- Platform
- PlayStation
- Genres
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AdventureCard & Board GameRole-playing (RPG)
- Original Release Year
- 1999
- Developer
- Square Product Development Division 1
- Publisher
- Square, Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Age Rating
- ESRB: T
- Franchise / Series
- Final Fantasy
About the Game
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.