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Final Fantasy IX: Memoria (Fan) Project - Full Gameplay Demo | UE5 Remake (holy F)
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Go_Ly_Dow
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Lets set expectations already, there's no chance of these kinda of production values in any remake for FF9.
Alexandria, Evil Forest, Limblum, Treno, Burmecia, Cleyra, Terra, to name but a few locations, not to mention the world map. Too big for them to give the entire game this sort of treatment within a reasonable budget and development timeframe.
I'm expecting fixed camera angles, 4k newly created pre-rendered backgrounds, redone CGI, refreshed soundtrack and essentially the same game fundamentally. But i'd be very happy with that and play the shit out of it.
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Slicker than your average
Banned
Loved the art style. That looked amazing.
Calling 911 Melts Beams
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this will be the most delicious cease & desist i ever get to dine on
Thaedolus
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I don’t think Ebert or actual professionals would use the hyperbolic language you used to describe what looks like a really nice creative work. Ebert would describe what he thought wasn’t working and such. I don’t think he’d just say “this looks horrible,” because he got to where he was because he had insightful comments, which that isn’t.
NecrosaroIII
Ask me about my terrible takes on Star Trek characters
lol the actual remake is going to look worse than this.
bitbydeath
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Not today Satan.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Larxia
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That's the feeling I got too kinda.
It's still very impressive, I really don't want to downplay the work that has been down on this, I just think that there is something that was lost in the overall aesthetic.
I think the problem for me is the look of the texture / materials, they are too cartoony, giving it a kind of cardboard look, it reminds me of World of warcraft (in the style, of course this looks better technically). I think it would have been better with more realistic materials, while still keeping a very fantasy / animation vibe through the lighting and colors.
Still a pretty cool demo, was interesting to watch, especially to see these scenes with a free camera instead of the fixed camera angle, I really like that.
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mopspear
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I think it's a bad idea in general to spend so much time on a game development project that #1 you can't sell, and #2 is so likely to get shut down and then all your work goes in the toilet. That being said, sometimes people do get jobs out of this from being noticed and to be a hypocrite, I will defend AM2R's existence until the end of time.
Rickyiez
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Looks cool and clearly there are alot of efforts went into it . But yea , something is really off from it like the cartoonish color palette and clay looking characters , it doesn't really capture the vibe of FF9 world . Like if you take away Vivi from the video , you couldn't even tell its FF9
Just to jog the memory ...
It's more muted and grittier , I supposed .
Just to jog the memory ...
It's more muted and grittier , I supposed .
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supernova8
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For a fan remake PoC, they really nailed the intro. The shots and angles are pretty much perfect. Also I actually quite like the clay-ish art style.
Plus, I think they did a good job of making the voice acting sound like something you might actually get from a Squeenix remake, it wasn't too cringey but also didn't take itself too seriously.
(especially 6:03 "Why it's another fake!" was well delivered IMO)
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