Final Fantasy VIII

Aliases: Final Fantasy VIIIФинальная Фантазия 8FINAL FANTASY VIIIFinal Fantasy 8FFVIIIFF8最终幻想8太空戰士 8

Developers: Square Product Development Division 1

Publishers: Square Electronic ArtsSquare EnixSquaresoft

Languages: EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish (Spain)Japanese

Genres: Role-playing (RPG)AdventureCard & Board Game

Themes: FantasyScience fictionOpen world

Game Modes: Single player

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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.