FINAL FANTASY IX
FINAL FANTASY IX
Game
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FINAL FANTASY VIII
Developer Square Enix
Final Fantasy VIII is a 1999 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Set on an unnamed fantasy world with science fiction elements, the game follows a group of young mercenaries, led by Squall Leonhart, as they are drawn into a conflict sparked by a sorceress named Edea Kramer who seized control of a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
322 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
142 positive · 38 negative
95% range 72–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 142 | 38 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 40 | 1 | 75 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,886 of 5,736 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
At a glance
FINAL FANTASY VIII is a 2013 rpg video game, from Square Enix.
- 291 people have posted about this game on Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Aug 10, 2023 to Nov 5, 2026
- 79% of 180 Steam reviewers recommend it (their own thumbs)
- Steam reviewers had played a median of 45 h when they wrote
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FINAL FANTASY VIII sits at 79% positive across 180 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Final Fantasy VIII received critical acclaim. In general, the game was compared favorably to its predecessors. Though questioning the game's lack of voice overs for its characters, Game Revolution praised its storyline and ending. For their part, Edge labeled Final Fantasy VIII "a far more accomplished game than FFVII". On the other hand, the magazine also felt that the game's length left its story unable to "offer consistently strong dialogue and sub-plots". Additionally, it found some of the story's plot twists "not... suitably manipulated and prepared", leaving it "hard not to greet such... moments with anything but indifference". Overall, Edge considered Final Fantasy VIII to be "yet…
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Reactions
60 of 322 · most liked first✨ She's done! My gouache portrait of Edea Kramer from Final Fantasy VIII is my tribute to a game that shaped part of who I am. FF8 was the very first FF I played, I was completely in awe & played like it was sacred. Did you play FF8? Who was YOUR favourite character? #finalfantasy #finalfantasyart
positive · AI labelView post →YSK how to eBay - in depth. Why YSK is because this is where my ultra detailed intuitive perspective shines and I can tell you how to generate revenue on demand using eBay the old school way that still works. This was a reply to someone a few days ago about how to sell a large gaming collection. That post was deleted, but this info was popular, so here it is as a post that will stay up. I ran high end bicycle consignment on eBay professionally. It was a side thing when I was a Buyer for a…
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's post is about a fairly obscure video game magazine from the early 00s that spent *two years* clowning on a reader who wrote into say that he didn't like Final Fantasy VIII
neutral · AI labelView post →Many years ago a friend tried to make a Land Before Time parody game in RPG Maker. I made a parody into video for it by slapping Littlefoot's face on Squall's body in the Final Fantasy VIII opening movie. When Land Before Time 14 came out, I added the other characters & put that version on YouTube.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater. I really like this new blog. Reminds me of ukresistance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Anniversary to Final Fantasy VIII 🖤🦋 a game that changed my brain chemistry forever 💖
positive · AI labelView post →Hey it's me! We chatted about the digital archive, the 87% game availability study, and the nightmare of working with data tapes BONUS: Spot the unacknowledged Final Fantasy VIII cameo
neutral · AI labelView post →February 11, 1999. I remember heading to the game store to buy FFVIII on September of 99 because that was the NA release month and I was crying from excitement. I love the junction system and I treasure this game so much. Forever has my love. Happy Anniversary Final Fantasy VIII. ❤️
positive · AI labelView post →Don’t do anything crazy, but make it look good for the game ❤️ Final Fantasy VIII like: “okay lemme cook.” 👨🏻🍳
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway I’m currently 7.6 hours into Final Fantasy VIII, and I quite love the game so far! Very good stuff, excited to keep going and see what’s what.
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII is and will always be an amazing iconic game. It was my first ever JRPG and Final Fantasy game I played as a young child! #FinalFantasyVIII
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII is what you'd get if you hired the Wachowskis to make a Final Fantasy game
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 615 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is Final Fantasy VIII (technically the Remaster). I picked this, IX, XIII, XV all up recently with a sale. What’s with the sudden interest in final fantasy? I’m a big fan of Symphony’s. I think they’re a highly under appreciated and really important form of Public Art that’s slowly vanishing (Seriously, if it’s in your budget go check out your local Symphony. They might have something that interests you).…
neutral · AI labelView post →Balamb Town Game: Final Fantasy VIII Dev: Square 🇯🇵 Release: February 11, 1999 Suggested by @videogamebeach.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →According to Fabien Delpiano, when Dotemu asked for the source code for Final Fantasy VIII to make the remastered version, Square Enix told them OK but only sent a blister-packed copy of the game, implicitly confirming that the source code had been lost. youtu.be/_cJC2TEdBNw&... 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Twin Pack (Switch) physical release import with both games on the game card is $21 USD VGP: bit.ly/4gfU2ps PNP: bit.ly/3D4ZhJZ #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently not enough people are aware that I co-edit an unhinged blog about how great Final Fantasy VIII is. So here's a recent post about hunting down fellow FF8 sickos at a game convention and playing Triple Triad in real life
neutral · AI labelView post →My eternal video game Opinions are: Final Fantasy VIII > VII Midnight Suns/GotG are peak Forspoken is good Majora was the better Zelda in that duology
positive · AI labelView post →FINAL FANTASY III (3D Remake) www.gog.com/game/final_f... FINAL FANTASY IV (3D Remake) www.gog.com/game/final_f... FINAL FANTASY VIII – Remastered www.gog.com/game/final_f... FINAL FANTASY IX www.gog.com/game/final_f...
neutral · AI labelView post →You ever notice how the two big Youtubers who hated this game, Spoony and ProJared, both got into serious relationship problems while all the people who adore this game about accepting and holding onto love in a defiant gesture against apathy are all in healthy relationships? Really makes you think...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The two biggest impacts I have had in the last three years of my life: 1) Forcing a wide-scale re-evaluation of the commercial market's impact on video game preservation 2) Making it okay to like Final Fantasy VIII if you're a freak
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy anniversary, Final Fantasy VIII! You are a truly underappreciated game and you deserve way more credit than you get (but I think people are starting to come around!). 📸 robkabob photography(IG) #squall - @marsren.bsky.social #rinoa - @lyssala.bsky.social #cosplay #finalfantasy #ff8
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII update! I’m towards the end of Disc 3 now. Hoping to finish the game this upcoming weekend. Also help I ship them so bad 😭 Squall and Rinoa are so cute together 🩵 My only complaint right now is the game needs more Angelo 🥺
neutral · AI labelView post →Enjoy the weather or game? Why not do both! More Final Fantasy VIII today 🤌
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday Rinoa! Final Fantasy VIII was actually the first Final Fantasy game I played. Have a throwback to my Rinoa design 🩵🪽 #finalfantasy #finalfantasy8 #rinoa
positive · AI labelView post →they’re announcing Final Fantasy VIII at the game awards. not a remake or sequel or award or anything, they’re just announcing that it’s out there still
neutral · AI labelView post →Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy from Final Fantasy VIII by artist Tetsuya Nomura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_final-fa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Here it is... the inaugural blog post Beyond the 'Whatevers,' or "How Playing Final Fantasy VIII in Japanese Changed My Perception of the Game: blog.starlost.cc/2026/06/beyo...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you could live in one video game world, which would it be? Ö Final Fantasy VIII. I just wanna find people who take Triple Triad as seriously as Magic, man 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 26th birthday to Final Fantasy VIII, a game that remains one of my favourites. I’d really like to write about some of the mythological inspirations behind this title. Would you guys be interested?
positive · AI labelView post →Recently replayed Final Fantasy VIII, my first time since the year ~2000, so it has been quite a while. I have newfound appreciation for this game. It's very uneven, very experimental, and the junction system is whack af, but I think it has a lot of interesting gameplay & narrative ideas.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's so cold right now I could make a cup of Tea and play Final Fantasy VIII. 😌
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting about Final Fantasy VIII again? Who me? In all seriousness, the more I play this, the more I remember why I adored this game so much and I just want to share that joy!
positive · AI labelView post →My Bsky magnum opus: a replay of Final Fantasy VIII where I meme on the entire game 🦁
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite games of all time is Final Fantasy VIII and man some people really hate that game. Do I or should I care? Fuck no.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 26th anniversary Final Fantasy VIII! This game holds a special place in my heart as my very FIRST Final Fantasy. It means so much to me, and I love sharing that through cosplay! 🩵 Squall: @faelorien.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →You can absolutely adore a game and still recognize parts of it are absolutely ASS. (Hello, I enjoy Final Fantasy VIII a way above-average amount pblblblftghjikghj)
positive · AI labelView post →I genuinely recommend this over the "Remaster". Add the "Roses and Wine" mod to fix the music, add the mod that fixes the Quetzacotl sound, and you're good to go.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy VIII came out on the auspicious date of 9-9-99 (same launch day as the ever-awesome Dreamcast), and was the first game in the series in which Hironobu Sakaguchi didn't have a direct role in development, stepping back to take the helm on the CGI movie Final Fantasy: the Spriits Within.
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII drinking game: Take a shot every time they bring up a new plot point and then immediately drop it Don't actually do that you'll be dead from alcohol poisoning in an hour
neutral · AI labelView post →I finished Final Fantasy VIII! I loved it! What a great game 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →Romhack of Final Fantasy VIII called Endless VIII where every time you exit a map the game sends you to a randomised other map in the game, and your goal is to make it to the end credits.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just completed disc one of FINAL FANTASY VIII!!! Wow this game is good!!! 🔥🔥🔥😍😍
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy IX was a very good game that did not represent a major step backwards after the complexity and the mature themes of Final Fantasy VIII.
neutral · AI labelView post →If that gold medal game put in the mood for some more hockey, remember there's always Final Fantasy VIII.
neutral · AI labelView post →As i finshed installing the game, i've pressed play with the expectation of going though memory lane not only in regards to the game itself (my first FF) but also to remember the good old times. Too bad the only thing i found was annoyance. Here's the list: You need a SE Account to play this version. Up to the day i first wrote this review, March 16th 2026, there wasn't a guide or method to bypass this or if there was, it was well hidden. Now we have a guide:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Book of Matoya begins its series on Final Fantasy VIII, a game that impressed me a lot!
positive · AI labelView post →Then: Final Fantasy VIII Now: Final Fantasy VIII It’s really easy when your favorite game of all time is on the list, actually.
positive · AI labelView post →What is your all-time favorite video game? 🎮 🕹️ I’ll start… Final Fantasy VIII.
neutral · AI labelView post →"No babe I still think you're cute, it's just the way you turned on Final Fantasy VIII to only play a card game that caught me off guard."
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII is great here because the game mechanics are part of the metaphysics. Junctioning and drawing become central to the plot and not just gameplay tools.
positive · AI labelView post →Rinoa Heartilly character designs from Final Fantasy VIII by artist Tetsuya Nomura. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_final-fa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself if you are a gamer Name: Amy Age: 40 Country: 🇬🇧 When I began gaming: 6 or 7 years old. First game system: Sega Master System (w/Alex Kidd!) Favourite Game: Final Fantasy VIII Memories: being a 90s Sega kid, switching to PlayStation, and then on to Xbox 360 in uni for Halo 3 🙂
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII masterpiece Liberi Fatali plants the seeds for something we will hear again at the end of the game in the track The Extreme:
neutral · AI labelView post →This version is way better than the 2019 remaster. Just grab FFNX and the PS1 music mod for it, both are easy to install. FF8 is a good game. I play/replay it because it's comfy and the music is fantastic. You don't have to grind levels, just draw magic - which you can bypass with a card game. The story is cheesy: you have to remember that it's basically supposed to be a high school drama, and that the moments between Squall and Rinoa are supposed to be funny.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →26 years ago (February 11, 1999) Final Fantasy VIII was released. It is a Role-Playing Game developed and published by SquareSoft for the PlayStation console.
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VIII is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated games in the entire series and easily my favorite Final Fantasy I’ve played so far. The story really stands out with its focus on Squall and the emotional journey he goes through. It has a more personal tone compared to other entries, and while it can be a bit confusing at times, it has a lot of memorable moments and strong character development. The gameplay is unique with the Junction system, which lets you customize your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy VIII holds a special place in my heart — the junction system is unlike anything else in the series, and once it clicks, you can spend hours theory-crafting builds or just breaking the game wide open. Triple Triad alone is worth the price of admission, an addictive little card game with surprising depth that I kept coming back to between story beats. The soundtrack is phenomenal, easily one of the best in the franchise, and the atmosphere shifts from militaristic tension to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FINAL FANTASY VIII (FIRST PLAYTHROUGH) | I've never beaten a Final Fantasy game before, and I'm making this my first! ⚔️🦦✨ twitch.tv/temiree
neutral · AI labelView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days (non-consecutively). No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky --- ⚔️ Day 11: Final Fantasy VIII
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