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[Peff]

FFIX's slowness is mostly about long battle intros and the way turn actions get queued up too far ahead (paradoxically, keeping the ATB running during long animations instead of pausing it a la 6/7/8/X-2/XII makes the battle system feel *slower*). Not sure simply speeding up the ATB bar will fix that.

It's a full-on everything speed-up toggle, like in an emulator, so it should circumvent the issue entirely. Probably not the best way to play the hardest bosses for obvious reasons, but at the very least you can use it to skip the actual animations.

Oh, I could have sworn it was. Maybe I'm thinking of VIII?

Yeah. FFVII Steam was more of a "Oh OK so you people are too fucking good for our service with DRM well have it your way" iso dump. With FFVIII they started adding these new features.

 

[jon bones]

Great. Now I'm getting warm fuzzies thinking about FF9's cast again.

Zidane... Garnet... Vivi... Steiner... Eiko... Freya... Quina...

All my dear friends, and Amarant too.

i always did like you

 

[Professor Beef]

I am going to beat the living shit out of Ozma with cheats enabled. I don't even give a fuck. Stupid doom orb. We'll see how you like it.

lmao

 

[artsi]

One reason I'm excited, you could always emulate the game but the horrible PS1 polygon jitter can't be fixed. I can finally play the best Final Fantasy with smooth 3D models/animations.

 

[Nakazato]

DAY ONE ! Hope they sped up the Battle system. Best FF

 

[paragonpro]

Whens ps4?

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Come now, there will most definitely be a PS4 port soon. Nothing is holding them back and Sony will be like "FUCK YES".

FF7 probably did really well based on how many people I've seen with it. For the amount of people who whined about said port on the internet it sure didn't stop anyone from buying it!

So, there's a chance?!

 

[notaskwid]

Freya my waifu in high def

 

[WolvenOne]

Someone posted "With high-definition graphics, newly added achievements, auto-save, high speed mode, and several game boosting features, the game is easy to pick up and play no matter where you go."

Think it's a translation maybe from the site.

Ahh, High Speed Mode I believe is just something you can toggle on and off. It's nice, but 3X is probably only something I'd want for grinding through EZ trash mobs. For battles that I actually have to think, I'd probably only want something like, I dunno 1.5 times the original speed, or something like that.

We'll have to see. I love the game to death, but like I said, the crawling pace of it's battle system made subsequent play-throughs tough.

 

[agiantenemycrab]

Really surprised I and II haven't made it to Steam yet. They're pretty much everywhere already, besides PC and the new consoles. Whatever the case, day 1 for FFIX on PC.

 

[Toth]

FFIX's slowness is mostly about long battle intros and the way turn actions get queued up too far ahead (paradoxically, keeping the ATB running during long animations instead of pausing it a la 6/7/8/X-2/XII makes the battle system feel *slower*). Not sure simply speeding up the ATB bar will fix that.

That's my concern as well. It was rather difficult to heal after big moves because you never were quite sure when the spell would actually go off. Especially problematic in the final fights.

 

[Tripy73]

Holy shit, FF XV is the next ^^

 

[Rival]

This is an immediate day one PC purchase for me. Happy new year!

 

[Shadow Ranger]

Awesome news for sure. Expecting PS4 and Vita at some point. Maybe not Vita actually.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Holy shit, FF XV is the next ^^

No X and X-2

 

[Kagari]

Awesome news for sure. Expecting PS4 and Vita at some point. Maybe not Vita actually.

It's already on Vita.

 

[notaskwid]

It's already on Vita.

Not this version though

 

[Rawket Lawnchair]

So, there's a chance?!

Of course there is, SE does not have a reason not to do it. There are many people who will want to play it on PS4 instead of PC or mobile.

 

[TGO]

Hopefully a PS4 version is coming too along with FFVIII

 

[Shadow Ranger]

It's already on Vita.

Which is kinda why I added "maybe not Vita".

 

[PedroPanache]

It's already on Vita.

And it kind of looks really beautiful on a Vita as well.

 

[bigb0ss]

Amazing. I'm really looking forward to this. Now please give me Final Fantasy Tactics WotL on Steam as well
Amazing song

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Awesome!

 

[Zombegoast]

PC, the platform of Final Fantasy games, who would have thought this before.

It was on MSX.

Final Fantasy debut on a Microsoft hardware years before Sony.

 

[DeSolos]

One reason I'm excited, you could always emulate the game but the horrible PS1 polygon jitter can't be fixed. I can finally play the best Final Fantasy with smooth 3D models/animations.

This is the #1 selling point for me.

The next will be, if it works similarly to the FF7/FF8 PC ports, swapping all the music with orchestral/cover/remix versions.

And just after that would be potential mod support for things such as:
1. better backgrounds(resampling of PS1 backgrounds+Using the unearthed HQ ones where possible)

2. Better models/textures

3. Alternate shading modes

(basically all the stuff FF7 has gotten over the years)

 

[Angel_DvA]

My favorite FF, Day One for sure.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Is there a release date?

 

[TheSpoiler]

YES

YESSS


Year of dreams

Anything can happen.

 

[Kagari]

Is there a release date?

"Soon."

 

[Vyrance]

Oh my god, they're bringing my favorite Final Fantasy back with improvements! Will pick it up on PC day 1. Can't wait to play it again

 

[Talax]

FF7 probably did really well based on how many people I've seen with it. For the amount of people who whined about said port on the internet it sure didn't stop anyone from buying it!

It was the theme that won me over I swear!!!!!

*goes to make another black chocobo.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Oh my god, YES!
I thought we would necer get it outside of a Sony platform.

This is music in my ears. Will triple dip for sure.

 

[Omnicent]

YESSSSSS!
I look forward to this!

 

[Makoto Yuki]

It was the theme that won me over I swear!!!!!

*goes to make another black chocobo.

That theme was a wonderful bonus, that Aerith theme.

 

[Samemind]

So what are the odds they'll keep the option to set party control to a second controller?

 

[Kagari]

That theme was a wonderful bonus, that Aerith theme.

Yeah, it definitely made me want to buy the game for a 4th time even more...

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

What a fantastic way to close 2015.

 

[Metaroo]

Good timing too. I just started FFVII and I'm really getting into it. Gonna finish that, FFVIII, and finally get to play FFIX.

 

[Majek]

i better clear my pc backlog before this hits. :S

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Of course there is, SE does not have a reason not to do it. There are many people who will want to play it on PS4 instead of PC or mobile.

I'd love to have another copy of this game then.

 

[potatohead]

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ff9/en/

just saw a notification for this from the Final Fantasy Portal app

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oDeSJI0qJc



will support Android 4.1 and later + iOS 7.0 and later on Android and iPhone
iPhone 5s and up, iPad 4 and up (Mini 2 and later), and iPod Touch 6th gen

Holy shit I can finally legit use this gif this year...

 

[Peltz]

My favorite FF, Day One for sure.

One reason I'm excited, you could always emulate the game but the horrible PS1 polygon jitter can't be fixed. I can finally play the best Final Fantasy with smooth 3D models/animations.

Is the judder going to be fixed for this game?

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

YYESSSSSS

 

[bengraven]

Finally get a chance to replay it. I already have the PSX disc and the PSN version on PS3, but I just can't get past PSX-era jaggies anymore.

 

[Shift Breaker]

That theme was a wonderful bonus, that Aerith theme.

Oh man, the thought of VIII and IX (and XIII, but that's just me asking for it) getting ports with themes...the possibilities are endless.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

EVERYONE TOLD ME IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN

BUT I BELIEVED

I BELIEVED

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

Pretty sweet. I have the discs but never got that far into the game. Maybe I can enjoy it on the go on my iPad.

 

[potatohead]

One reason I'm excited, you could always emulate the game but the horrible PS1 polygon jitter can't be fixed. I can finally play the best Final Fantasy with smooth 3D models/animations.

That's part of the charm of the originals on emulation though, and PS1 games in general. The PSX look, some people love it! I like it personally, but I don't mind another version without judder of course.

Looking forward to this!

 

[lOTl]

Best Blue Mage

Best track in the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZlJGtFGcw

music taste is subjective.

Prefer:

Qu's Marsh
Immoral Melody
Kuja's Theme
Ukulele de Chocobo

 

[10k]

Omg high speed mode and on PC. Square is listening guys! The year of dreams delivers on its final day!