TheJollyCorner
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man, that just reminded me how crisp FFIV:CC looks.
I wish my PSP wouldn't have broken before completing it. :{
I wish my PSP wouldn't have broken before completing it. :{
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First Final Fantasy 5 (smartphones) screenshots
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Yoshida's art for FF3 and FF4 felt great for me, especially FF3. I've been saying this all along: Yoshida-Amano blends for the art styles of the SNES era games is the way to go.
...people think this looks worse than the GBA game? Is the look of the sprites that revolting that you'd dip it below this?:
I'll take the crisp clear image of the new iOS version, coupled with (no-doubt) better sound, even if the art is facelifted in a bit of the wrong direction.
However, FFVI is a lot nearer and dearer to me; I wonder how I'll feel when I see that game facelifted this way. Might be right there with all of ya...
I think the issue is they are obviously capable of better. I'd be OK with a port of these games with FF2/FF4 PSP's sprite work. I thought it looked really good.
Instead they went with what looks like All the Bravest sprites, and given all the bad blood that game wound up, that was a horrible decision.
Everything else looks ok or is at least acceptable, but those character sprites are really lame. It's like they tried to copy the chibi artwork but ended up making something even more plain, so it's off-putting.
The old sprites had more attention to detail and they manage to resemble the chibi artwork more than the new sprites do.
The old sprites had more attention to detail and they manage to resemble the chibi artwork more than the new sprites do.
daninthemix
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Wait - so they've actually gone to the trouble of re-drawing all the sprites in the same way as the PSP remakes?
There's several comparison pictures in this thread noting the differences in PSP remake sprites and this game's sprites.
No, in the style of TAY (Wii/Phone) and FFD (phone). The PSP remakes look different.
timetokill
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Looks like Butz
Gaylord Sweetwood
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Amano art = fantastic
Everything else = balls
Everything else = balls
thechristoph
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That exact art style is used in the manual of the Japanese version. Yes, I'm a giant nerd and imported the SFC version back in the day. Square even released little keychain and pencil topper figurines of the FFVI characters in that same art style. I think we all need to realize that this was the art style they were shooting for, it's just that 16bit graphics didn't have the resolution to pull it off. Harsh reality.
They've already said that a mobile version of VI is coming.
MagiusNecros
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Square Enix's take on high-res 2D is fucking ugly as hell.
This looks like some shitty fan-made project.
This looks like some shitty fan-made project.
MagiusNecros
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Always a shame Square never took the time to go for good pixel art.
Just an example of what some can do like Abysswolf, whose pixel artwork is awesome.
Always a shame Square never took the time to go for good pixel art.
Just an example of what some can do like Abysswolf, whose pixel artwork is awesome.
they don't wanna hire new people.
I NEED SCISSORS
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Backgrounds look fine, character 'sprites' are dreadful. It's not even that the quality of them by themselves is that bad, it's that there's such a disparity between the gorgeous portrait art and the chibi sprite art. Also what is up with the UI design? Taking cues from Sega's PC ghetto perhaps:
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MagiusNecros
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Always a shame Square never took the time to go for good pixel art.
Just an example of what some can do like Abysswolf, whose pixel artwork is awesome.
Yeah, that stuff looks amazing. It's like they don't understand that with higher resolution, you really need to have a bunch more detail or else it will look cheap and shitty.
Also, this is the first time I've seen the screenshots of the PSP version of FFIV. That actually looks pretty good. How did they go from that to this?
i was being sarcastic but i think their ports are made with a tiny budget so they don't bother hiring freelance for it.
Starsunder
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This looks ok to me. Not great, but I don't expect greatness from SE anymore. Just pleasantly surprised if/when there is greatness from them.
Man, I fucking love how FFIV:CC looks. And it stuns on Vita. Would kill for a FF5/6 in that style.
Man, I fucking love how FFIV:CC looks. And it stuns on Vita. Would kill for a FF5/6 in that style.
I don't see what's wrong with the UI. It's definitely an improvement over what they did with FFD:
and FFIV:
Those are too rigid, but this one is less so.
Not developed by the same people, and probably on a smaller budget.
neoism
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lol square doesn't even try anymore....
PixyJunket
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Yuuuuuch, high resolution pixel art in low resolution style never looks good, not once, not ever.
Long live Final Fantasy V GBA.
Long live Final Fantasy V GBA.
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All of that may be true. Consumers should not give a damn about that, though.
I just don't understand how, as a company, Square Enix accepts such a huge drop in quality in one of their most famous and attractive titles.
turnbuckle
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The cynical side of me thinks they're going to release it for smartphones/tablets first and then release it for Vita/3DS later on. Doing it that way will undoubtedly get more people to double (triple, quadruple, how man times have we bought this game?) dip than the other way around.
I don't think Goli implied that consumers should be forgiving because of the likely smaller budget. I think it was just an explanation of the degradation in quality.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
FFV is one of the more underrated titles. They probably overlook it.
Now I feel even worse about not picking up the GBA version before prices got absurd. Fucking damn it.
I was really hoping for a full 3DS remake like FFIV got for DS. I would have been perfectly content with the treatment FFIV:CC got. This, though...
I hope this is some kind of stopgap release.
I was really hoping for a full 3DS remake like FFIV got for DS. I would have been perfectly content with the treatment FFIV:CC got. This, though...
I hope this is some kind of stopgap release.
...wow.
I NEED SCISSORS
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fluffydelusions
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Is this releasing on iOS and Android at the same time?
SpaceDrake
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why in god's name are they using the amano art and the sprites at the same time
just
why
(okay the answer is they're lazy but)
That's actually not a surprise at all, it's how the "sprites" used to be represented in the art, it's appealing to nostalgia for older Japanese fans
just
why
(okay the answer is they're lazy but)
That's actually not a surprise at all, it's how the "sprites" used to be represented in the art, it's appealing to nostalgia for older Japanese fans
The GBA versions used Amano art for portraits, too.
MagiusNecros
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Except they fit in the dialogue box. This makes it look like a rushjob.
The Android version is coming out in the summer I believe. I iOS versions are in a week or so.
Team Filler
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Looking over the screenshots again, I will admit that the bulk of the art looks okay. Those on-screen sprites really take me out of it, though. 
SpaceDrake
Member
Did they? God I blanked that out. It still looks so doofy compared to the Anime Hair Color As Hell sprites.
(I actually prefer the sprite art, tbh, but the incongruity is crazy)
Also, just as a reminder that the "sprite-esque" promo art is in no way new and tbh probably dates from the release of the original game:
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9033444
Looking over the screenshots again, I will admit that the bulk of the art looks okay. Those on-screen sprites really take me out of it, though.
I was going to say, the map work and the enemies aren't all that bad; sure the enemies are just up-rezzes, but they're very competently done and look good. But what is going on with those map sprites? Why do the men lead with their chests to the point of getting scoliosis?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
That requires effort and soul.
This is what I really wanted. I'd be willing to pay the price they are asking (maybe even more) had they done it, day one. But I will just hold out for when the game drops sub 10$ if I decide to ever pick this version up.
TheJollyCorner
Member
as another poster pointed out, it kind of reminds me of the Amano portraits in Kartia...
makes me wish they would release that game on the PSN. :/
makes me wish they would release that game on the PSN. :/
Faris and Lenna's sprites look so bad. They look like some generic female character models from some shovelware game.
With these screenshots I feel the character sprites are actually worse than in FF Dimensions.
The only good thing about this is the HQ Amano portraits and even them it seems weird since they are kinda floating over the text boxes.
Oh yeah I really enjoyed this game too.
With these screenshots I feel the character sprites are actually worse than in FF Dimensions.
The only good thing about this is the HQ Amano portraits and even them it seems weird since they are kinda floating over the text boxes.
Oh yeah I really enjoyed this game too.
Zero-Crescent
Member
Yep, still don't like the character sprites. Thought the direct-feed shots might do them some justice, but their HD/Smooth-Filtered-look is still incredibly out-of-place when next to the significantly more detailed-looking backgrounds and enemies.
It's like if one of those HD Arcade ports activates the usually-hideous smoothing filter only on the main character sprites.
It's like if one of those HD Arcade ports activates the usually-hideous smoothing filter only on the main character sprites.
Pyrrhus
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Not even the actual Amano stuff. But yeah, I like the old chibi style because it's nostalgic. This new stuff where the characters all look like they're standing forward on tiptoes and thrusting their chests as far forward as possible while thrusting their shoulders back as far as possible looks completely awful. It's just bizarre that they used that stance as the basis for their character model. Issues with color, shading, and form merely compound the problem.
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