Final Fantasy VIII 1999

Is it still worth playing?

Square's 1999 science fiction role playing game for the PlayStation, the eighth Final Fantasy. The mercenary Squall Leonhart falls for Rinoa Heartilly and fights the sorceress Edea Kramer. The game moves among a 3D world map, a field map of 3D characters over pre rendered backgrounds, and turn based battles. In the Junction system, Guardian Forces are junctioned to use battle commands, and spells can be junctioned to stats for bonuses, with no magic points. Spells come from enemies, Draw Points or refining items and cards, stocked up to 100 each, and enemy levels scale with the party's average level. Triple Triad is a collectible card minigame whose cards turn into items. Junction and Draw give deep, customizable character building, and Triple Triad ties into progression, which still makes each build your own today.