Final Fantasy VIII

Realistically proportioned characters and junction systems pushed the series toward experimentation.

Released 1999 Developer Square Platform PlayStation Genre JRPG Era The 3D rupture Website ffviiipc.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Final Fantasy VIII inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

1987

Final Fantasy ~~1987~~

1991

Final Fantasy IV ~~1991~~

1994

Final Fantasy VI ~~1994~~

1997

Final Fantasy Tactics ~~1997~~

1997

Final Fantasy VII ~~1997~~

1999

Final Fantasy VIII ~~this page~~

2001

Final Fantasy X ~~2001~~

2002

Final Fantasy XI ~~2002~~

2006

Final Fantasy XII ~~2006~~

2009

Final Fantasy XIII ~~2009~~

2013

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ~~2013~~

2023

Final Fantasy XVI ~~2023~~

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