FF9 is one of my favourite games ever and the music is such a huge part of why. Getting on Switch seemed like a pipe dream, so I never imagined I'd never not be picking this up on release. But it seems like replaying it on PS1 is the better option.
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The newly released FFIX ports still have the music bug from the PS4 version. VII will probably be the same. Why?
- Thread starter Keym
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Square has never had any qualms about releasing half-baked side projects (or full-baked side projects at exorbitant prices, for that matter) because they know their fanbase is loyal and they love exploiting that
They're never going to fix this bug because they don't have to
That's how much they care about you, the loyal fan who's stuck around since the 90's. Not even an iota. Your WALLET, however...
this bug should have been fixed years ago. and could have been fixed years ago with minimal effort and manpower. remember that.
also remember that this isn't even the only FF port that has this stupid fucking bug.
FFVII ports have this stupid fucking bug.
FFX ports had this stupid fucking bug.
And now, every FFIX port has this bug, too.
square don't care.
They're never going to fix this bug because they don't have to
That's how much they care about you, the loyal fan who's stuck around since the 90's. Not even an iota. Your WALLET, however...
this bug should have been fixed years ago. and could have been fixed years ago with minimal effort and manpower. remember that.
also remember that this isn't even the only FF port that has this stupid fucking bug.
FFVII ports have this stupid fucking bug.
FFX ports had this stupid fucking bug.
And now, every FFIX port has this bug, too.
square don't care.
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Strange logic seeing as the originals don't have this problem and the ports are the thing that introduced the bug. You mean because it's a port of a port?
Contacted their support and let them know. At this point I'm just writing it off as $21 down the drain, but I genuinely hope they fix this. I've stopped at least 10 people I know personally from buying my favorite RPG ever for the first time and that hurts a lot...
I can't see the point of any version of Final Fantasy IX that isnt the PC version now.
You can fix the framerate, you can improve the backgrounds, you can iron out all the other lingering bugs and issues.
All the other ports just pale in comparison.
You can fix the framerate, you can improve the backgrounds, you can iron out all the other lingering bugs and issues.
All the other ports just pale in comparison.
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I'm all for this! The general quality of SE's ports deserves to be talked about in full.
You're absolutely right, but I would be fine with an ok port with a couple of niggling issues if it meant I could play it on the go. Guess I'll stick to my PSP version for now :/
The stick works, but only in eight directions. FFVII was d-pad only, originally, but the stick works for it on PS4.
While Im not gonna deny that, Im also still pretty grateful they're one of few companies REALLY good at keeping their retro catalogue alive.... ya just cant have it all i guess. :(
We live in a hypercapitalistic society. Profit is more important than reputation. If that's a problem in your mind, vote with your wallet and your ballot, because nothing else will have any effect.
The original in this case would actually be the mobile version which I think does have this problem?
They lost the source code for the original or something.
This standard of low quality isn't new. Anybody here buy that FFVII pc port back in 2012 which had cloud saving? It would regularly fail to sync and corrupt all your locally saved game saves. You had to d/c your WiFi to be safe from this shit "feature".
It eventually got fixed. Eventually.
It eventually got fixed. Eventually.
Sure, I'm not getting this, despite the Switch being my main console and FF IX being one of my favourite games ever.
What also helps is voicing criticism though, in case of Chrono Trigger it helped to actually get them to fix shit.
The PS4 FFX port had the issue of the random seed affecting random battle encounters not generating properly. It was a gameplay issue that required fixing, which is different from the music just restarting after every battle.
Parts of it sure... they'll probably rerelease FFVII and later Final Fantasy mainlines whenever they can, but it'd also be nice to have a modern way to play stuff like Front Mission, Chrono Trigger or FF spin-off titles like Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core or Chocobo Racing.
I don't think I would have noticed this until I saw this thread. Now I will act like I never saw this and still enjoy this classic on my switch.
Not really the devs fault here. SE obviously just isn't interested in investing much of anything into these cash grabs.
Well if it's anything like the PS4 version, you could also just disable random encounters.
I realize that. But they likely fixed it because they had a more pressing gameplay but that also required fixing. I don't want to excuse Square Enix for not fixing similar music bugs in other ports, but there's context in why they fixed it specifically in FFX PS4.
Really disappointing. I've been looking forward to the Final Fantasy Switch ports since I haven't played really any of the 3D ones. Heard this is one of the best and was planning on buying day 1. I guess I could just get it on Steam but honestly half the appeal was being able to curl up on my couch or bed in handheld mode and get comfy while my partner watches TV/etc. That's what actually gives me a chance to finish lengthy games these days.
Oh well. Guess I won't be playing this series any time soon
Oh well. Guess I won't be playing this series any time soon
I played both with the music bug on the ps4 and it gets REALLY annoying to the point I simply put the game on fast 9999 mode to grind and then went with no encounters to the dungeon so the music didn't loop.
I finished these games so many times before that it didn't matter to me.
I finished these games so many times before that it didn't matter to me.
Yup. I can't even imagine how irritating this must get towards the middle-end of the game when you get battles every couple of steps. Come the hell on Square.
Man, I never played FFIX for whatever reason.
I think I was too edgy and "mature" for "kiddie graffix" or something.
This music is FANTASTIC. I should play it.
ugh come on Square. Worst part is that I already bought it since I love FF9 so much. I can stomach the analog thing, but the music bug is some bullshit. Definitely not buying any future FF ports if this is going to be a common occurrence. And seeing as they didn't even fix the PS4 version, I highly doubt Square is going to do anything.
It's my favorite in the series. It saved me from my own edge hahaha
For me this is not a minor issue at all, given how important the music is for a Final Fantasy game. I stopped playing the ps4 version as soon as I reached the world map. Makes me sad that they keep releasing some of their best games ever in this way.
It's one of my favourite games in the series. Its beats hit especially strong if you have played previous titles in the series, it is very much a culmination of FF at that point.
It may seem to be a lost cause already, but I think we should try to be the most vocal we can about that. There should still be a chance for S-E to patch this if enough people complain about it.
I was really tempted to get it and play through it again on Switch but currently that's a deal breaker.
I was really tempted to get it and play through it again on Switch but currently that's a deal breaker.
Well, the first 15-20 seconds are clearly the best part of the track soo it's actually perfect! :D
These two issues don't bother me in the slightest, but I'd still support a cause to get them fixed, or at least the music bug. Music is important to FF.
I played through that recently. The music bug is in that version of CT also, but it didn't really bother me for some reason.
Uh, I totally have not noticed this across the iOS ports. I'm guessing, in the grand scheme of things, this isn't actually a big deal?
Interesting. Thanks for the correction. That is why I didn't buy it for PS4.
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This is even more disconcerting. It means they already figured out how to fix it, but... they just didn't bother to do so with the console releases.
It's frustrating that so many of the easily accessible versions of the classic Final Fantasy games are somewhat subpar. It's been this way for so long now though it's hard to feel like they'll ever take notice and do something about it