Final Fantasy VIII - Remastered Intro [HD]

[Sprinkleycakes]

I was 13 years old when this game exploded into my world. I’m 35 now and it still gives me goosebumps. This was a pivotal moment for me.

[FylixAerou]

The scene transition from feather to sword is one of the coolest I've ever seen.

[Dacho_Shaki]

This is actually my favorite FF intro. No joke.

[mattmcewan]

People don't understand how insane this looked in 1999

[reinatycoon]

This will always be the best video game introduction ever. It has lovely orchestral music, beautiful nature scenery, and the awesome Gunblade sword fight between Squall and Seifer.

[zbiku]

Over 20 years later, the same shivers. OST is a masterpiece

[ramzabeoulve]

This is 17 years old and still looks incredible.

[Squall]

I think the underappreciated thing VIII does extremely well is drive home the idea of growing up and forgetting aspects of your past. It delves into the fogginess of memory and provokes the player to reflect on their life, friends, etc and where they came from and where they are now. It's a game about appreciating and understanding your past, instead of running away from it. While it's story is epic to an extent, overall it's downplayed compared to VII more in favor of exploring the idea of understanding who you are internally rather than externally. I think its criminally overlooked but I find as the years go by, more and more people appreciate it for what it tried to do. Tell the story of a group of broken people helping each other realize their worth, moving on from the past, and finding a reason to exist in the world. It touched me back then and playing it again recently with my friend, 10 years younger than me, she appreciated it as well, nearly 20 years after its release. Now that's an impressive feat.

[ZACKMASTER]

Still one of the best opening cinematic to a game I've ever seen. I also love how Squall takes a pretty brutal cut to the face and is like "...bitch, " before returning the favor to Seifer😂

[ravenly]

I would erase my memory of playing this, just to play it again, over and over.

[GovernorRP]

20 years ago today, one of the greatest games of all time came out...

[dylanvalorfall]

That gave me chills like 18 years later. Wow.

[humorrhoidsx]

Final fantasy 7, 8, 9 taught me to read and understand what I saw as high vocabulary. I was like 10, now I’m 31 this and many others bring so much nostalgia and amazing goosebumps. It also taught me a little about how the world can be and how one should uphold honor and virtue. At the same time fight for love and sacrifice for the greater good.

[kazuyoshimishimura]

Younger people cant appreciate how good this looked 25 years ago when game was pixelated and you got rendered movie playing in background like when landing on dollet beach or when escaping that spider mech or walking on roof of a running train back then it was absolutely mind blowing experience

[satsukage]

Still getting Goosebumbs when the choir starts at the end of the intro

[Sawngawkuh]

A nice little detail shown at 2:47 is that Seifer used the triggering mechanism of his gunblade to make the impact more harmful, which is why Squall wound up at the infirmary whereas Seifer, despite also being slashed, was already up and about.

[brunoalc]

Imagine having this opening on a PS1 game. Absolute legendary.

[oni]

What an intro, FF8 is IMO one of the best stories of the series, and one of the most relatable, because it had that grit and realism. The rivalry between Squall and Seifer was exactly like real life sibling rivalries between brothers. Also, the antagonists in FF8 were legitimately intimidating. Look at Edea. Just based on the visuals she seems like the queen of some corrupted, otherworldly realm.

[dimmkah]

I remember I was 14 years old, 9/9/1999, I ran to Circuit City and bought this game after school, ran home, popped disc 1 into my PlayStation, turned it on, hit "New Game" and this intro played. My mouth was agape, I was completely blown away, I've never before or since seen a video game opening that hyped me up more to play the game or that just had such a profound awe striking effect on me. I'm now 35, and have played probably hundreds of other games since FFVIII, but even watching this today I still don't think any other game opening can touch it. It's just too well done.

[Ryukleinchen]

31.12.2024 and when i hear the first seconds of this song i still start to cry. this is a absolutly masterpiece of gaming history.