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Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster - 12/26 Japanese release (for real this time)
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birthbysleep
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I just feel like they're missing an opportunity to have a new FF out for the holiday season. When this releases, it'll likely be close to LR's release and one is surely gonna overshadow the other.
stargateheaven
Member
Looks like they polished X HD up a bit.
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hmmm, like at TGS, his hair is covering his eyes for some reason. It never did in the original.. His hair looks weird now.
other than that its good
for reference, here is the original PS2 ver and the original HD shot (from months ago)
It just looks like they've added more contrast, and a worse amount at that, and fucked up his hair.Looks like they polished X HD up a bit.
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RPGCrazied
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Thats nice for Japan, but what about NA/EU? I'm going to say May of next year. :/
I called it!, It'll be the end of December..
I dont like Tidus hair in his eyes. looks terrible,
They did this with XIII-2 two years ago. It was out around the same time in Japan and the west got it at the end of January.
They're not going to put this out in the US between Christmas and New Years when no one would notice and no one is buying games because they probably just got some for Christmas. No chance.
No, the face geometry is much closer to the original, and IMHO much better than the initial HD version.
And the gamma/contrast now also matches the original, it was washed out for no reason.
I don't know how you can say that.
Hair is not covering his eyes, now it is. His face is also thinner, as it was in the older one.
stargateheaven
Member
But his hair, man. HIS HAIR.
Primarily because I don't give a shit about Tidus and only look at the female characters
Dick Justice
Banned
His hair looks stupid, the way it covers his eyes looks hilariously unnatural. They should've made it look closer to the CG model. And made him look more Asian. Also, his hair in the old version looked kinda more realistic than the original game. Here, it looks fake again.
Actually, I wish they would've remade it completely, with visuals closer to the CG. Oh well. As long as Auron looks good, I'm cool.
Actually, I wish they would've remade it completely, with visuals closer to the CG. Oh well. As long as Auron looks good, I'm cool.
It took them too long, but they probably didn't want it to look like shit. WWHD looks like someone ran around the world throwing Vaseline on everyone and everything.
This makes me realise that all the FF boxart would be so much better like this, with the Amano art more prominent and the FF logo smaller and to the side. Anyone care to photoshop some of the others to see how cool they would look like this?
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
This is 2 games plus eternal calm and last mission. They didn't even start it for a long time because they threw everything at FF XIV
Yea I think this is better style. Type-0 did the same thing.
Hope future mainline FFs (starting XV) do this.
Shadow Ranger
Member
FFXII (EU) also uses a larger Amano pic.
I prefer Tidus' hair now I think. That one shot isn't the best but the look of it is more in line with the CG and Nomura art than the previous HD shots.
I prefer Tidus' hair now I think. That one shot isn't the best but the look of it is more in line with the CG and Nomura art than the previous HD shots.
the androgyne
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Looks like they polished X HD up a bit.
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Not sure what's going on here, but the scene in the after pic has been squished... it's showing more background top and bottom in the same image dimensions.
TheJollyCorner
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Nomura's character designs combined with Yusuke Naora's art direction (location/world/architecture designs) made FFVIII so absolutely wonderful. Outside of what my mind creates for what FFVI could look like (beyond the 2D sprites), VIII is easily my favorite FF from an artistic standpoint. FFX was a nice successor to it.
Nah, there worked on at the same time, might be January for US... all the cutscenes and images were on par. so there being worked on at the same time....
GreenMakoEyes
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the chances are super slim aka zero..
nope full Japanese.
Triple Da G.O.D!
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Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal!
The western trailer says Winter, so it will be April 21st at the most, although I'm guessing a lot sooner than that.
I'm still wondering about the Vita pricing. They kept silent about that until the last minute in Japan.
As usual, SE made the mistake of announcing something way to early. I suppose it was in oreder to show some support for when the Vita was announced.
About the long time they took for this.
- Iirc, SE has a team of only a few people working on these remasters.
- This is a true remaster. Most of the textures and character models have been completely redone.
- These are two very long games, both of them quite longer than WW on their main quests. And if we add all the extra content, we are looking at 5-6 times the length of WW.
- don't forget these games are also coming to Vita, which needs its own development/porting team and schedule.
All in all, these games were a much more complex project than WW. And with both if them coming out at just $40, I really can't complain.
PS3 version is already confirmed at $40.
RPGCrazied
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Well, it did take them 6 months to get out Kingdom Hearts ReMix. It will probably get delayed then. I'm going to remain skeptical.
What? There are a lot of games scheduled for 2014 for PS3, some are much MUCH bigger deals than remasters of old games. Dark Souls II, for example.
lol indeed, how the hell can a PS2 game be considered a swansong for the PS3?
stargateheaven
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i dunno about the guy who said it was swansong for the ps3 but its MY swansong. after this and lightning returns, there's nothing left for me on PS3
Same here most likely.i dunno about the guy who said it was swansong for the ps3 but its MY swansong. after this and lightning returns, there's nothing left for me on PS3
AuthenticM
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Yeah, holy shit. What is that music anyway ? It is nowhere in the original game nor is it in X-2, unless it was exclusively in The Last Mission, which I have not played.
It is so goddamn beautiful. I wouldn't mind them inserting it somewhere in the game.
Also, are we getting physical releases of the Vita versions after all ?
You guys don't remember that song? It's "Someday The Dream Will End". Plays towards the end of the game. Very intense/sad piece.
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Deleted member 20920
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Maybe it's to hide the dead eyes
They better change it!