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Final Fantasy composers say Final Fantasy XII Remake is coming
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brandonh83
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FFXII is simply not as story driven as the others. You pretty much get your heroes and villains and it ships you off on the journey. The major emphasis is on the journey, exploration and gameplay. I did think the story peckered out a bit too much near the end, but at least the dialogue and voice acting was really good. The number of other jrpg's I could say that about clock in at somewhere around zero.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Sick burn.
There was a bit of a missing story, but it was mostly just something missing toward end of the second act. I always thought the Arcadia/Draclau Labratory sequence was intended to be more than an anemic dungeon. Pretty sure the departure of Matsuno signals that they had to cut scope to the game to finish it.
I Ioved the ending of the game actually.
I bet its much closer to a remaster than anything. But a remaster of the Zodiac edition would pretty much be like a full remake to me anyway.
Plus I dont expect a composer to know the difference between remake and remaster when speaking so I wouldnt put much into the exact wording of it.
Plus I dont expect a composer to know the difference between remake and remaster when speaking so I wouldnt put much into the exact wording of it.
googleplex
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Vayne Carudas Solidor
Still one of the best and most complex villains in any Final fantasy game. Sephiroth was a rediculous mustache twirling, cartoon bad guy in comparison.
Still one of the best and most complex villains in any Final fantasy game. Sephiroth was a rediculous mustache twirling, cartoon bad guy in comparison.
I was assuming remake meant they were remaking it, like the new FF7. If it's just a regular remaster then they'd change nothing.
texhnolyze
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They definitely have the money.
Regarding manpower, some of the projects are outsourced, apparently.
There was a story, but Matsuno mentally broke long before they could complete that. It's a remaster anyhow.
brandonh83
Banned
Well, you have a big team working on FFVII and KH3, a couple of guys messing with rocks in Duscae... I can see a remaster being worked into that. Not to mention that some of these things are probably a ways off. Remember how long it took the FFX remaster to hit after it was announced? I remember it being several years.
magnificenz
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OMG!
My fav FF finally get the HD treatment. I hope its available for multi plat as every gamer deserve to play this awesomeness. Zodiac version option please (Have not play it yet).
My fav FF finally get the HD treatment. I hope its available for multi plat as every gamer deserve to play this awesomeness. Zodiac version option please (Have not play it yet).
IIRC Falk said that oftentimes they might do it so that they do have live instruments, but not a big, full orchestra and then they'll add sounds with a computer to give it the fuller sound of a bigger orchestra. Like they'll hire a few violinists & other string instruments to record something and then do some magic on a PC that will make it sound like they have a full violin/string section. That way they get something that is closer to the sound of a live orchestra than something done fully on a PC without having to pay for a full orchestra. Or something like that.
Well they usually outsource the HD remaster so they don't have to worry about it. The budget? well thanks to mobile-gaming boom. Ironic isn't it?
Chuck Norris
Banned
Are we sure this is not just somebody confusing their Roman numerals????
In any case an FFXII remake needs to be Matsuno's original vision of the game before politics pushed it in a different direction so I'd pray he is on board
In any case an FFXII remake needs to be Matsuno's original vision of the game before politics pushed it in a different direction so I'd pray he is on board
Omg yes! There's only a few things I ask of you, SE:
1. Please don't fuck up the faces, they look fine as they do right now!
2. If you're going to redo the soundtrack, include an option to listen to the originals, just like FFXHD on PS4.
3. If it's possible, uncompress the audio!
1. Please don't fuck up the faces, they look fine as they do right now!
2. If you're going to redo the soundtrack, include an option to listen to the originals, just like FFXHD on PS4.
3. If it's possible, uncompress the audio!
WickedLaharl
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Lol i wouldn't be shocked at all if that is all this is. In fact i'll just mentally prepare for that right now.
Trigger_happy
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I've tried to get into FFXII 3 times but it's so boring. Maybe on vita...
IdreamofHIME
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IAmRandom31
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monster hunting and the gambit collecting was about the best thing to come out of FFXII. The story though was trash. Characters were mostly forgettable besides a few, like the villian.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Remasters can also be handled out of house, I'd imagine.
Can't Sith... That evil bastard >Saying Sephiroth was the villain shows how much you didn't understand FF7
PKMNTrainer
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Oh yes. Job system surely a shoe in. So stoked.
The story was changed due to development issues. But this is the only game after 6 where the characterization was impeccable and stands the test of time. The acting and translation is something not seen the like ever again in a JRPG.
Yup might just be this.
brandonh83
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Yeah that's one method. Most game soundtracks with live instruments tend to still have digital stuff, like Mario Galaxy for example.
KiTA
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Is this Square Enix's new PR move? "Accidentally" announce shit?
DQ7/8 localization
DQXI NX
FFXIIR
All announced in the past month or so, all "accidentally" announced by people in the know and then backtracked by Square Enix JP.
it would just be a remaster. They aren't going to spend time remaking the whole game.
He looked super dumb toward the end when he went all muscley. Iirc his story had interesting bits but he mostly just sat around and gave orders. I love FFXII but found Vayne to be unremarkable and not very memorable.
KyanMehwulfe
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Great to see the love for XII. I'm not sure my 'fave' FF but XII are basically right alongside VI and VII, and FF Tactics and Tactics Ogre, as my favorite games of any genre or platform. XII at the least is by far my favorite standard FF to replay... think I've replayed it 7 or 8 times now. The big two reasons are that the Licenses and Gambits allow the player a lot of personalization and 'flavour' management, things like... a pure Gunner run or, say, having a Gambit for Balthier where he uses a Handercheif to clean Oil.
The other reason is the acting.... While I'm not a fan of the story or plot, especially the latter half, I adore the cutscene acting -- namely the Elizebethan dialect and the great facial animations. While FF Tactics is a bit too heavy, FF XII has a perfect level of ornate dialect, and some rather brilliant subtle or sarcastic wit -- namely Judge Ghis, Marquis Ondore, and Balthier.
No matter how many times I seem to play the game, I don't tire of the facial and voice acting. Combine with fun 'macro battlefield manage' combat, the personalization of Gambits and Licenses, the great environment areas, it's probably the only standard FF (or non D&D-inspired RPG) that I replay as much as D&D-inspired RPGs Icewind Dale or tactics RPGs like Tactics Ogre.
The other reason is the acting.... While I'm not a fan of the story or plot, especially the latter half, I adore the cutscene acting -- namely the Elizebethan dialect and the great facial animations. While FF Tactics is a bit too heavy, FF XII has a perfect level of ornate dialect, and some rather brilliant subtle or sarcastic wit -- namely Judge Ghis, Marquis Ondore, and Balthier.
No matter how many times I seem to play the game, I don't tire of the facial and voice acting. Combine with fun 'macro battlefield manage' combat, the personalization of Gambits and Licenses, the great environment areas, it's probably the only standard FF (or non D&D-inspired RPG) that I replay as much as D&D-inspired RPGs Icewind Dale or tactics RPGs like Tactics Ogre.
Nowhere Man
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I've been waiting for them to announce this! XII is my favorite FF, day one PS4. I have a steelbook edition of the original, I hope they do one for this too.
brandonh83
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I'd love to see the original story brought to full fruition, sure. But man that'd take a lot more work.
Unless they Xenogears disc 2'd it
NipplesAndToes23
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Wish that was more in depth because it doesn't answer my concerns about the loot. I also checked out the jobs for that version and it looks they should definitely be changed. Why does a time mage use Crossbows? The crossbows should go to the archer and not to mention crossbows were pretty shitty anyway in the original. Red mages use maces and arcane magic???
Firstly, red mages should use sword and shields and arcane magic should be for a Dark Knight. Ulhan looks like a random mix of a dragoon, black mage, dark knight, and some techniques thrown in, actually most of the jobs seem to have some random abilities thrown in there. The jobs definitely should have been modeled after previous ones in the series and should definitely have more than 12. The vanilla version of XII seemed more free in that sense. I made white mages, berserkers, thieves, ninjas, sages, and a summoner (though due to the game, my summoner was shit). If they're remastering or remaking the zodiac version, change those jobs and add more.
Valkyrie Profile Silmeria and Vagrant Story remasters plz.
SpaceDrake
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Just beaten. Yeah, he was talking about VII apparently and then specifically calls out XII. I seriously, seriously doubt he got that wrong.
Please look forward to Gamescom.
It's hard to say. They gave Kingdom Hearts 2 HD the full orchestral treatment. It depends on how much money they're willing to spend.
brandonh83
Banned
Er, I mean he clearly said 12 but I wonder if he got confused and meant 7.
Probably. I would love a remake that fixed the pacing issues though. The later part of the game never lived up to the brilliant first ten hours.
As much as I like Vagrant Story, the game is too primitive to stand up in even a remastered form (like just about any fully 3d ps1 game).
Holy shit.
The Last One
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The way he worded that sentence makes me think otherwise. I'm guessing the applause prior was for FFVII remake.
Raitosaito
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My favorite FF from the 2000's. My body can not handle.
Pretty sure this was a mistake, he must have meant 7.
brandonh83
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