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Final Fantasy VII released on Steam, $11.99 USD (Squeenix account required)
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Lumpy Onion
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They are much crisper and more well defined than the PS1 version. For me, that is this version's main selling point. Since I never had the PC version back in the day this looks pretty cool in some ways.
exmachina64
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Thanks, Grief.
GrimDarkDarrel
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Does anybody know whether the "play as Sephiroth" mod works with this version?
Morrigan Stark
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I never played the PC version, but what's wrong with the music? It's different than the PS1 music or what? :S
Also, LMAO at the "new features":
HAHAHAHA jesus fucking christ the game is super easy, what the hell. "Press X to awesome" generation.
Also, LMAO at the "new features":
HAHAHAHA jesus fucking christ the game is super easy, what the hell. "Press X to awesome" generation.
Lumpy Onion
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It's kind of sad that they just have "god mode" boosters. It would have been kind of cool to have an in-depth stat/level changer. Like if you became overlevelled and wanted a challenge, you could decrease or increase to your liking. Instead it's a one way ticket to making the game piss easy.
The fuck with this, I'll just get the PSX version from PSN store and be done with it.
All Square (I'm convinced Enix just have them around because sometimes it's fun to look at someone be a complete retard) had to do was put this on and make it modable and they couldn't even do THAT right.
All Square (I'm convinced Enix just have them around because sometimes it's fun to look at someone be a complete retard) had to do was put this on and make it modable and they couldn't even do THAT right.
brandonh83
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I suck at figuring out how to install mods. I got the soundtrack fixed just by coping the files into the music folder, but everything else seems to be a magnificent hassle.
I am Michael Bolton
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Who says mods wont work?
It uses midi so unless you have real midi sound card, it's shit.
chaosblade
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I don't think the new version is very moddable, that's why someone ended up making that converter to basically turn the game into the original release. Or maybe people just didn't want to port the mods over.
Morrigan Stark
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...WTF? Wow.
Alcoholikaust
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That is not true of this version. The music is all recorded, it's just recorded from the PC sequences rather than the PSX game.
"Problem: PSF and Midi do not entirely represent the original master quality of the OST."
Someone should tell him that PSF files are literally the sound code from the PSX game being run in an emulator, so it represents the original quality of the music exactly. And as such, it can also loop perfectly, so it's really the best solution.
Well, the original game used the PSX sound chip for music playback. Obviously this wasn't available on the PC and, at the time, digital audio compression wasn't good enough to cram all of that music into the PC version. So, they simply used midi.
The PC version was originally bundled with the Yamaha SoftXG software which did a good job handling the music. I believe they created the PC music with that software in mind and using any other midi device produced poor results. Even with that software the music was still less impressive than the PSX version.
This Steam version is still based on that old 90s port.
Absolutely right. Though, the emulation quality can impact the sound of the music as well.
Alcoholikaust
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the link I posted replaces music with original PSX soundtrack-
edit:NVM!
have fun people!
Yeah, I have my FFVII on my PC from the disk version, and modding the new version requires a bit of extra work due to the difference DRM, Achievements, etc.
Seriously, if everybody wants the "superior" version of the game, buy this, pirate the old version, and just go here.
Step by step awesome version of the game.
bigace33
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its $10.80 @ greenman gaming with the 20% off coupon.
I NEED SCISSORS
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Need S-E account, higher price, inferior PC music, looks like chit in high res = buy it on PSN for Vita/PSP instead.
Yes, you do have to sign in every time. Its no different than the version that was release a few months ago
Robin64
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According to the OP it's a one time sign in, the first time you launch the game.
Dark Octave
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Damn, $12 and the need to sign up for an SE account to play a 20 year old game?
This game should have been on Humble SE Bundle like five years ago.
This game should have been on Humble SE Bundle like five years ago.
what_rhythm
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it's not even nostalgic anymore
bassman2112
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Spoiler:
Final Fantasy VII is just okay, and always has been.
Having to potentially bugger my registry to get my game to be modable is about as close to "Won't work" as you can get shy of it physicaly not working.
I didn't have to sign in again, even after rebooting my machine.
Lumpy Onion
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Played for like half an hour just now. As someone who has only really played the PS1 version, seeing the high resolution polygon characters and enemies is pretty awesome. You can see every little detail on things that appeared so blurry on the PS1. The resolution of the backgrounds feels kinda chunky though, so it ends up as a kind of trade-off.
Even though the music doesn't sound the same as the PS1 version I still kinda like it. It feels like some kind of bizarro version of the tracks I know so well. I downloaded the better tracks, but I might not use them. I am having fun hearing how different they sound. I am sure that's sacrilege to some, but who cares.
And it certainly didn't ask me to sign in to my Square Enix account beyond the initial startup. Anyway, it makes me happy to have this on Steam and I gladly await the release of FF VIII.
Even though the music doesn't sound the same as the PS1 version I still kinda like it. It feels like some kind of bizarro version of the tracks I know so well. I downloaded the better tracks, but I might not use them. I am having fun hearing how different they sound. I am sure that's sacrilege to some, but who cares.
And it certainly didn't ask me to sign in to my Square Enix account beyond the initial startup. Anyway, it makes me happy to have this on Steam and I gladly await the release of FF VIII.
Viola of the Abyss
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Hmm, so the DRM isn't as bad as it was initially thought to be.
I'll keep an eye on how things progress, especially mod compatibility.
Considering that there are people who haven't played the game yet reading this thread, yeah... that might not be a good idea.
I'll keep an eye on how things progress, especially mod compatibility.
Considering that there are people who haven't played the game yet reading this thread, yeah... that might not be a good idea.
I'd joke about THE spoiler, but honestly if you managed to go this long without hearing about it then you definitely deserve to be able to play the game without finding it out just beforehand.
KojiKnight
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It's more expensive than the PSN version and with more hurdles and almost no improvements... I'll pass. I'll either play the PSN version or put the original on a PC emu and get some actual enhancements.
Seriously $12 is way overpriced for this.
Seriously $12 is way overpriced for this.
I am Michael Bolton
Banned
Lol
KojiKnight
Member
I would be totally for this, as it would allow me to put off possibly (depending on reviews) getting a PS4 too early.
Who am I kidding? XV won't be out for years either way.
exmachina64
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Does anyone actually feel this way?
The PS1 version came out in 1997.
At a certain point, don't you lose the spoiler protection?
KojiKnight
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There is never true spoiler protection, there will always be someone mad at you for it. That said, anyone who hasn't played it yet (there are 16 year olds who were born after this game.... so old...) probably knows to be wary of spoilers.
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