Final Fantasy VIII is on Steam.

Idk it seems about the same as the steam release for FFVII. Prettier looking than on the PS1 but not totally redone or anything. Worth it to me because my PS1 discs stutter and freeze on the FMVs, and I've been assimilating as much of my gaming library as I can onto my PC.

Originally Posted by Jiro

That's in the Dollet escape, when Zell is calling Squall to jump into the vessel. Sorry you feel a little duped

Ah no wonder I've never seen it, I always kill the mech spider thing for its huge AP reward.

At first I was all excited for this because of Chocobo World, but then I found out that the game is held under strict DRM.
Can't even start the game unless you have an SE account
and can't PLAY it offline.
Nope. Not getting it.

I'm probably gonna end up buying both this and VII next time they're on awesome sales. My PC copies are, uh, not entirely stable (or legal) but disc scratches make the PS1 versions unplayable. Been hankering for a throwback to VIII lately, I'm actually a huge fan of it

Originally Posted by Pike

FINAL FANTASY VIII on Steam

It costs £9.99/€12.99 /$11.99, and includes a couple of bonuses and new features such as the Chocobo World minigame which hasn't yet been seen outside of Japan.

[Source: Final Fantasy 8 is now on Steam • News • PC • Eurogamer.net ]

False! Chocobo world was included with the original PC release of FF8 over 10 years ago :3

Originally Posted by Jiro

I'm probably gonna end up buying both this and VII next time they're on awesome sales. My PC copies are, uh, not entirely stable (or legal) but disc scratches make the PS1 versions unplayable. Been hankering for a throwback to VIII lately, I'm actually a huge fan of it

Damn, you just missed FFVII for $3 the other day on a Steam sale!

Yay! I probably wont buy the steam version mainly because there aren't many improvements from what i can see by reading all of this ^^^ Plus, my ps1 discs still work perfectly so i can still play it at any time i choose ^.^ But still I'm happy to see that this game hasn't been forgotten about c:

This is a pretty half arsed refresh to be honest, other then them sorting out the dialogue boxes and about 50% of the character models (just have a look at some of the NPCs in the classroom scene near the start for an example), everything else is the old PC version (480p background and FMVS and all...), including the audio glitches during FMVs have survived...

Not exactly impressed, luckily I got it in the Stream Sale, but if I'd paid full price (and for some reason you have to log in using your SE account?) I'd have been pretty disappointed.

This is awesome, even though I have the discs still. I know a lot of people are hoping IX comes out on steam soon....Im actually crossing my fingers for 1-6 personally.

Originally Posted by GuitarGuy1181

Im actually crossing my fingers for 1-6 personally.

That would be so cool. It'd probably be the fastest way for me to get III, IV, V and VI too if they all came out on Steam.

Unfortunately IX was never made for the PC originally so it's unlikely to appear on Steam, unless Square Enix have been working on it secretly but they don't exactly have a reputation for giving their fans what they want in recent years.

That said I through VI is entirely possible, it's a case of whether or not Valve and Square can work out copyright issues and so on because they'd probably have to be emulated rather than ported to PC like VII and VIII were. We'll see in due time no doubt.

I love how unenthusiastic the title of this thread is xD

Well it's not like we're talking about FFIX getting re-released or anything.

I got it, and I'm going for the Contrived Finish achievement. Wish me luck :v

I just want it to be on sale for less than $7 (because that is all the money I have).

Yeah ok the PC soundtrack is really terrible. I didn't think it would be, because everyone was saying the same thing about FFVII and I didn't hear a difference at all. Turns out FFVII had been patched with the PS1 soundtrack by the time I bought it. Hopefully the same will happen for FFVIII :<

oh man that is gross

Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪

Yeah ok the PC soundtrack is really terrible. I didn't think it would be, because everyone was saying the same thing about FFVII and I didn't hear a difference at all. Turns out FFVII had been patched with the PS1 soundtrack by the time I bought it. Hopefully the same will happen for FFVIII :<

Found a mod that tidies up the music to the MP3 versions:

[REL] Roses and Wine (for FF8)


Anyone know if there's any graphical mods that up scale the quality of the backdrops yet?

that's not how 2D works, baloki.

The buttons are killing me. I'm using my PS1 controller, and when the game says something like "Press B4!" I panic. I have no idea which button is B4, so I just press them all.