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FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

Roleplaying

Ratings

Age

13+

Category

Roleplaying

Languages

English

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered brings the legendary 1999 RPG to mobile with updated visuals and refined gameplay. Players take control of Squall Leonhart, a student at Balamb Garden, as he is swept into a global conflict involving a powerful sorceress. The game features the unique Junction System, where players 'draw' magic from enemies to power up their stats, and the iconic Triple Triad card game. This version includes boosters such as 3x speed, battle assists, and the ability to turn off random encounters.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

92/100

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on mobile is a nostalgic dream come true, bringing one of the most experimental JRPGs to the palm of your hand. The remastering of the character models is the real star here—Squall, Rinoa, and the rest of the cast look crisp and modern against the classic pre-rendered backgrounds. While the junction system is famously polarizing, it remains one of the most flexible and rewarding character-building mechanics in the entire series once you understand how to 'draw' and equip magic to stats.

This mobile port includes several 'quality of life' boosters that are essential for modern play. The 3x speed boost makes the grind for drawing magic much more bearable, and the 'no encounters' toggle is a godsend when you're just trying to navigate the world map to find hidden items. Whether you're playing for the epic story of SeeD mercenaries or spending hours perfecting your Triple Triad card collection, this version is arguably the best way to experience Squall's journey today.

Dinsun reviewed on: Sun May 19 2024

Features

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Updated high-definition character models

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3x Speed Boost for faster exploration and combat

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No Random Encounter toggle

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Battle Assist (HP/ATB/Limit Break max) options

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Includes the full Triple Triad card game

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Q&A

It allows you to customize your characters' stats by equipping magic directly to them, making your party powerful without relying solely on experience points.

Ratings & Reviews

Having trouble starting
Mon Mar 29 2021 IsthereAnicknameathatIsntTaken

It's difficult to give this a fair review particularly because I've reinstalled the app twice so far and it will not play. - iPhone 11 Pro Max - ver 14.4.2 When opening the app you're greeted with the FF8 logo on a white background with the words "tap to play." Once you tap the screen fades to black for about 30 seconds. In 4 out of 20 attempts the app then crashed. In 3 a logo would start to roll on screen but would freeze before finishing the word and then stay locked up until the app was forced close. 10 tries the screen just stayed black. 1 try got to the second Square Enix logo on black background before feezing, 2 times the app made it to the "New Game, Continue, Credits" screen then when selecting New Game the app crashes. I hope this somehow helps with diagnosing a potential bug with the app. FF8 is one of my favorite in the series and it's one of the only games I can think of that ends in the beginning (though poor localization in the original release makes these dots difficult to connect). I'm looking forward to being able to replay.

Favorite Final Fantasy, but underwhelmed.
Sat Sep 18 2021 Sirdracoblight

This is by far my favorite final fantasy out of all of them. It also happens to be the first I have ever played. As stoked as I was to be playing it again on my phone, it is seriously under developed as a remake. Upgraded graphics, and playing it on my phone as opposed to an old console is great, but emulators have been allowing that for years, and with much better playability due to game hacking within the emulators. It wasn’t until i moved to IPhone that i lost the ability to play it on the phone. Adding a new game plus feature seems like it would be an easy feature to add to stand out above and beyond emulators. I don’t normally hack games, but I have spent 100’s of hours playing this game to have all cards, weapons, level stats, gf and abilities, and rare items. New game plus would make it so I don’t have to do that every time I want to play through again.

A million times, thank you!
Thu Mar 25 2021 KittenMoney

Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I’ve been wanting to have this game in my pocket for years now. I never got to finish it as a kid, because I scratched my fourth disc. And I don’t own any other consoles, so for me this is a dream come true. Playing on an XR with the latest version of iOS, and everything is running smoothly. The soundtrack is beautiful as always, I’m not having any issues with cutscenes, and it works great on airplane mode. Just a heads up, it’s not updated to be widescreen, so maybe that will bother some people, but for someone who played this in 1999, it’s the only version I know. Looking forward to controller support and cloud saves in the future, but for now it’s not an issue. So far, I couldn’t be happier with my purchase! Thanks, devs!

This isn’t for me
Thu Mar 09 2023 Chivy’s Mom

The only reason I have this game on my phone is for my 4.5 year old son. He LOVES the intro and the music and will see it and listen to it over and over. Initially, we would play it on the PS when he was 1.5 to get him to calm down so that we could change his clothes, diapers, or feed him since he’s autistic. But we soon realized that that prevented us from watching anything else since he really liked and wanted it to be playing constantly. Now we got smart and we have the game downloaded on our phones and switches. A huge shout out and thank you to the game developer and composer since my son is big fan! Y’all didn’t know it but y’all are lifesavers!!!

Excellent, but desperately needs controller support
Mon Apr 26 2021 ianfloresta

This game is an excellent port of a classic RPG game from the 1990s. The character models look excellent. Understandably, the assets in the backgrounds still retain the old PS1 graphics. However, what is truly a hindrance to this game is the lack of console controller support. The on-screen controls are decent, however it hinders many aspects of the game (especially in mini-games, or when you need precise control of the characters, and especially when in battle). I’ll be willing to give this game another look if controller support was added.

You can only play it offline…
Sat Jan 27 2024 adein2011

To everyone having a problem playing this title — the issue appears to be with the cloud save server. The game tries to connect to it and then fails. And it doesn’t take failing to connect to the server gracefully. You do not need to enable airplane mode to play this game, unlike what other reviewers have said. Instead you just need to disable Internet access. So you can still use bluetooth controllers if you want! More than likely it is a server certificate or network protocol issue that cropped up with the 17.2 update. I am certain that all Sony needs to do is push a small update for the app, or possibly even just upgrade the server.

Love the FF franchise.
Tue Apr 06 2021 Banebrown

This seems like a good port. The graphics are good and game mechanics are ok. Been playing for several hours and keep encountering screen freeze. This completely locks the screen, no input or feedback. If you close the phone and reopen the game screen it shuts the game down. This can be an annoyance or very frustrating if you have not been saving at every opportunity. I like the game and nostalgia will keep me playing, I am just a little disappointed. The phone is an iPhone 12pro max, so I doubt it is the cause.

Huge Final Fantasy Fan
Thu Mar 25 2021 AZRed89

I am a huge Square Enix and Final Fantasy fan. I have FF VIII Remastered both on my PS4 Pro and now on iOS. I am more than happy to financially support Square Enix by purchasing both versions of the game. My one ask is that when a cloud save feature is implemented, that it be a cross platform cloud save feature. For example, it would be nice to start a game on my iPhone or iPad on the go, and pick it up on my PS4 Pro or PS5.

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