"If you come here… You'll find me. I promise." Final Fantasy VIII first launched 25 years ago today. What are your favourite moments from this stunning story?
@@jesseberg3271 I understand that but you're forgetting they had "Advent Children" which is available today on 4K. They was given the opportunity to see what the characters would look like given modern technology. We have had to depend on "Kingdom Hearts" and other titles. That's all I'm saying.
IX will get a remake before VIII. if either ever do. I would expect 10-3 before VIII remake as well, maybe even before IX. And I would expect all of this doesn't happen until they've completed VII.
Honestly, I don’t want a remake if it’s in the quality of their current games and I say that as a die hard Final Fantasy VIII fan. It’s all just pushed to the limits to earn as much money as possible and fit the „Netflix and chill“ braindead generation. Smashing on the same buttons over and over, no challenge, DLC over DLC or splitting the game in parts.
You have no idea how mindblowing this opening scene was when I saw it all the way back in the year 2000... I skipped VII (I did not know any better!) and, at the time, my gaming diet consisted of mascot plataformers, racing games, the occasional fighting and sports games... I had no idea just how grand, immersive and profound games could be. I already had an inkling because I had played Resident Evil 2 and my cousin showed me Metal Gear, but this... Was something else. It was Star Wars, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan... Even Harry Potter before I knew what that was. It was all I didn't know a videogame could be. And I never looked back.
No disrespect to "Final Fantasy VII" but if that was to happen, Square negotiating a deal with Sony to have the remake + PS5 in a bundle, sales will break multiple records.
I remember having the demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi and playing it pretty much once a day until the game actually came out. I remember getting to the part of the game that the demo covered and feeling like such a bad ass pro. So many more great moments in this game, and this is the game that turned me into a completionist in all my future games as I did everything in this game.
*Final Fantasy 8/VIII* has always been a part of my Childhood. The characters, the Music, the Brilliant Cutscenes, the designs, the drama, you name it. This definitely takes me back. This deserves to have a Remake!
Final Fantasy 8 is my favorite game in this storied franchise and I'm here to pay my respects. Not because it's a perfect game... but to me what makes the Final Fantasy series great, is creating worlds that can't exist anywhere else, in any other medium. Final Fantasy 8 has a world like no other and it's characters are so special to me. Even when they or their actions don't feel necessary to the overarching plot-line, the characters have a mundane beauty about them that makes them feel real. But for me, the absolute moment when I knew this was my favorite game, is a certain line that Kiros says in Ragnarok (no spoilers). It's such a subtle powerful moment that glues the whole game together. I LOVE FF8 SO MUCH 💙
Still one of the best openings in any video game and one of the best Final Fantasy games ever! I love the look of the original characters over the remaster. The remaster messed up the eyes in my opinion. Original characters eyes looked more mysterious and gave them a bit exoticness to them whereas on the remaster made them look like a boy band or something. PLEASE GIVE US A FINAL FANTASY VIII REMAKE!!!!!!!! 🙏 PLEASE bring back that original look of the characters! 🙏
I kind of hate what the remake did to Squall and Rinoa's hair and faces. Like I sincerely hope they follow the original concept art more closely if they do a remake. ._.
When I saw this opening for the first time, I fell in love with the game right away. Liberi Fatali playing and the way it ends with you needing more. Amazing opening!
Happy 25th Anniversary Final Fantasy 8.My first FF. A great story and a fantastic soundtrack. I think it deserves more of a celebration than just releasing the opening on UA-cam.
many years ago I got a mp4 at a arcade’s machine, there was a video saved by default in it and it was this opening movie. I was a kid and had no idea what final fantasy was, but I immediately fell in love with the visuals. months later I started playing FFX and kingdom hearts, so many good memories ❤️
Happy 25 FFVIII! You are, and forever will be, one of my favourite games ever. One of my absolute favourite moments in this game is when Squall says "I dreamed I was a moron".
Words will never describe the joy, the emotions and the feelings that this FMV has for me... After so many years... This is still the one FMV from FF that still sends me goosebumps down my spine. Final Fantasy VIII is one of my absolute favourite things ever.... And that will never change. Maybe one day we'll have the remake some of us crave for, but until then... May we cherish this special masterpiece forever.
Cool little details: When Seifer brings the gunblade down to slice Squall's face, the "thunder" sound is a gunshot. And if you slow it down and frame-by-frame it, you can see a bullet casing eject from the gunblade (The wind up starts around 2:40)
Yesterday, February 11th in 1999, this beautiful game was released. Still one of my all time favorite Final Fantasies and I'm replaying it again to celebrate 🥳 🎉 🎊 it's 25th Anniversary. Happy 25th Anniversary and 🎂 🥳 🎉 Final Fantasy VIII! 🥳 🎉 ❤
Oh my GOD! Are you finally remaking my favorite?! I know remakes are a giant undertaking, but it would mean the world to me to see this story told with the same amount of emotional depth with which you are retelling ff7.
Ironically I've been doing a replay of this! This was my first Final Fantasy game back in the day and I was obsessed, once I had the money I bought myself 7.
Square, VIII needs a remake! Thank you for the VII Remake project! VII Rebirth looks like one of your greatest accomplishments! I will buy VII Rebirth and I would buy VIII Remake!
I have so much love for this game. It is my favorite Final Fantasy outside of the mmos. I was sooooooooo happy when Gun Breaker was introduced in Final Fantasy XIV. I always have Squall glam on deck 😁.
I played the game last year and finished it almost 100% the only trophy I'm missing is the Card Trophy. But this was my first FF game I was like 8 or 9 I'm 30 now.
Final Fantasy 8 and 9 are my all time favorite Final Fantasy's... My favorite Moment in 8... Mh.. hard to say... there are so many... so hard to decide... maybe when you arrive at the orphanage for the first time and everyone starts to remember... Or when Rinoa and Squall entered the Ragnarok, the welcome home literally broke and let me cry like a baby.
@@TallulahSoie Indeed, they both save each other and overcome huge adversity in doing so, multiple times. Easily my favourite romance ever, their moments are incredibly iconic.
First experience with FF. Still was my fav after trying out all can find in NA. On PC too. Go figure, all the way back then Square didn't want to do exclusives lol
Yo. When I first caught wind of Final Fantasy VIII, me and my brothers just got a Playstation. Our Version was a preview Video of the Demo which came with another Square Soft title called "Parasite Eve". It was different from any Square Soft title from the past.
Give us a remaster!! Currently on disk 2 loving the switch port. Used to play this all the time on my Ps1. Wrote loads of fan fiction around the GFs for the past 25 years. Best FF game
This was my first introduction to FF series back in the days. And the days definitely were rough for me, but as kid with PS1 and FFVIII nothing was impossible. Loved the intro, loved the music, the atmosphere and the story, even though for a kid it was pretty convoluted plus I played it translated to my region language so definitely had a different experience than everyone else I would dare to say. At the times I thought the game was pretty hard as well, considering you had to be already familiar with FF universe by now, but boi oh boi did I had a blast to play it on my own terms. Happy 25th Anniversary FFVIII. Squall you da lad that me wanted to be someday in some timeline. Thanks Square for not forgetting this game.
My favorite Final Fantasy!!!!! I still get chills just thinking about my first experience playing this amazing game!! They just don't make them like this anymore!
So many great moments, as you first RPG, Ifirt's cave and his battle was a pretty big deal. But then the invasion, the garden wars, Fishermen's Horizon, Esther, and uhh SPACE! This game gave us a lot, and the charcaters gave us more. Squall stan for life.
Oh, it was your first? This was my mom's first Final Fantasy game too! She's not too into Final Fantasy, but she still remembers liking the story and characters of this game, and even though she got very close to the ending, she never actually finished it... HOWEVER! I am considering potentially getting the Remastered version on PS4, so I can go through the same journey my mom did 25 years ago, and even actually finish it so my mom can finally see the Final Boss and the Ending for herself after 25 years.
This game needs a remake more than every single FF game. The type of story and sarcasm some characters have make more sense if voice acted with facial animations. This game is my dream come true
7 deserves all the loves it gets. But dang, I grew up with 8 and it’s sad how this would never get a remake looking at all the hypes comparing 7 and 8, and 9 even… which is already my sister’s generation. If you see this, please Square Enix, make an 8 remake. This would make little me cry with joy. All the music, all the events happened in the game were iconic as well as the other FFs.
Square, me and millions around the world need a remake of this title. I never clicked on something so fast. This was my first RPG game.
VII fans had to wait and push for years. We're going to have to do the same.
@@jesseberg3271 I understand that but you're forgetting they had "Advent Children" which is available today on 4K. They was given the opportunity to see what the characters would look like given modern technology. We have had to depend on "Kingdom Hearts" and other titles. That's all I'm saying.
IX will get a remake before VIII. if either ever do. I would expect 10-3 before VIII remake as well, maybe even before IX. And I would expect all of this doesn't happen until they've completed VII.
Your words are mine
Honestly, I don’t want a remake if it’s in the quality of their current games and I say that as a die hard Final Fantasy VIII fan. It’s all just pushed to the limits to earn as much money as possible and fit the „Netflix and chill“ braindead generation. Smashing on the same buttons over and over, no challenge, DLC over DLC or splitting the game in parts.
Happy 25 Anniversary Final Fantasy VIII
I feel old reading this
You have no idea how mindblowing this opening scene was when I saw it all the way back in the year 2000... I skipped VII (I did not know any better!) and, at the time, my gaming diet consisted of mascot plataformers, racing games, the occasional fighting and sports games... I had no idea just how grand, immersive and profound games could be. I already had an inkling because I had played Resident Evil 2 and my cousin showed me Metal Gear, but this... Was something else.
It was Star Wars, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan... Even Harry Potter before I knew what that was. It was all I didn't know a videogame could be. And I never looked back.
"Final Fantasy VIII Remake"
Yeah... I'll def buying it...
Also, gunblades!
No disrespect to "Final Fantasy VII" but if that was to happen, Square negotiating a deal with Sony to have the remake + PS5 in a bundle, sales will break multiple records.
@@CrystalDominiqueMy guess is 100 million sales day 1
@@JacobOlli You are so on it. 🥰🥰
@@CrystalDominiqueI love all final fantasy’s and the series as a whole but that just wouldn’t happen lol
@@JacobOllithis a troll yeah? Lol
Squall (PS1 graphics) will forever be the 'best looking' guy in video game history!!
As a kid, FF8 introduced me to the gun sword for the first time. The design is iconic and timeless.
👨🏽🍳💋🤌🏽
It's why my main in FF14 is a Gunbreaker. Gunblade is so iconic they made a class around it.
GunBlade*
The Gunblade😳
@@josecruz8803 Same here. I literally only wanted to play GNB because gunblades are just the coolest weapons ever.
Gunblade
So many good memories...
Gives me the "chills". In a good way. 🙂
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I remember having the demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi and playing it pretty much once a day until the game actually came out. I remember getting to the part of the game that the demo covered and feeling like such a bad ass pro. So many more great moments in this game, and this is the game that turned me into a completionist in all my future games as I did everything in this game.
I love this FF, that first time I watched this scene, literally chills, I told myself, OMFG, what an adventure awaits.
*Final Fantasy 8/VIII* has always been a part of my Childhood. The characters, the Music, the Brilliant Cutscenes, the designs, the drama, you name it. This definitely takes me back. This deserves to have a Remake!
Final Fantasy 8 is my favorite game in this storied franchise and I'm here to pay my respects. Not because it's a perfect game... but to me what makes the Final Fantasy series great, is creating worlds that can't exist anywhere else, in any other medium. Final Fantasy 8 has a world like no other and it's characters are so special to me. Even when they or their actions don't feel necessary to the overarching plot-line, the characters have a mundane beauty about them that makes them feel real. But for me, the absolute moment when I knew this was my favorite game, is a certain line that Kiros says in Ragnarok (no spoilers). It's such a subtle powerful moment that glues the whole game together. I LOVE FF8 SO MUCH 💙
Ahh yes, just listen to the soundtrack not too long ago. One of my favorite FF games of all time FFVIII.
My first final fantasy i have played in the series, it will stay with me forever! ❤ Happy birthday! 🎈🎉🥳
me too
Still one of the best openings in any video game and one of the best Final Fantasy games ever! I love the look of the original characters over the remaster. The remaster messed up the eyes in my opinion. Original characters eyes looked more mysterious and gave them a bit exoticness to them whereas on the remaster made them look like a boy band or something. PLEASE GIVE US A FINAL FANTASY VIII REMAKE!!!!!!!! 🙏 PLEASE bring back that original look of the characters! 🙏
I kind of hate what the remake did to Squall and Rinoa's hair and faces. Like I sincerely hope they follow the original concept art more closely if they do a remake. ._.
@@KirbyGotenksabsorbed same!
25 years... My goodness... I still have my greatest hits version in my bedside drawer :D
One of the best jrpg's of all time ❤
One of my fave games ever created - happy birthday ❤
Absolute Uematsu-san brilliance! I listen to those soundtracks on repeat to this day, such a monumental work.
To this day, I still sing this song in my head. Respect and love FF8!!!!!!
It's so hard to name one, but flying around in Ragnarok
They'd ruin it like they did FF7..
All of it. I need a remake of this so bad. It’s what started my obsession with Final Fantasy 25 years ago when we got it on its release date.
When I saw this opening for the first time, I fell in love with the game right away. Liberi Fatali playing and the way it ends with you needing more. Amazing opening!
Happy 25th Anniversary Final Fantasy 8.My first FF. A great story and a fantastic soundtrack. I think it deserves more of a celebration than just releasing the opening on UA-cam.
many years ago I got a mp4 at a arcade’s machine, there was a video saved by default in it and it was this opening movie. I was a kid and had no idea what final fantasy was, but I immediately fell in love with the visuals. months later I started playing FFX and kingdom hearts, so many good memories ❤️
Happy 25 FFVIII!
You are, and forever will be, one of my favourite games ever.
One of my absolute favourite moments in this game is when Squall says "I dreamed I was a moron".
Words will never describe the joy, the emotions and the feelings that this FMV has for me... After so many years... This is still the one FMV from FF that still sends me goosebumps down my spine. Final Fantasy VIII is one of my absolute favourite things ever.... And that will never change. Maybe one day we'll have the remake some of us crave for, but until then... May we cherish this special masterpiece forever.
Happy 25th Anniversary one of the best FF
I literally share a bday with the japanese release of this game. This must be a sign
Same! Turning 42 today!
According to the booklet you get with the game, I share a birthday with Seifer.
What a great game! Happy anniversary Squall!
Happy Birthday FFVIII, you weren't probably the best in the series but you were my first FF game
Still love this game to bits
Happy 25th Anniversary Final Fantasy VIII, you changed my life.
Now this would benefit from a remake, happy anniversary to this gem of a game ^_^
Still one of the most iconic and epic openings to a game I've ever experienced. Great Final Fantasy and game. Happy 25th FFVIII!
the scene at the dance when they meet after seeing the shooting star is still so clear in my memory
this was my first final fantasy game. soo soo good
One of my most favorite openings out of all of them!
I remember watching the trailer waiting for ff8 after having my mind blown by ff7… great memories!
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FF8 25th anniversary
It's 25th anniversary today.
Not at all what you think.
Director already said they won't do an VIII remake.
@@kenhunt Not what it should be.
final fantasy 8 is absolutely iconic and divine
Best FF ever! Can't wait for a remake :o
Best Final Fantasy,my very first and favorite part.
My favorite game. Came out like a week after I was born
REMAKE, PLEASE?
MY favorite Fantasy. Thank you for the memories, Square Enix!
My favorite Final Fantasy of all time. It deserves a remake.
Cool little details: When Seifer brings the gunblade down to slice Squall's face, the "thunder" sound is a gunshot. And if you slow it down and frame-by-frame it, you can see a bullet casing eject from the gunblade (The wind up starts around 2:40)
Happy Silver Anniversary Final Fantasy 8.
7 and 8 have the best opening scenes
The hopelesness of space
Not me just realizing this was posted on the 25th anniversary..wow Yes pleaseeeeeeeeee
I still get so emotional when hearing/watching this opening. One of my favorite Final Fantasy's
My first and still my favorite FF game. I'll finished it multiple times but I know I'll be replaying it sometime again in the future.
Yesterday, February 11th in 1999, this beautiful game was released. Still one of my all time favorite Final Fantasies and I'm replaying it again to celebrate 🥳 🎉 🎊 it's 25th Anniversary.
Happy 25th Anniversary and 🎂 🥳 🎉 Final Fantasy VIII! 🥳 🎉 ❤
So beautiful. Thanks for the memory ❤
I've never opened a video so fast! This game changed me! Thanks for doing this game for all of us!
I remember...
right smack in the middle of the legendary stretch from FF6 to FF10
Oh my GOD! Are you finally remaking my favorite?! I know remakes are a giant undertaking, but it would mean the world to me to see this story told with the same amount of emotional depth with which you are retelling ff7.
My favourite Final Fantasy and that will never change
This was first experience with Final Fantasy knowing it by name and watching it unfold. I was enthralled immediately.
Ironically I've been doing a replay of this! This was my first Final Fantasy game back in the day and I was obsessed, once I had the money I bought myself 7.
Square, VIII needs a remake! Thank you for the VII Remake project! VII Rebirth looks like one of your greatest accomplishments! I will buy VII Rebirth and I would buy VIII Remake!
Remake this one please!
I have so much love for this game. It is my favorite Final Fantasy outside of the mmos.
I was sooooooooo happy when Gun Breaker was introduced in Final Fantasy XIV. I always have Squall glam on deck 😁.
One of the greatest openings in video game history
Rinoa, my first video game crush 😂👍🏼
Happy 25th anniversary, FFVIII. This game deserves a lot more praise.
Also it has possibly the best cinematic opening scene of all time.
I played the game last year and finished it almost 100% the only trophy I'm missing is the Card Trophy.
But this was my first FF game I was like 8 or 9 I'm 30 now.
OH MAN
The best Final Fantasy opening movie in my humble opinion
Final Fantasy 8 and 9 are my all time favorite Final Fantasy's... My favorite Moment in 8... Mh.. hard to say... there are so many... so hard to decide... maybe when you arrive at the orphanage for the first time and everyone starts to remember... Or when Rinoa and Squall entered the Ragnarok, the welcome home literally broke and let me cry like a baby.
Best part is Rinoa not giving up on Squall. Then him not giving up on her.
@@TallulahSoie Indeed, they both save each other and overcome huge adversity in doing so, multiple times. Easily my favourite romance ever, their moments are incredibly iconic.
Thank you SquareSoft(Enix). This gem released on my birthday and is still my favorite game in this IP.
everything about this is iconic and personally to this point, my favorite RPG of al time
This game needs a remake! My favorite FF
cmon Square we dare you to remake this one.
It is indeed the Final Fantasy VIII opening movie.
I’ve watched it hundreds of times and many more times to come it seems.
Happy Birthday, Squall Leonhart.
I hope if they do remake VIII, Kitase actually directs it again. To this day the direction & cinematography is outrageously stunning.
AAAAAAAA I LOVE VIII SO MUCH, SQUARE IS KIND OF QUEENY FOR OFFICIALLY UPLOADING THE INCREDIBLE OPENING.
First experience with FF.
Still was my fav after trying out all can find in NA.
On PC too. Go figure, all the way back then Square didn't want to do exclusives lol
Yo. When I first caught wind of Final Fantasy VIII, me and my brothers just got a Playstation.
Our Version was a preview Video of the Demo which came with another Square Soft title called "Parasite Eve". It was different from any Square Soft title from the past.
Yeah I remember playing the demo so many times. I can still remember the differences between the demo and release.
Today is the birthday of two of my favorite games, Final Fantasy VIII and Xenogears!🎉🔥❤️
Give us a remaster!!
Currently on disk 2 loving the switch port. Used to play this all the time on my Ps1. Wrote loads of fan fiction around the GFs for the past 25 years.
Best FF game
We already got one.
This was my first introduction to FF series back in the days. And the days definitely were rough for me, but as kid with PS1 and FFVIII nothing was impossible. Loved the intro, loved the music, the atmosphere and the story, even though for a kid it was pretty convoluted plus I played it translated to my region language so definitely had a different experience than everyone else I would dare to say.
At the times I thought the game was pretty hard as well, considering you had to be already familiar with FF universe by now, but boi oh boi did I had a blast to play it on my own terms.
Happy 25th Anniversary FFVIII. Squall you da lad that me wanted to be someday in some timeline.
Thanks Square for not forgetting this game.
Yep, they're definitely hinting at something in the future. I'd bet my life savings on it
Happy Birthday FF8! Hope you get a remake someday like your older brother FF7 did.
Happy 25th anniversary to my very first Final Fantasy experience - a very special one! Lots of love
My favorite Final Fantasy!!!!! I still get chills just thinking about my first experience playing this amazing game!! They just don't make them like this anymore!
“I promise.” Happy 25th Anniversary to the game that solidified me becoming the hopeful romantic I am. ♥️
So many great moments, as you first RPG, Ifirt's cave and his battle was a pretty big deal. But then the invasion, the garden wars, Fishermen's Horizon, Esther, and uhh SPACE! This game gave us a lot, and the charcaters gave us more. Squall stan for life.
My Favourite game, the game of my life. I WISH A REMAKE !!!!!!
You trick me. I thought was a remake 😭. But thanks for the good memories. Man I put so many hours on this game.
Best Final Fantasy game! No other game in the series ever came close to this one and I played them all.
Not only the best FF opening but the best Video game opening ever.
We need a sequel! Happy anniversary FF8
It is and will always be my favorite FF, it was my first. Give him a little more attention, he deserves it, he even deserved a better remaster.
This was my first FF title, and I've been hooked ever since. One of the best games, def deserves a remake!!🤩
Oh, it was your first? This was my mom's first Final Fantasy game too! She's not too into Final Fantasy, but she still remembers liking the story and characters of this game, and even though she got very close to the ending, she never actually finished it...
HOWEVER! I am considering potentially getting the Remastered version on PS4, so I can go through the same journey my mom did 25 years ago, and even actually finish it so my mom can finally see the Final Boss and the Ending for herself after 25 years.
25 years!!! and still looks fenomenal 😍
This game needs a remake more than every single FF game. The type of story and sarcasm some characters have make more sense if voice acted with facial animations. This game is my dream come true
7 deserves all the loves it gets. But dang, I grew up with 8 and it’s sad how this would never get a remake looking at all the hypes comparing 7 and 8, and 9 even… which is already my sister’s generation.
If you see this, please Square Enix, make an 8 remake. This would make little me cry with joy. All the music, all the events happened in the game were iconic as well as the other FFs.
Happy Anniversary to one of my personal favorite best Final Fantasy ever
The best videogame opening of all-time.
Despite me not getting past disc 3, I still like this game.