Topic: Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2 and XII - Now with 80% more FF VIII

@Anti-Matter yeah they went with a Old Style, Shakespearean type way of speaking in this one and i think it actually works well for the style of the world

oh and if your having trouble with this version try playing the PS2 original because it was compressed a lot on there

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@Anti-Matter So, if you're having trouble understanding some characters, turning on subtitles might help.

@Ralizah the voices were muffled on the PS2 original

@FullbringIchigo Why would more compressed sound clips help him understand the characters better, though?

@Ralizah oh right a bit of miscommunication, i meant that if he was having trouble with how they are now then he would never have been able to understand the PS2 version

Well, most of the random battles are.... On the other hand, half or so of the bosses are difficult But it's not just about levels, it's also what you're doing with sphere grid

@FullbringIchigo Ah, gotcha. I don't particularly remember the audio quality being terrible, but that's likely down to me being used to the lower standards of quality in that era, and the uniquely human tendency to play down unfortunate details in memory. I'm sure if I played it today I'd be shocked by how low quality the textures and sound files were. The best thing about these remasters is they allow us to play old games the way we remember them being.

I used to play the heck out of Spyro the Dragon (it's an easy game to beat over the course of a long afternoon or evening), but, when I returned to it on PS1 recently, I found it basically unplayable because of the camera controls being mapped to the shoulder bumpers. Which is funny, because I don't remember that at all, and it must not have stuck out to me when I played it and dual-stick gaming wasn't the universal standard for 3D games.

Just defeated Elder Wyrm....

@BruceCM
And meet Ktjn (Gosh... How do i spell that name?)

Yep.... Got to get the Sword of Kings now

@Ralizah The sound quality to the voices is still iffy in the remasters. The original masters must have been pretty low res.

14 hours into FFXII. It appears as though I finally hit the grind wall. I'm making my way south of Giza and it's clear that I need to begin investing in a second job. The problem is that I'm not even slightly confident in the first choice of job for my characters. I want to get a feel for each job for I go mixing and matching, and that certainly could take a while.

I know this is technically the wrong thread, but anyone thinking of buying FF7 on Switch might want to hold off. The Remake is coming!

@Dezzy
Not surprised.... 🙄
FF VII remake on PS4 first.
And it looked like Action RPG or faster version of FF XII battle.

@Dezzy I'm not sure I can agree with that advice. I recently played FF7 on the Switch. FF7 is not my favorite entry, but there's something about it (polygons and all) that looks warm, inviting, and magical that, to me, this new FF7 trailer doesn't offer. I wish they showed gameplay outside of Midgar.

Yeah they've only shown us Midgar, and they've mostly just showed us action segments.
Wait until we see some environments and exploration. Kalm, Cosmo Canyon, Junon, Nibelheim, Rocket Town. So many awesome places in the FF7 world, and we've still seen very little.

@Dezzy
Wait until Cloud has to dress up like Drag Queen with Dorothy Gale hairstyle (Return to the Oz) to rescue Tifa from Don Corneo. 😆

The spoilery aesthetic Myst Age dry underwater conch temple should look really nice.

There's not much charm in the first 10 minutes of the original either. This trailer's not gonna be a good representative for the game as a whole.

When I played 7 for the first time, I honestly thought the whole game would take place in the same city. Thankfully it doesn't.