It took a couple of years for FFVII to get to PS4 from PC, so I would expect the same kind of wait for FFIX. Hopefully not, though.
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Final Fantasy IX PC/Mobile |OT| How did the source code survive?
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It took a couple of years for FFVII to get to PS4 from PC, so I would expect the same kind of wait for FFIX. Hopefully not, though.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Just wanted to say with the upgraded resolution I can make out characters way more clearly now. Many characters I just had blurry figures of and now I know where characters noses and mouths actually are. The Lindblum soldiers still look funny to me though.
Why are you grinding? Game is pretty much easy unless you're doing it for the AP, which I understand. This time around I'm not using most of the status prevention abilities to make the game a little harder, but didn't change much because status ailments don't come up all that often.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
When you get the airship or a Red Chocobo.
There is no way they're announcing old ports at E3.
Meesh
Member
Yeah I've got the dark blue chocobo and airship but the guy keeps kicking me outta his house.
Sorry I wasn't clear on where I was exactly.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Oh, you fucked.
Meesh
Member
That's ok, next playthrough
At the end of the game as well, and ughhhhhh the game screwed me. I'm at 78/79 ATEs and after reading through all the guides I didn't miss any. Read a bunch of comments about some being bugged and not triggering.
Sigh, now I have to play the whole game again in hopes of it working this time. So lame...
Sigh, now I have to play the whole game again in hopes of it working this time. So lame...
That's not just enhanced resolution. The 3D models for the notable characters in the game were all upgraded for this remaster: both with increased polygon counts and with brand new textures. This applies to basically everyone that isn't a random NPC. The reason you still find the Lindblum soldiers funny is that they didn't receive the same upgrades.
Terrorblot
Member
I have half a mind to buy this but it would but a quadruple dip for me. I've bought it twice in PSX, and once on PS3. Still probably going to do it because I'm a total mark for this series.
Meesh
Member
Yeah, but for it's one of those little gems I could buy over and over with little regret. Like just about any of the Zelda games.
Zantetsuken88
Member
Mainly for AP - I don't really like the instant ability idea. I still want to do most things the old fashioned way but I have enjoyed the fast forward + no encounter for certain bits where you're simply re-treading old ground.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I don't remember this dialogue being in the game. Was it always there? This shit is funny. There's more too it, but I only caught screens of the last two parts.
squarealex
Member
yup.
But I saw it when I playing the 4th time or more.
Zantetsuken88
Member
One of the things I love about this game. Every time I've played it, I discovered something new.
This time round it was the scene at Quan's Dwelling late in the game with Vivi, Quina, Quale and Quan.
Also this was the first time I played with the English (US) translation, as opposed to English (UK). I think there were quite a few things rephrased but it's hard to be sure without seeing them side-by-side.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Garnet's new short hair portrait looks bad in this game. It has some dopey chub in her right cheek, The original was cute, but this one is no.
Mental Atrophy
Banned
Is Zidane's Ultima Weapon totally opaque for everybody else, or is this just because I'm playing on an integrated GPU? In the original game, the blades are semi-translucent.
Zantetsuken88
Member
Nope, sounds like it's not displaying correctly for you.
finished this game yesterday, as great as I remembered it.
I did not remember though how good the OST was, favourite tracks probably these two - dark messenger and you're not alone / orchestra version
I did not remember though how good the OST was, favourite tracks probably these two - dark messenger and you're not alone / orchestra version
Finished this today. I've lost count of how many times I've played this finished at this point. I have to say,
is really not as bad as people say he is. I've never really have had trouble with him, and I did this run without grinding (finished around level 52 for Zidane, and in the upper 40s with everyone else). As long as you equip good abilities, you are good to go.
Anyway, glad to have capped off another playthrough of one of my favorite games. The ending always gets me. ;_;
Necron
Anyway, glad to have capped off another playthrough of one of my favorite games. The ending always gets me. ;_;
Mental Atrophy
Banned
Oh well... it's a pretty minor problem.
I just wrapped it up this evening at about the same level. I didn't 100% the game because I was unable to defeat Ozma, but I did most everything else. Now installing FF10/10-2. Hopefully it will run well on my tablet PC.
I've never thought anyone had a problem with Necron's difficulty, only with him just showing up out of nowhere as the final boss despite never being heard of before then. (Which isn't a problem for me as I see him as more of a bonus boss after the real final boss, which is clearly Trance Kuja.)
I mean, his casting animations are so long that as long as you have Auto-Regen on everyone, all you have to do is be able to survive a single one of his attacks and you'll be back at full health by the time he hits you with the next one.
IIRC people hate Grand Cross. I remember reading about people complaining about a huge difficulty spike on the last dungeon because of him and a few other bosses. But, like you said, if you have Auto-Regen (FFIX's best not so secret secret for winning any encounter) and a handful of status prevent abilities, you are good to go.
potatohead
Member
What scene is this even? I don't even remember this area at all.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
^ That's Esto Gaza. Now that I think about it I might have seen it before. I have played this game a lot and if all you have to do is talk to them after entering the dungeon, then I don't see how I could not have done it before. It's probably just been a while and I forgot about it.
I finally made over 200 jumps, but was really disappointed when I found out that I didn't get Jump Rope King. Could've sworn you had to do 200 to get it. This is an accomplishment in itself. In all the years I've been playing this game, I have never gotten close to 202 jumps before.
I finally made over 200 jumps, but was really disappointed when I found out that I didn't get Jump Rope King. Could've sworn you had to do 200 to get it. This is an accomplishment in itself. In all the years I've been playing this game, I have never gotten close to 202 jumps before.
potatohead
Member
Upgrade to 980 ti.
I got it pretty frequently. It seems to happens when the game is loading a sound. Shame, because other than that the port is pretty good.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I googled this to find out what this is. Still not exactly sure what it is. I've encountered a bunch of problems playing this game as I mentioned previously, but I'm not sure if this is one.
qualitydisc
Member
Developer who worked on Final Fantasy IX Remaster at Silicon Studio Thailand says they made a version for PS Vita (???)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krittinun-sirodom-2b763b6a
I wonder if that's a mistake or forthcoming/unannounced?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krittinun-sirodom-2b763b6a
I wonder if that's a mistake or forthcoming/unannounced?
Hades Hotgun
Banned
I would assume it is a typo that should say PS4, just like 7, but a glorious Vita version would be very welcome all the same.
BONKERS
Member
Or the insultingly bad audio quality for a port of a 16 year old game that sounds worse than the original?
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2dq33n3wqr998wx/FFIX_Steam_vs_OST_comparison.rar
Which would be the only worthwhile version to play and would look good considering the resolution... if they fix the analog controls and the audio quality.
Because SE is fucking stupid and really doesn't care about the quality of their biggest AAA franchise on PC. It prints some small amount of money no matter whether they put in real effort and budget or not. It's taken them almost 20 years to finally approach decent quality ports. Type-0/LR/X/X-2 (Minus MMOs.)
Based on that, it looks like nine people in total completed the remaster. Interesting.
I see you still have absolutely no perspective on the issue of cost vs. reward on these projects. It's one thing to expect quality work, but you seem determined to convince people this is a shitty port of the game, which is asinine.
Hm, maybe puting it in a SSD would fix it... It's really annoying.
It's not like I'm running it on some beast rig, just a laptop with an 4th generation i5 and a 950m but cmon, shouldn't have this type of issue for a ps1 game.
Spiritwalker
Member
did they reduce random encounters or something? kinda feels that way for me
Mental Atrophy
Banned
The Vivi one is especially difficult to compare because it has the crowd noise layered into it. While I do think the PSX game sounds better, I don't think it's fair to compare the official OST because that is absolutely not how it sounds on PSX. OSTs are rendered at a high quality with real mastering. It would not surprise me if they generated the PC music with a tracker that didn't have very authentic reverb. The bitrate is also kind of low, but most people can't tell in most scenarios. I haven't examined the audio file in any kind of detail, though.
The one and only time I beat him - the entire party was KO apart from Zidane who was auto-regen, auto-haste and bezerk. I just placed the controller down and watched it evolve.
Easily the hardest FF end guy I've faced.
Don't worry about it that much. The PC audio could certainly be better, but that comparison is vs. the OST on CD, which sounds a lot better than it did on PSX as well.
potatohead
Member
Mental Atrophy
Banned
Is that the thing the grass-haired giant has? I skipped it. I skipped all of the super rare steals until I got Thief Gloves. The chance is too low and you get all of those items eventually, often in the immediate town. Eiko won't catch up on her spells by the time you get it anyway, unless you aggressively grind AP.
squarealex
Member
Me too, but i'm think Original PS1 is more difficult for the 100/100 nobles
Noticeably more input lag in many areas of the PSX version, including that part.