Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

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5.8

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  2. Mixed: 7 out of 60
  3. Negative: 23 out of 60

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  1. targos
    Sep 4, 2019
    0
    Не тратьте на это свои деньги и нервы. Square Enix навалила огромную вонючую кучу в души своим фанатам. Не поддерживайте деньгами это свинство. 0/10 и рефанд.
  2. TreeGekko
    Sep 4, 2019
    0
    This looks god awful. I know they lost the original source code for the game but really they couldnt have an artist to draw new back grounds? Remodelled the assets? I mean this is just a remaster but activision darth sidius of the gaming industry literally remade and not just remastered spyro. Why cant square do that. It wouldnt have been that expense even if they just remade parts of ff8.This looks god awful. I know they lost the original source code for the game but really they couldnt have an artist to draw new back grounds? Remodelled the assets? I mean this is just a remaster but activision darth sidius of the gaming industry literally remade and not just remastered spyro. Why cant square do that. It wouldnt have been that expense even if they just remade parts of ff8. Fans literally have done better jobs with mods and we should applaud them more than this garbage that squarw has fartes out. Any modders reading this i just want to say you guys are amazing. To the square devs i feel your shame but the people to blame are your managers not you.… Expand
  3. DishBish
    Sep 6, 2019
    0
    absolutely a joke, there are graphics mods that do better than this remastered, what were they thinking when they release this horrible so-called "remaster"
  4. BigBossManXXXX
    Sep 13, 2019
    4
    Having played the game for like 10 hours and helped others how to fix the black bars resolution problem, things started to go down hill pretty fast. At first i thought i was in the clear and pretty much enjoying myself, when suddenly "unexpected exception" errors occurred causing the game to crash to desktop. Usually it helps to reload but only 10 minutes further in the game will crashHaving played the game for like 10 hours and helped others how to fix the black bars resolution problem, things started to go down hill pretty fast. At first i thought i was in the clear and pretty much enjoying myself, when suddenly "unexpected exception" errors occurred causing the game to crash to desktop. Usually it helps to reload but only 10 minutes further in the game will crash again, and again.. For those wondering how to remove the black bars. Just set the ingame resolution to >1280x960< instead of 1920x1080 and above..
    So, i had to thumb it down on Steam afterwards which pretty sucks being a long time gamer and fan of the series.
    Hopefully someone (if not Square Enix) will be able to patch where most needed, because playing the game in this state is just not worth it for me personally.. A shame really...    … Expand
  5. Gattsu
    Sep 7, 2019
    10
    To the game's defense, i can only say that it looks and sounds absolutely the same, which is still delightful and still a little sad at the same time.
    The cheats system propels you into battles and a new game cruise just for the heck of it without any further annoyances (must be my 20'th playthrough in history).
    The 3x action button makes it easy to run faster through places, and it's    To the game's defense, i can only say that it looks and sounds absolutely the same, which is still delightful and still a little sad at the same time.
    The cheats system propels you into battles and a new game cruise just for the heck of it without any further annoyances (must be my 20'th playthrough in history).
    The 3x action button makes it easy to run faster through places, and it's great.

    So i cannot simply say it's junk like the haters leaving bad marks here. I really have no clue what runs through their mind when they tag a 0 to this masterpiece. Their life must be frighteningly dark.

    But i digress, this amazing game needs a complete overhaul, new cinematics, enhanced action and extended adventure. I would LOVE a remake.

    God bless,
    H    … Expand
  6. Zer0TheHer0
    Sep 5, 2019
    0
    half-assed job. terrible "remaster". this is a disgrace on what was once a magnificent game.
  7. Elthan
    Sep 3, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se nota que no ha sido una buena remasterizacion, el tiempo le pasó la cuenta . Sólo para nostálgicos y fanáticos… Expand
  8. Vasot
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    Bad port and a garbage game title. Gameplay is atrocious (especially with the keyboard) the environments look blurry and the character GUI is poorly designed. Only good about this game are the characters but in general this is an awful RPG attempt. What a waste of money
  9. JRice
    Nov 17, 2021
    6
    After the amazing SNES games, FFVIII plays incredibly clunky, and features strange mechanics and terrible level design.
    Also, the graphics didnt age well, and the blurry backgrounds dont fit the new character models.

    This is, with wide range, my least favourite FF of all SNES and PS1 titles...
  10. alexvl
    Oct 18, 2021
    0
    худший ремастер, что я когда-либо видел. подтянули 3д-модельки в игре... в которой 95% визуала состоит из нарисованных задников и назвали это ремастером. мда. что ж, подтянутые модельки выглядят шикарно на мыльных древних задниках, ага...
    а еще русского языка нет. почему японские девелоперы так не любят делать русскую локализацию?    худший ремастер, что я когда-либо видел. подтянули 3д-модельки в игре... в которой 95% визуала состоит из нарисованных задников и назвали это ремастером. мда. что ж, подтянутые модельки выглядят шикарно на мыльных древних задниках, ага...
    а еще русского языка нет. почему японские девелоперы так не любят делать русскую локализацию?
  11. Moriquendi
    Apr 30, 2022
    0
    Creo que Final Fantasy 8 fue el primer juego que me pase de niño y ni que decir tiene que es mi favorito, me duele mucho ver como a día de hoy lo han prostituido tan barato con un Port lamentable como si un artista contemporáneo puliera su obras con un cubo de eces.
  12. VendonJura
    May 8, 2020
    0
    I love Final Fantasy 8 and ofcourse I was silliy enough to pre-order this game for PC and PS4. This game is a joke and not a remaster. It is the worst Remaster I have ever played. Yes the character looks upgraded but all the rest is downgraded graphicaly. Everything is so blurry that it hurts my eyes to play the game. I have tested it around 20 minutes and have refunded it. The worstI love Final Fantasy 8 and ofcourse I was silliy enough to pre-order this game for PC and PS4. This game is a joke and not a remaster. It is the worst Remaster I have ever played. Yes the character looks upgraded but all the rest is downgraded graphicaly. Everything is so blurry that it hurts my eyes to play the game. I have tested it around 20 minutes and have refunded it. The worst problem in the PS4 version is that you don't have the option to turn down the volume of music etc. It is just TO LOUD. Srsly I've written a review about the same issue in Star Ocean 3 Remaster where it was the same problem and what does SE do? The same stupid thing again. Srlsly this is just an horrible fail of the legendary FF8. Even some parts in the PS1 version looks better than this blurry mess.

    Do not buy this game. It should have been a DLC not a fully new game. Only better Character graphics and all the rest is even worse.

    Also not to forget the game is even CENSORED. Yes you read it correctly, SE has censored the game. Siren has been censored but not the GF Card itself.

    Oh and not to forget about cheat system they have put in to the game. If you want to cheat like you have done on your ps1 then forget about it. If you want to earn achievements, then you wont be able to get them as soon as you start cheating. Only 3x speed are ok to use but everything else will disable your achievements. Yeah it is a single player game sure but what ever, I have purchased the game and I want to do with the game what ever I want to just like in the stone age times where you even could purchase cheating CD's. I just write this cheating thingy for people who likes to cheat in their games. I would only use the 3x game speed boost and it would be more than enough for me just to play the game in tripple speed but it might be good to know for people who would like to use more than only 3x speed.

    PS: Just get the 2013 version and mod it, it'll look much much better than this mess and it's even free. The words about modder being the real devs become more and more true.    … Expand
  13. Visitbr
    Aug 31, 2023
    9
    esse remaster não é muito bem feito, existe sim certas diferenças para o de ps1, porém são poucas diferenças e fica com bordas pretas nas laterais, mas o game em sí é fantastico, a história é perfeita, os personagens são profundos e muito bem desenvolvidos, os temas abordos na história são bem feitos ,o sistema de gameplay e combate é complexo demais, mas é muito bom
  14. AortaPlatinum
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Shockingly horrible port

    I've never played FFVIII before, I legitimately thought it was supposed to run like this. Then, when I got to the first save point, out of curiosity, I checked out some YouTube footage and- my GOD. Square is so awful at making ports. This runs at about 20-25fps at the lowest resolution on hardware that runs modern games at medium settings no problem. The    Shockingly horrible port

    I've never played FFVIII before, I legitimately thought it was supposed to run like this. Then, when I got to the first save point, out of curiosity, I checked out some YouTube footage and- my GOD. Square is so awful at making ports.
    This runs at about 20-25fps at the lowest resolution on hardware that runs modern games at medium settings no problem. The pre-rendered backgrounds haven't been upscaled at all, instead just lazily blurred. At the same time, the game runs at about 70% speed, making it pretty much unplayable even as an FF8 virgin like me. Control is 8-directional only, no analog at all-... and this is after a Win10 update broke the game WAAAAY back in May 2020, I can't imagine how horribly that version runs. Also, this is the only game I've ever seen that requires you to alt+F4 to close it. There's no option in-game to actually exit. The best part is that this is the ONLY game I've ever seen on Game Pass that users can't post a review for, SE KNOWS how much it sucks, which is why I'm reviewing it here. How do you screw up this bad?
    Even if you have Game Pass, don't waste your time on the tiny download, literally any other release of the game is superior based on my own research, and don't even THINK about actually spending money on this and supporting god-awful ports like this.    … Expand
  15. delaware80
    Mar 10, 2021
    2
    The story has a lot of potential and unfortunately it was not used to create a remake.
    The battle system of its predecessor FF 7 (original one) is much better.
    FF VIII "Remastered" is on the low-end of the FF Franchise.
  16. albericegames
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Jogo praticamente beira a perfeição!
    Merece levar nota 10 em todas plataformas
    Nesse game você tem vontade de saber da vida de todos personagem, sendo mundo aberto a partir de um tempo podendo explorar onde você quiser.
  17. Proof23RU
    Mar 30, 2022
    8
    Игра моего детства! Люблю серию фф и фф8 моя любимая. Классный сюжет , запоминающиеся персонажи. Единственное что бы я исправил это высасывание магии, было бы здорово если бы она высасывалась разом на 99 и исключала бы часовые высасывания до середины игрыИгра моего детства! Люблю серию фф и фф8 моя любимая. Классный сюжет , запоминающиеся персонажи. Единственное что бы я исправил это высасывание магии, было бы здорово если бы она высасывалась разом на 99 и исключала бы часовые высасывания до середины игры
  18. LastResource
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this eighth game in the series.
  19. GerKeba
    Jun 24, 2023
    9
    One of the best games in history. The remaster is fine but it is sad that there was no better upscaling of the pre rendered backgrounds. (Mods help you with that though)
  20. alexnikolov667
    Aug 19, 2023
    8
    DO NOT GET ODIN UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT POSSIBLE. Also do minimal levelling until you get all GFs and status-up abilities. You can turn off random encounters with F2

    ---{ Story }--- Child soldiers save the world from a time travelling sorceress, and on the way, discover the power of friendship and love. The storytelling is a little choppy, i feel like the localisation wasn't the best,    DO NOT GET ODIN UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT POSSIBLE. Also do minimal levelling until you get all GFs and status-up abilities. You can turn off random encounters with F2

    ---{ Story }---
    Child soldiers save the world from a time travelling sorceress, and on the way, discover the power of friendship and love.
    The storytelling is a little choppy, i feel like the localisation wasn't the best, but i still really enjoyed it. So, off the bat, using child soldiers to perform a political assassination, not the best subplot ever, but everything involving time-compression and the Lunatic Pandora is just so weird and awesome. Reminds me of weird mid 90s anime.

    ---{ Gameplay }---
    Battles in this game, the setting up and forming strategies is very fun. There are also moments when it's really frustrating. There is a very steep learning curve, and there's a lot of trial and error. There are some mini-games which have not aged well. My only real gripes are that fades between scenes should have been shortened for this remaster, even with the speed boost they add up, and angles in some locations are so weird that it makes moving in the right direction completely un-intuitive.

    ---{ Graphics }---
    Dated as heck. The updated character sprites look ok, but they really do make everything else look worse by comparison. The art style and design is so beautiful though.

    ---{ Audio }---
    Very late 90s vibes, but it's great. The sound effects are really creative and complement the action nicely. The music in this game is phenomenal. More jazz/funk influence than previous FFs.

    ---{ Difficulty }---
    It's all very do-able if you play correctly. If you don't play correctly, you'll be in for a world of frustration.

    ---{ Grind }---
    It's a JRPG, so... yep. Mostly grinding for magic, and items, or you can grind Triad and refine it into items. Either way there's grinding.

    ---{ Bugs }---
    One bug in the entire playthrough. A character got stuck on a chair in Esthar and i had to reset.

    ---{ PC Requirements }---
    Max settings on an i5-9600K and an RTX 2070 = constant 60fps.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    The game has some issues, but it is still a high-quality title for all JRPG fans. The remaster would deserve much more care, but its base works and it doesn’t make things unnecessarily difficult for you. [Issue#299]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Dec 16, 2019
    60
    Final Fantasy 8 did not age well, and I would not recommend it as an introduction into JRPGs, but it does offer an interesting introspective at the history of this genre. Unfortunately, the remaster is quite shoddy, and there is no better official version than this.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 16, 2019
    85
    This remaster hits a few major points when it comes to refreshing an old game. But blurry, upscaled backgrounds and a missed opportunity to go from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio, leave much to desire here. Yet, it is still as great game as it ever was. It's just easier to see it, this time around.
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