
Final Fantasy VIII
Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), AdventureSquare Electronic Arts, Square Enix, Square Product Development Division 1, SquarePS3, Vita, PS1, PSP
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Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional means of boosting a character's power via leveling, although levels are not completely abandoned as they were in Final Fantasy II. In addition, it does not have a Magic Point-based system for spell-casting. Instead, magic is collected, drawn, and created from items, and is used to power up the characters via the junction system.