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Final Fantasy IX coming to PC & Smartphones
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Yes.
Madrugador
Member
Hell yes.
Vital Tundra
Member
If it were up to me and physically possible, i would want every RPG on a handheld, so yeah.
It's way easier to digest when you don't have to sit down, turn on the console, and play for a few hours to make progress. With a 3DS or other device, you can just stop and start when you want.
demosthenes
Member
Ugh, please be better lol
It's 2016 and people still ask that? Wow.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Yeah, JRPGs while commuting, especially if they've been adapted for suspend/resume, is one way to get grinding for optional content done.
The only thing I dislike about phones as a platform for such is the lack of (convenient) tactile feedback. Outside of the obvious horsepower caveats, but eh, that doesn't matter for ports of old games.
(That being said, if given the option PC is by far my preferred final-purchase option for JRPGs old and new since it's there for posterity/mods/etc)
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Think of it like reading a long book. A very long book.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Lack of physical buttons/d-pad just totally kills my interest in these kinds of ports.
RPGs that manage to work around this, I'd be totally into.
crooked spin
Member
Mobile is preferable for me honestly. Not sure I see the appeal in playing a game designed for 640x480 on my 27 inch monitor.
KojiKnight
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320*240
DiipuSurotu
Banned
those boosters lol
Fixed battle camera? Was this in the original?
I believe it was, yes. Fixed camera meant that it stayed in the same position that you begin the battle, i.e. not zooming to characters when they use abilities, etc.
Man, the backgrounds are just crudely upscaled from their original super low resolution and then smoothed. This looks no better or worse than simply running the game in an emulator like ePSXe. At least the CGI cutscenes look to have been preserved and reinstated at a higher resolution.
Shame that they apparently didn't have access to the original higher res background assets for this re-releases, but I figured that would be the case.
Shame that they apparently didn't have access to the original higher res background assets for this re-releases, but I figured that would be the case.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, I hate the virtual d-pad in these games, just can't be take it. I love FF5, but I couldn't finish it on iPad. Controls were fine for battle, but I couldn't take moving around. Final Fantasy Tactics works pretty well with touch screen though.
robotzombie
Member
Yup! There were two annoying things about FFIX to me, having to use crappy equipment because I wanted to master skills and not being able to go all out on boss battles because I had to repeatedly try and fail to steal every turn. This gets rid of one of those.
But how exactly does it work? You click on it and everything you have equipped is mastered? Or you turn it on and you never have to actually learn anything and you can then never turn it off? I hope its only the former, so I can choose for myself...
Everytime I see this thread with new replies I get my hopes up!
I'll admit that I like the boosts. I used them in FF8, but only because I wanted to get through that game as quickly as possible.
For FF IX I'll probably only use the speed boost. I'm more willing to take that game in than the others.
I'll admit that I like the boosts. I used them in FF8, but only because I wanted to get through that game as quickly as possible.
For FF IX I'll probably only use the speed boost. I'm more willing to take that game in than the others.
Cindi Mayweather
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Vincent Grayson
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Yeah, this is why it kills me that FF Dimensions is still mobile-only.
That's not true at all considering they improved the character models quite a bit.
Sadly, there's only so much they can do without the original high res background assets.
I'm pretty sure it's the former, otherwise there would be no reason that it can't reverse.
Captains Curse
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deleted my link since old.
The digital control stick kinda bugged me.
The digital control stick kinda bugged me.
Please show me screenshots of that, because in all my emulating attempts over the years I have never seen it look so good as in that stream. And I'm watching it on 42" tv.
So far it seems like they are doing a great job, considering the low resolution originals
It works pretty well playing a RPG on smartphones, I finished both FF 1 and 3 on an IPod touch. But I could never play a racing or action game on a touchscreen, I hate it xD
artsi
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Currently we have no idea when either of those is going to release. But yeah, most likely.
brotkasten
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Steam says "Early 2016" for me.
PixyJunket
Member
Yes.
Teletraan1
Banned
No, not with some virtual buttons and those crummy virtual sticks that are atrocious to use on any smartphone. I tried with FFV which I love but couldn't do it. Whatever benefits mobile has are thrown out the window when the game is just frustrating to control. Especially when you have games with random encounters and you end up going the wrong way because the controls are so shit and you end up in a bunch of extra battles trying to navigate a dungeon. No thanks.
UGH
First thing that needs to be modded. XD
chaosblade
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You aren't alone. There aren't many games that I'd bother playing on a phone due to the lack of buttons. Wanting to play something like this on mobile is totally foreign to me. It's good people get the option, it's just a shame they have to totally butcher the PC UI in the process.
Yeah, it's a no for me too. Would love to play it here and there, but the on-screen buttons are just way too fucking bad.
Would love some kind of a tiny d-pad + 4 face buttons thingie for the phone, though. Tiny enough to carry everywhere in your pocket.
It's a classic Japanese game. Japanese people have relatively little free time, and so they play games on the train as they commute to work - especially in the morning when talking on the train is regarded as rude.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I really wish a lot more of our old school game companies had kept better care of their assets back in the day. *sigh*
Store page changed to from "Early 2016" to "Coming Soon" again.
It didn't, not in Brazil.
If square enix is not going to release the game now, the least they could to is put the placeholder date further away. Two times in a row is just mean now.
On the 21 it didn't happen in Brazil either.
demented waffle
Member
We're gonna be disappointed again, aren't we?
Self_Destructive
Member
Annnnd... it's gone.
Tizoc
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You're the ones setting yourselves up for disappointment.
I swear I've never seen a game get people so hooked up like this before on Steam @_@
demented waffle
Member
Annnnd... it's gone.
Still on the new releases tab for me.
It's more of them not setting a date. I wouldn't care if they set it in March or later. It's not when it's releasing is somewhat annoying.
Annnnd... it's gone.
It's gone from the "Coming Soon" list. Now it's on the "New releases" list.
Just so you know, the same thing happend on January 21.
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