Ok, that's not actually too bad. I was expecting worse.There's some on the Steam page, at least.
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Final Fantasy IV now out on Steam and the Humble Store - 14.5/$16
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There's some on the Steam page, at least.
Those are just gross.
OMG I totally forgot that tactics was on iOS. FF Tactics with mouse support please. Make it happen Squeenix.
Lumpy Onion
Member
This came out of nowhere and really made my day. Just started downloading. I have been meaning to replay FF IV DS for a while now, but haven't because the visuals on the DS one feel washed out. The 3D characters, monsters, cutscenes, and world are things I like visually, but feel that the DS hardware was holding it back. I was on the fence about the IOS version because of the controls. But with this I will get the polished visuals and the good controls.
One really cool thing about FF IV DS is that every story beat in the game has a unique "party chat" you can see if you bring up the menu. Each character has their own things to say so there is a lot of stuff to read if you cycle through the characters. It is more of a view into the character's private thoughts during their adventure. For me this and the voices helped bring the characters alive more than the original IV ever could.
I hope V and VI IOS versions appear as well. I have played the originals to death and would love to see a different visual take on those games. I know they are hated by some fans, but I liked some of the screenshots I have seen from people's playthroughs here.
One really cool thing about FF IV DS is that every story beat in the game has a unique "party chat" you can see if you bring up the menu. Each character has their own things to say so there is a lot of stuff to read if you cycle through the characters. It is more of a view into the character's private thoughts during their adventure. For me this and the voices helped bring the characters alive more than the original IV ever could.
I hope V and VI IOS versions appear as well. I have played the originals to death and would love to see a different visual take on those games. I know they are hated by some fans, but I liked some of the screenshots I have seen from people's playthroughs here.
guys guys there's no need to bicker, when it comes to aesthetics, there's plenty of fugly to spread around, so the PSP and DS both get to lose, each in their own special way.
If you want a version of FF4 that looks good you grab the GBA version.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
That abomination looks gross. No thanks.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I was hoping this would be the PSP version. Oh, well. Will buy it anyway.
Robin64
Member
And play it on a Micro.
Canis lupus
Member
PSP version is definitive edition. Wonderful remastered sprites instead of low budget chibi 3d grafx.
Lumpy Onion
Member
I'm so glad it wasn't the PSP version. It was so devoid of challenge compared to the Super NES and DS versions. You could pretty much autobattle through a lot of it. I liked the fast pace and lovely 2D art, but it didn't feel as inspired as the DS remake.
PensivePen
Member
I really hope all this Final Fantasy on steam stuff means that someday we'll see FF XII on there. Cause man I would buy the hell out of that and continue to never complete it.
"wonderful remastered sprites" lol
And what matters is the gameplay, and the DS version is much better on that regard.
That was one of the reasons I bought FF 7 and 8. The other was in the hopes Square would port more if they sold well. So far it seems to be working.
Anyway I am really tempted to get this version as it has been a long time since I played FF4 and I think it was the SNES version. Still if this was 10ish bucks I would grab it immediately, 16 bucks is a little more then I feel like spending so i might just have to wait for a sale.
I think the discussion in this thread is evidence enough that the idea of a universally accepted "definitive edition" does not exist.
VII is the most popular by a landslide but people generally tend to like IV as well.
RalliArtEvo
Member
Nice, hopefully it gets discounted during the fall steam sale.
I guess the better question is whether it's a good intro to the series.
It was the first one I played and the first one to feature the active time battle system.
I would say so.
Sketch_Turntable
Member
Ugh. I can never remember if IV is 4 or 6.
Robin64
Member
Heh. It's 4.
Grab VII.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Overall it's better than I expected. But some things bug me...
-You can't walk. You can hold the controller a bit to waddle forward a few steps, but that always turns into a full run.
-The character portraits during the menu look cheap. And there are some tiny white spots on a few sections of the font.
-Camera is up kinda close, so the running around stuff can be annoying.
But other than that I am impressed. The colors and 3D characters feel so much more defined than the DS release. Monsters look great. And while the characters get kind pixely when the scene zooms in on them during the cinemas, seeing the spoken cutscenes on my HDTV is kinda epic. Audio seems fine as far as I can tell.
-You can't walk. You can hold the controller a bit to waddle forward a few steps, but that always turns into a full run.
-The character portraits during the menu look cheap. And there are some tiny white spots on a few sections of the font.
-Camera is up kinda close, so the running around stuff can be annoying.
But other than that I am impressed. The colors and 3D characters feel so much more defined than the DS release. Monsters look great. And while the characters get kind pixely when the scene zooms in on them during the cinemas, seeing the spoken cutscenes on my HDTV is kinda epic. Audio seems fine as far as I can tell.
Tizoc
Member
Oh cool hey, let's check out how much this is!
D-damn! But at least it's on Humble too. I'm going to check there instead!
Thanks for nothing Square Enix!
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manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I haven't played this on Steam, but if it's based on the DS version, then YES.
The beastiary, building maps, the increase on difficulty while not being cheap, the new ffvs, etc, make this version superior than Snes and GBA versions. Can't speak on the PSP version though, but this game is way better than FFVII or VIII, and this version doesn't seem dated. Graphics are the only arguable point against it IMO, although I personally find the DS 3D cute...
Rhomega Beta
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KojiKnight
Member
There's some on the Steam page, at least.
Those look terrible... I know the DS version lacked texture filtering, but why is it off for the PC version? Why didn't they spend a little time bumping the texture quality a bit?
(edit) To be clear, I'm GLAD Squeenix is bringing more FFs to PC and I'll likely get it... but just a few small tweaks could make the game look so much better. This seems very bare bones for the premium price they're asking.
Purple Cheeto
Member
It is more likely that we will see everything they've released on iOS on Steam. Porting from PS2 to PC is a little more difficult.
Well if they do a FFXII HD version there is a chance it'd come to PC.
Because if you filter textures that are that low resolution they will lose all of their detail. It just becomes a blurred mess of colors. They could have upgraded the resolution of the textures, but it seems that this port was done by a company that is frequently hired to just convert mobile games to PC releases so that was probably beyond the scope.
On the bright side, it's probably not impossible for fans to take on that task.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Supposedly, the DS version is the hardest version of the game ever released, and that's a good thing IMO, I'm not especially good at jrpgs, but found the difficulty of this version spot on.
Does not compute. I've never beaten him without wall.
Also, this thread reminded me that I'm actually about 10% through the DS version. Had totally forgot I had this game on the go. Sweet.
Ultimadrago
Member
I despise FFIV, so I won't be getting this until the $5> range, but it is nice to see more of them officially released to PC.
We had this exact same discussion in the FFIII Steam thread.
Pick your poison.
KojiKnight
Member
The difference between FF8 and FF4 is that they could have reworked the textures during the porting process of 4 rather easily, where as FF8 is barely being held together by the digital equivalent of duct tape and twine. (something I alluded to in my post).
As Aeana said, at least on PC the odds are that we'll have some people who'll eventually work on a texture mode for it.
Yup, basically if you want some semblance of mechanical depth or difficulty, you get the version of FF4 on DS, smartphones and now PC. But if you don't need that in your FF4, then it's GBA all the way, preferably the bug-free European version.
People might tell you that the PSP version includes a bunch of extra content you should play, but it's all dumb fanfiction-y fluff that's not very good or fun, so it's not worth bothering with imo.
It was a challenge.
I found the DS FFs (bar EoT and RoF) really challenging for a FF games.
Especially III and 4HoF
Katzenjammer
Member
I thought low-poly art was the new pixel art? Don't see why people are complaining so. Texture filtering would make everything look like a blurry mess in this case. This has a certain charm to it.
Well I think I prefer the graphics to sprites if I am being honest. Anyway after playing the game a little bit it kind of reminds me of playing on a game on a PS1 emulator with all the setting turned up to try and make the game look really nice. I actually kind of find it charming.
A port of a port of a port (seriously). It shows. For 16 bucks they could at least address the super janky 2D sprites previously concealed by a tiny DS screen. Characters are endearingly low poly but all the 2D stuff trying to hide in plain view is really not cute on a >24" monitor.
Moon_frogger
Member
For those on the fence about this game:
The soundtrack is one of the absolute best RPG soundtracks ever made. it's varied, emotional, memorable, catchy and absolutely triumphant. It stands tall with some of the absolute best tracks of the series, some fucking INSPIRING battle music and even though the story is simple with little chibi characters awkwardly emoting all over the place, the music WILL tug at your heart strings and get you involved in the story.
If you are a lover of good classic videogame soundtracks then you owe it to yourself to play this game.
The soundtrack is one of the absolute best RPG soundtracks ever made. it's varied, emotional, memorable, catchy and absolutely triumphant. It stands tall with some of the absolute best tracks of the series, some fucking INSPIRING battle music and even though the story is simple with little chibi characters awkwardly emoting all over the place, the music WILL tug at your heart strings and get you involved in the story.
If you are a lover of good classic videogame soundtracks then you owe it to yourself to play this game.
Chinbo37
Member
Hmm you seem to be forgetting about ffv which is almost as good as vi and better than iv