# FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered — user reviews > 270 indexed App Store user reviews of FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered by SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd., rated 3.60/5 from 386 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-fantasy-viii-remastered/id1326740784/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-fantasy-viii-remastered/id1326740784.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 205 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 29 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 102 ## What do users think of FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Great game - 🎨 Excellent graphics and visuals - 🎶 Fantastic soundtrack - 🕹️ Smooth gameplay - 🕰️ Useful speed boost feature - 🎮 Nostalgic and memorable experience **Cons** - 🔋 Overheating issues on modern devices - 🔇 Lack of sound or audio issues - 🐛 Bugs, crashes, and freezes - 🕹️ Subpar touch controls - 💰 High price point for a mobile port **Commonly reported bugs** - Game won't load past the intro screens - Save data not syncing or being lost - Laggy performance and frame rate issues - Trigger button not working properly - Enemies not dying in battle **Most requested features** - Controller support - Cloud save functionality - Widescreen support - Ability to disable target indicators - Language options (e.g., Chinese) ## Newest reviews (12 of 270) ### 4/5 — Thank you *2026-08-15, version 1.0.3* Loved it ! Plays very good in my iPhone 17 pro. Some minor glitches here and there. When at the end of disc one at the parece in Delong city, when the president walks the party to the clock tower, when squall goes up, if squall touches the handle that lowers the gate to trap the sorceress before time , it glitches and it gets stuck. ### 4/5 — Даже не знаю что сказать… *2025-12-29* У меня странные отношения с этой игрой, мне многое в ней не нравится и т.д. но я всё равно уважаю восьмёрку. Ремастер как по мне не плох но вот отсутствие русского языка это реально проблема. Лучше поиграйте в пиксельные переиздания с 1 по 6 части. ### 2/5 — Overheating *2025-11-18, version 1.0.2* Why is the app so poorly optimized? No reason why it should be overheating any modern phone it’s a remaster of a PS1 GAME??? All these complaints in the reviews and not a single update to fix any of them in over a year ### 2/5 — Pt-br *2025-11-17* Amo a franquia, mas não ter o pt-br para um país que está entre os 10 que mais consomem do mundo, parece até sacanagem! Aposto que se jogasse hoje para pt-br milhares de brasileiros iriam baixar ### 1/5 — Segundo plano *2025-09-29* Um absurdo não poder executar vídeo e áudio em segundo plano ### 3/5 — iPhone 15 Max wird heiß!!! *2025-08-20* Joa läuft eigentlich gut auf dem Handy hab mich auch übel drauf gefreut in das beliebte ff8 zu starten und zu schauen wieso es alle so feiern aber nach 15 Minuten fängt mein Handy gefühlt an zu brennen ### 2/5 — No simultaneous audio and no instant save option? Why bother? *2025-08-14, version 1.0.2* Completely useless in a smart phone. Like I’m actually going to keep this app open for 2 hours until I find another save point. Defeats the whole purpose of having it on a phone in the first place. Why are these not an obvious features? ### 4/5 — Language *2025-06-04, version 1.0.2* Try to add language Chinese.plz! ### 1/5 — Literally unplayable *2025-04-20, version 1.0.2* I want my money back. This piece of trash is unplayable, controls don’t move or respond. This is my fave FF game, and this hurts how bad it is. I couldn’t even get through the intro. ### 4/5 — Deep sea research *2025-04-13, version 1.0.2* I’m playing on an i phone and don’t seem to be able to access the lower levels of the deep sea research center to fight ultimate weapon and get Eden gf. The save point didn’t seem to spawn after defeating Bahamian either. Is this a bug or what? The pillar you climb down never appears ### 1/5 — Game won’t run *2025-02-28, version 1.0.2* When I start the game it lags like crazy on the developer sequence and then freezes at title screen. ### 3/5 — Plz fix the glitch *2025-02-23, version 1.0.2* There’s a glitch when laguna meets Julia for the first time; the whole game freezes. :( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 한글화가 되지 않아 진행이 어렵습니다 *2026-07-18* 최악입니다 ### 1/5 — Do not work !!! *2026-05-10, version 1.0.3* Hello! Do not work on iPhone 14 Pro Max iOS 26.4.2. Fix it or give me back my money please . ### 1/5 — Ruined *2026-02-08, version 1.0.2* I don’t know what the last update was supposed to achieve but the game is completely ruined. Controls take 2-3 seconds to respond and the frame rate is dire. Please don’t waste your money. ### 1/5 — Does not work on my iPhone *2026-02-02, version 1.0.2* I have final fantasy vii and ix they work seamlessly on my iPhone 12, yes it’s bit old now. But still going strong. Yet I can’t get this to even open beyond the initial press start splash page. It briefly worked and then stopped when I went to start a new game. No idea why. Very poor port compared to the other two. ### 1/5 — Opening Cut Scenes Lag and Stall *2026-02-01, version 1.0.2* Super bummed to open this on the latest iOS in 2026 for this game to not even be playable. ### 1/5 — Final fantasy *2026-01-20, version 1.0.2* After the last update game won’t open and when it does it will stop every second and will kick you out of the game ### 1/5 — Unplayable Mess *2025-11-25, version 1.0.2* The game stutters nonstop. Don’t waste your money on this. ### 1/5 — SOUND *2025-11-23, version 1.0.2* No sound asking for refund ### 1/5 — Game won’t run *2025-10-30, version 1.0.2* Got a 2020 ipad. Either won’t run or lags and breaks. Please fix. ### 1/5 — No longer works. *2025-10-24, version 1.0.2* Buttons stick, and crashes, all before leaving the main menu. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — One of the Best Classic RPGs *2026-08-09, version 1.0.3* This game is set apart by its mix of Fantasy and Science Fiction elements. It has lots of Dimensions in the story, and authentic feeling friendships especially between the two main characters. The cut scenes are epic and the sequence of events feels like playing an interactive movie. Square Enix needs to Remake this or turn it into an Anime, preferably both. This needs voice acting with good actors. ### 5/5 — Decent port with only minor issues *2026-04-30, version 1.0.3* Enjoyable way to play the game. Decent touch controls and it plays smoothly overall. Only issues I’ve noticed is that FMVs are choppy (poor frame pacing, not because of them being 15fps. The frame pacing is fine on the PC port), and transparent text boxes are just darker instead of being transparent. Playing on iPhone Air. Neither is a huge deal or detracts from the experience for me. Thanks Square Enix! ### 5/5 — Ran smooth all the way *2026-04-20, version 1.0.2* I held off purchasing this because of recent reviews, but I played the whole game on an iPad Pro and never came across any issues whatsoever. I’m really hoping they remastered ff7 and 9 I had some glitch issues ### 5/5 — An incredible game - needs the FF7 treatment *2025-09-27, version 1.0.2* My favourite game of all time, and I get to play it on my mobile! I’ve never understood why one of SE’s best performing games has just been ignored for over 25 years. ### 5/5 — Нет Русского *2025-09-08* Всё, супер! Игра, само собой шедевр! Играю, с удовольствием! Правда, нет русского) жаль! Но, скрепя))) вспоминая все свои знания) играть, можно))) ну и переводчик) помогает)) ### 5/5 — Best Final Fantasy game I’ve ever played *2025-08-26, version 1.0.2* I love this game very much to me. It has the best battle system. Best story lovable characters. Best of all I get to play on my iPhone ### 5/5 — Le meilleur jeux vidéo *2025-08-20* Une histoire intrigante et incroyablement belle, des musiques immersif et envoûtante, des graphismes époustouflants et bluffants pour l’époque, des personnages intéressants à suivre et magnifiquement beaux. Grâce à cette opus il m’a fait devenir un vrai fan de FINAL FANTASY et m’a fais découvrir par la suite d’autres très bon jeux que j’aimerais bien voir un jour sur l’app store : FINAL FANTASY X et KINGDOM HEARTS. Je ne peu que vous recommander ce jeu, il en vaux pour son prix. (Si vous avez une manette, l’expérience sera encore plus meilleur). Je vous souhaite une belle découverte et une très belle aventure! Devenez les meilleurs Seed. ### 5/5 — Great game! What about FFX for next downloadable game? *2025-04-18, version 1.0.2* I love this game and I hope there’s a controller add on update in the later future.. or patch which connects with the button layout if players like the touch screen option. Great game by the way! ### 5/5 — Great Game! Story Line and Movie Scenes are Amazing *2025-02-19, version 1.0.2* This game has a lot of customization and ways to play. The music and cutscenes are of high quality for its time. I would love to see an Anime based on this story! ### 5/5 — 한글패치 업데이트 해주세요ㅠㅠㅠ *2025-02-04* 젭라 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*