It is the first Final Fantasy to use realistically proportioned characters consistently, feature a vocal piece as its theme music, and forgo the use of magic points for spellcasting.įinal Fantasy VIII was mostly well received by critics, who praised its originality and visuals while criticizing some of its gameplay elements. The game builds on the visual changes brought to the series by Final Fantasy VII, including the use of 3D graphics and pre-rendered backgrounds, while also departing from many Final Fantasy traditions. During the quest to defeat Ultimecia, Squall struggles with his role as leader and develops a romance with one of his comrades, Rinoa Heartilly.ĭevelopment began in 1997, during the English localization of Final Fantasy VII. 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 Ultimecia, a sorceress from the future who wishes to compress time. Released in 1999, it is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Gravity and Status attacks have higher base hitrates.Įach ultimate weapon has been imbued with the power of a single element granting it an elemental attack, an elemental damage boost, and an elemental absorption of the opposite element.Final Fantasy VIII is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. Abilities on physically based characters (Zidane, Amarant, Freya, and Steiner) often cost 0 MP. Spells generally cost more MP and have lower attack power. Defense, Evasion, Magic Defense, and Magic Evasion have been reduced. Elemental absorptions and nullifications have been changed to 50% damage reduction (except for the ultimate weapons). Some weapons inflict different status effects. Some equipment teaches different abilities. Some steals have been altered.Ĭharacter starting stats have been altered.
In addition, almost all bosses have extra status immunities as well as native abilities such as Auto-Protect and Auto-Shell. Some alterations have been made to class, level, elemental defenses, and abilities. Later in the game evasion, magic evasion, and status immunities have been altered. Regular enemies have had their speed, defense, magic defense, strength, and magic altered. This patch is a difficulty and re-balance modification for the PSX NTSC-U version of Final Fantasy IX.
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