Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered features upgraded character models, enhanced Guardian Forces and improved visual effects while preserving the original game’s story and pre-rendered backgrounds. It includes…
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is an adventure developed by Access Games, released 3 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is an adventure game developed by Access Games and released in 2019. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in a sprawling fantasy, the story follows Squall Leonhart, a reserved and solitary young cadet training at Balamb Garden, an elite military academy that produces mercenary soldiers known as SeeD. When the aggressive Republic of Galbadia launches an invasion of the Dollet Dukedom, Squall and his fellow trainees are dispatched on a perilous live combat mission that doubles as their final exam. Rising to the challenge, Squall earns his place among the ranks of SeeD. Soon after, at his graduation celebration, he meets Rinoa, a spirited young woman whose warmth stands in stark contrast to his cold demeanor. Assigned to aid her resistance group against Galbadian occupation, Squall discovers…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is the 276th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XIV: Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty in 2019. Its critic score of 79 is 2 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered launched on 3 September 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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