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FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered App Reviews

The FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered app recently received 40 positive reviews on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, and 2 negative reviews. Users in the United States have given FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered app an average rating of 3.61 out of 5 stars, based on a total of 352 ratings since its release on Jan 24 by SQUARE ENIX. Can you share your positive or negative thoughts about FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered?

Ratings and Reviews
Rated 4.25 out of 5

352 global ratings

5 Star
53%
4 Star
20%
3 Star
23%
2 Star
5%

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40 Positive User Reviews for FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

Great Port; but Save feature does not work on iPad.

I have iCloud Drive enabled on my device and I just lost two hours of gameplay after exiting the game to recover an Ifrit I lost in a card game. šŸ˜…

Relieved

I was worried that I was gonna just be throwing away $20 because of some of these reviews here and just looking online. Although it seems all complaints were about a year old. I just got to Timber and so far Iā€™m not encountering a single issue. Iphone 11, no overheating, or freezing or automatic shut down. I also have this game on my PS4 but couldnā€™t push myself to actually play it. Having it on my phone is a different story, Iā€™m outside a lot so itā€™s become my main game. Very happy with it, t

A perfect addition and another timeless classic to iPhone library

I havent seen this game in decades, not sure if Ive ever even finished it. The mechanics made for iphone work flawlessly. The story for this game is memorable, and actually makes you want to play through. The card game is fun in its own. The efforts into the art direction and story from this game make it unique in its franchise. And as always the music is perfect.

Phone over heats during battle

I love Final Fantasy 8 along with many others but itā€™s not fun when you canā€™t play it without worrying if your phone is going to over heat. Hope this issue can be fixed

Works great. One minor quibble

Game runs and works as expected. Havenā€™t had any issues. Works well with XBOX One controller. One minor quibble I wish the devā€™s would fix is to get rid of the white home screen bar at the bottom of the screen (when on iPad Pro 5th gen).

Does not take advantage of max pro screen.

has two horrible borders on the side. outside of thatā€¦ excellent game. they could had spruced up the environment with more graphics.

Make it full screen for pro max model

Can you please update this game and add a full screen option for those of us who have a pro max

Great game now with controller support

Its one of my favorite final fantasy games, very under rated in my opinion. Now the update has put in controller support so its a no brainer to buy this if you like RPGs. Game is just as fun as i remember. Worth buying now

Controller support

They finally added controller support

Love it

Love the game. So much nostalgia. But it needs controller support.

Thank you for the update regarding the Update šŸ˜†

Thanks for letting us know your plan to release an update at the end of this month! I look forward to see it.

I am loving the remake.

Iā€™ve been waiting for this for a long time. The only thing I ask is for external controller support. Also. Release a Xenogears port already!!!!!

Controller support needed

This game is perfect nostalgia. But it definitely needs controller support.

No iCloud

No cloud save??!?!!?! Whatā€™s up with that?

Refine the controls

The onscreen controls are fine most of the time, but they could use refining.

Lost game no cloud

I redownloaded the game but lost my file because no cloud support somehow.

Finally!

Iā€™ve been looking for updates on FFVIII for years and it finally happened! I hear thereā€™s no controller support but I donā€™t care. Itā€™s finally here so Iā€™m giving it 5 stars for effort.

Please Add Cloud Saves & MiFi Controller Support

4 Stars due to loving this game. It would be 5 stars if it had Cloud Saves and MiFi Controller support features.

Yay finally

Love this version of the game. I would love it if you back up and download iCloud data for it. Comes in handing when Iā€™m playing at home on my iPad and then if I want to take it with me on the go on my iphone

No controller feedback

Would definitely rate this higher if I could use an MFI controller.

Works great

Hope they add an option to mute music in future update, then will increase review to 5 stars. Otherwise this a great port, bit expensive though lol but still happy to pay for it, brings back some good memories.

My childhood

I grew up with FINAL FANTASY VIII it was my very first RPG I own it on my Xbox and to see it on here made me so happy. My childhood in my pocket ready to be go anytime I want. Iā€™m so happy.

Finally FF8 on iOSā€¦

Almost perfect. Please make it 60FPS. Looks laggy to look at while playing.

No sound

Good game but the port on my IPhone X does not have sound what so ever. I have tried uninstalling and re downloading a few times but havenā€™t had sound once

Controls

Please add controller support for the Razer Kishi.

Lookin good

I wish chocoworld was included but that is ok, got the pc version for that.

Itā€™s about time

First final fantasy I ever played. Hopefully it doesnā€™t have any bugs for mobile.

FINALLY!! Omg

Iā€™ve wait for so long.. Iā€™m so happy I could cry

Great game, bad controls

I loved this game when it came out in PS1 - until my memory card died. The one thing that would make this game even better would be to add gamepad support. I have a back Backbone controller and would love to use it with this game.

About time!

Iā€™ve waited years for this game to come out on mobile and itā€™s finally here! Iā€™m sure thereā€™s going to be bugs at first, but they will eventually be worked out. Thanks for finally releasing this game on IOS!

Bought this to support Square Enix

Looking forward to playing this game for the first time. Please release FFX and FFXII as well, I will purchase it with no hesitation.

Controller support

Wanna play this with a controller

Legendary classic game

Always wanted to play this since itā€™s famous as a giant step in RPGs. And it works! About 1.5 hours in, controls are fine and no glitches. I appreciate the honest ā€œpay once and donā€™t bother me againā€ pricing too.

About time

Weā€™ve only been waiting for this for almost a decade. It broke my heart when they released FF IX and not FF VIII

Great Game, but Sound Doesnā€™t Work (iPad)

This is a great game and it works perfectly on my iPhone, but the sound doesnā€™t work on the iPad version.

This is amazing!!

Final fantasy 8 was one of my favorite games growing up! I canā€™t believe it is available in the app store_ WOW!! I canā€™t wait to play it again, thank you! :)

Yes!!

I have been waiting for this game for a long time now! I am a long time Final Fantasy fan and canā€™t wait to see more come out! Keep up the good work!

AMAZING!!!!!

This game on mobile is a total dream come true!!! Thank you so much for bringing this to iPad/iPhone! It is beautiful and runs like a dream!!!!! This is easily my favorite game EVER made and you've made it playable EVERYWHERE! SOOO HAPPY!

2 Negative User Reviews for FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

No controller support, really?

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 all have controller support. How did 8 manage to arrive in this age of ios gaming without controller support? Apple supports xbox, ps4 and mifi controllers guys. Everyone does. Patch this please.

Add controller support

Read the reviews fix it add controller support. Itā€™s near robbery to not have it for this game with that price point!