And Schreier is typically better about mentioning such issues, too. Sure he has his hands full covering the EA layoffs today, though...
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Final Fantasy VII [Switch + XB1] |OT| USENET Gone Wild
- Thread starter Dancrane212
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music bug doesn't just mean I won't buy
I'm done with Square Enix period
The sheer incompetence on display
I'm done with Square Enix period
The sheer incompetence on display
Schreier hasn't been a great reviewer for a pretty long time now. See his reactions to FF XV vs. other RPGs released that year and immediately following. If he has his love goggles on, he has his love goggles on. Which is fine. His industry coverage is top notch.
This is such low hanging fruit for these people too. Don't try to tell me that "Square Enix refuses to fix 3 year old music bug in latest ports to Switch" isn't going to garner massive attention and clicks.
The most infuriating thing about this bug is that Square can't be arsed to fix this very simple bug that modders fixed on the PC version, but they can be arsed to retroactively patch in always online DRM into FFX on steam which also happens to break people's mods for that game. #priorities am I right?
Can someone let me know if this FFVII port is OK? I really regretted spending $20.99 on the Final Fantasy IX Switch port considering it carried over the issues from the PS4/PC/Mobile versions like:
- No true analog movement
- Music looping bug that resets environmental music after a battle
- Higher-res 3D models that clash with the even blurrier pre-rendered backgrounds as a result
- Fast-forward button requires pausing the game, enabling fast-forward, then unpausing, but then the fast-forward zips along way too fast and you can't change the speed of it like in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
- Random crashes
From what I remember seeing of my roommate playing the PS4 port of Final Fantasy VII, it seemed alright? Does it have similar issues like the above?
- No true analog movement
- Music looping bug that resets environmental music after a battle
- Higher-res 3D models that clash with the even blurrier pre-rendered backgrounds as a result
- Fast-forward button requires pausing the game, enabling fast-forward, then unpausing, but then the fast-forward zips along way too fast and you can't change the speed of it like in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
- Random crashes
From what I remember seeing of my roommate playing the PS4 port of Final Fantasy VII, it seemed alright? Does it have similar issues like the above?
After playing it for a few hours
-It's still 8 way movement
-The music bug is still present
-The 3D models don't clash as much as the IX port does, but they do look crisper
-The fast forward button is just clicking the left stick, but you only get 3x speed
-I've had one crash
My 3 biggest issues with this port, which are all carryovers from other ports, are
- Resetting music bug
- 30fps battle menus (60fps on PS1)
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
I picked this up for Switch. I only played for about an hour or so, but right off the bat, I appreciate how there are no gray bars on the sides like FFIX had. Everything else seems ok. This port still has all of the issues that every other version has.
For the record, FF7 only supported 8-way movement in the original. FF8 is when they added full analog support.
Small Switch screen is definitely making the low rez backgrounds more palatable than when I've tried to fire this game up on Steam over the years.
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
LOL!
My 3 biggest issues with this port, which are all carryovers from other ports, are
- Resetting music bug
- 30fps battle menus (60fps on PS1)
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
Yikes. This is a hard pass for me unless it's patched (unlikely). God this is so disappointing! I might as well just replay FFVII through IX on my PS Vita instead. Such a bummer.
Yes. Most of the time I can ignore it, but not during the end of Disc 1. Really kills the mood there for me. He just looks so silly.
The QOL improvements are enough for me to look past a lot of this, but it's baffling that Square doesn't make a couple of relatively easy fixes to win over the people on the fence. FF7 is one of my favorite games so I can take a few compromises, but I understand if others feel differently.
WHAT The fuck? And actually FFX/X-2 had open mouth syndrome too but not that bad.
How can square shit on their games like this and get away with it? STOP BUYING THESE SHIT PORTS PEOPLE
Asking a couple of people on a forum to stop buying Final Fantasy games is like throwing a pebble at a tank.
This is cracking me up. What the hell?- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
And it's been like that in every single version since the 1998 PC port.
By this point, most people probably think O-Face Sephiroth is normal, I'm sure not many go back and play the PS1 original when so many ports are available.
Hahaha. What a goddamned piece of shit port.My 3 biggest issues with this port, which are all carryovers from other ports, are
- Resetting music bug
- 30fps battle menus (60fps on PS1)
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
Wow. Thanks for the heads up. There's no way I'm wasting my money with such half assed work.My 3 biggest issues with this port, which are all carryovers from other ports, are
- Resetting music bug
- 30fps battle menus (60fps on PS1)
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
21 years to fix it, too. These issues are old enough to drink in the US.
Either way, FF7 is still the best game ever made and dealing with half-assed ports is better than not playing it at all.
This is unfortunately where I land too. I just love the game so much and the issues, while frustrating and, to put it plainly, inexcusable.... well they are issues I'm excusing lol.
FFIX only has a fast-forward option that requires you to pause the game, press a button to toggle it, then unpause, but there's only one speed mode and it's RIDICULOUSLY FAST. Not anywhere as good or intuitive as the FFVII or FFXII speed toggles.
the backgrounds are pretty ugly, but its tolerable and you can feel the effort that went behind making them way back then
loving the games atmosphere so far. also haven't noticed the music bug at all yet. maybe its just the beginning of the game thats different? or its just me not paying attention
loving the games atmosphere so far. also haven't noticed the music bug at all yet. maybe its just the beginning of the game thats different? or its just me not paying attention
I think it will only annoy if you had played this to death originally back in 1997
Daaamn you should feel proud of this photo as is the coolest thing a 90s kid could portray. Playing FF7 on the PS1, plus a poster of Dragon Ball Z. Awesome!
Just found this photo yesterday. Timing is a funny thing.
Can't wait to buy/do it a mphpteenth time.
I'm still baffled by people who are adamant that her name is Aeris. Even more baffled when the defense is that somehow Aerith sounds "pretentious." Like Aeris is basically pronounced like heiress (unless I'm wrong on how to pronounce it), that ain't pretentious?
I don't really care about the argument but I personally vastly prefer Aeris as a name and will forever keep her that way
My 3 biggest issues with this port, which are all carryovers from other ports, are
- Resetting music bug
- 30fps battle menus (60fps on PS1)
- Sephiroth's mouth hanging open in an O shape for the entire game looking dumb as hell
Sephiroth looks so silly!
And I'm very nostalgic about FFVII's soundtrack. So I'm pretty sure the music bug would annoy me to no end.
