CoN 25th Anniversary: 1997-2022
New Screens of the PSX FF Ports

Posted: 21st August 2002 03:04

*
Engineer
Posts: 366

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
http://www.gamesarefun.com/newspro....,44012,

Some screenshots of the new Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II ports to the PlayStation. The screens show some shots of the new opening FMV, and some from the actual updated gameplay. This again raises the question: Will you spend $40-$50 on games you beat on your NES?
Post #1403
Top
Posted: 24th August 2002 04:56
*
Returner
Posts: 3

Joined: 23/8/2002


I, for one, am more than willing to part with the cash, particularly to get my hands on the remake of FF1.  I wasn't impressed with FF2 when I played it on an NES emulator, but what's the worst that can happen?  Have it be just as bad?  At least there'll still be FF1 to fall back on, which I thought was a good game in the first place, and has the potential to be made really cool in a remake like this.

Not only has Square completely redone the graphics (they look like the pictures from the WSC remakes of 1-3, actually), but from what I've heard they're also tweaking the music and gameplay ("Ineffective", anyone?), and doing some major work to the story, including "event scenes".  Who knows, maybe in the new version, you won't have to walk up to and -talk- to the final boss to initiate the battle.

Besides, my old NES cart's battery died a long time ago, and I'm too lazy to try and replace it.  While emulators work fine, there's something about playing it on a console that isn't quite duplicated on a PC.  As long as they manage not to introduce any spectacular amounts of lag into the two games, I don't see how they can go wrong.
Post #1604
Top
Posted: 24th August 2002 12:42

*
Crusader
Posts: 1,488

Joined: 16/3/2001

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Second place in CoNCAA, 2014. Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
Second place in CoNCAA, 2004. First place in CoNCAA, 2008. Third place in CoNCAA, 2009. First place in CoNBA, 2007. 
Looks like they completely redid the graphics and now they look great.  The event scenes do sound like a good insert as well.  Sure, I'll money for ports, anytime.

--------------------
I find your lack of faith disturbing...
Post #1605
Top
Posted: 26th August 2002 20:27
*
Black Mage
Posts: 182

Joined: 25/1/2002

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
I would buy it but for one thing: I have no PS or PS2. And i'd just be playing it on and emulator. So, I doubt I will be.
Post #1663
Top
Posted: 27th August 2002 01:03

Group Icon
Lucky <3
Posts: 3,270

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Third place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Winner of CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. 
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 500 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 24)
No chance that I'm going to buy the games.  While I think they're good, and it's cool that they're revamping the graphics, it's outdated on two accounts.  They're releasing it for PSX when the PS2 is available, and the graphics are outdated by two systems.  While obviously graphics don't make the game, if they're going to revamp them a little bit, might as well go the extra mile and revamp them a bit more, to at least more than 16 bits (and if it's higher than that, then more than 32).  I can just as easily pick up a translated ROM as I can buy a compilation when it comes out.

--------------------
Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me
Post #1669
Top
Posted: 27th August 2002 09:04

Group Icon
It's not the end of the world.
Posts: 1,997

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! Second place in CoNCAA, 2012. Member of more than ten years. First place in CoN World Cup, 2010. 
Member of more than five years. Has more than fifteen news submissions to CoN. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy I section of CoN. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IV section of CoN. 
See More (Total 12)
I'll never forget a sparkling Digitiser response to someone claiming the Jaguar was as good as the N64 because they were both 64-bit: "That's like saying a shopping trolley is as fast as a Ferrari because they've both got four wheels."

The point is, talking about a game in terms of being 16-bit or 32-bit is meaningless.  The PC is still a 32-bit machine, yet badly eclipses every console that comes out, in graphics terms, not long after release.

I understand what you mean, though, regarding the graphics "standard" that relates to the x-bit eras.  The important thing to remember is this: it takes an awful, awful, awful lot more time and money to render a game fully in 3D, for a company which is, if I remember correctly, still financially reeling from the failure of FF:TSW.  They've already redrawn 2D graphics for these games for their Wonderswan Color releases in Japan; why not bring them to a wider audience?

Considering, then, that it would not be feasible for the graphics to be majorly updated, it would be silly to make this a PS2 game rather than a PS1 game.  The PS1 can easily handle it, and PS2s are backward compatible.  Why alienate people who can't afford or don't want the newer console, when it will yield no improvement?

There are a good deal of players who have never played Final Fantasy 1, either because they're too young, or it hasn't been released in their country *cough*.  And more so Final Fantasy 2, never having made it outside of Japan so far.  This is an inexpensive way (for Square, and probably for consumers) to introduce people to Final Fantasy heritage.  And while I understand that not everyone will be interested, particularly owners of NES FF1 or fans of emulation, I still think it's a worthwhile release, even if it is a thinly veiled plea from Square for a little extra cash.

That said, I don't see many people buying both for full price.  I can only assume that, if released individually, these will be budget titles (like PSX FF6 in the UK, which came with a PS2 FF10 demo) or released together, at least in the West.  Otherwise, it's a bit of a skank-faced rip-off.

Post #1684
Top
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: