as they developed the game and they ended up with this mess of a story that heavily relies on fan theories to be justified. There’s also Laguna who I believe is the real protagonist of the game. He’s a cheerful guy unlike Squall and he’s way more relatable. The romance between Squall and Rinoa is… irritating mostly due to the fact that Squall’s questionable behavior, but it’s alright I guess.
However, unlike VII, none of the characters’ backstories are being explored and that is probably because of the ridiculous orphanage twist. I don’t even want to talk about it, it’s just bad. Very, very bad. Another point that bothered me about the story was how none of the important events such as NORG and Squall’s injury were mentioned ever again. Why? Why would you include them in the story if you’re not going to develop something upon them? Finally, the ending… Oh man, the ending… I actually love it. The whole time compression incident, Squall being stuck in there for a bit, then returning to Rinoa and his friends like nothing happened. Yeah, it’s quite interesting actually but only if it’s supported by crazy fan theories such as “Squall is Dead”. Hey, maybe I didn’t get it. Perhaps the ending was left to the player’s interpretation which is a good thing, but I can’t really turn a blind eye to all those inconsistencies in the story. I’d like to think of Final Fantasy VIII as a failed experiment and it’s a shame. It could’ve been a masterpiece, the potential was there, but it’s ruined by questionable writing and tedious gameplay mechanics.
TL;DR
An experimental entry to the Final Fantasy series that does almost everything wrong and tedious. The gameplay gimmicks such as GFs and Junction System could be complicated for newcomers, but they are not bad once you learn how they work. However, the story is very inconsistent, therefore; it heavily relies on fan theories to be justified. The only redeeming quality of it could be the soundtrack and the card game Triple Triad. Keep in mind that many people are blinded by nostalgia and they prefer to turn a blind eye to its critical faults, thus they praise it a lot, but in reality, it’s one of the weakest entries to the franchise. At least for me.
A real good game in the Final Fantasy game
I admit it is the weakest of the 3 PS1 games put is still worth a play
We have speed booster but no of course we won't let you speed through the startup.
Terrible controller "support" working only in the First screen, and of course steam's horrible input that still registers controllers even when disabled causing it to clash with the must have joystick mapper to even try and play this.
Why are you showing me the controls every time I start? Why tell me flashing lights are dangerous every time I start? Why can't I turn these off?
If you're not playing this solely for the ragnarok mod like I am, get it on an emulator and never look back. Steam practices at its finest.
Edit: And just when you thought it couldn't get worse;
ACHIEVEMENT SYNCED WITH SERVER.
ACHIEVEMENT SYNCED WITH SERVER.
ACHIEVEMENT SYNCED WITH SERVER.
ACHIEVEMENT SYNCED WITH SERVER.
classic love it since it came out on ps1
This is the worst Final Fantasy in the franchise. Not sure what the developers were thinking. I mean making 7 great hits back to back was maybe to much success for them. They took a risk and tried doing something new and it fell through the floor hard. Combat has been place with a thing called the junction system.You can only have 3 options of commands on your list so you might have to sacrifice the ability to use items to use attack or junction or summon. However your character do not matter because they game wants you to spam summon due to its over power nature. HOWEVER this whole game scales to your level so the best strategy to beat this game is to not fight in combat but to run away. There is no point to level up. There is no point in playing the game and the new system it tries to shove down you throat. So is the story good? Leon is bland and edgy the whole game. The romance in this story falls flat because there no time to develop any of the characters. Things just happen and your expected to just role with the punches. Also this game has a bad plot of time travel + amnesia. The original ps1 game is the worse looking FF game on the system and sounds gross. The world is empty and dull with nothing to explore. No love or care was put in this game , so why should I care. FF7 and FF9 had so much poured into them. This is like a really bad romance novel you find at book store thinking it might make you blush or have some type of emotions. The only thing worth of note is how dam hard the 4 phase final boss is. Not a fun fight at all. If your playing through all the FF games like I am. Play this one last so you don’t get a bad taste in your mouth. Let this game float in the vacuum of space. 1/10
pls remake this game
SELPHIE. 10/10 <3
This was okay. Its a higher definition of the same game but, I suppose there's a few things:
I didn't like that during battles, the user interface isn't 60 FPS, like in the original PS1 release, or over emulation.
-It flickers much slower like I'm playing on a ♥♥♥♥ Pentium or something
-This only happens during battles, its a minor thing but to me, it makes a huge difference because.. Final Fantasy lol
I did like that there's better functions for overall game-play
+Fast forward button, because loading in for fighting takes forever
+Better textures in-game overall
Cool coming-of-age FF, wild story, grinding can actually be a bit bad.
I'd say try it out if you've never played it and are interested.
I tried playing this and processed a return. Man, this era of gaming is rough. I just couldn't. I hope when they are finished with tenth intergarde FF7 thing, they do FF8 and make it playable to modern sensibilities.
Started playing the Final Fantasy Series in April and I gotta say, this series is by far a masterpiece. I've been living under a rock and I decided to play a lot more games for the first time. Tons of memorable parts and cut-scenes, I see why people love this Series so much!
this is a good game
noice
Game pace to slow for modern days
Every complaint I've ever heard about this game has stemmed from one of two things. First, it's that "it's not Final Fantasy VII" from Cloud fanboys with no taste, and second that "Drawing magic is stupid." To the people who say the first, I say you're right, and thank goodness for that. To the second, I say that you're playing the game wrong.
The only times you need to use Draw are to grab the handful of GFs from bosses, or if you run across a particularly rare magic from a Draw Point in the world. Outside of that, you should be using a combination of the Card ability and GF refinement to get your magic. I find that the most critical people of the game genuinely don't understand its mechanics because the game doesn't hold your hand or give you pretty colored rocks to play with like they do in VII, and it expects that you experiment and encourages you to break its systems.
The game has a competent story (yes, even including the time compression,) relatable characters, and one of the best designs for mechanics and systems across the whole franchise that encourages freedom and doesn't pigeonhole you into useless stats and narrow builds like so many mediocre JRPGs.
Ben Starr said it best: "Final Fantasy VIII is and always has been an S-tier Final Fantasy game."
Anything is good about this game
My 1st Final Fantasy game
Worth a run through if you havnt played it.
Triple Triad is harder than Omega Weapon.
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
If the save file is lost, just restart PC and it should be there again that
happened to me a few times.
A classic, underrated because in between FFVII and FFIX - which stories are among the best FF's.
Its level up system might be weird as it detaches from the normal leveling up (monsters kind of level up along with your characters, so it is counter intuitive as you progress), but mechanics of collecting magic (draw) from mobs altogether with teaching new abilities/stats/etc to your summons in order to power up your fighters is still original in a good way to this day - hence underrated - same goes with how you gather money, by completing missions as a member of --- .
The main mini game is also a manner of improving your stats, it is linked to the combat system more than other FFs in my opinion.
Great game with an interesting story which combines school life, card games, magics and high technologies, and 2-generations of love stories. Many touching moments and humanity reflection, and one of the best game musics.
This was a goodish game when it came out, but in the year of our lord 2024 it is no longer acceptable. It needs some QOL updates desperately to make it worth even paying a few dollars for. Before I bash this, please understand that the Music is GREAT and Laguna is best boy and the game should have been all about him instead of Emo McEmoFace.
Basic stuff overview, FF8 has a plot that's more weird than good. Characters are fairly one-note but not bad...mostly. Combat is basic mostly but has some interesting stuff. The world building is extensive but feels overdone and far too easy to misunderstand.
Not recommended because system updates are needed (saving takes more than a second and you can't even differentiate sound effect vs music volume bars), enemies level scaling up with your level has always been and will always be a stupid mechanic, and the GF system is an overcomplicated mess.
It's one of the best
Some of the systems are a bit wonky, but the story is good and it's overall a very fun game
My first final fantasy and my favorite game, 10/10 would Triple Triad again, biased review.
Couldn't really say much about the game itself because I really didn't make it that far. The game has issues with controller input that requires 3rd party software to work correctly. I'd just rather not play the game tbh. I tried going through with a keyboard but the key configuration is one of the worst control schemes i've ever tried. The icing on the cake is the terrible launcher that doesn't seem able to be turned off or disabled without specific modding. The launcher doesn't close automatically when you exit the game so it'll run all night if you don't catch it. I probably put 8-10 hours into this game but now I have to see it sitting at the top of my most played list because I tried it on a Friday night. If you want to get this game, get it on a console
a truly masterpiece!!!
Good Stuff. Several hundred hours on playstation. Decent but not great port to PC.
best FF
Game has an intriguing story with characters that you want to succeed. I have played this many time over on the original release, and being able to enjoy it again in a more portable form has been top tier.
I do recommend this game even if it has some issues. I've owned it on every platform it has released on.
First, lets talk about the positives:
-The monsters level as you do so leveling your characters/summons is easy. This can be a catch 22 though as every area you enter has the potential to kill you if you are not paying attention. Towards the ends of the games there are very dangerous areas you can wander into!
-Triple Triad. A great way to kill some time, gain special items, and gain higher level magic early on.
-GF/Junctioning can be hit or miss. I like how the summons gain levels and learn certain traits that your characters then equip. However, it relies heavily on you building a relationship with your summons which are far weaker than what they have previously been in other Final Fantasy games. Be sure you pay attention to what GFs offer and who would most benefit from equipping them. There are several helpful guides out there to get the most out of the summons.
Some negatives:
- Upgrading your weapons can be clunky and you have to rely on searching and finding the correct magazines.
- Money is practically useless in this game which makes the SeeD ranking/testing silly IMO.
- The story can be very convoluted and if you miss talking to a certain person, you can miss out on the information you need to tie it all together. (TALK TO EVERYONE DURING MAIN SCENES).
Still a fun game that I've played through several times and enjoy it more every time I do! Have fun.
The gameplay is the only reason needed to give this game a shot, but the storyline keeps you around. The junction system seems complicated at first glance, but when you dive into junctioning status effects and elemental magic, it becomes one of the most fun mechanisms in any Final Fantasy game. There are a ton of side quests to complete, a card game, additional GFs to hunt down and a lot of fun limit breaks.
I came for the final fantasy, but I stayed for the gambling addiction associated with Triple Triad xD
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Square Enix |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 85% положительных (4499) |