EightBit Man
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Final Fantasy VIII Remastered - Trailer [for PS4, Switch, XboxOne and PC]
- Thread starter D.Final
- Start date
- E3 - Square Enix
Andyliini
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Shall we make a fine quess that this will have same problems as VII and IX ports did?
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
Please please please don’t have that same cursed music bug. That’s all I ask.
ExpandKong
Banned
1. I mean, I dunno what more to tell ya. It’s always funny to me when people bring up how bizarre and strange certain elements of FF8 are and use that as a reason to buy into this. Like, “Guardian Forces? Okay. Chocobos? Sure. Body-jacking some dude in the past? Still on board. But Moombas? That’s where I draw the fucking line. Monsters live on the moon? This is clearly a death dream. Except for that other FF game where monsters lived on the moon, that one was real.”
2. You know what would easily explain the fact that nobody really mentions Squall dying and coming back to life? The fact that that’s not at all what happened. You’re using the point you’re trying to prove as proof of itself.
3. NORG is discussed more by the citizens of Shumi village. I may be misremembering, but I think the headmaster of Galbadia Garden mentions him briefly at some point too? Did it deserve more attention? Sure absolutely. But I mean...
I’ve played most of the Final Fantasy games, and as much as I love the series, based on its history if one choice is “not super well-written or thought out” and the other choice is “brilliant subtle secret meaning” it should be pretty clear what’s happening with FF8.
2. You know what would easily explain the fact that nobody really mentions Squall dying and coming back to life? The fact that that’s not at all what happened. You’re using the point you’re trying to prove as proof of itself.
3. NORG is discussed more by the citizens of Shumi village. I may be misremembering, but I think the headmaster of Galbadia Garden mentions him briefly at some point too? Did it deserve more attention? Sure absolutely. But I mean...
I’ve played most of the Final Fantasy games, and as much as I love the series, based on its history if one choice is “not super well-written or thought out” and the other choice is “brilliant subtle secret meaning” it should be pretty clear what’s happening with FF8.
It’s my favorite of the PS1 FF games but I love it for what it is.
BruceCM
Member
Yeah... incredibly subtle, deep, convoluted, brilliant, secret meaning, right?
Pallas
Gold Member
I didn’t see it posted yet, or I missed it but the original FFVIII had pocketstation functionality which never got shipped outside of Japan. Now the little side game called Chocobo World was playable through this(looks like an ancient game boy game) where you can collect items(even GF Moomba & Mog) that can be transfer to your ffviii game.
Now the PC version iirc has the chocobo world mini game, I’m wondering if FFVIII remaster will have it or some way to get said items.
Now the PC version iirc has the chocobo world mini game, I’m wondering if FFVIII remaster will have it or some way to get said items.
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Revolutionary
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Just tried to reinstall the current Steam version and the EULA already refers to it as the Remastered version. Weird. Is it coming sooner than we think?
Or maybe someone was just extremely premature with updating the EULA lol
Or maybe someone was just extremely premature with updating the EULA lol
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[Asmodean]
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Wait, the target platforms... Does this mean it's not first targeting mobile/iOS, like the others.. this could actually be a good remaster. Especially if they can scale the backgrounds properly : o
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Hosam6xavi
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Shifty
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MafiaMurderBag
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Seems like this confirms the backgrounds haven't been improved. Looks like they've blurred them slightly which doesn't really make the games art direction look coheisive.
At least for the current version of FFVIII on PC there's a AI upscaling mode for the backgrounds which may hopefully be salvaged and ported for the remaster on PC. Console users are still gonna get buggered though.
At least for the current version of FFVIII on PC there's a AI upscaling mode for the backgrounds which may hopefully be salvaged and ported for the remaster on PC. Console users are still gonna get buggered though.
ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
It's likely to be a port of the Steam version with upgraded assets
Both FF7 and FF9 were the steam editions, so with some fiddling, you're able to install a good portion of the PC mods into the Switch version
Can't say the same for PS4/XBone IIUC
lifa-cobex
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D.Final
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stranno
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You should play FFVI "remaster" then. The mix of styles is absolutely horrendous: Vanilla pixelated backgrounds + horrible redrawn sprites + giant touch buttons for menus + 10 polygons building models in the world map.
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Sub_Level
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Probably announced Monday as part of Gamescom.
D.Final
Banned
They will announce the release date either at this Gamescom, or at TGS 2019, probably.
(because it should be out by the end of 2019)
cartman414
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Would love it if they somehow could fix the game balance.
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
Surely they can get somebody on AI uoscaling the backgrounds, but whatever. I’m in.
Retail disk release? Digital only sounds like a safe bet. Just hope the price is good. This has had a LOT more work than any of the others, after all...
Retail disk release? Digital only sounds like a safe bet. Just hope the price is good. This has had a LOT more work than any of the others, after all...
ChuyMasta
Member
Im looking forward to become an OP mofo before the very first mission to be honest.
D.Final
Banned
[Rumor] Final Fantasy VIII Remastered could be released in physical version.
That makes me wonder, will physical PS4 games also be backward compatible on PS5? According to what was said in the PS5 information from Sony, in theory, yes. The entire PS4 game catalog should be backward compatible for PS5. (except for last-minute second thoughts, or for any problems, in PS3...
There are several speculations and clues that say that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered will be released in physical version
ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
I'd buy all physical versions if I could[Rumor] Final Fantasy VIII Remastered could be released in physical version.
That makes me wonder, will physical PS4 games also be backward compatible on PS5? According to what was said in the PS5 information from Sony, in theory, yes. The entire PS4 game catalog should be backward compatible for PS5. (except for last-minute second thoughts, or for any problems, in PS3...www.neogaf.com
There are several speculations and clues that say that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered will be released in physical version
D.Final
Banned
I believe that the general work that will be done will be strictly centered on the general resolution of the game, in the end.
(and perhaps a possible dubbing for the game, of which there was a rumor a month ago its realization)
mango drank
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Re: AI-upscaled backgrounds, if this upcoming FFVIII remaster for PC isn't too locked down, maybe modders will be able to patch it to be able to swap in upscaled background images, the way they did for the FFVII and FFIX PC releases.
D.Final
Banned
I'm sure that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered will still have excellent/ lgood backgrounds in general.
So I believe that there will be no need for any intervention by the modders for the PC version.
Myths
Member
While I can’t stand the game overall, one of the best parts to it is the ability to break it REAL early with a bit of effort.
Shifty
Member
Judging by the best-looking-guy-here screenies above, the backgrounds are identical to the ones in the original release. You can see the individual pixels if you look at the strand of hanging plant on the right side of the frame.
What's the deal with that? I've heard people talk about abusing the shit out of the draw system, and I remember getting stomped by Biggs, Wedge and Elvoret last time I took a swing at the game. Wouldn't hurt to buff up a little for when I play the remaster.
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ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
Waiting for this remaster is going to kill me, since I was just about to start up a play through right before this got announced.
Ugh I can't wait...plus I imagine they'll do some fine tuning to this and make it more interesting
The attributes gained by a junction also scale off of how many of 1 spell you have, 99xUltima IIRC is the best spell/stat
You can also refine cards into items, and then items into spells, though it takes a shit ton of card grinding to do, there's a junction ability that turns enemies into cards once you have grinded a bit
There's a lot of interesting ways to break the mechanics of the game, and I want to say because of that alot of people coin FF8 as the easiest FF, though I haven't dug into the FF fan base for quite a while (Around when 13 came out)
Ugh I can't wait...plus I imagine they'll do some fine tuning to this and make it more interesting
Enemy level scales off of Squall's level, so you can keep him dead the entire game and one shot mobs with the rest of the characters
The attributes gained by a junction also scale off of how many of 1 spell you have, 99xUltima IIRC is the best spell/stat
You can also refine cards into items, and then items into spells, though it takes a shit ton of card grinding to do, there's a junction ability that turns enemies into cards once you have grinded a bit
There's a lot of interesting ways to break the mechanics of the game, and I want to say because of that alot of people coin FF8 as the easiest FF, though I haven't dug into the FF fan base for quite a while (Around when 13 came out)
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Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
The story is super dumb, full of plot holes, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it all the same. Fantastic music by Nobuo Uematsu, excellent art direction and a unique setting for its time.
Myths
Member
OP or breaking your characters early on comes down to the draw system and manipulating the Triple Triad rule set. Then refining the cards and all that shit, it’s been a long ass time since I last played but yeah.... I was big flexing early on.
Agreed. Let me be more specific, the score and setting were really enjoyable. There’s something about 7-9 that just felt similar but different during the PS1 gen.
It was the story and characters that I didn’t find at all redeemable. I could do with the battle system mechanics, draw and junction system. The level scaling, a-OK. For this reason, I don’t rank it way down since I still value a somewhat solid game.
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IbizaPocholo
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Orenji Neko
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The new character models look good; going to get this on PC for when the modders improve the backgrounds like with VII and IX.
There's plenty of graphical mods (including backgrounds) already for FFVIII, so the demand for AI upscaled backgrounds is not that high actually as it is for VII and IX.
More likely, there may be mods ported if the port is easy enough to mod.
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