For what it's worth, the screen for cloud data says "same account", but I was not given any option to link steam account with square enix account or whatever in the launcher or in-game.
I hiiiighly doubt it, but who knows.
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For what it's worth, the screen for cloud data says "same account", but I was not given any option to link steam account with square enix account or whatever in the launcher or in-game.
I hiiiighly doubt it, but who knows.
Professor Beef
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Honestly I think I'd be satisfied just leaving it alone, but that's just me.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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Jesus, that achievements list looks insane. I'm probably the only one that cares about achievements on Steam but I was hoping for something decent since FF9 is one of my favorite games. I loved getting 100% for FF7 on PC, it took me about 100 hours. Here, there are so many missables that it looks like it could take several playthroughs and 200 hours at least... I don't think I'm going to have the patience for this. My last hope is that the trophy list will be better in the eventual PS4 release.
Interpolation would drive people up the wall for the same reason that real-time interpolation on HDTVs do ;p
And considering the cost of rendering FMVs I'd be very surprised if they'd rendered more frames than necessary just to throw them away.
AcceptableGhost
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Is it possible to run this at lower resolutions, like 800x600 or something like that?
Mental Atrophy
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Here are a few images from my desktop on my 4:3 display. As you can see, GUI is pretty good overall but is very large--especially the combat stuff. This isn't a huge problem because most of the screens are similar to their PSX counterpart, so the only times we're not getting the most out of our real-estate is in long lists like your inventory. Playing it with an Xbone controller and the analog stick isn't fully supported like it was on the PSX, which bites. FF8 had the same problem, as did FF7 (though I tolerate it in the latter since FF7 never supported analog). I see that it has mouse support and I'm wondering how well that will work with my tablet PC's touch screen when I try it later.
720x480 is the lowest the launcher seems to go
Backgrounds still don't look too hot, though.
Valjean Lafitte
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Oh, then you dodged a bullet. The story is kiddie just the graphics, bruh. Huge step back from the super dark, mature stories of FF7 and 8. /s
Can you play in English? Yes? Then it's automatically better than the language-locked version Sony tricked me into buying on Vita. I'll buy this version just out of spite.
Not in my opinion, since the PS4 doesn't have The Reunion.
Not in my opinion, since the PS4 doesn't have The Reunion.
artsi
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Well in fairness, you could say the same about the resolution.
Interpolation is terrible when you're talking about 120Hz video on an HDTV, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad just bringing 15Hz up to 30. But of course it's all a matter of what SST had time and budget for.
A Serious Man
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Excalibur cheevo makes me sad but if I'm being honest with myself, I wasn't going to have the time to 100% it anyway.
Mental Atrophy
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Interpolation is worse at lower framerates, actually.
Imp the Dimp
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Is it a good port? I'd really love to play this.
texhnolyze
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The_Inquisitor
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I'm going to guess its because there are less frames available so the "guess" frames look really jarring between transitions? Higher frame rate is better because there are more frames to average the change with.
Mental Atrophy
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I didn't have an issues with my Xbone controller. Windows 7, if that makes a difference... I will check on my Win8.1 machine later. Controller was plugged in and active before I launched the game.
The more important part is that you're looking at the fake frames for longer.
Mental Atrophy
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Double post... please delete.
That's dumb. I wanna play it from Big Picture Mode.
texhnolyze
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Yeah, it seems it's fine for most people. But I've read some reports like that.
You can also alt-tab so the game will recognize the controller.
Yeah, that would be problematic. Maybe they'll fix it later, sounds like a minor issue with easy fix.
KainXVIII
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But i can't even start the game, because mouse cursor keep disappearing and keys also don't do anything (only alt-f4)
Also i forgot how BAD music in opening video (with FF9 logo), just ugh
Unknown One
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I agree with you there. Gave the game 3 chances from disc 1 to 3, each playthrough I gave up on the third disc. It was to boring I didn't feel like beating it. Doesn't help that the combat is slow as hell.
Of course I'm not joking! It would've been nice to be able to play it using just a mouse, but as long as the DS4 actually works with this version (as opposed to the Android version), it's alright.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I think I prefer these muddier looking backgrounds to legend of heroes crisp looking but kind of boring copy/paste texture style world. I guess I'll be a better judge once I finally play the game though.
I think I have it worse...
I just wrote them a ticket about this. They probably won't fix it but who knows... perhaps the right person will get the ticket and decide to fix this since it would only take up to 10-30 minutes, right?
Professor Beef
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The only missables are Excalibur 2, Athlete Queen, and Jump-Rope King. The first isn't something you wanna do outside of a dedicated speedrun anyways, Jump Rope is easy with practice/patience, and Athlete Queen...well fuck, there's probably a way to cheese it or something. The rest aren't as bad and can be revisited before Disc 4.
Newtype-001
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KainXVIII
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never played FFIX. Liked VI, didnt liked VII that much. IX looks more like VI, so i should like it? 
Can you activate/deactivate the Turbo Mode Booster (for combats) with an XBox Controller or do you always have to press a button on the keyboard?
edit: Steam forum says you can activate boosters with the bumpers, sounds fine. Will buy.
Can you activate/deactivate the Turbo Mode Booster (for combats) with an XBox Controller or do you always have to press a button on the keyboard?
edit: Steam forum says you can activate boosters with the bumpers, sounds fine. Will buy.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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At first glance, I thought there were more missables than that, thanks for the info. Achievements are all or nothing for me and my problem is the speedrun thing for Excalibur, that always looked impossible for me to do. I'm sure there are many guides online but FF9 is not really a game I want to speedrun. Oh well, I should have known that that would be an achievement!
The 3x speed boost doesn't speed up the game clock, so if you're willing to use that, it makes acquiring Excalibur II much easier.
Yeah, I've never been a fan either.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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Ah, that's brilliant, thanks!
KainXVIII
Member
Its not me!
Thanks god you can change game controls, because "circle" and "cross" buttons are switched (like in japanese versions)
Also, can i force antialiasing?
Well yeah, it was released on iOS and Android previously.
Well hopefully it can work out. Maybe I'll unplug the wireless adapter and plug it back in after the game starts or something.
I mean... if your sensitive to high pitchs then....
but.. No, just no. Its an amazing title theme.
Nah, I like it. I never originally played IX as a kid myself (my 3D PS1 FF was VIII), but it's very similar to Crystal Chronicles.
I think it's really nice
Going by the views and likes/dislikes, it certainly seems you're in the minority with this one lol
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