Complex sentence: It was developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) as the "Final Fantasy" series' eighth title, removing magic point-based spell-casting and the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters.
Split into simpler sentences: It was developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) as the "Final Fantasy" series' eighth title. It removed magic point-based spell-casting and was the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters.