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Final Fantasy VII, IX, X/X-2 HD, and XII: The Zodiac Age announced for Switch, XB1, and Steam (2019)
- Thread starter Mr. RPG
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What????????? LMAO
Not sure if this is serious or just a joke gone wrong.
"Better" is a bit difficult to discern, but if you're turned off IX for going to more of a fantasy set of aesthetics, you'll likely be turned off 12 pretty heavily - it's very similar to previous Ivalice / Ivalice-adjacent games (Vagrant Story and FF Tactics in particular, as well as the use of Sakimoto's music which was especially divisive at the time) with the addition of airships influenced by the Star Wars prequels.
8 comes after they announce the Final Fantasy 8 Remake..... right? ^^
FFX/X-2 and FFXII will have retail versions. Not sure about VII and IX yet, but I imagine they won't. I'd gladly pay a few extra bucks for FFVII in a cartridge.
Thanks ;)
I know is difficult to state which is the better game, but there are some objective elements (gameplay, story, technical department) apart from the subjective ones; anyway the XII description you gave me is adherent to my personal opinion.
Absolutely FF7. You won't be able to step back very easily, even if the only one you've played is FF8. The seams are showing and it is an absolutely frankensteins monster of a game at time, but hit it first and you may be able to capture the magic everybody else experienced when going through the first time.
Very serious unfortunately lol. It just looked so stupid in videos... Id feel embarrassed even playing it. Haha
You should be embarrassed by that pet in your avatar.
New players should definetly check out 7/910 simply because of the wide variety of themes. I know people who absolutely love 7 and 10 but can't get into 9 at all and vice versa. Personally I love all 3 of them for different reasons.
X-2 is an excellent way to turn off someone from the entire series.
Overall yes, definetly. I like the whole worldbuilding and mood they went with far better than sthis edgelord VII stuff.
the combat is hella fun
and rat-tail yuna is best yuna
@ me, haters
...There's a lot of tech in FFIX. Lindblum is essentially a giant clockwork city. And Terran technology is highly advanced, including cloning technology and the Invincible. FFIX isn't "high fantasy" at all, it just has a more medieval setting that hearkens back to early FF. But it still has the blend of magic, fantasy and sci-fi.
Thank you for the specification, anyway, the other big issue for me in relation to old PS1 games, is that simple ports are really for the saga fans nowadays, not really for the "interested ones" like me, so yes I want to play an old FF to discover the saga, but not so old and from what I can see on YT, FFXII could be my perfect match (from a technical and gameplay perspective).
Has there been any more news from Square about any of these? The wait for IX,X & XII for this thing is gonna kill me.
The (admittedly widely-expected) physical version of X/X-2 HD for Switch was confirmed. That's about all the new stuff since the original announcement.
Apologies for the week-long bump, but I guess it's safe to assume that WoFF is a digital-only title in Europe at this point? I haven't seen any mention of that anywhere, but also haven't seen any retailers list it, and it's due out in a few days.
I'm leaning towards importing an XBO copy from Amazon US.
I'm leaning towards importing an XBO copy from Amazon US.
wouldnt that depend on who is publishing? if nintendo publishes, we'll get those game in physical form for no less than 39.99 euro or dls.
if it's SE then yes, it's probable digital only
It's due out next Tuesday, so I think it's a bit late to announce physical copies now :(
I think it's digital only. Didn't see any presser indicating otherwise. Preordered last week!
I want more details on the PS1 games!!
I want more details on the PS1 games!!
Importing the game myself, at least in this case there is a way to get it on physical format.. wish they did the same with nier automata.
Also getting FFX and XII the same way.
Yeah, I'll probably end up importing those too. I need my physical copies!
Agree about NieR, though I did have that physically on PS4 at least, so I didn't mind buying it digitally on XBO too much.
I hope we're not waiting too long into 2019 for the rest of the games.
Agree about NieR, though I did have that physically on PS4 at least, so I didn't mind buying it digitally on XBO too much.
I hope we're not waiting too long into 2019 for the rest of the games.
I would have purchased NieR at launch on Xbox One X if it had been physical, there is no way I'm paying full price for something digital. I just can't do it.
It's so stupid that WoFF isn't coming physically on Switch but is on Xbox, Xbox of all things! The console they've ignored and haven't given a shit about in forever (trust me, I know, I love SE games and Xbox is my preferred 3rd party console). >_> I wanted it on Switch but again, can't bring myself to pay full price for a digital thing. So I'll just wait for it to be on sale or get the Xbox One version instead I guess?
It's so stupid that WoFF isn't coming physically on Switch but is on Xbox, Xbox of all things! The console they've ignored and haven't given a shit about in forever (trust me, I know, I love SE games and Xbox is my preferred 3rd party console). >_> I wanted it on Switch but again, can't bring myself to pay full price for a digital thing. So I'll just wait for it to be on sale or get the Xbox One version instead I guess?
Same with me. Back in the day, I really wanted XII to be on the Vita (as it's where I ended up playing X/X-2 the most), but a Switch version of Zodiac Age is the perfect consolation prize. Can't wait for the date on that one.
Pretty disappointed that WoFF is digital only on the Switch but I'll still be picking it up. Missed out on the original release.
I hope FF9 will further tweak the UI to not be so bad and take an absurd amount of space in battle. I'm also expecting black borders, I'm not a fan of random background art.
I've kinda been meaning to play it again, but the high-res 3D models over the upscaled 240p art still is jarring to me.
I've kinda been meaning to play it again, but the high-res 3D models over the upscaled 240p art still is jarring to me.
Doubtful. I'll redownload it if that happens, though...
To this day I wonder why FF9's prerendered backgrounds didn't get the X/X-2 treatment, especially when the characters received updated higher-poly models. X/X-2 HD's backgrounds look great even in 4K, whereas IX PC's backgrounds are a low-res eyesore even on the lowest possible resolution. (There is a mod that upscales them...way too much. Game looks almost like an oil painting with them.)
FFX's backgrounds aren't pre-rendered. That's the difference.
That would be creating a brand new game. most of X and 13-2's assets are real assets, FFXI's assets are 2D. There's only so much you can do if the assets are low res
*ninjaed*
*ninjaed*
Now I'm actually conflicted about what console I'm going to grab these for. On one hand, it is great to play these on the Xbox One, so that will be nice. On the other, being able to take these games on the go would be good too. The joys of being conflicted...
Also hopefully FF8 will get its tweaks so that it can be on all platforms too.
Also hopefully FF8 will get its tweaks so that it can be on all platforms too.
You didn't get what they said.
Some FFX backgrounds are prerendered and was touched up presumably by hand in the remaster.
they probably had higher quality source files available for touch ups, unlike FF9
FFIX's original, high-quality art still exists. Perhaps they lost some of it, and didn't want the background qualities to be inconsistent, or something.
These were collected by a fan by manually combing the portfolios and websites of the hundreds of artists who worked on FFIX. These artists are mostly American and European contractors who don't work for SE anymore. SE itself doesn't have those files in their archives and was never going to do what that fan did.
I know I'm like quadriple-dipping for Switch but honestly soon you'll be able to play your entire Xbox library on any device with Xstream. Gonna work wonders for many smaller, easy to play for a short time and drop titles, like these.
And FF8 seems like it's never going to come at this point. Keeping hope alive, though.