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[Lumpy Onion]

The instruments used in FF7 are just as iconic as the notes themselves, for me.

But a few things in the PC songs have been bothering me tbh. Like I am expecting a certain part of Bombing Raid to play and it sounds totally muffled and odd. But in some songs it sounds better. I will have to play to the end and see which stacks up. I might end up despising it.

 

[Dark Schala]

I dunno, for me personally I am liking this. It's like some strange midi variation of the soundtrack that I have never heard before. I don't mind really, as the PS1 version is the only one I have been hearing for 15 years.

Haha, that's kind of how I felt when I played the PS1 version for the first time ever since I'd ended up getting accustomed to the PC version for a few years.

I ended up preferring the PS1 version of the soundtrack in most places when I'd finally played both versions all the way through. Stuff like Flowers Blooming in the Church is a little better on PC than it was on the PS1, for me, personally, though.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

6 hours and no connection issues,EU.

 

[Yoshichan]

30,000 gil for infinite amounts of fun whenever I want?

COUNT ME IN!

 

[vitacola]

OK, so it's not "alway-online"-DRM, but what about the "30 days" restriction?

 

[Saint Gregory]

I've already played more than 2 hours of the game and only had to restart the game a few times to get the online connection working, maybe you're just really unlucky.

It just let me through and I'd been trying since roughly 7PM EST.

Does everyone who has these connection errors have the US version?
I don't have any problems connecting to the servers with the EU version.

I am in the U.S.

 

[Yoshichan]

Gold Saucer song is much better in this version!

 

[Razek]

Even compared to some of the super expensive sound card examples posted in here, the ps1 soundtrack is the superior version to me.

But a few things in the PC songs have been bothering me tbh. Like I am expecting a certain part of Bombing Raid to play and it sounds totally muffled and odd. But in some songs it sounds better. I will have to play to the end and see which stacks up. I might end up despising it.

There are definitely instruments getting muffled or cut out completely. The end of the loop in the battle theme is missing a particular sound I liked.

 

[cheststrongwell]

Finally made it past the connection error. Now it isn't recognizing my sign in. Fucking cock fuck!

 

[MikeE21286]

OK, so it's not "alway-online"-DRM, but what about the "30 days" restriction?

What is that...?

 

[antitrop]

Or Square is incompetent.

Then ask for your money back while I enjoy playing Final Fantasy VII on the PC again.

 

[Eyothrie]

I've played the game for a while now with an internet connection but wanted to try without, so I disconnected. After getting the expected error, I pressed 'continue' presumably to play offline, but 'New Game' is my only option. 'Continue' is greyed out. It doesn't look like the game will allow you to continue where you left off if you disconnect your internet

 

[cheststrongwell]

I'm in!

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Gold Saucer song is much better in this version!

Cool. That was always one of my least favorite songs in the original.

 

[Muskweeto]

Finally connected! Yes!

 

[Fermbiz]

Now it keeps telling me wrong log in...

 

[vitacola]

What is that...?

Someone mentioned that a few pages before:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41031754#post41031754

 

[tmaynard]

What's up with the black area at the bottom of the screen? At first I thought it had to do with my resolution, but I'm seeing it in other screenshots as well. When you're in the menu, the graphics fill the screen fine.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

I've played the game for a while now with an internet connection but wanted to try without, so I disconnected. After getting the expected error, I pressed 'continue' presumably to play offline, but 'New Game' is my only option. 'Continue' is greyed out. It doesn't look like the game will allow you to continue where you left off if you disconnect your internet

You need to disconnect mid game, you will get a message overlay stating your saves will now be local. It will then work for you, stupid I know.
That being said I'm loving replaying it so far.

 

[MikeE21286]

Someone mentioned that a few pages before:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41031754#post41031754

Oh, wow that sucks if true.

Well I backed up my download files so I guess I'm about as prepared for that as I can get.

 

[antitrop]

What's up with the black area at the bottom of the screen? At first I thought it had to do with my resolution, but I'm seeing it in other screenshots as well. When you're in the menu, the graphics fill the screen fine.

It was like that in the original PC version in 1998 as well, it's nothing new or strange.

 

[Yoshichan]

Corel Prison song is really, really good... I would say it's better than the original.

 

[Jucksalbe]

I've played the game for a while now with an internet connection but wanted to try without, so I disconnected. After getting the expected error, I pressed 'continue' presumably to play offline, but 'New Game' is my only option. 'Continue' is greyed out. It doesn't look like the game will allow you to continue where you left off if you disconnect your internet

Hmm...does this game not save your save data locally when you're connected? When I tried it, I disconnected while playing the game (to see if I'd get an error message), so it saved my current progress locally, that's why I didn't have your problem. Seems pretty dumb if it really saves online only when connected.

 

[MikeE21286]

Hmm...does this game not save your save data locally when you're connected? When I tried it, I disconnected while playing the game (to see if I'd get an error message), so he saved my current progress locally, that's why I didn't have your problem. Seems pretty dumb if it really saves online only when connected.

That would make sense I guess.

 

[Jucksalbe]

OK, so it's not "alway-online"-DRM, but what about the "30 days" restriction?

I don't know, I tried to find where this is mentioned, but I didn't find it yet.

 

[Seik]

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - One Winged Angel

Hah, they choked.

 

[TheContact]

I never got the email for the free game, but I downloaded the client, used the old serial it gave me when I bought it before, and it worked. When they send me the email with the free copy, maybe it will have a different serial? If it does I'll give it away here.

Edit: nvm, needs an activation code. Never got that originally. Unless the activation code is the serial number, but the servers aren't working now anyway so who knows.

 

[Chakan]

Filling out a couple of requests, I've uploaded a couple more tracks.

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - Fighting

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - Still More Fighting

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - JENOVA

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - One Winged Angel

Wow, it sounds a little bit different than I remember when I played this on PS1.

Are they using MIDI audio files on this release?

 

[TheExodu5]

Wow....that One Winged Angel is terrible.

 

[antitrop]

Hah, they choked.

Now just imagine if someone had the .ogg file for The Black Mages version of One-Winged Angel from FF7:AC? I would put that shit in the game in a heartbeat.

 

[Holden]

Holyshit, i've never had a harder time buying a game.

Went to their website, bought the game, tells me that i will receive an email shortly, i receive the email an hour later, but not just one email, 2 email... so i got charged twice (i didn't buy it twice). So i have to send them a ticket.

I register one of the email and then i go under My Games, i see Final fantasy VII there, i click it and it sends me to the store page.

Can anybody help me? like how is it this complicated?

edit: guess i should of read the thread before buying it...

 

[Yoshichan]

... Dyne ;_;

 

[zombieshavebrains]

Can you play with a controller?

Edit: nevermind, read above.

 

[thetrin]

I love that S-E is so afraid someone is going to pirate a shitty version of a 15 year old game.

 

[Pachinko]

I actually would have been interested in this if they at least fixed the music but it seems they did not. It's still horrible sounding raw midi. I don't care if they'd have to re-code the music player to use MP3 files instead, that raw midi always sounded hollow. I think midi's only purpose was so you could download music in the era of 56k and 800mb hard drive sizes.

 

[Mindman]

Ok so what does the FILTER option do? People are saying there is no option to filter the background graphics.

Can anyone please answer this simple question ;(

 

[TGMIII]

I still can't believe people are buying this.

 

[Heropon]

Hah, they choked.

Soooo horrible. I best save my money not buying this.

 

[antitrop]

Soooo horrible. I best save my money not buying this.

What if I told you that replacing all the music with the PS1 originals is as easy as dragging and dropping and clicking "Move and Replace"?

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Filling out a couple of requests, I've uploaded a couple more tracks.

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - Fighting

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - Still More Fighting

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - JENOVA

Final Fantasy VII (PC 2012 Version) - One Winged Angel

These sound a lot more...synthy I guess? I wouldn't say they're bad per se. (It's an interesting take on the songs, but they're far from being the definitive versions.) Except for One Winged Angle. I mean, it's 20-freaking-12 and they still can't be bothered to have the vocal version on PC? Embarrassing.

 

[Heropon]

What if I told you that replacing all the music with the PS1 originals is as easy as dragging and dropping and clicking "Move and Replace"?

I don't know, I don't like supporting this kind of efforts...

 

[Vamphuntr]

What if I told you that replacing all the music with the PS1 originals is as easy as dragging and dropping and clicking "Move and Replace"?

The looping works when you do this?

 

[Jucksalbe]

I still can't believe people are buying this.

It's all about expectations.

 

[Emitan]

I love that S-E is so afraid someone is going to pirate a shitty version of a 15 year old game.

they're fucking daft

 

[antitrop]

The looping works when you do this?

I haven't run into any problems yet, but obviously I can't guarantee anything past the first few hours I've played.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

I don't know, I don't like supporting this kind of efforts...

Yeah, I wouldn't either. The whole thing comes across as yet, another shameless, milking/cash-in. From everything I've read, heard, and seen, it also reeks of not really caring about the project or the source material. Pretty sad. Just give us a freaking worthy remake, or don't make anything at all.

 

[Rising_Hei]

It looks like they didn't fix the main problem old FFVII's pc version had... how hilarious.
Yup, i'm talking about those midis

 

[Link Man]

Well, hmm. I would buy this, but it seems they don't accept Paypal. Guess I'll wait to see if it goes on Steam (I have it on my PSP anyway).

 

[Lumpy Onion]

I still can't believe people are buying this.

A higher resolution version of one of my favorite games of all time for $10 is absolutely worth it. I wasn't doing PC gaming when the original PC port version came out so this is rather new to me. I am digging it a lot more than the PS1 version tbh.

 

[antitrop]

A higher resolution version of one of my favorite games of all time for $10 is absolutely worth it. I wasn't doing PC gaming when the original PC port version came out so this is rather new to me. I am digging it a lot more than the PS1 version tbh.

After changing the music to PS1 original, this is definitely the definitive version of Final Fantasy VII.