Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

 PlayStation 4
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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 178 Ratings

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  1. evinho
    Sep 3, 2019
    0
    FF 8 censured in the west, dont buy
    Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    **** Square Enix
  2. Lifthrasil
    Sep 5, 2019
    2
    This rating is not based on Final Fantasy VIII itself, but rather on the remastered part and this feels like the laziest remaster I have ever seen.

    The updated models look great, but clash with the low Res models of non important NPC's and the environment they interact with. It is also stuck in 4:3 aspect ratio and not in 16:9 I am very disappointed in this "remaster" and would prefer    This rating is not based on Final Fantasy VIII itself, but rather on the remastered part and this feels like the laziest remaster I have ever seen.

    The updated models look great, but clash with the low Res models of non important NPC's and the environment they interact with.

    It is also stuck in 4:3 aspect ratio and not in 16:9 I am very disappointed in this "remaster" and would prefer the original non remaster    … Expand
  3. 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. I can not understand any streamer talking or other people can not understand me talking just because SE is not smart enough to put a volume trigger into the game don't want to mention about the volume when you are trying to play the game while in ps4 party...... The music is like 5X louder than anything else. Srlsly this is just an horrible fail of the legendary FF8. Even some parts in the PS1 version looks better than this blurry mess.

    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.    … Expand
  4. FidelDima
    Sep 4, 2019
    0
    Что сказать?
    Вот так выглядят лень и жадность.
    Если вы в свое время купили оригинал на ПК за 150р, то для вас это проходняк не тратьте деньги. От оригинала ничем не отличается кроме фигурок персонажей. Локализации нет(даже моды не поддерживаются) У кого нет оригинала(или кто хочет ремастер) ждите скидку в 80-90%. Своих денег она не стоит.    Что сказать?
    Вот так выглядят лень и жадность.
    Если вы в свое время купили оригинал на ПК за 150р, то для вас это проходняк не тратьте деньги.
    От оригинала ничем не отличается кроме фигурок персонажей.
    Локализации нет(даже моды не поддерживаются)
    У кого нет оригинала(или кто хочет ремастер) ждите скидку в 80-90%.
    Своих денег она не стоит.
  5. WillCcosta
    Sep 8, 2019
    0
    as melhorias são extremamente ínfimas tornando a versão PC ou PS1 MELHORES na maioria dos requisitos, a única real melhoria foi nos personagens e inimigos, todo resto ta até igual ou pior, os cenários ficou borrado para "tapear" os problemas, a movimentação ta pior, não tem opção de escolher legendas, os troféus não apresentam desafio algum para platinar pedindo requisitos MÍNIMOS, nãoas melhorias são extremamente ínfimas tornando a versão PC ou PS1 MELHORES na maioria dos requisitos, a única real melhoria foi nos personagens e inimigos, todo resto ta até igual ou pior, os cenários ficou borrado para "tapear" os problemas, a movimentação ta pior, não tem opção de escolher legendas, os troféus não apresentam desafio algum para platinar pedindo requisitos MÍNIMOS, não sendo necessário coletar itens avançados, evoluir, e etc, os requisitos é praticamente zerar, liberar algo obrigatório ou participar de algo um vez e etc.

    Alem de que o jogo é por si só e raso se comparado a outros FF onde se destaca mais a trilha sonora e os CGs, todo resto é reciclado de forma medíocre de FF7 para tentar pegar carona no sucesso.

    É um jogo que vale a pena pegar pela nostalgia (para quem jogou no ps1 e gostou, e grande maioria gostou não por ser um bom jogo mas pela "novidade" da época), ou para ter o gostinho de ter jogado todos os FF lançados.    … Expand
  6. Gizilq
    Sep 4, 2019
    4
    Ужасный ремастер. Это даже скорее порт.
    1. Просадки ФПС из-за того что грузит только один поток. Причем что там может так жрать, непонятно.
    2. Задники перерисовали не везде и много осталось оригинальных с ПС1. На широкоформатном мониторе выглядит как пипец. 3. Текстурки тоже сменили далеко не везде. Я бы даже сказал мало где сменили. Так что ситуации, когда ваши "причесанные" герои    Ужасный ремастер. Это даже скорее порт.
    1. Просадки ФПС из-за того что грузит только один поток. Причем что там может так жрать, непонятно.
    2. Задники перерисовали не везде и много осталось оригинальных с ПС1. На широкоформатном мониторе выглядит как пипец.
    3. Текстурки тоже сменили далеко не везде. Я бы даже сказал мало где сменили. Так что ситуации, когда ваши "причесанные" герои общаются с гребенчатым и угловатым нечто, вполне обыденны. Очень вырвиглазный контраст.
    4. 4:3.
    5. Бои в 360р.
    Так цинично по губам сквары своим фанатам еще не водили.    … Expand
  7. SplitMind
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    FF8 was always going to be in the shadow of the seminal FF7, and it seems the developers were well aware of this, as they either got carried away with the success or just thought “screw it, this will do” and let the series take a strategic nosedive to allow FF9 the success it found.

    Usually the graphics are the area of my least interest, however as a remaster I am very curious. Some    FF8 was always going to be in the shadow of the seminal FF7, and it seems the developers were well aware of this, as they either got carried away with the success or just thought “screw it, this will do” and let the series take a strategic nosedive to allow FF9 the success it found.

    Usually the graphics are the area of my least interest, however as a remaster I am very curious. Some textures and models definitely benefit from this. However I found these massively let down by the pre-rendered backgrounds, the same ones that used to perform so well but now look silly when contrasted with the characters walking around in them. It comes across as more of a port with a slight polish, which is what most remasters end up being anyway. The graphics are a nice air of nostalgia but don’t really hold up.

    For a Final Fantasy, the story didn’t compel me very much. Granted, I lasted about 10 hours into this game, but that’s plenty of time for a story to be communicated with some purpose and with some likeable characters. I eventually patched together that a sorceress had captured a leader, sparking an elaborate rescue mission, but by this point the gameplay was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    FF8’s gameplay is likely its most divisive element, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a hodge=podge of real-time vs turn-based mechanics. The result of this is the worst of both worlds. It’s both a maddening wait for a character’s turn but also a blink of an eye expected of you to have enacted your choices, as the AI opponents have no such cognitive demands in having to consider options. What I ended up discovering was that I could use GFs endlessly for larger damage to essentially cheese battles, whilst normal attacks dealt paltry double-figure damage. Thank God for the option of speeding up gameplay, probably the best element added in this remaster.

    Another huge offender for me was simply the lack of direction in the game. I mean this literally, as most times the game will tell you your destination, but not how to get there, and sometimes it won’t even tell you that much. Many times early in the game I serendipitously wandered to the right location, and the unexplained mini-map doesn’t do much to ameliorate this.

    Let’s cover the one thing I’ve seen in many reviews – the junction system. What a convoluted mess this is. I don’t understand the logic behind it, but it seems to take a PhD to comprehend and implement. There are far too many screens and far too many options that are fiddly rather than creative.

    It seems that they knew FF8 was going to be a hard sell so they got creative, but this is a disaster to me. I was wondering why I had heard so many good things about 7, 9 but not 8. Now I know why. Avoid this.    … Expand
  8. Muffinman252
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    Really Square? Really? You finally decided to make a ff8 "remaster" and you guys end up with this nonsense? And on top of that no physical release either, guess you guys are getting on the bandwagon of selling us the same games over and over through digital means

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Cubed3
    Oct 28, 2019
    70
    Overall, it's not a bad remaster, it's mediocre. The game itself, however, is great. Pick it up.
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  2. Gamer.nl
    Oct 23, 2019
    80
    Improved 3D models and an acceleration option make Final Fantasy 8 Remastered the best way to play the original game again - but that requires you have to like this old, somewhat polarizing game.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Oct 22, 2019
    80
    The remastering has been handled sloppily, and accessibility additions are flawed, but the game underneath still stands proud. A good jumping-on point for new players. [Issue#168, p.87]
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