Squeenix Final Fantasy XII remaster

[J1M]

I've only played the original myself, but a lot of people (even those on this forum iirc), considered it and referred to it as an upgrade. Make of that what you will.

Zodiac discussion aside, thanks for the info. I hated trying to use the PS2 because of its horrible aliasing problems, but it looks like emulators have fixed that with FXAA and AF. Also nice that the emulator is picking up my controller input even when I have other programs focused.

They should release new JRPGs with speedup hacks. I can't imagine getting through their shitty cut scenes any other way.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Yeah, it's now official:

 

[Abu Antar]

I'm stupid enough to buy.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I'm smart enough to buy

 

[SCO]

It'll probably just be some sort of HD upgrade of the Zodiac System version, which I don't think got released outside of Asia.

It has a fan translation that just uses the US version text. Basically flawless, so fuck this.

 

[Siveon]

I would only play it for PC or Vita.

 

[Riskbreaker]

Buying this. FF XII remains one and only case where I actually found myself enjoying RTwP combat.

 

[Rahdulan]

Sign me on for inevitable PC release. Glad to see it's happening.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

2017 for PS4, so that probably means 2018 for PC.

 

[insukk]

Do the Zodiac version make this game less boring and braindead? For me the original was 80-hour long running and watching simulator. And i have to say that FFXII was the only game in my life that i've truly hated.

 

[---]

I really would like a remake of FFV and FFVI (my favourite chapters, along with FFIX), maybe on 3DS, with the same style they adopted for the remakes of FFIII and FFIV

 

[Duraframe300]

I really would like a remake of FFV and FFVI (my favourite chapters, along with FFIX), maybe on 3DS, with the same style they adopted for the remakes of FFIII and FFIV

IV complete collection \ Anniversary remake style or bust.

The ds ffiii and IV remakes are butt ugly.

 

[Shaewaroz]

Thank goodness this came out on emulators ~5 years ago.

 

[OracleX]

I'm surprised the release is in 2017 and not this year. Are they going to add new elements in or something?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I'm surprised the release is in 2017 and not this year. Are they going to add new elements in or something?

Converting it from PS2, remaking a lot of the textures and getting it to run with enhanced graphics and higher resolutions is probably quite difficult.

If it had originally been released on the PC, it wouldn't be as hard I would think.

 

[Abu Antar]

Don't forget that they sometimes have finished products that they just sleep on and release when they see fit. FFX/X-2 on PC had a scenario like this. It was done for some time, but they refused to release it for a long time. How they think, I don't know.

 

[GrainWetski]

Don't forget that they sometimes have finished products that they just sleep on and release when they see fit. FFX/X-2 on PC had a scenario like this. It was done for some time, but they refused to release it for a long time. How they think, I don't know.

FFX/X-2 was released on PC exactly 1 year after PS4. Sounds likely that there's some timed Sony exclusivity deal.

 

[Abu Antar]

Don't forget that they sometimes have finished products that they just sleep on and release when they see fit. FFX/X-2 on PC had a scenario like this. It was done for some time, but they refused to release it for a long time. How they think, I don't know.

FFX/X-2 was released on PC exactly 1 year after PS4. Sounds likely that there's some timed Sony exclusivity deal.

Well, that makes sense.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I'm surprised the release is in 2017 and not this year. Are they going to add new elements in or something?

I saw a list of stuff they were doing on 4chan earlier today, but they are making changes to the game, yeah. Readjusting character stats, changing the guest party member system so that they can level up too and feel more like actual party members, remixing item chest locations and adding new item chests, they made changes to spells so that some of them cannot be bought anymore but instead need to be found in chests, they did some tuning to the hunts and the list goes on.

 

[insukk]

^ These are changes that were already made in the International Zodiac Job System that was released only in Japan almost decade ago.

 

[OracleX]

^ These are changes that were already made in the International Zodiac Job System that was released only in Japan almost decade ago.

Yes indeed, I would assume porting this to PC or PS4 wouldn't be so time consuming unless the team is just really small... Well guess there coming with new fancy cheat features.
Any more news on this matter would be appreciated!

 

[Hobo Elf]

^ These are changes that were already made in the International Zodiac Job System that was released only in Japan almost decade ago.

Seems like you're right. Dunno then lol.

 

[insukk]

^ These are changes that were already made in the International Zodiac Job System that was released only in Japan almost decade ago.

Yes indeed, I would assume porting this to PC or PS4 wouldn't be so time consuming unless the team is just really small... Well guess there coming with new fancy cheat features.
Any more news on this matter would be appreciated!

This is from the Neogaf:

-based on FINAL FANTASY XII INTERNATIONAL ZODIAC JOB SYSTEM
-Background, character model, fonts and all 2D parts are higher resolution
-Movie scenes are higher resolution
-Uses current-gen graphics tech
-7.1 surround sound
-higher quality audio
-Japanese and English voice
-Option between original BGM and newly recorded BGM
-shorter loading time
-auto-save feature
-turbo mode

 

[Magellan]

Buying this. FF XII remains one and only case where I actually found myself enjoying RTwP combat.

Same here. I'm not sure why, but I really liked FFXII.

 

[Morality Games]

Vaan is still in screenshots. No buy.

Gosh, Final Fantasy 12 would have been excellent if they had stuck to the original plan of Basch being the generic badass protagonist (in the Cecil Dark Knight tradition), Balthier his roguish Super Bro, and Ashe the Tsundere twist on the classic Final Fantasy royal love interest. Ivalice Alliance had the aesthetics of classic Final Fantasy reinterpreted with higher levels of dramatic/political realism.

Such a promising world building premise upended into something painful to watch.