Final Fantasy VIII CDR entry updated, release is imminent! (December 4th update)

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Now we can focus all of our efforts into tracking down hints of Final Fantasy VIII's release!

Final Fantasy VIII CDR entry and a "pretty" banner

We have confirmation that Final Fantasy VIII is scheduled for a PC re-release thanks to a link xarbas posted! According to the article, the Famitsu magazine stated it was on the way along with a trainer similar to Final Fantasy VII.

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2013/05/final-fantasy-viii-pc-re-release-confirmed-for-japan/

December 4th: The release in imminent!, thanks again to xarbas for being all over it!

1 decade ago*

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265 Comments

TheGreenFairy

FUUUUUUCK! NO! I won't fucking collect all your stupid cards. Go fuck yourself.

I'm down for VII though.

1 decade ago

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L1NU5

GET_FOURTH_CAITSITH_LAST_LIMIT
Fourth, yeah xDD

1 decade ago

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cowbell

USE_1ST_LIMIT_YUFFIE--------- Greased Lightning ------Get Yuffie on your team

Yep.

1 decade ago

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TFrank

Those are some seriously weak achievements. I see Square didn't give a damn to improve 'em.

1 decade ago

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Solidwtf2

OHH FINAL FANTASY 8 SO MANY WONDERFULL MEMORIES! But yeah noting the quality of Sqaures FF7 pc "Remake" (slapped a patch on it and kept the shitty pc midi music.) It'd probably just be more worthwhile to run a PS1 emulator.

1 decade ago

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Badgerized

I hope they end up bringing all of the final fantasys including ps3/xbox 360 ones to the pc too.

1 decade ago

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weirdrobot

I love love love VIII - this news has made my week!!!

1 decade ago

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Fatdude

I really want FF8 for pc on steam with cloud saves etc.It was also possible to mod it with a bit better textures so yay to that too.

The one i really really want FF9 for PC imo that was the best FF game in Playstation 1 releases.

1 decade ago

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danielpeach

CAN NOT WAIT.

1 decade ago

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Dizzee

Why would you want to play this on PC? Playstation + 4:3 TV = best possible experience!

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

Either game on PC would be cheaper than their PSX version as well as the console to play them.

Being able to modify the game is a huge reason why PC will always trump console.

1 decade ago

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trunks10k

do they have IX on steam? I still have my 4 disc PS1 copy

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

IX was never on the PC, so unfortunately not.

1 decade ago

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Xacradin

you can always use PSXEmu :D, i used bleem back in time played around 40 hrs and realized my 3rd disc was gone .

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

How did you extract the BIOS from your PSX for legal emulation of the system?

I'm not against it, but I don't openly support emulation as no one does it legally.

1 decade ago

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hippoking

Of course it is not legally. It is like you break the door of some rich man and tell the others not to enter his house and steal but to beg for his money. But PS1 games are very old and the game maker don't care about the sale anymore.

1 decade ago

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KaiserTroll

If you own both the game and the console, it is not illegal to use the emulator on your computer.

1 decade ago

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Agafaba

While its not technically legal do you think its morally wrong to download a bios if you own a playstation?

1 decade ago

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Vassay

Well, I owned a PS2 and actually did grab BIOS from there to use in PCSX2 emulator. So at least one person is doing that legally :P

1 decade ago

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AzureFang

So, I was just looking through FF8's achievements... By the "Lv.100 Boko" achievement, looks like this is the same PC version that includes the PocketStation game Chocobo World. Glad to see this :)

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

They didn't do squat to FF7, so I certainly don't expect anything done to FF8. Hopefully they have some basic fixes for modern PC though.

1 decade ago

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AzureFang

Wait, so the PC version still had the MAG stat bug? I'm going to need to hunt down the fanpatch when this releases. Fantastic :P

1 decade ago

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MattyMatt

Why 7? 9 is best.

1 decade ago

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Gawaine

7 is great, but I agree, I really would like 9 as well ^_^

But I really could just go play it on my PS1 I guess... same for 7...

1 decade ago

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RyGuS

any release info yet?

1 decade ago

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adderke

final fantasy VIII was a bad game

1 decade ago

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cucumber

i bet you died at the first enemy then quit,uninstalled or broke your playstation and cried. but this doesn't make the game bad.i enjoyed the hell out of it. if you think a game's bad,but most disagree with you,it's just better not to let your thoughts out

:-)))

1 decade ago

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RyGuS

1 decade ago

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Gummydrop

YOU DON'T LIKE I THING I LIKE?!? WELL FUCK YOU TOO!

1 decade ago

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BionicGolem

1 decade ago

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Wolfpig

FF8 is not that bad...as long you don't compare it with 7 & 9.....^^

1 decade ago

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RyGuS

your clueless

1 decade ago

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Tommycide

He is not the only one apparently.

1 decade ago

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hippoking

I am so pity for you my friend. For such a long time you haven't touched a good game. Your standards are way too high or you are just don't like game, right?

1 decade ago

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Psygineer

(Game Developer)

The only thing really bad about it was having to draw magic from draw spots and enemies, got boring fast, especially when draw fails or you get like 1.

1 decade ago

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adderke

The thing what was really bad about it in my opinion is that all the monsters level up with you.
Its easier to end the game on level 1 than on any other level, because leveling up is no use in that game.
Thats why I thought it was bad...
I ended in the second disc (playstation)

1 decade ago

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Toff

In what way did that ruin your game experience? Did that make the game too hard for you or wouldn't it let you feel superior to every monster in the game? Final Fantasy VIII is not without flaws, but not playing the game because it tries to auto-balance itself in order to make the experience consistent is rather silly, if you ask me.

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adderke

it made me feel like it was no use to level up anyway.
I didnt like it, let me be in my opinion, I actually cant get how so many people suddenly get mad and agressive, just because I said that final fantasy VIII is a bad game.
I was just saying my opinion and suddenly a bunch of people scold me just because no reason.

1 decade ago

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Toff

FFVIII system was simply not about leveling up, you become stronger / overcome enemies there by collecting various Guardian Forces, sucking magic out of monsters and improving your stats with it, getting new equips and performing limit breaks. :)

1 decade ago

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Agafaba

The bosses had minimum levels so while the average fight it didnt matter its still easier to finish the game a little higher than level 1.

1 decade ago

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bestduck

what about the FF X & X-2 HD re-release? still not for PC?

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

FFVII and VIII were made years ago and are the only ones (other than the online games) to be on the PC.

They didn't really make any changes to X and X-2, just revamped all the models. I imagine it's going to be the exact same PS2 game using the software emulation.

1 decade ago

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hippoking

Japanese doesn't like the idea using PC for gaming, it is for work. Plus, the main idea of releasing the HD editions was to boots up sale of VITA.

1 decade ago

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iMatrix7

REALLY?!?!? Wow.. just.. WOW!!

1 decade ago

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XxZeroxX

As with prior FFVII threads, money would be no concern to pick this up. Out of every game I've ever replayed that held a storyline, I've only ever replayed FFVII. Damn, I hope that this gets announced/released relatively soon, I'ved waited many... many years for a remake. It's almost as big of a desire as SC2 was after spending more than a decade in the SC series of games.

1 decade ago

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Peroxide

Logos and other information have been added to the CDR!

1 decade ago

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xarabas

(Junior Moderator)

screw you, you beat me to a minute!

/hype
EDIT
Also, this