Final Fantasy 8 HD

[Terid__K]

Did anyone here actually buy it yet? From what I can see in the screenshots section on Steam, the movies look quite low quality. I don't recall the high res movies in the original PC release looking this bad. Perhaps they overdid it on the filtering? Or worse, used the low res PSX videos?

[EQ2Alyza]

I bought it, but haven't played it yet. I will eventually get around to it after my current FF7 projects are done.

[Covarr]

I bought it, I'll be testing it when I get home. I don't have the original PC version (I may end up buying it to compare), but I will be able to verify whether the FMVs are the 480p versions or the 240p versions. I also intend to see what I can find out/do about the music.

[JBedford128]

Haven't checked all the files, but field.fs is identical from the original PC release to the Steam release.

[falkTX]

Is anyone able to report what changed?

I just looked at some youtube videos, and I see:
1. the music is NOT the PSX versions, still old crappy MIDIs (same that happened with FF7 initially)
2. textures look exactly the same
3. sound issues still remain (quezacotl gf first sounds are from phoenix, a bug present in the original FF8 release)

has anything actually changed at all?

EDIT: yeah, there's something new - online login required to play...

[LeonhartGR]

I believe all of you posting what was expected to happen... realize my torture... I hope at least this gives the game a chance for some issues to be fixed by SE after reported by the community, since steam is a strong distributor.

[kenichi]

I bought it, but haven't played it yet. I will eventually get around to it after my current FF7 projects are done.

what is this project?

[Cazador]

I bought it, I'm on NORG..It's not terrible, I replaced the music and FMVs and it's alright. I would've liked to see more but I'm ok with it. Paid for the convenience of being on steam and being downloadable.

I really can't tell but some textures look a bit better like character faces and the game looks a little more colorful somehow that's about it though, probably some sort of texture upscaling tool they used..

[gx240]

Are the save files from the original PC version and the offline save files from the new Steam version compatible? Can I take my save files from the older version and play them on the new one?