Final Fantasy VIII - Part 4
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Final Fantasy VIII (ファイナルファンタジーVIII) is a role-playing video game, it was developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) as the Final Fantasy series' eighth title, removing magic point-based spell-casting and the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters.
Developer(s): Square Product Development, Division 1
Publisher(s): Square
Director(s): Yoshinori Kitase
Producer(s): Shinji Hashimoto
Designer(s): Yoshinori Kitase, Hiroyuki Ito
Programmer(s): Ken Narita
Artist(s): Yusuke Naora
Writer(s): Kazushige Nojima
Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
Series: Final Fantasy
Platform(s): PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s): PlayStation
[JP] February 11 1999,
[NA] September 9 1999,
[EU] October 27 1999,
[AU] October 29 1999
Microsoft Windows
[NA] January 25 2000,
[EU] February 18 2000,
[JP] March 23 2000,
[WW] December 5 2013 (Steam)
Genre(s): Role-playing
Language: English
Played on PC (Steam Version)
The game follows the story of a group of mercenaries, who are part of an organization named "SeeD". Their main goal in the game is to stop a sorceress from the future (named Ultimecia) from compressing time.
Most of Final Fantasy VIII is set on an unnamed fantasy world with one moon. The game primarily consists of modern elements, but does contain some futuristic elements. The planet comprises five major landmasses, with Esthar, the largest, covering most of the eastern portion of the map. Galbadia, the second-largest continent, lies to the west, and contains many of the game's locations. The northernmost landmass is Trabia, an Arctic region. Positioned roughly in the middle of the world map lies Balamb, the smallest continent, the island on which the game begins. The remaining landmass is small and mostly desolate, riddled with rough, rocky terrain caused by the impact of a "Lunar Cry", an event where monsters from the moon fall to the planet. The southernmost landmass includes an archipelago of broken sections of land that have drifted apart. Islands and marine structures flesh out the rest of the game world, and a handful of off-world locations round out the game's playable areas.
The six primary protagonists of Final Fantasy VIII are: Squall Leonhart, a loner who keeps his focus on his duty to avoid vulnerability; Rinoa Heartilly, an outspoken and passionate young woman who follows her heart in all situations; Quistis Trepe, an instructor with a serious, patient attitude; Zell Dincht, a martial artist with a passion for hot dogs; Selphie Tilmitt, a cheerful girl who loves trains and pilots the airship Ragnarok; and Irvine Kinneas, a marksman and consummate ladies' man. Temporarily playable characters include Laguna Loire, Kiros Seagill, and Ward Zabac, who appear in "flashback" sequences, and antagonists Seifer Almasy and Edea Kramer.