#Final fantasy viii plus#

But a Final Fantasy story cannot be understood just by reading it you have to experience it to fully understand. But as with all Final Fantasy games, there are twists in the tale, romance – and bit of time travel. Squall and friends are sent on missions with their Guardian Forces who allow them to draw out and cast magic. The games plot, for those unfamiliar with the original, has you focused on a student called Squall for the military academy SeeD. The music still sounds amazing as it did from the original and fits in well with the action of the game.

#Final fantasy viii plus#

However, some of the backgrounds were either too difficult or impossible to upscale as they look out of place on a modern display, plus the up-scaled characters look a little out of place in comparison.

They’re not so blocky and you can even now see the scar on Squall face outside of the cut-scenes. The character models are the first thing you notice that have a modern look. It seems there are some areas that weren’t able to be updated as well as others, but reading up on the work that was put into this it seems they made the best of what they could. The static image backgrounds, the blocky characters and FMV’s of the past have been dusted off and polished up for a modern audience. This instalment was ground-breaking at the time, and pushed the PS1 as far as it could go.

Final Fantasy 8 remastered has been long-awaited by many fans of the original, fans of the series and just general RPG fans.