From the screenshots, it looks like this isn't the usual Square Enix redo for mobile, which became at its best by the time Final Fantasy VI hit Android. For instance, instead of controls optimized to take advantage of the touch screen to great lengths (see FFVI Android in battle), a sort of PSX emulator controller overlay takes place instead. And instead of the controls adapting to the situation at hand (hiding in cutscenes, world map buttons when not in battle, battle controls when in battle), they're always up and available, even during cutscenes.
I'm afraid this could be the case for the Android release of FF8, with the controls not optimized for touch a la FF6. I'm not asking for new graphics or a whole remake. Just changing the controls to something that goes along with the quality of FF mobile ports so far.