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http://comicbook.com/2015/12/31/final-fantasy-ix-coming-to-pc-and-smartphones/
It's happening, only a few years late but it's happening.
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Well, the video is clearly running the game at higher resolution than a PS1, but I still suspect this is emulated. Not that emulation is necessarily a bad thing, if they do a good job with it, changing button labels, good performance, etc.
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The FMVs look really good. In game looks like a pretty decent upscale.
Will be purchasing.
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This looks like an actual port to me, you can tell it's not a emulated PS1 version by how smooth the polygons look (usually, when you emulate PS1 games they wobble a lot). I'm not the biggest fan of FF IX, but if this means modding will be possible it's a win anyhow.
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Wow definitely purchasing as well, the fmvs look amazing and they definitely touched up the backgrounds and models too, on an emulator it looks way worse than that.
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Finally... Graphics look AWESOME. Can't wait.
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This looks like an actual port to me, you can tell it's not a emulated PS1 version by how smooth the polygons look (usually, when you emulate PS1 games they wobble a lot).
That can vary by emulator.
Wow definitely purchasing as well, the fmvs look amazing and they definitely touched up the backgrounds and models too, on an emulator it looks way worse than that.
The models appear to have the same level of detail, but the textures are filtered. This is also possible in an emulator.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with emulation if it's handled well; one way or another, this'll probably be the best version of the game. Really, the only thing that screams "port" here is that it appears to be running in true native widescreen, something that's really not possible with emulation, but could be the result of clever video editing. But personally I'm taking a "wait and see" approach. We'll know for sure once it's released.
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Yeeessss!!! My favorite Final Fantasy is finally arriving on PC!!! Then my favorite forum can start modding it.. Happy new year to us!!
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I'm looking forward to it! FFIX deserves some more love! Hopefully, this port sparks the interest of some people to get modding on that game. If it doesn't turn out like the disaster that FFV was, I'll most likely buy it.
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Going to be a while though, no date even for Japan, just the usual "SOON™".
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FINALLY!! My patience and money
wastedspent on FFXIII is finally paying off!! When it comes to PC I'm going to preorder it first. :)
EDIT: Just saw "Auto-Save" feature. I hope that can be disabled. I don't like games that think they know when I want to save my progress. I think FFIX's save system was perfect as-is.
Now I just want to play through it again. I might have to plug in my PS2 again.
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Yeeessss!!! My favorite Final Fantasy is finally arriving on PC!!! Then my favorite forum can start modding it.. Happy new year to us!!
I'm not the biggest fan of FF IX, but if this means modding will be possible it's a win anyhow.
I'm looking forward to it! FFIX deserves some more love! Hopefully, this port sparks the interest of some people to get modding on that game.
Uhm, the possibility to mod FF9 has been there for a couple years now, there are even some mods around at this forum. Have none of you ever checked out tirlititi's HadesWorkshop in the Tools section? It allows you to edit pretty much everything ranging from items, spells, equipment, shops, party stats, enemy stats, enemy attacks, enemy AI scripts, enemy formations in battle, Tetra Master cards, treasure chest contents (both in fields and on the world map) etc. What more could one ask for? It's like FF7's Hojo, ProudClod, White Choco, Wall Market and Makou Reactor combined! In short, amazing. You have to make isos of your PS1 discs first or (dare I say) download them from somewhere, and you have to make the changes on each of the 4 discs individually which can be a bit tedious at times, but still.
Anyway, great news that it's finally getting a PC release, even though I wished that this happened like 14 years sooner.
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Uhm, the possibility to mod FF9 has been there for a couple years now, there are even some mods around at this forum. Have none of you ever checked out tirlititi's HadesWorkshop in the Tools section? It allows you to edit pretty much everything ranging from items, spells, equipment, shops, party stats, enemy stats, enemy attacks, enemy AI scripts, enemy formations in battle, Tetra Master cards, treasure chest contents (both in fields and on the world map) etc. What more could one ask for? It's like FF7's Hojo, ProudClod, White Choco, Wall Market and Makou Reactor combined! In short, amazing. You have to make isos of your PS1 discs first or (dare I say) download them from somewhere, and you have to make the changes on each of the 4 discs individually which can be a bit tedious at times, but still.
Anyway, great news that it's finally getting a PC release, even though I wished that this happened like 14 years sooner.
I was talking more about model swap/retex kind of mods... Just mods that improve the graphical quality, like we have for FF VII (and to some extent for FF VIII).
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Really nice to hear. I was one of these that thought it'd never come to PC because it never had a PC port unlike VII & VIII. So happy to hear I'm wrong.
The prerendered backgrounds seem kinda ugly compared to the models though, I'm not sure if it still is in 720p/1080p as my internet and PC are too slow for that. We have mods anyway.
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Really nice to hear. I was one of these that thought it'd never come to PC because it never had a PC port unlike VII & VIII. So happy to hear I'm wrong.
The prerendered backgrounds seem kinda ugly compared to the models though, I'm not sure if it still is in 720p/1080p as my internet and PC are too slow for that. We have mods anyway.
It looks to me that they use the models from the battle or have polished them a bit, at last Hawk (why does Secret of Mana 2 springs in my mind...) Zidane looks a bit smother.
I checked it again, the models have a higher polycount. So it's probably not only an emulated version... I wouldn't be surprised if they have taken a look on Q-Gears.
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That can vary by emulator.
True. Z-fighting issues have finally been eliminated with "modern" GPU plugins (hacks of existing plugins, rather), and 4k+ internal resolutions are also available. Other than the high quality FMVs and the new UI assets, this is nothing we haven't seen in emulation for the past 2 years or so.
I think the stretched and smudged 320x240 backgrounds look like complete garbage in the trailer. At the very least, I hope 4:3 is an option, as well as unfiltered backgrounds. Regardless, I'll buy it. If this somehow isn't emulation, I hope we can finally get combat that's not locked at 15 fps with 10 second loading screens at the start and end of battle.
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True. Z-fighting issues have finally been eliminated with "modern" GPU plugins (hacks of existing plugins, rather), and 4k+ internal resolutions are also available. Other than the high quality FMVs and the new UI assets, this is nothing we haven't seen in emulation for the past 2 years or so.
I think the stretched and smudged 320x240 backgrounds look like complete garbage in the trailer. At the very least, I hope 4:3 is an option, as well as unfiltered backgrounds. Regardless, I'll buy it. If this somehow isn't emulation, I hope we can finally get combat that's not locked at 15 fps with 10 second loading screens at the start and end of battle.
There is a thread of screenshots of the backgrounds on the reddit Final fantasy board, they are way less smudgy/pixelated than the ff7 or ff8 backgrounds with no mods, they look as good or even better than the modded ones we have like with Project Eden and Satsuki's/Alyza's Waifu/upscaled textures I think the ff9 ones, at least in those screenshots look even better, that being said there is another thread with the original 3d prerendered backgrounds which are extremely beautiful and high quality but were compressed for ps1, people are speculating that they probably lost some of them like they did with ff7's I think, there was a website that had posted some of them online that I found awhile ago if I remember right, like many years ago.
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I guess you're talking either of Neogaf's topic :
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612
Or Kusanagi's gallery :
http://www.kusanagi.co.jp/#!-----/c21w2
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I guess you're talking either of Neogaf's topic :
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612
Or Kusanagi's gallery :
http://www.kusanagi.co.jp/#!-----/c21w2
Yup I saw the Neogaf one awhile back, they are beautiful, half way down the post.
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thank you prophet joey
i have waited more than 14 years
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They may have kept some of the FMV at higher res this time. So it's more hopeful than FF7 or 8. But I'd be shocked if they had the source and actually ported this properly. But it's something that was definitely needed, regardless. Although, I still play ff9 via emulator.
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True. Z-fighting issues have finally been eliminated with "modern" GPU plugins (hacks of existing plugins, rather), and 4k+ internal resolutions are also available.
Not eliminated, just slightly reduced... I use PetesOpenGL2Tweak with the GTE accuracy hack in my emulator and while you DO notice a big improvement, you still notice there is no actual z-buffering. How good the hack works varies from game to game, though. Maybe some day we will have an ultimate PSX emulator that has actual z-buffering along with anisotropic filtering, HD texture swap support, tesselation, draw distance hacks... ;)
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Confirmed for Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/377840/) in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish releases. Not really a surprise, but good to have confirmation.
Irritatingly, none of these screenshots show any text or UI, and the video, though redone in English for the trailer parts, still shows footage of the Japanese version.
edit: They took the video off of Steam. I wonder if that's because they noticed the Japanese text in it. Is someone at Square Enix reading my posts? :P
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It's also 20gb, about 10 times it's original size.
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The models are noticeably higher in polycount in the update, Zidane is pretty angular in the original and looks much smoother here.
Look at the hair and shoulders.
(http://i.imgur.com/teOnFU0.png)
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The models are noticeably higher in polycount in the update, Zidane is pretty angular in the original and looks much smoother here.
Look at the hair and shoulders.
(http://i.imgur.com/teOnFU0.png)
That's a nice new model indeed, which is pretty acknowledgeable for Square Enix, considering how lame their ports of older games usually are.
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That's a really strange change, considering they didn't do any model updates for any other FF game on Steam. Not that I mind it here, but I'm really confused why they've clearly put so much more effort into FF9 than into fan-favorites like FF6 or FF7.
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I checked it again, the models have a higher polycount. So it's probably not only an emulated version... I wouldn't be surprised if they have taken a look on Q-Gears.
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Missed that, my bad.
But now there's a visual comparison to go with it.
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The backgrounds are also upscaled. Would be interesting if we could grab the backgrounds from the PSX and would be able to upscale them with a better method. At last in FF9 they have a higher color resolution as in FF7.
Edit:
They say DirectX11 is recomended maybe they use Tesselation.
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They say DirectX11 is recomended maybe they use Tesselation.
Maybe, maybe.
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They say DirectX11 is recomended maybe they use Tesselation.
If it was simple tesselation it would look like the original models, just more rounded which it doesn't. I think it's really a new model, look at his shoulders which are now slightly differently proportioned.
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I wonder if we can use Tonberry on this :D
I can't wait to get my hands on it lol.
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I actually never finished this game. Last I remember was being defeated in rainy Burmecia and ending disc 1. This ought to be a fun one to pick up :)
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I actually never finished this game. Last I remember was being defeated in rainy Burmecia and ending disc 1. This ought to be a fun one to pick up :)
The story just gets more fun from there. People start to discover who they actually are. I'm so excited for this!
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People start to discover who they actually are.
Which is the dumbest JRPG trope, but FFIX pulls it off beautifully. It's not just "let's go to this city/planet/island and learn all there is to know about this person's character in one chunk". It takes most of the game for most of the characters to really develop. Some never do develop, some are quick resolving, but the two main characters still have character defining moments way late into the game.
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The story just gets more fun from there. People start to discover who they actually are. I'm so excited for this!
Apart from the end boss... who literally comes out of nowhere like FF8's.
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Apart from the end boss... who literally comes out of nowhere like FF8's.
That's probably my ONLY gripe with this game. Everything else is amazing imo. It's my favorite.
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Ha ha, I guess I feel good knowing I wasn't the only one who got to the final boss and was like:
(http://m.memegen.com/fbguot.jpg)
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Apart from the end boss... who literally comes out of nowhere like FF8's.
Final Fantasy 8's Ultimecia shows up and is referenced all way from the middle of the first CD (possessing Edea but still) to the end of the game... She doesn't pop out of nowhere.
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That's a really strange change, considering they didn't do any model updates for any other FF game on Steam. Not that I mind it here, but I'm really confused why they've clearly put so much more effort into FF9 than into fan-favorites like FF6 or FF7.
I bet they either used the battle models, or just had the slightly higher polycount models from the very beginning at the time of development but lowered them a bit for PlayStation rendering.
Field backgrounds however do seem the same, except they look worse, and even have buggy effects/animations at times (like the path to Memoria scene at the trailer at minute 1:01).
The FMVs are clearly the same just with a very nice filter pre-applied to them, and not original higher-res version (unlike what you could find for FF7 in the 1997 special DVD).
It is nice they're doing this, but... unless they improve the backgrounds with at least some well-thought method... it will still be better to play this on the original console or an accurate emulator.
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Most of you have probably already seen this but for those who haven't, seems like this is gonna be the new menu interface:
(http://i.imgur.com/ck8OvEp.jpg)
Looks quite cool to be honest and it looks like it can easily work for both PC and Phone versions of the game, Eiko's avatar looks so much better than the original, love it.
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Most of you have probably already seen this but for those who haven't, seems like this is gonna be the new menu interface:
(http://i.imgur.com/ck8OvEp.jpg)
Looks quite cool to be honest and it looks like it can easily work for both PC and Phone versions of the game, Eiko's avatar looks so much better than the original, love it.
Seems mostly okay to me, just the same good old layout with some unnecessary spacing on menu commands though (I wonder what use is there for that lower "help" part, have they changed the usual moguri? Noo! Kupó!!! :'().
But seriously, is it really needed the explicit label over the time and gil icons? Aren't the icons already quite clear to people? Come on! :-o
I wonder what Sakaguchi might be thinking of SE porting his precious diamond to mobile/Windows... ::) "Better they don't mess up! :x", at least! :-P
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I actually never finished this game. Last I remember was being defeated in rainy Burmecia and ending disc 1. This ought to be a fun one to pick up :)
The first two discs are fantastic, like REALLY good. Unfortunately from the third disc onward you have good sidequests but almost no new main towns are introduced to break up the grinding, you travel to a new continent but it's deserted and you grind, then there's a puzzle area where you grind, then some more grinding. Basically the third and fourth discs are "find all these new depopulated areas where you can grind at", or do our fun sidequests. Oh then a random final boss comes out of nowhere and the two guys who should be the final boss, Kuja mostly, or maybe Garland is way too easy mainly because you spent the last disc and a half grinding.
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Seems mostly okay to me, just the same good old layout with some unnecessary spacing on menu commands though
The spacing is probably due to the fact that the game is also coming to phones, so you can navigate the menus even with the biggest sausage fingers... I've seen worse examples than this, I think it's still acceptable.
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Noice!
Let's just hope they throw away the obsolete battle system with a more action oriented approach. Giving Zidane a Kamehameha would be cewl to see. Also, I hope they change the script. 8)
Nah, really I'm glad to see 9 get some attention finally. Looks all good to me.
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Noice!
Let's just hope they throw away the obsolete battle system with a more action oriented approach. Giving Zidane a Kamehameha would be cewl to see. Also, I hope they change the script. 8)
Nah, really I'm glad to see 9 get some attention finally. Looks all good to me.
Lots of grunting, something we can probably expect? We'll call it the Final Flash Final Fantasy, kids love catchy names.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwrzYrpCHz0
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Just saw the teaser on Steam. It looks like a true HD remake of the original. Which is exactly what I wanted!
Of course it just gave the vague "Coming soon" line at the end. Until there's a release date you can't pre-order. :(
Man, I'm stoked! It feels like all my PC gaming time has built up to this. I don't think I've ever looked forward to a game more than this.
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It looks like a true HD remake of the original.
Gotta be kidding, right? ???
This is just a half-decent port, until you see the lazy work on implementing the background scenes even with visual glitches/bugs (teaser minute 1:01) and also seems to lack antialiasing on 3D models (FXAA at least as an option, Square Enix...).
Who knows what they've done to the OST, also.
May they polish it some more before release, please!
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Gotta be kidding, right? ???
This is just a half-decent port, until you see the lazy work on implementing the background scenes even with visual glitches/bugs (teaser minute 1:01) and also seems to lack antialiasing on 3D models (FXAA at least as an option, Square Enix...).
Who knows what they've done to the OST, also.
May they polish it some more before release, please!
Not sure what you're looking at in reddit /final fantasy a guy had screenshot comparison from the video to the ps1 to an emulator. There was a significant improvement on the models, on the cutscenes, and some improvement on the fields, though I wouldn't say significant. Then again it's just a trailer, maybe they did some video editing magic or something, but I doubt it, people would be pissed.
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Not sure what you're looking at in reddit /final fantasy a guy had screenshot comparison from the video to the ps1 to an emulator. There was a significant improvement on the models, on the cutscenes, and some improvement on the fields, though I wouldn't say significant. Then again it's just a trailer, maybe they did some video editing magic or something, but I doubt it, people would be pissed.
I only saw the teaser:
[OK] FMVs? The same originals with some nice pre-applied filter.
[OK] 3D Models? I doubt they have touched them now, it's way more probable they just had them from the very beginning in the PlayStation era (but ended up being polycount reduced).
[OK] Textures? Same as original, just with anisotropic filtering, probably.
[BAD] 2D Backgrounds? Same as original low res, except implemented poorly with visual glitches and of course, no image filtering.
[? ? ?] Audio.
In no way one can call that a "true HD Remake" like NFITC1 said.
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I only saw the teaser:
[OK] FMVs? The same originals with some nice pre-applied filter.
[OK] 3D Models? I doubt they have touched them now, it's way more probable they just had them from the very beginning in the PlayStation era (but ended up being polycount reduced).
[OK] Textures? Same as original, just with anisotropic filtering, probably.
[BAD] 2D Backgrounds? Same as original low res, except implemented poorly with visual glitches and off course, no image filtering.
[? ? ?] Audio.
In no way one can call that a "true HD Remake" like NFITC1 said.
Can't post this image with the img tags for some reason. Here is the link. Two photo comparisons of in game and then a video of the fmv comparison.
http://imgur.com/a/TE26t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJIMUJnvsg
Here is a video where he shows the fmvs comparison at the start but actually syncs up and compares an emulated ff9 to this new one, there is a huge difference in the player models, the font looks crisper and hd, and the backgrounds look a bit less blurry.
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Can't post this image with the img tags for some reason. Here is the link. Two photo comparisons of in game and then a video of the fmv comparison.
http://imgur.com/a/TE26t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJIMUJnvsg
Here is a video where he shows the fmvs comparison at the start but actually syncs up and compares an emulated ff9 to this new one, there is a huge difference in the player models, the font looks crisper and hd, and the backgrounds look a bit less blurry.
And all that agrees & aligns with what I said.
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[OK] FMVs? The same originals with some nice pre-applied filter.
Pre-applied filters look like trash. It's like the originals either A) rendered without compression B) rendered in a higher res. From what I've seen it's like A. The teaser (keep in mind, it's just a teaser so it's all subject to change) is taking crisper looking original source. Still lots of upscaling artifacts in the teaser.
[OK] 3D Models? I doubt they have touched them now, it's way more probable they just had them from the very beginning in the PlayStation era (but ended up being polycount reduced).
That I'm going to disagree with. The image olearyf linked to cleary shows higher polycount models. How is it "more probable" that they had higher polycount models since the beginning?
[OK] Textures? Same as original, just with anisotropic filtering, probably.
Not with what we saw. Again, referencing the image that you say "agrees & aligns with what [you] said", the collar on Zidane's chest is NOT the result of some stock filter. The ruffles have a different shape.
[BAD] 2D Backgrounds? Same as original low res, except implemented poorly with visual glitches and off course, no image filtering.
OK, yeah. Backgrounds look like trash. I'm hoping it was just because they wanted this teaser out and just used hastily rendered/filtered original material.
[? ? ?] Audio.
Can't really comment on this, of course.
For a teaser weeks after the announcement it looks like work's being done to move the game to a higher resolution. That's HD remake. I'm not going to say it's 1:1 with the original, but the Zidane model is definitely different.
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The pre-rendered backgrounds is the only gripe I have with this one. Like NFITC1 I hope it's a work in progress. I don't demand much to begin with, as the game looks pretty good even on the PS1. At the same time I understand that they can't release it as is for the kids who demands HD graphics.
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The pre-rendered backgrounds is the only gripe I have with this one. Like NFITC1 I hope it's a work in progress.
I've been pretty impressed with how well the waifu2x rendering worked for some of the textures. Hopefully it can be used to good effect on these backgrounds too
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IMO this looks quite a bit better than the original. I fired up epsxe last night with opengl2 shaders and sweetfx and although it looks great, i'm excited for this version to come out. Here's a couple screens of my epsxe set up.
(http://s1.postimg.org/q1ocinju3/e_PSXe_2016_01_11_16_02_10.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/q1ocinju3/)
(http://s1.postimg.org/kc83ycdnv/e_PSXe_2016_01_11_16_02_18.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/kc83ycdnv/)
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Pre-applied filters look like trash. It's like the originals either A) rendered without compression B) rendered in a higher res.
From what I've seen it's like A. The teaser (keep in mind, it's just a teaser so it's all subject to change) is taking crisper looking original source. Still lots of upscaling artifacts in the teaser.
If you look closely you will see the traces left by the FMV super heavy upscaler (you'd be surprised by the quality produced by offline super scalers).
They might have used slightly higher res versions, but it doesn't seem like the source used is even DVD quality.
And it seems they've trimmed the upper and lower sides to make them 16:9.
That I'm going to disagree with. The image olearyf linked to cleary shows higher polycount models.
How is it "more probable" that they had higher polycount models since the beginning?
At the time the game was developed, it was usual to have reduced quality assets as the end product for a game.
So there is a high chance they had slightly higher quality models and textures during development.
Not with what we saw. Again, referencing the image that you say "agrees & aligns with what [you] said",
the collar on Zidane's chest is NOT the result of some stock filter. The ruffles have a different shape.
See point above.
OK, yeah. Backgrounds look like trash. I'm hoping it was just because they wanted this teaser out and just used hastily rendered/filtered original material.
I hope so too. I wish they surprise us with the original source backgrounds, but the chance is... near zero.
For a teaser weeks after the announcement it looks like work's being done to move the game to a higher resolution.
That's HD remake. I'm not going to say it's 1:1 with the original, but the Zidane model is definitely different.
Clearly what you mean to say with the word "remake" is remaster. It is not a remake. Which is what I was trying to convey the first time.
By the way, I want this remastered half-decent (until they fix gackgrounds) port to be awesome and polished, since FF9 is my favourite FF along with 6 and 7 (though I've never been able to put those three competing in a ranking since they're different enough).
Now let's just hope they don't mess up with audio quality. Should be lossless, ideally.
PS: Comparing screenshots from a seemingly half-remastered port with a glitchy and inaccurate emulator's barely enhanced output is... silly.
Example: super blurry or badly filtered output against crispy looking images.
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If you look closely you will see the traces left by the FMV super heavy upscaler (you'd be surprised by the quality produced by offline super scalers).
They might have used slightly higher res versions, but it doesn't seem like the source used is even DVD quality.
And it seems they've trimmed the upper and lower sides to make them 16:9.
Yes I noticed all this. What I thought you were saying is that the original FMVs (the ones from the disc) were upscaled. I'm basing all MY argument on what was done with the Steam release of FF7. It was all done with the final assets from the PSX and PC games. Upscaling those awful 240p videos is vomit worthy. And that's considering the original PC vids were worse! That's exactly the opposite of how I want this port to end up.
At the time the game was developed, it was usual to have reduced quality assets as the end product for a game.
So there is a high chance they had slightly higher quality models and textures during development.
Was it? I'm not going to say you're wrong since I have no idea. But these clearly higher poly models/higher res textures don't directly scale down to what we ended up with. Regardless of if they had them before or not they are clearly better quality than what was on the original game.
Clearly what you mean to say with the word "remake" is remaster. It is not a remake. Which is what I was trying to convey the first time.
I suppose you're right. I tend to get those confused. The upcoming FF7 is a remake while the recent PS3 FFX compilation is a remaster and that's throwing me off.
Now let's just hope they don't mess up with audio quality. Should be lossless, ideally.
It needs to be at least as good as it was and preferably better (though that's always subjective).
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If they mess up with the audio i'm gonna be pissed... While i did love the new updated graphics on the PS3 version of Final Fantasy X, their "remastered" audio was simply distasteful... Lets hope 9 won't go down the same path and IF it does, let's hope there's at least an option to switch between "original" and "remastered".
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If they mess up with the audio i'm gonna be pissed... While i did love the new updated graphics on the PS3 version of Final Fantasy X, their "remastered" audio was simply distasteful... Lets hope 9 won't go down the same path and IF it does, let's hope there's at least an option to switch between "original" and "remastered".
Don't worry about that. Since this port is not being done by any of the main development teams at Square, I don't think they're gonna put that much effort and call Uematsu for soundtrack re-arrangement.
Anyway I was not that pissed by the remastered FFX HD OST, some tracks seemed somehow better to me while others just had a different taste (not better nor worse).
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Don't worry about that. Since this port is not being done by any of the main development teams at Square, I don't think they're gonna put that much effort and call Uematsu for soundtrack re-arrangement.
Anyway I was not that pissed by the remastered FFX HD OST, some tracks seemed somehow better to me while others just had a different taste (not better nor worse).
If Uematsu isn't coming back for FFVIIR, then I highly doubt he'd be back for a FFIX port. Sucks, but true. Hopefully they just leave the music as is. Doesn't need to be messed with imo.
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hey
can't wait for ff9 on steam
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And of course, what a shock, I want to see if there is a chance to make a voice acting mod for FFIX... and FFVI for that matter.
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I'm hearing that this could very well launch within the next week possibly today, but it's just hearsay and rumour for now.
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If the Steam version is launching today, we'll know in fifteen minutes. Steam always updates at 10:00 am pacific time.
But I'd wager, even if the game is launching today, it's only the Japanese version, which likely won't even be on Steam, and the international one will be later.
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It's still listed as coming soon but is now in the new releases section, could be today but will release later possibly some time between midnight GMT and midnight CST.
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Oh goodie, a standard VALVE fern-up. I'm guessing it was supposed to release today, and they added it to the list, but either Square Enix changed their mind and delayed it (and VALVE forgot to remove it from today's New Releases list) or VALVE added it to New Releases but forgot to actually make it live.
It's rare for them to do any sort of updates except at 10am Pacific, but not entirely unheard of. They have been known to make exceptions in a few cases:
- Major commercial releases, to coincide with GameStop's midnight launches (big stuff like GTA, Call of Duty, etc.)
- First-party games (Portal 2 got delayed at the last minute by several hours, for example. This is VALVE operating in VALVE time).
- Store screw-ups, such as this.
I don't know for sure what's going on, but it does not seem to have been on purpose.
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The release date is still "Early 2016" on the Steam store page. The New Releases section just says "January 2016" and it's not the only one that's not released yet. Though the others are early access and multi-platform. This smells more like a Square panic button moment than a Steam screw up.
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I assume Steam has to wait for a global launch. So I think it is up tomorrow when the sun says hello to Japan. 8)
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It's reverted back to just early 2016, Valve cock up it is then.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBjGozSt_fM
The first gameplay video (on an IPhone but still, gives an idea of what to expect)
Graphics look good but then again, it's being played on a mobile screen and it's not hard to have lower resolutions look good on small screens, we'll have to wait for the Steam one to draw the conclusion on textures. The interface seems ok, the FMV's look great but the battles still seem to be super slow.. especially the ATB bars... Also it seems the music has not been touched which to me is GOOD!
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They've finally done it. A mobile UI that doesn't look like garbage placeholder graphics.
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I hope it only runs slow because it's the mobile port. If PC gets an upscaled version of THAT I'll be pissed.
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Should be this month, nothing concrete but Steam is claiming Feb 2016 at the moment.
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I can't wait for the PC version to come out so all ya'll smarties can crack it open and improve it. :D
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Mobile version is out but no one gives a toss, hopefully the PC version lands within a week.
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There isn't much improvement needed with FF9... it was a very solid game in all depts. Not like ff7 broken from limb to limb. For me personally, the port offers very little. I mean, I've played the game 4 times and can do so again on emulator.
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Playing it on Android right now, the menu is quite great, the controls are "ok" for touch controls and the graphics look great, so is the font used. The battle animations and the whole battle system in general is VERY smooth, it feels like it's 60 fps (UNCONFIRMED!, this is simply how it feels like to my eyes, it's really smooth) but entering a battle, there's still that dreaded delay we had on the original game..
So far, i'd say it's a really good port. Also, there's an option to skip FMV's, good for Excalibur 2 speedrunners.
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Playing it on Android right now, the menu is quite great, the controls are "ok" for touch controls and the graphics look great, so is the font used. The battle animations and the whole battle system in general is VERY smooth, it feels like it's 60 fps (UNCONFIRMED!, this is simply how it feels like to my eyes, it's really smooth) but entering a battle, there's still that dreaded delay we had on the original game..
So far, i'd say it's a really good port. Also, there's an option to skip FMV's, good for Excalibur 2 speedrunners.
There was a video posted a while back where someone had hacked into the PSX version and had the battle running at 60fps (the only issue was the psx couldn't handle it). It would be pretty awesome if SE implemented it
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There was a video posted a while back where someone had hacked into the PSX version and had the battle running at 60fps (the only issue was the psx couldn't handle it). It would be pretty awesome if SE implemented it
I can't really say if it's 60 fps but i can vouch for its smoothness, the characters move, dance (the waiting pose) and strike really smoothly without any frames dropped. Note that it might not run as smoothly on phones with not-so-good specifications, personally i'm running it on a Nexus 5 with a Snapdragon 800 CPU and a Adreno 330 GPU. I also just figured out that there's an option on the settings that disables the initial camera rotation in the start of every battle, it doesn't fix all the delay entering battles but it helps. (Camera still rotates on boss fights even with the option enabled)
So far i stand by my previous statement, it's a really good port, probably the best Final Fantasy port to mobile yet.
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So I saw this bit of news today. This won't bother some people, I'm sure. But I prefer a proper PC port. Not a mobile one to PC. Seems lazy to me. http://nichegamer.com/2016/04/13/steam-version-final-fantasy-ix-will-require-android-plugins/
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So I saw this bit of news today. This won't bother some people, I'm sure. But I prefer a proper PC port. Not a mobile one to PC. Seems lazy to me. http://nichegamer.com/2016/04/13/steam-version-final-fantasy-ix-will-require-android-plugins/
Quite unexpected... Though the game runs really well on phones, I expected a proper port and not an "emulated" version.. Let's see if it works well on pc..
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The game was just released on Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/377840/
END OF WAITING! :)
PS> It has cards!
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I had just bought Enter the Gungeon because I thought this would be a few months out. :( Now I can't afford it. Oh well. I guess I'll wait for mods. :3
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So anybody figured out yet if this is a proper port or just some sort of emulator?
Either way I've never actually finished FFIX so this might be worth grabbing at some point.
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Just bought it. Playing with a controller is unbearable. Apparently the game doesn't know the difference between triggering a button, holding a button and button repeat. For example, while being inside the item menu and pressing cancel once exits all the way back to the field. Just like I'm mashing the cancel button. In other words, it basically interprets any game-controller input as mashing 2-3 times in succession, depending on how long you tap the button.
At least it's like this with my xbox 1 controller.
Using mouse seems ok though.
I don't care that much about the graphics, it's fine to look at I guess, but the higher resolutions kinda renders the field backgrounds ugly and seemingly poorly upscaled.
The PC models have gotten the most work, as expected, and they look good imo.
Anyone found the savefiles?
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He he... Got it right now. I did knew that they release it today, so I didn't purchased any other game. When I'm at home I need to look in it's file struckture. ATM the replacing the backgrounds and fixing the control seems the most important things to do. Do we have a tool to extract the bgs from the psx version?
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Just bought it. Playing with a controller is unbearable. Apparently the game doesn't know the difference between triggering a button, holding a button and button repeat. For example, while being inside the item menu and pressing cancel once exits all the way back to the field. Just like I'm mashing the cancel button. In other words, it basically interprets any game-controller input as mashing 2-3 times in succession, depending on how long you tap the button.
At least it's like this with my xbox 1 controller.
Using mouse seems ok though.
I don't care that much about the graphics, it's fine to look at I guess, but the higher resolutions kinda renders the field backgrounds ugly and seemingly poorly upscaled.
The PC models have gotten the most work, as expected, and they look good imo.
Anyone found the savefiles?
Damn... I was afraid of such crap with the controllers ever since I read about the game being pretty much emulated from Android... And what do you mean by "Using mouse seems ok though."? Do you mean mouse clicking or for confirm/cancel or that you can actually play it fully with the mouse as if it was on a touchscreen?
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Well, the controller works fine if you plug it at the main screen (i'm using a ps4 controller)
I hope modding will be possible with this version ! :D
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Hope to see what you guys find out. Still on the fence of getting it, but really want to sink Tonberry into it and see what happens. The whole controller issue does leave me suspicious since others are having that issue. As for other things... I expected the backgrounds to be iffy. SE after all. Minimum effort. 30 FPS. PS1 game, so I see no issue with that. People are complaining about it being locked to 4:3, so I take it you can't even stretch it to the screen?
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... "Using mouse seems ok though."? Do you mean mouse clicking or for confirm/cancel or that you can actually play it fully with the mouse as if it was on a touchscreen?
I don't know if it's fully plyable with mouse (but I guess so, why else include mousecontroll) as if it was touchscreen. What I mean is that there is no input issues.
Well, the controller works fine if you plug it at the main screen (i'm using a ps4 controller)
I hope modding will be possible with this version ! :D
Do you mean plug it in after the game boots?
EDIT: Yes that actually worked. Dunno if it was a freak occurrence 1st time though...
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I don't know if it's fully plyable with mouse (but I guess so, why else include mousecontroll) as if it was touchscreen. What I mean is that there is no input issues.
Do you mean plug it in after the game boots?
EDIT: Yes that actually worked. Dunno if it was a freak occurrence 1st time though...
Yes, that was what i meant :) Yeah, and we have to do it each time we launch the game :/
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My Logitech F310 Gamepad (http://gaming.logitech.com/assets/47832/f310-gaming-gamepad-images.png) works fine, and it was plugged before I even installed the game. Sorry you're having those issues... I've got mixed feelings with the mouse support, but I guess it makes sense (there are three ways to play?). The UI looks fine and I like how they handle 16:9 ratio (they just add some borders to each side, sometimes they blend in nicely and sometimes they don't, but at least it's not stretched). It actually feels like at least some effort was put into it, unlike most other ports.
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My wired x360 pad works fine too, runs fine, 30fps in battle but still looks fairly smooth unless the animation itself is janky.
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Anyone found the savefiles?
C:\Users\Home\AppData\LocalLow\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY IX\Steam\EncryptedSavedData
(replace "home" with whatever username you have on windows)
Also, the save file from android DOES work perfectly fine on the steam version, I pulled the save off my phone and into that folder and it loaded without any issue.. that's a plus lol
Framerate is fine, no lags on my almost 4 years old desktop and my PS3 controller works without any issues... So far so good...
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Encrypted... That doesn't sound nice. Anyone knows if they have the same format on iOS?
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no graphical options? I cant find. (I am asking for steam)
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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=665484370
This could get interesting...
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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=665484370
This could get interesting...
Seems promising, but stretching is not desired. I'd rather just scale the whole thing up than bloat it all out.
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I'm keen to see if he can change the textures.
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Seems promising, but stretching is not desired. I'd rather just scale the whole thing up than bloat it all out.
you could always make a custom resolution of 1574x1080 to have no borders at all
http://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/361787186419609038/
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He is working on the controller issue. The xinput plugin seems to be an old one.
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Apparently the sound quality isn't it's best according to these chaps:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/361787186420618685/#p2
I'm holding off buying until I know if anything can be done. Any idea whether higher quality audio can be modded in?
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I used the booster and got the "End of the Road" (lvl 99) achievement lmao.
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Encrypted... That doesn't sound nice. Anyone knows if they have the same format on iOS?
I found the AES encryption class in source. It has hardcoded passwords:
"67434cd0-1ca3-11e5-9a21-1697f925ec7b",
"7a5313a0-1ca3-11e5-b939-0800200c9a66"Might give a try.
Salt:
3,
3,
1,
4,
7,
0,
9,
7
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Nice! They didn't bother to obfuscate the source I see. Wouldn't get those keys this fast otherwize I guess.
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Hello. How can I find a script or program to facilitate my life in the mini-game "jump rope". Something as demonstrated in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wafj7Cqw3Pg. Do not get me wrong ... just I do not have much time to be trying. I tried to make a macro in Hot Keyboard but I can not jump more than 50 ... sometimes it falls to 21 or 31. On rare occasions only gives a single leap. The hot Keyboard continues running macro but it does not jump certo. Any suggestions? Thank you. (Google Translation)
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Wow ! things moving fast ! xD
@Delacroix this is offtopic but you may want to use something like autoitv3
Hint, loop something like this and leave the pointer where the ! pop up:
MouseClick("primary")
Sleep(*) / *= pause time in milliseconds
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Wow ! things moving fast ! xD
@Delacroix this is offtopic but you may want to use something like autoitv3
Hint, loop something like this and leave the pointer where the ! pop up:
MouseClick("primary")
Sleep(*) / *= pause time in milliseconds
Thanks I'll try. Sorry if I sent in the wrong place .....
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Seems that the Worldmap has similar issues as in FF8 with too huge tile for the UV. That's why they only blurred the texture a bit instead to run it through the same filter as they used for the rest. There are lots of awful visible seams.
(http://i.imgur.com/uQsapHO.jpg)