FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered brings the game?s classic story to modern platforms now with newly rendered visuals that bring the world to life like never before. Story The Republic of Galbadia, under the influence of the sorceress Edea, mobilises its great armies against the other nations of the world. Squall and other members of SeeD, an elite mercenary force, join hands with Rinoa, a resistance fighter, to fight against Galbadia’s tyrannical rule and to prevent Edea from fulfilling her ultimate goal.