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DF Retro: Final Fantasy 7 - A JPRG Epic Analysed Across The Generations!
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Came to this thread looking for this very answer -- thanks! Looking forward to jumping in later.
Be sure to check out Dark1x's thread on Twitter with production notes too!
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John Linneman on Twitter
“At last, Episode 55 of DF Retro is live! Nearly an hour covering everything FF7. Just for fun, I'm going to run through some fun anecdotes from the making of this video right here... https://t.co/3a3AhfKxt8 https://t.co/Kc0M79fand”
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You have no idea how long I've waited for you to do this one. Thank you so much. I will always be a fan of your work.
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Thanks for the video. Your effort doing these is greatly appreciated. I tired of the head to head videos a while ago. You're the reason I keep watching DF!
I remember buying this on PC and being to select 2/4/8 MB soundfonts — and it sounded amazing! Not sure wtf soundcard I had but this was a 90Mhz Pentium Compaq Presario.
Even the One Winged Angel song had vocals. I remember being blown away.
Esit: I still have my discs. Wonder if they work on Windows 10
Even the One Winged Angel song had vocals. I remember being blown away.
Esit: I still have my discs. Wonder if they work on Windows 10
Great stuff. I am supposed to be outside doing yard work but here I am back into the world of FF7 again.
I want to watch it but should I play FFVIIR first to avoid potential spoilers?
*Best viewed on Cathode Ray Tube monitors.
*Best viewed on Cathode Ray Tube monitors.
No. There are no Remake spoilers really and Remake doesn't appear until the final 10 minutes anyways.
Danke sehr, John. And thank you for covering the much beloved seminal JRPG.
Just finished it. Just as you said, playing FFVIIR for us who played FFVII back in the 1997 was such a powerful experience. I think it's in fact the most powerful gaming experience I ever had in my life. And that 2015 moment, when they played the trailer in the middle of the conference. I remember spotting the slide and being frozen, like I literally stopped breathing. As I saw more and more shots of what seemed to be Midgar, I started getting emotional, not believing what I was seeing, thinking I was simply wrong, then we saw Barret and Cloud...Shed some tears, trying to keep everything inside, still believing it wasn't possible, it would just be a movie, or something. Then Remake appeared on screen after the logo. I just....man....Rollercoaster of emotions. Just watching that trailer again placed me nearly in the same mood as I was back then lol
Awesome documentary. A bit of a random question but did the remake live up to your expectations?
Also worth noting that the minigames were actually outsourced to TOSE for development; Squaresoft actually had little involvement in their development.
I didn't replay that part, alas, but the bike section is 30fps so I assume this is true of the snowboarding as well. Perhaps not, though.
The video is great. Excellent job.
Are you guys going to do a comparison and break down between the first reveal trailer in 2015 and the final product? I know you touch on it a bit near the end of this video which got me interested in a whole break down since seems the first trailer and the final product are using two different engines.
It took some searching to find 60fps footage of this thing, but I think it's 60fps?
Oh yeah I remember reading about that once.
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Yeah I barely watch those anymore too since the games look and perform almost identical between Xbox and PS4 anyway. But they still seem to generate quite a few views. Would be a different story if games would differ as much as they did in the SNES/MD days. I think it will be a bit more interesting again when XSX and PS5 are out. In the beginning at least.
Finished the episode and it was a joy to watch, as always. Now I wonder how Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus would look like if SE would decide to remake those games after FFVII. I actually think both have potential. Also, didn't know DoC has m&k support.
Can't wait for the next DF Retro episode! Ever considered to do an episode for GTA III, VC and SA, Dark1x? I mean there are so many old games to potentially cover, it must be overwhelming to actually think about and decide on one.
It's definitely 60 fps. Very nice find btw. I too was remembering it being 60fps and I'm glad you found a footage to correlate with my memory of it lol
Bring back untextured polygon enemies.
Always thought PS1 games using gouraud shading looked much more stable and sharper due to lack of texture warping. This is one of the reason I think FFVII looks better overall than FFVIII or FFIX when 3D models are moving. One game I think looked fairly amazing when it came out was ESPN X-game Pro Boarder. The night event downhill snow looked so much better due to its gouraud shaded look. To me this felt more advanced graphically speaking than the textured snow from the day events.
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Thank you so much for the content you and the team produce. As a team you are all so thorough and definitive and you don't patronise your audience at all.
And with your Retro series in particular you show a great respect for the legacy so many wonderful works have built up through the Gaming Medium. Seeing our favourite medium treated like this means a lot to us.
Even your videos on games I haven't played/have no interest in are fun to watch for me.
So when it comes to something like this, a game I absolutely adore, I'm over the moon (or perhaps over the Meteor in this case?).
As usual with video essays that interest, I ritualise the viewing process. So I can't watch right away, not until later with snacks and drink at the ready :)
No doubt! It's a more attractive rendering choice for the system, and ages the best. I don't think it's a coincidence that we've been seeing a lot of indie 3D games with minimal texturing.
