Is Final Fantasy VIII Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.8/10

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Is Final Fantasy VIII Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.8/10 | HDII

Final Fantasy VIII

Full Release (1999)

DIFFICULTY

6.8/10

Difficult

(11 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Final Fantasy VIII as clearly challenging, with mechanics and encounters that demand patience and consistency.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

Final Fantasy VIII will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Super Mario Bros. 2, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and The Legend of Zelda at a similar challenge level may find Final Fantasy VIII broadly comparable in difficulty.

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11 ratings

avg: 6.8

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Based on 11 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 6.8/10. Most players rated this game between 7 and 8.

Developer(s)

Square Product Development Division 1

Publisher(s)

Square Electronic Arts, Square, Square Enix

Genre(s)

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Card & Board Game

Platform(s)

PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation

Keywords

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About Final Fantasy VIII

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.

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Players who rated Final Fantasy VIII also rated the games shown below, with Super Mario Bros. 2 (6.9), Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (7.0), and The Legend of Zelda (7.1) being most similar in difficulty!