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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered |OT| You're The Best Looking Remaster Here
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It certainly interests me, I'm just strapped for time and attention and want to enjoy the story again. I've always stalled off after a while, probably due to procrastination and disinterest in replaying the same areas to farm/grind/play cards etc over and over.
Exactly my issue, especially after immediately coming off of the PS1 classic version. That and the jerky way the background struggles to pan when moving diagonally. Nauseating almost.
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Guys, I'm just gonna say it. I got it on switch and am playing it on a TV and
I don't actually think it looks that bad.
I haven't played it yet, but the impressions from this thread is the same as the other FF remasters, "These are amazing games, landmark RPGs, that with small tweaks (boosts) they can still be enjoyed today, but god damn Square Enix cannot seem to polish the edges. There is always something broken or sloppy or poorly thought out in each of the modern Final Fantasy remasters."
Ugh, that's disappointing to hear. =/ A shame if true.
The new character models look great I just kind of wish they went the extra mile and updated some of the textures on the environments because the new characters kind of make the background look worse cause they stand out. Regardless this is the best FF game and I'm currently playing through it again because it's just so good.
Fuck I'm not going to get a chance to play today, I just remember I have a six hour trip and won't be home until midnight. Can't even Switch it.
Either that or I stay up til 4am grinding Galbadian Soldiers as Seifer 🤔
Either that or I stay up til 4am grinding Galbadian Soldiers as Seifer 🤔
The Trepies knew all I wanted was their precious Trepe cards so they made me wait thirty minutes before finally putting it into rotation. I have always been unlucky with RNG elements in games but come on...
Wow! This Mets game kept me from playing and they just lost in stunning fashion holy shit. =[
Wish I played instead of whining between pitches and innings.... wasted launch day.
Wish I played instead of whining between pitches and innings.... wasted launch day.
It means you can use the left stick to move but it isn't analog movement, it's 8 directional movement mapped to the analog stick as though you were playing something like a snes game with an analog. Truth be told it nearly convinced me to not want this game but it isn't bothering me at all here, while it drove me mad in ff9.
To answer anothee question I saw just up a bit, I don't sense lag in the menus here, which again was something that made me feel borderline ill when playing the 9 switch port lol.
there are some issues here but feels more or less of similar quality to the ff7 ports and I find that to be a very playable job.
i'm sorry if this been asked before, but can anyone help me how to send queen of card to another city? i've establish diff rule in balamb.
That fucking kid with the chocobo card once took three hours to put it into his rotation
Look you little shit I don't have time to play your mindgames, Dollet is on fucking fire
It has analog its that its in 8 directions instead of free movement.
This is a lie.
Also Wazzy I refuse to believe you cant tell the difference.
Make sure analog is properly activated in the original.
Mine wasnt at first and I was like "hey I guess people were right".
Then I double checked, activated it, and sure enough its night and day.
Perfect control over Squall, dont run into any walls, no alignment issue, walking or running naturally by just flicking the stick more.
Night and fucking day.
You need to lose a rare card to her, minimog is probably the least valuable one that will get her to move on.
Just be sure to save before you do it, because she can move to a variety of locations, but you really want her to go to Dollet first, and it's a random chance where she'll move to
For what it's worth, he's literally part of the background in this scene. I noticed this replaying the original recently as well. It happens quite a lot across the game.damn they did meh boy Cid dirty.. :/
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I prefer sending Rinoa to the missible base since I like the interactions with her better from it. The only downside is losing the garden tour date
I didn't say I couldn't tell there is a difference. It's just not THAT noticable for me and many others. I haven't run into any walls and nothing about 8 way is affecting my playthrough. The only thing I can say for certain is the controls are obviously smoother in the original.
Can't wait to play this again, now I keep seeing the best way to play is actually not leveling right? When I played when I was younger I would just try to level up and got to disc 3. But by not leveling up you can't get through the game faster is that right?
Not super familiar, but I THINK its just that monsters level up with you. So you aren't really getting stronger than them.
Enemies level up as you do but they level up better, their stats get more increase than yours.
So what you want to do if you try to go for a no level run, in this remaster it's really easy since you can turn off random encounters from the start.
You turn it off,set Quetzalcotl to learn CARD, you beat Ifrit, you kill Squall and Zell so that Seifer is the one fighting and getting EXP in the Dollet mission, then do the boss fights there. You have the card ability and now you can end your battles with this if needed.
The game still allows you to use the analog stick. It just doesn't support analog controls so you are stuck with 8 way movement. Quick video comparison I did below
To me at least, it means I get stuck on walls more often since the there is no smooth analog movement, but I've only just installed the game on my Switch so I hope I just get used to the controls (or the game gets patched).
Final Fantasy IX's port on Switch burned me hard. With this version's blurry pre-rendered backgrounds, no analog movement, and no rumble, I'm going to have to pass.
I feel like if they added a scanline option or something, that would've made the backgrounds look better? I know the usual gamer probably won't care about any of this and ya'll might think I'm being nitpicky, but if I'm just better off playing the original on PS Vita or something, what's the point of getting this version?
...Unless modders patch the PC version to fix all of this stuff, like they did with FFIX.
I feel like if they added a scanline option or something, that would've made the backgrounds look better? I know the usual gamer probably won't care about any of this and ya'll might think I'm being nitpicky, but if I'm just better off playing the original on PS Vita or something, what's the point of getting this version?
...Unless modders patch the PC version to fix all of this stuff, like they did with FFIX.
I love FF8. When you get far into the game and you get good at junctioning, seeing all enemy attacks give you health is so satisfying.
Telling you right now we can't fix the control. This is the broken pc version of 20 years ago with minor tweaks.
Visuals can be improved yes.
There's a glitch in several areas if you load your save, it plays the PC midi trash.
This reminds me of the days I restarted just to get GFs, at least twice. Once was after hitting disc 3 lol.
That's why I still haven't completed the game before....
I want to buy this but between FE3H, Astral Chain and other backlog games I really have no time. So I should wait for a price drop.
Oh well that's good to know, was fucking going insane and afraid the game was just midi ost by default suddenly
Final Fantasy 8 was always my least favourite of 7-8-9-10 but I could never really articulate why. I think it was because I skipped so many of the tutorials as a kid and just didn't mesh with it well since I didn't play it in the release order. So the lack of a specific black mage etc kind of put me off.
But I started the game yesterday to give it another go and can't stop thinking about it even at work today. I just want to go back and continue drawing and refining things to get all my characters as powerful as they can be.
I think it's one of my favourites now? But I do admittedly have to go back to 7 to try that again.
The 3x speed thing is just such a godsend. I'd never have thought I'd 100% Final Fantasy 9 while also juggling real life commitments and working full time but I actually have with the speed modifier.... It's kind of nuts how much it improves the experience for me.
That being said, and I apologise if it's been answered before. Does OWNING the spell give benefits to junctions or is it the quantity of the spell that does?
I can't check because I'm at work right now, but if I equip a 1 stock of Blizzard as compared to a say 100 stock of Blizzard, will equipping 100 stock be more beneficial than just 1 in terms of stat bonus?
Rinoa just joined and wondering if it's worth adding one of everything Squall has now (cumbersome tbh) or waiting and just letting her build up her own stock naturally. And then preparing for when Irvine joins.
Hope that makes sense ;_;
But I started the game yesterday to give it another go and can't stop thinking about it even at work today. I just want to go back and continue drawing and refining things to get all my characters as powerful as they can be.
I think it's one of my favourites now? But I do admittedly have to go back to 7 to try that again.
The 3x speed thing is just such a godsend. I'd never have thought I'd 100% Final Fantasy 9 while also juggling real life commitments and working full time but I actually have with the speed modifier.... It's kind of nuts how much it improves the experience for me.
That being said, and I apologise if it's been answered before. Does OWNING the spell give benefits to junctions or is it the quantity of the spell that does?
I can't check because I'm at work right now, but if I equip a 1 stock of Blizzard as compared to a say 100 stock of Blizzard, will equipping 100 stock be more beneficial than just 1 in terms of stat bonus?
Rinoa just joined and wondering if it's worth adding one of everything Squall has now (cumbersome tbh) or waiting and just letting her build up her own stock naturally. And then preparing for when Irvine joins.
Hope that makes sense ;_;
Ah so that's what it is. I was wondering becasue I saw the new model for cid in the media.
tThe calss room pic was also confusing, seeing seifer, squall and some npc's looking all shiny and new and others like they were in the original.
Yes, Quantity matters.
Also, Strength of spell matters too, so one Blizzaga is equal to 14 Blizzards when junctioned to the HP stat.
Also also, TYPE of spell matters as well. So Curative magic does wonders for buffing HP stats, but is garbage for attack stats. Likewise, something like Protect is great for Vit, but garbage for Evasion
Yes also in case you don't know go to options and set "cursor" to memory, then draw in battle and hold confirm button, it automatically draws forever in x3 !
The level of the magic, rarity and quantity matter. And it can give properties to your attacks/defense etc.. too.
So if the amount you have drawn bolsters the stat you junction to you should draw heaps and avoid casting that spell right?
What is a goof GF to give to squall at first? Is there a benefit to giving him more than one?
What is a goof GF to give to squall at first? Is there a benefit to giving him more than one?
Yes, basically magic should be used as little as possible if it's junctioned to a stat.
And just give anyone any GFs early on, combinations only matter once they have multiple junction slots unlocked. Just remember that pairing certain GFs will increase or decrease affinity, so dont junction Ifrit and Shiva on the same person
The other party members really get shafted in this game
Outside Squall and Laguna in the flashbacks no one else gets any good development they are just sort of there for the ride.
Laguna gets more character development in his flashbacks than the rest of the cast combined
Outside Squall and Laguna in the flashbacks no one else gets any good development they are just sort of there for the ride.
Laguna gets more character development in his flashbacks than the rest of the cast combined
Rare care mod a bite bug, it's a level 7 card but good numbers around the board
For people on PC
Use reshade, add 'advanced CRT" filter with a higher resolution so that the lines are thin, don't go too high or it produces the opposite effect (otherwise you lose the advantage of having pretty models), add filmgrain2, and add levels (or HDR depending on your preference), can also add magicbloom and chromaticabberation(CA).
It simulates an old school look, blends the picture together so that the 3d models don't look jarring on top of 2d backgrounds, and it adds back contrast to the picture. You lose a little bit of detail in the simulation of old monitor, I personally think it's worth it for the blending (as this game was designed around blending), but you can also tweak each filter to lower that loss however you prefer it.
While waiting for HD background mods that will do just fine honestly. (Even after release since blending is always gonna be needed, like FFIX)
I don't remember why
but I remember watching a streamer play the PC version a few months ago
and the concert sequence was super messed up
Have you reached it ? How is it in the remaster ?
Use reshade, add 'advanced CRT" filter with a higher resolution so that the lines are thin, don't go too high or it produces the opposite effect (otherwise you lose the advantage of having pretty models), add filmgrain2, and add levels (or HDR depending on your preference), can also add magicbloom and chromaticabberation(CA).
It simulates an old school look, blends the picture together so that the 3d models don't look jarring on top of 2d backgrounds, and it adds back contrast to the picture. You lose a little bit of detail in the simulation of old monitor, I personally think it's worth it for the blending (as this game was designed around blending), but you can also tweak each filter to lower that loss however you prefer it.
While waiting for HD background mods that will do just fine honestly. (Even after release since blending is always gonna be needed, like FFIX)
I don't remember why
but I remember watching a streamer play the PC version a few months ago
and the concert sequence was super messed up
Have you reached it ? How is it in the remaster ?
Save often when you use the X3 boost : the game has crashed on me twice because of that ( once during the Deling Carnival at the end of CD1 )