Final Fantasy 8 would need reworked battle system in hypothetical remake, says series producer

Final Fantasy 8 director, and series producer, Yoshinori Kitase has said he would change its combat system in a hypothetical remake.

The eighth game in the series is more experimental than others, in particular with its Junction system used to boost the stats of player characters.

Kitase told IGN he would “really rework the battle system”, mentioning the Junction system specifically.

“I think you may remember we had the Junction system in Final Fantasy 8,” he said. “And the thing about that system was the enemies levelled up in line with what the player’s level was. And obviously you had to then use the Junction system and how you customise that to overcome the challenge there. And I think it was a very difficult system for some people to get into. Depending on player skills, sometimes they just didn’t work out the best way of doing it.