Final Fantasy VIII

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.

Developer

Square Product Development Division 1

Publisher

Square EnixSquareSquare Electronic Arts

Genres

RPGAdventureCard & board

Themes

FantasyScience fictionOpen world

Modes

Single-player

Perspectives

Third personIsometric

Age ratings

ESRB T, PEGI 16, CERO B, USK 12, ACB MESRB T · PEGI 16 · CERO B · USK 12 · ACB M