Game Information

Original Release Date: February 11, 1999

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita

Involved Companies: Square, Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Summary: Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional means of boosting a character's power via leveling, although levels are not completely abandoned as they were in Final Fantasy II. In addition, it does not have a Magic Point-based system for spell-casting. Instead, magic is collected, drawn, and created from items, and is used to power up the characters via the junction system.