I'm glad I put off modding my current steam version now that this is coming.
How does this new version fare against the current modded versions? Any comparisons?
I'm glad I put off modding my current steam version now that this is coming.
How does this new version fare against the current modded versions? Any comparisons?
FF8 mods are a clusterfuck to the point where it has its own mod manager. You got multiple model and texture upgrades from different modders, along with UI styles and resolution upgrades. Its a mixed bag, some good stuff, some not so good stuff.
The mod to replace the PC midi music, known as Roses & Wine, is a no brainer. The only thing it has that this Remastered version won't is the option to use orchestral versions of some songs such as the battle theme. But its a very limited amount.
The new Squall model seems wrong to me.
There's something about the hair that doesn't fit. It seems just wrong.
I still want to punch Zell in the face for that stupid tattoo; bringing more clarity to that refuels my angtsy teenage hate for this guy
Game looks good.
Compared to the original, it fine, it's more than fine
You're being picky
No, I'm not. This is a remaster, when they change Squall's hair that's a big deal for me. Maybe all these pictures are just not flattering in terms of angle, but to me it looks like they went Dissidia and not FFVIII's hairstyle for him. Considering that you have CG scenes as well where he'll have his old haircut, this makes it rather jarring, so it's definitely not "being picky".
The comparison is with the corresponding screenshot of the original
Other than being more detail the hair is not different
You're comparing it to the CGI version, does anything more needs to be said?
I agree. The model looks off despite looking technically better than the PS1 version.The new Squall model seems wrong to me.
There's something about the hair that doesn't fit. It seems just wrong.
agreed, i never finished 8. i will try and give it another shot. wasn't a huge fan of it back in the dayI might give this game another chance I absolutely hated it back in the day but ever since finding out that Squall Is Dead I've come to see it in a new light
As far as I can tell, it doesn't look much/any better than the PC version. Am I wrong? What's the point if it's just a resolution bump? Bleh.
The new Squall model seems wrong to me.
There's something about the hair that doesn't fit. It seems just wrong.
Still no screenshot of the 2D backgrounds ?
They are too spiky on the sides, Squall's hair are supposed to be flat along his face!
It is absolutely based off the PC version, the source code for the PS1 version was lost. But, yes, they spruced up the textures and character models like they did with FFIX. You'll probably still get 15fps animations, low resolution backgrounds and FMV, and the same music though.This is not the PC version. The graphics are clearly improved.
Anybody who has played the game already should check out that link. It’s the best interpretation I’ve seen of FF VIIII might give this game another chance I absolutely hated it back in the day but ever since finding out that Squall Is Dead I've come to see it in a new light
I might give this game another chance I absolutely hated it back in the day but ever since finding out that Squall Is Dead I've come to see it in a new light
Anybody who has played the game already should check out that link. It’s the best interpretation I’ve seen of FF VIII
It's not really.
This seems shockingly familiar.Square just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFVII Remake for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.
Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFVII Remake for XBO & Switch or you can kiss your business goodbye.
SE an only do so much. They have their team working on forty parts for FF7:R.The backgrounds look sooooo blurry
It's not really.
They redid the fonts in high res and changed the character models. And that's literally it. (There's a reason why these comparisons on the site are so low resolution. They don't want it to be super obvious that they haven't done much). Here's a blown up version (2x integer scale) http://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/rem.jpg
, the dithering is missing from the 3D battle scenes but that's only because of the PS1 hardware itself, not the textures.
I think everyone was expecting the original in higher res, so having the character models upgraded as little as they are is an bigger improvement then most thought.It's not really.
They redid the fonts in high res and changed the character models. And that's literally it. (There's a reason why these comparisons on the site are so low resolution. They don't want it to be super obvious that they haven't done much). Here's a blown up version (2x integer scale) http://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/rem.jpg
, the dithering is missing from the 3D battle scenes but that's only because of the PS1 hardware itself, not the textures.
The environment textures in battle are exactly the same. And the pre-rendered background is still the same low res junk. (The dithering on the backgrounds is still in the exact same spots. Just slightly softer from a likely bilinear upscale).
How you can call this a remaster is beyond me. Remaking the BGs would not constitute a "remake", a remake is built from the ground up. This is just a glorified port of a hacked together port (PC version), with changes that probably took some junior artist a week to make .
Given that Square Enix can't make a faithful remake of a 3D turn based RPG anymore. Why can't they just invest a little money to have some people recreate these backgrounds (either in 3D modeled rendered to 2D images or just as 2D art)? Doing that would give them the basis for innevitible Re-Remaster edition running at 8k in 10 years and it wouldn't look like total smudge.
These guys have been re-creating FFVII BGs in 3D in their free time for quite a while now and they have finished a small chunk of them. (Like 10% of them)They aren't 100% the same but they are close enough. And it will be worth waiting for. Ex: https://finalfantasy.german-syslinux-blog.de/FF7/Field-Scene-Comparison/NEW-DB1/md1stin_v0.png
I wish SE cared about these old games as much. Yes it would be a lot of work, but it would pay off and archive them for the long haul.
I think everyone was expecting the original in higher res, so having the character models upgraded as little as they are is an bigger improvement then most thought.
Not counting people who expected the whole game to be redone with all new assets.
Either way this has had more work put into it then both VII and IX.
shame they didn't a complete rebuild.
Yeah true, well you know what to expectIt does? IX also got upgraded charachter models and apart from that I don't see many improvements here.
I’ll just say 3 things.Going to go on a bit of a rant here, but the Squall Is Dead interpretation has always struck me as very flimsy at best, and seems more like wishful thinking from people who weren't happy with the story and went looking for meaning that wasn't there. And since "He/She/It/They were dead the whole time" is the simplest, most cliche way to add depth to a story, we ended up here.
Referencing the points on that site itself:
1.As far as they know, one of their classmates just died. So Squall is thinking about death in general. There's nothing here beyond that, really.
2.Squall's gaping chest wound at the end of disc one. The author seems to forget at first the fact that Edea is a sorceress, the most powerful magic wielder in the world. Healing Squall would presumably be trivial for her.
Then the author does address it: "Most players seem to assume that Edea healed Squall to full health for the purpose of interrogation, but why would she?" The question the author asks at the end of this sentence is answered by the author him/herself at the beginning. Beyond that, the author goes on to say that Edea wouldn't be interrogating Squall if she wanted to know more about SeeD because he's a rookie - she would interrogate Quistis.
But Edea wasn't at the prison. Edea didn't interrogate anybody - Seifer did. And is anybody really surprised that Seifer jumped on the opportunity to torture Squall? Moreover, Seifer figured that all SeeDs are told a secret about their true purpose once they're in (he says this himself), so interrogating Squall, in his mind, could still prove useful beyond just the opportunity to torture him.
3.The author goes to great lengths to point out all the fantastical elements...in a game called Final Fantasy. None of this is worth breaking down and addressing individually.
4.This is really reaching. All the imagery here could just as easily (or even easier I'd say) be explained as Squall searching frantically through his memories for something concrete to latch onto in order to escape the time compression and being unable to do so.