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crystal It is a time of war. Garbadia, a Global Superpower, declares war on Dole, a neighbouring country. In Dole, the training academy of Garden is home to two personalities - the ambitious but hot-headed Seifer and the serious 'lone wolf', Squall Leonhart - both equally at conflict with each other as their own country is with Garbadia. To others, Squall appears aloof and lacking in team spirit, whilst Seifer, a born soldier, lacks the discipline and self-control that is so evident in his rival.

However, a chance encounter with the free-spirited Rinoa Heartilly turns Squall's universe upside down; having thrived on discipline, Squall finds Rinoa's carefree attitude fascinating. He also begins to have dreams in which he is Laguna Loire, a soldier from the Garbadian army. In time he will discover that the fate of both himself and the figure in his dreams are inexorably linked.

Meanwhile, a manipulative sorceress continues to guide the hands of the most powerful men in Garbadia. Squall and Seifer are forced to work side by side in a mission to assassinate the sorceress.

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Reviewer Gilgamesh
Gameplay 8
Graphics 9.5
Music 7
Story 7
Overall 89%
After the success with Final Fantasy 7, Squaresoft had unbelievable high expectations on themselves when they released the sequal, Final Fantasy 8. Everything had to be perfect and Squares goal was to make even the graphics as realistic as possible so they could get better then FF7īs wonderful fantasy based without repeating themselves. But somewhere on the road to the perfect game something got terrible wrong. Squaresoft had focused way to much on graphics and to make the game look new and fresh, they had all forgotten that it is gameplay, music, a understandable and good storyline and characters that make a good RPG, not graphics. But donīt get me wrong, the game do have much to offer and some scenes of it are remarkable well produced and directed. Yes directed, Square has started to be more like movie producers than a videogame company, many scenes from the game could be directly copied from a action or love movie and the fantasy and magic touch of the other FF-games can only be seen at a few moments in the game.

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Release Dates

  American Release Date - 09/07/1999
  Japan Release Date - 02/11/1999
  Europe Release Date - 09/29/2000

Game Details

Game Title Final Fantasy VIII
Publisher Square (JP), Square EA (USA)
Developer Square
Media Type CD (4 Discs)
Platform Playstation
Also Available On PC















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Junction System - Learn about the customizable way of modifying your character's stats.

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arrowCharacters
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Release Dates
Game Console PSX
 09-09-1999 (US)
 02-11-1999 (JP)
 10-27-1999 (EU)
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