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Final Fantasy VIII

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Genres
Role-playing (RPG)AdventureCard & Board Game
Themes
FantasyScience fictionOpen world
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Developer
Square Product Development Division 1
Publishers
Squaresoft, Square, Square Enix, Square Electronic Arts
Release dates
Platform Date
PlayStation October 29, 1999
PlayStation 3 December 24, 2009
PlayStation Portable December 24, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows) December 05, 2013

About

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.

Story

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.

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