Final Fantasy VII patched on Switch/XB1 to remove music bug and more

[Robin64]

Hey, remember that annoying music bug, where the field music would restart again every time you finished a battle? Well that's gone now!

It will now carry on where it left off, letting you enjoy the full theme.

Given how many people said they wouldn't get the release because of this reason, I wonder if this will change their mind? :)

(If a patch came out for the other consoles that also fixes it, just let us know, but I personally can't check)

Summary of patch:

• Music will now resume where it left off once a battle has concluded.
• Transitions between cutscenes and gameplay no longer have a frame of black screen.
• The flashback scene that played incorrect music now plays the correct music.

 

[Deleted member 8593]

What about FFIX? Didn't that also have the bug?

 

[Robin64]

What about FFIX? Didn't that also have the bug?

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It has the bug, but haven't seen a patch. Maybe there's one on the way if they did FFVII.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

It's definitely changing mine at least. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Mekanos]

Holy shit. This is huge.

What about Final Fantasy IX...?

 

[Dany1899]

Wow good, I am at CD2, so I will still have time to enjoy the music in the overworked! Thank you for the notification

 

[Diego Renault]

Great news! That's how it should be!

 

[Martin]

Okay I'm getting it now!
Was happy with FF7 on vita (PAL version...) but now I don't see a reason not to get it for switch.

 

[Link_enfant]

Wait, somehow I must have ended in another timeline where SE actually cares. I'm definitely buying the game on Switch now, but let's hope they also fix FFIX and other consoles' ports!

 

[Magyscar]

Great news. I really hope they do the same for IX.

 

[wonzo]

no update for ios yet as far as i can see

 

[Deleted member 8593]

It has the bug, but haven't seen a patch. Maybe there's one on the way if they did FFVII.

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Ah, fingers crossed for it to come later then. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Rakuyo]

Thanks for letting me know, will buy it over the weekend now!

 

[FF Seraphim]

Well now I will buy it. Thank the ruinous powers that it was fixed.

 

[Temtastic Muns]

Final Fantasy IX next please.

PLEASE.

 

[woopWOOP]

Woah neat
I mean, I already bought it and it didn't bother me as much, but it's nice they actually went and fixed it

 

[EarthPainting]

Genuinely surprised they did this.

 

[LuisGarcia]

What about the PS4 version?

 

[Sir Hound]

Awesome! I played it on the PC as a kid so I've never known it any other way, looking forward to this.

 

[Gambit]

WOW!

Very surprised the outcry was loud enough that SE actually listened.

This is great news. After finishing FFXII I will go back to VII then.

 

[TheMadTitan]

They fixed this on the Switch, but as far as I'm aware, this is still an issue on literally every other version. Even PC mods haven't fixed it yet, lol.

Switch the definitive version! Unless they didn't also patch the flashback song loop when Cloud chucks Sephiroth down the reactor, which is an issue on every other version. Then the Switch isn't the definitive version until they do.

 

[Robin64]

Oh, and the transitions between cutscenes and gameplay have been fixed, the screen no longer flashes black.

 

[MoogleWizard]

I hope they patch IX, the bug is the reason I haven't bought it.

 

[Feep]

If they fix this for FFIX on the Switch, I'll bite.

 

[Gambit]

Oh, and the transitions between cutscenes and gameplay have been fixed, the screen no longer flashes black.

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Oh yes! Once I had noticed it I couldn't unsee it. Very happy to see it gone as well

 

[Jawmuncher]

I have it on Xbox, i'll check if it got a update there. Can't imagine they only do one system.

 

[BradleyLove]

FFVII on PS4 has an irritating music bug in which there's a sub-second pause as the music loops.

Amazing to think SE simply hasn't give an F about these issues since December 2015.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Sales must have been good if they bothered....no excuses now.

 

[Soph]

I see SE is dropping the megatons, if it didn't get fixed on the other versions, the Switch version must be by far the most popular of all.

 

[Cup O' Tea?]

I wasn't expecting this. Now I will have to buy the game.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Wow! That's amazing! I honestly thought that they'd just leave it as it is and not bother!

I can finally start playing it on Switch now! :D

 

[LuisGarcia]

Square Enix are rising again. FFVII remake actually exists and now the long running music bug has been fixed.

 

[spineduke]

only for switch ? can i portbeg for bug fixes now?

 

[kikuchiyo]

With the remake (eventually) coming out and playing through FF12 now, I'm good on getting FF7 anytime soon, but I've been hankering for FF9 since they ran it at the last GDQ - hope SE fixes it up on Switch.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Wait they patched the Switch version??? Seriously?! Shoot I only have the PS4 version. Hopefully that gets patched too or I'll have to buy the Switch version ASAP.

 

[deadfolk]

Oh, and the transitions between cutscenes and gameplay have been fixed, the screen no longer flashes black.

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Amazing news on both counts! And great timing - I just started a playthrough this week.

 

[GenG]

Thank you Square-Enix for listening. Such a classic deserved better.

Buying It now and waiting for the fix for FFIX.

 

[jipewithin]

Holy shit is this true? Thank you, will be buying it. Was FFIX on switch? Does it have music bug?

 

[Ghost Slayer]

Good. Now I wait for the fix applied to PS4 but it's SE so it may take forever

 

[dragonlife]

Do it for FFIX, too, and I'll definitely bite.

 

[Shane M]

They fixed this on the Switch, but as far as I'm aware, this is still an issue on literally every other version. Even PC mods haven't fixed it yet, lol.

Switch the definitive version! Unless they didn't also patch the flashback song loop when Cloud chucks Sephiroth down the reactor, which is an issue on every other version. Then the Switch isn't the definitive version until they do.

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If they fixed instances where the wrong music plays, that will go a long way. Hope the other versions are fixed - I got the game on Xbox.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

is the the bug that's also in the ps4 version?

 

[Schlauchkopf]

Yoooooo! Did *not* expect that.

Pretty cool.

 

[ferroseed168]

Good. Now I wait for the fix applied to PS4 but it's SE so it may take forever

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Wow I didn't know that the PS4 version still has the bug. Can't believe they haven't fixed it in all this time. Let's hope they do so soon, and on Xbox too

 

[Vashetti]

Great news for Switch owners! A real shame however how these issues are spread across many platforms and SE seemingly pick and choose at random which ones get the fixes.

 

[TheMadTitan]

is the the bug that's also in the ps4 version?

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The Switch version is the PS4 version, which is the Xbox Version, which is the PC version. They all suffer from the same issues.

 

[AdamE]

Nice. I will now buy it.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

The Switch version is the PS4 version, which is the Xbox Version, which is the PC version. They all suffer from the same issues.

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oh, so i guess they're gonna push the update to all versions soon-ish.

 

[Deleted member 12555]

Fucking finally, bought. Again.

 

[Keym]

Wooooooooow, this is huge news! FINALLY

Now we have to hope they update all the other versions AND IX along with it!