Final Fantasy VIII

 PC
User Score
8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 208 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 180 out of 208
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 208
  3. Negative: 13 out of 208
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  1. augh18
    Apr 9, 2014
    4
    This is a review of the 2013 PC re-release.

    Despite being a decent update to make the game compatible with modern machines, it's a painful reminder of why some good things are better left on the nostalgia shelf. This game was great for its time, but there are too many design decisions that stick out like a sore thumb and make it difficult to enjoy in modern day. Even with the    This is a review of the 2013 PC re-release.

    Despite being a decent update to make the game compatible with modern machines, it's a painful reminder of why some good things are better left on the nostalgia shelf. This game was great for its time, but there are too many design decisions that stick out like a sore thumb and make it difficult to enjoy in modern day.

    Even with the improved 3D models, I would still suggest people who want to relive the FF8 experience find a PSX to play it on, as that's the way it was meant to be played. Even if you patch the PSX music into this game (that's right, SE did not update the re-release to use the much-superior PSX soundtrack), it's still a relic of an age past, and the best way to experience relics is to experience them in their original form. Which is on a PSX, with a PS1 controller, with disc swapping, and memory cards that you save your 40+ hour save files onto and live in fear of them randomly corrupting themselves, requiring you to start all over.

    This is a good attempt by Square-Enix to make even more profit off products they made in a time when making high-quality games seemed to come naturally to them, but the Square that exists is not the Square that made those games. I would much prefer to see them proving that they can *still* make quality games, as opposed to trying to remind everyone of how much better they used to be.    … Expand
  2. Derringer
    Dec 23, 2015
    0
    Please. Please somebody explain to me why is this game considered as a "legendary game" if it is so boring and linear. Nowadays there are even better gameboy rpgs than this one! You dont have so much choice in what to do and when to do it or where to go. You always use the same weapons and the same attacks. I just finish the disc one by the way. So painful, boring and unnecesarily long.Please. Please somebody explain to me why is this game considered as a "legendary game" if it is so boring and linear. Nowadays there are even better gameboy rpgs than this one! You dont have so much choice in what to do and when to do it or where to go. You always use the same weapons and the same attacks. I just finish the disc one by the way. So painful, boring and unnecesarily long. And predictable.… Expand
  3. NeuroShock
    May 30, 2018
    3
    STORY-SPOILER FREE
    This game deserves a score in the range of 7-9 BUT because of a bug that causes a huge amount of lag I have to be honest with PC users & say DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC!!!!!!
    A major bug occurs around only the end part of the game but it was so annoying that I cannot recommend this port. The error occurs when: -> Summoning Eden -> Gilgamesh appearances -> Rinoa's    STORY-SPOILER FREE
    This game deserves a score in the range of 7-9 BUT because of a bug that causes a huge amount of lag I have to be honest with PC users & say DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON PC!!!!!!

    A major bug occurs around only the end part of the game but it was so annoying that I cannot recommend this port. The error occurs when:
    -> Summoning Eden
    -> Gilgamesh appearances
    -> Rinoa's Wishing Star Limit Break
    -> Jumbo Cactaur attack (special move, don't know name)
    -> Multiple occurrences during final battle
    -> Death animation sequence of final boss

    INFO ON BUG & SEMI-FIXES STORY: 10/10
    +I love this story & the more I play this game the more I can see the full story and how everything falls into place. The story is very complex, kiddy in the right places, funny, and engaging.
    +/- Not all the individual characters in the party get major stories but they do all get a chase to shine in the main story.

    Gameplay: 4.8/10
    + Limit breaks are really fun to use and alter the gameplay of different characters
    + Majority of characters are really fun to use and play.
    + Triple Triad Card game is actually really fun! At first, it may look easy but, additional rules make it more complicated later on. I actually played the card game more than I battled.
    + INTERESTING PERSONAL CHALLENGES: You can play the entire game without leveling-up your character. I enjoyed playing the game without leveling-up. It is a lot of fun to build strategies like that.
    -BATTLES: The problem is that after you learn how battles & the junction system works... you can cheeze your way through everything. For example, you can use limit breaks back-to-back in all battles.
    -There is little-to-no strategy for most battles & boss fights. (I only died 1 time at the final boss)
    have to think too hard after you figure things out. It is almost like the game is broken or too easy.
    -WORST PART OF THE GAME: Drawing magic! During battles you draw and stock magic for latter use causing 1 min long battles to last for 10-15 mins
    - ON THE FINAL BOSS YOU CANNOT PICK YOUR OWN PARTY FOR NO REASON. I just wanted to let you know that ... no the game is not broken... it just does that...

    Sound: 10/10

    Graphics: An Old-School 10 / 10
    +Look you are not playing this game for the graphics. They have a charming PS1 pixelated feel.
    - The updated graphics make some of the backrounds look dated. Not really a problem though.    … Expand