Chrono Trigger is on Steam (Fan patches now being released)
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you inadvertently hit the nail on the head on this one. People are praising the art style of the PSP versions but they're indistinguishable from one another. If good art style means blending all the games together as if the original versions didn't convey a different feeling and atmosphere, then count me out. This is clearly not the way to go to do these games justice.
The DS version is $30-$40 complete on Ebay. That's not expensive.
My refund has gone through, thanks based Steam.
I spent a lot of time looking at pixels too closely and noticed that there's no fewer than four different things being done to the sprites in this port.
Characters have one filter that sharpens and scales:
Then tiles have another, which doesn't take into account the sprites as tiles so you get these disconnected graphics:
You've got some sprites that have no filtering whatsoever.
And then you've got the fourth category, which is sprites that have been redrawn.
The amount of effort they put into this port is baffling. They added the content from the DS version, redrew some of the sprites, took a big ol' dump on some of them, a different dump on others, and then straight-up forgot others. If Squeenix had just licensed one of the many SNES Emulators out there and released a ROM you'd have a few people complaining, but ultimately you'd have a much better situation. What a sad trainwreck.
I spent a lot of time looking at pixels too closely and noticed that there's no fewer than four different things being done to the sprites in this port.
Characters have one filter that sharpens and scales:
Then tiles have another, which doesn't take into account the sprites as tiles so you get these disconnected graphics:
You've got some sprites that have no filtering whatsoever.
And then you've got the fourth category, which is sprites that have been redrawn.
The amount of effort they put into this port is baffling. They added the content from the DS version, redrew some of the sprites, took a big ol' dump on some of them, a different dump on others, and then straight-up forgot others. If Squeenix had just licensed one of the many SNES Emulators out there and released a ROM you'd have a few people complaining, but ultimately you'd have a much better situation. What a sad trainwreck.
Nope. This is what happens when you delete them and play the game:I see a shaders folder I wonder if these are the filters.
Lolwat.
Firion is literally a slightly altered version of the FF1 Warrior sprite...
I don't understand why they think people want these messed up sprites.
Do they think they are making them better?
Do they have no pride in their original art and sprite work?
Wow, I have all of those but didn't even recognize they were the PSP versions. It's been a long time since I played them. Did SE ever put the 20th anniversary editions on the NA PSN store? I know they were on the EU store, but I was waiting forever for the NA store release.
If you have a Wii or WiiU you can get the SNES version for $8. DS copies are $30-40 new. Mind you this is in the US, but are options if you want to pay for those versions.
Nearly 5 years since the FF5/6 mobile ports were released and endless negative feedback about certain elements, and they still can't seem to figure out that people just really freaking like the original pixel art style. It's the reason so many SNES games have aged well. Stop screwing with what people are already entirely in love with, please. It's clear these artistic decisions are extremely deliberate and consumers should vote with their wallets.
It would be nice if ports like these started coming with ROMs of the originals on a Extras/Bonus folder or something.
Again, no company does this. Capcom doesn't intentionally kneecap mobile titles for the sake of making their console releases look better.
Why not just buy the Steam version, then download the SNES rom and play that instead?
Man they should have just released it with the ROM, but then again, people would complain. However, its wayy better than this shitty ass mobile version that we got. I cant even press the Menu button via Start, I actually have to use my mouse and press Menu on the top right. lol
GG Squaresoft
GG Squaresoft
Holy crap, thank you a bunch for this whole post! getting the details of this out, It's crazy how this song and dance happens for so many of these ports, and I hope this is the last straw for this, and they take a more serious look at their ports from now on...
...I mean, nothing's written in stone, but I'm hopeful!
Lolwat.
Firion is literally a slightly altered version of the FF1 Warrior sprite...
It ain't the same art style, lots of differences between the two esp. in terms of environment. Is FFIV's Cecil a reskinned Warrior too ?
not sure if that work that way, i mean if i bought that version i can play any other version
there's also the ps1 version of chrono trigger on ps3 for 10 bucks (i got it for 5).
which is MUCH better than this "Port"
Man they could have done so much more with the achievements. Just 8 or so of them and all story ones. Hopefully if it gets ported to PS4 it'll have a plat.
Jesus, what's with Square and pixel art? At least make these filters optional.
Doesn't make a difference to me as I have other means to play this already, but people have been asking for a modern release for so long.
Doesn't make a difference to me as I have other means to play this already, but people have been asking for a modern release for so long.
Yeah I've never understood the love for those remakes, they look so bland compared to the originals (even though I think the original IV is kinda ugly).
im from chile, i have a pc and a smartphone, dont have a snes, dont have a ds, need to buy in amazon a ds and the ds version, or a wii or a wiiu just for this game vs bought this version for 18 usd (because in steam store conversion usd to clp in se games are bad)
Makes sense. I actually prefer that infamous "close to you" flub as well as I always thought it was an unfinished part of the game. Not a fan of Cross either.
If you own a Wii or Wii U, you have about a month left to add Wii Points to your account so you can buy it there.
They did a pretty good job at promoting MHXX by announcing MHW right before it released. I'd quality that as kneecapping one project at the expense of another haha. Your original wording didn't specify mobile titles or anything, and it's pretty well agreed in Media Create threads that Capcom made a pretty dumb move with MHXX and the timing of the MHW announcement. Anyway, I guess I misunderstood your original statement, so no worries.
Well nothing is stopping you from just downloading the rom for free now but if you buy the Steam version before doing it, you are at least supporting Square for the product.
Eh.. Square you need to do a better job with your lazy ports, at least it's selling well right now.
Why on earth would you feel any obligation to support Square on this game after this debacle?
Going off their other Mobile to PC ports modders will fix this and Square will pretend like everything is okay.
Wow now I think I understand why they didn't advertise this release. Can we have an honest debate as to why jaggy antiquated pixels are better than smooth blends (which is how they looked when originally displayed when the game was released)((OK MAYBE THIS ISNT THE SMOOTHEST BLEND, But it's not the titanic guys)? I'm not advocating for either - I'm just unsure as to why this is a supposed complete disaster?
Oh, is something wrong with this version? Is it not like the PSN version (I think that's the one I played).
Oh, they've used some filters? Hmm...
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