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Final Fantasy VI is being "remade" for iOS and Android; Square interested in FF7 iOS
- Thread starter Kagari
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I think it would work well for the sprites. Not the background tiles though, those are too detailed/"realistic".
Tesseract
Banned
RPGCrazied
Member
You got to be kidding. This is a joke right? Its not April 1st yet. They really shouldn't have dangled the carrot in front of us with that PS3 tech demo. Now we go to this, great. I hope it doesn't release, or at least in the US.
EDIT: Ooops, nevermind. Still I hope the FF7 iOS never happens.
EDIT: Ooops, nevermind. Still I hope the FF7 iOS never happens.
The overworld sprites do look kind of bad but honestly they're not THAT much of a downgrade to warrant the reactions they got. And in battle they absolutely look fine.
I know it is a business decision. But what maddens me is that they won't even try releasing this on the Vita or 3DS. It's like, besides FFX HD, they had decided to launch/re-release their main FF on everything EXCEPT handhelds.
I mean, just upgrade the 2D visuals and release it on dedicated handhelds. Is that really that much to ask?
FFV didn't get a 3DS, PSP or DS version either.
After they switched to mobile for IV and V, I dropped any expectation of a 3DS version.
Deadpandas
Member
Why is this such a big deal? If you don't like it then just ignore it. The original version is still around so just go play that instead.
Them making an updated version for ios/android doesn't make all previous versions go extinct
Them making an updated version for ios/android doesn't make all previous versions go extinct
That's actually the only thing I strongly dislike.
Do a search for final fantasy anthologies and compare side by side. The battle sprites are a bit more detailed at a minimum. I don't know what is going on with those portrait dialogue boxes though.
I think it looks good outside of the characters who look like they were plucked out of another game.
HolyBaikal
Banned
I like retro gaming well enough. But staring at pixels isn't so great. I think that smooth textures look better.
I hate making new threads because I don't want to be one of the ones who spam the board. That being said, here's my sorta-related-to-this-thread question.
What does SE have confirmed/announced for the the West? I'll try to take an off the top of my head guess, but I haven't been really tracking it. I still love this company, but they're losing me. The FF and DQ mobile ports arent confirmed officially for here yet right?
Final Fantasy 14 - PS4 (Actually I don't remember if this is confirmed?)
Final Fantasy 15 - PS4/XBO
Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies - 3DS
Drakengard - PS3
Kingdom Hearts 3 - PS4/XBO
What does SE have confirmed/announced for the the West? I'll try to take an off the top of my head guess, but I haven't been really tracking it. I still love this company, but they're losing me. The FF and DQ mobile ports arent confirmed officially for here yet right?
Final Fantasy 14 - PS4 (Actually I don't remember if this is confirmed?)
Final Fantasy 15 - PS4/XBO
Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies - 3DS
Drakengard - PS3
Kingdom Hearts 3 - PS4/XBO
hitsugi
Member
It is, although you would think they would have at least taken a stab at the FF3 DS engine.. Like they did even with FF4: The After Years....... I would presume they'll do FFVI: RPG Maker edition followed up with FFVI in the style of FF3 DS a year later.
Freaky Fred
Banned
A sad day for one of my favorite games.
I'd always been hoping they'd remake VI the way they remade IV for the Complete Collection on PSP, but I always knew they'd either make a shitty iOS port like V or an even shittier 3D remake like III and IV on the DS
Oh well, now I can lay my hopes and dreams to rest. Guess I'll always play the PS1 version of VI since I don't own an SNES anymore.
I'd always been hoping they'd remake VI the way they remade IV for the Complete Collection on PSP, but I always knew they'd either make a shitty iOS port like V or an even shittier 3D remake like III and IV on the DS
Oh well, now I can lay my hopes and dreams to rest. Guess I'll always play the PS1 version of VI since I don't own an SNES anymore.
People have been hoping for a remake of FF VI for a while. This is not the kind of remake they were hoping for.
Unknown One
Member
Why couldn't they made a 3DS/PSP/Vita/PSN/Live port as well? Square is throwing away easy money.
Reminds of cookie click
The reactions are warranted because the visuals are overall a mess. And I find the in-battle sprites for the heroes are just as bad as the over world sprites. It's like they took the old sprites, resized them and tried to emulate some weird soft sprite filter. It's hideous.
I've seen better efforts on their PSP remakes.
Huh? And why is that important in any way? (and it's 1999, even if you don't like the PSX version)
Looks like they were plucked right off the original cover.
And if they're proceeding with more, the game must have sold enough to be profitable for them.
TheJollyCorner
Member
I'm going to sell my iPhone and convert back to a 2003 Motorola flip-phone in protest!!!!
No I'm not. I'll just sigh loudly
DecoyOctopus
Member
Was just about to post the same gif!
Square2015
Member
DIsgusting.
ShiroAmakusa
Member
I purchased it day 1 and well, I was able to adapt to the different sprite style. It's not the abomination some people claim it is and feels quite smooth to me. Of course SE could have put more effort into FF5 and I would gladly help to create updated assets for the FF6 port just to make it as appealing as possible. For the youngsters and the nostalgia stricken veterans alike.
Maybe all the prerendered bgs will be redrawn with crayon.
chickdigger802
Banned
really curious how the visuals will look though. They say it will be 'similar to ffv' but that just means in style.
FF6 looked way better than the other snes FF games with more detailed sprites and world.
You can't just easily do a 'rpg makerify' version of it.
FF6 looked way better than the other snes FF games with more detailed sprites and world.
You can't just easily do a 'rpg makerify' version of it.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Honestly outside of the character sprites I think it looks decent enough. The backgrounds and monster sprites in particular look nice, and the UI is...I mean, what were you really expecting from the UI?
Prince Vultan
Banned
Fess up Verendus, you knew about this when you said it was coming a few days ago, didn't you?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Are you okay?
hitsugi
Member
The PSP remakes definitely demonstrate how much better they could do if they gave a shit.
HolyBaikal
Banned
I definitely agree that the mobile version of Final Fantasy V doesn't look so great. And I vastly prefer the original look.
For a game that is supposed to be an "update" on some level, it shouldn't be a downgrade.
There's all sorts of problems with the port, but one of the worst parts for me, is how all of the different elements are mismatched and don't form a cohesive aesthetic.
The character models don't look so great, and don't match other textures very well. And the text-boxes look very out of place.
For a game that is supposed to be an "update" on some level, it shouldn't be a downgrade.
There's all sorts of problems with the port, but one of the worst parts for me, is how all of the different elements are mismatched and don't form a cohesive aesthetic.
The character models don't look so great, and don't match other textures very well. And the text-boxes look very out of place.
Exactly. Look at the bright, shiny, gold side of the coin. The remakes are finally happening. FFVI is getting one. FFVII is getting one. Who knows, maybe FFVIII and FFIX are due one soon? It's happening; dreams are coming true.
On a serious note, I think this will make some decent money for the effort it takes SE.
Right, but I don't feel that the cover art necessarily matches the rest of the aesthetic.
Like for example, the GTA covers have a more cartoony art style than the games.
If the main characters in GTA were cellshaded and everything else was the same, it would look weird, even if it was canonical to the cover.
And yes they actually said they did well worldwide: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683169
HolyBaikal
Banned
That actually doesn't look too bad. Even though I usually prefer such filters on 16-bit games and up.
I prefer the more original, pixelated art for the original Super Mario Bros., though.
Yeah, I remember them looking actually good. Care to post them? It's been a while since I last saw them.