Furball
Member
TO Reborn has no blur around corner of the stage like this . They only blur the background picture , the picture never exist in original or PSP . it is pretty clean in the stage compare to FFT remaster
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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Releases Sept 30, 2025
Hudo
Member
Ah, I did not notice the blurring at the corners. That's a weird fucking choice. Why would they do that?TO Reborn has no blur around corner of the stage like this . They only blur the background picture , the picture never exist in original or PSP . it is pretty clean in the stage compare to FFT remaster
IAmRei
Member
remake looks like HD2D maybe more viable option for youngers player now, DQ remake is a blast. but I might be wrong though
IAmRei
Member
it usual for isometric games, so it had looks of diorama though
Judge Magister
Member
I'm not a fan of this AI upscaling era either. Sometimes i think it looks smeary as hell and other people say it looks awesome and crisp.
I guess it's like 4K movie releases. Some people are fine with DNR use, i hate it.
Hudo
Member
I don't remember Triangle Strategy having this. But I think Diofield Chronicle had blurring at the corners as well.
Verso
Neo Member
TO Reborn has no blur around corner of the stage like this . They only blur the background picture , the picture never exist in original or PSP . it is pretty clean in the stage compare to FFT remaster
Use of Bokeh/Blur is intriguing but I can't pass full judgment until release. This is being made internally by Square Devs and not outsourced so I have to take a page thinking they know what they are doing best here if they are passionate about the project. One would like to think and hope.
SamuraiEdge
Member
Ahh. The classic version is included as well, it says on the website (apologies if that has been mentioned already).
I'm glad we've come so far with this coming one in full glory lol. Going to make a damn good end of the year with this coming!
Hudo
Member
Well, Yoshi-P himself said that he is apparently a big Matsuno fan and wants to bring FFT and Vagrant Story to a new generation of players. Now that FFT is definitely coming, there's also a good chance that Vagrant Story is next.
SkylineRKR
Member
No matter how you put it, this is the best version. You get the original PSX version with better translation, no load times etc. I can play the original on PS3, but I am still going to cave for this one.
Verso
Neo Member
If we receive a full-on Unreal Engine Remake of Vagrant Story that had the same effort and push Clair: Obscur had in all spiritual sense, I would be a very happy man.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Beautiful
Signalis
Member
If you compare modern games to older games. Older games look nice and sharp, while modern look all grainy and soft. It's a shame that great image quality has become such a blurry messI'm not a fan of this AI upscaling era either. Sometimes i think it looks smeary as hell and other people say it looks awesome and crisp.
I guess it's like 4K movie releases. Some people are fine with DNR use, i hate it.
Madflavor
Member
You know I'll say this much. Am I disappointed that they didn't go as hard as they should've for a remaster of this game? Definitely. That said I certaintly don't think it's "bad" either. The updated UI and being fully voice acted are great additions, and the big thing to consider here is the PC version. There's potential to have some great mods for this game. New jobs, rebalancing the combat, cleaner visuals, etc. I'm glad this game is going to be widely available to everyone now, and I hope it sells really well. We need a proper sequel someday.
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Dev1lXYZ
Member
Final Fantasy Tactics deserves much better than this. I can remember importing this one on PlayStation back in the day. The gameplay alone carried the game not only for me, but my friends who chipped in to play as well at the time. One of them could read the dialogue and roughly translated it on the fly when he was over. It took 7 months to come out in the U.S. and by then, the game was fresh again, and we all discussed the story in depth as well as the mistranslated dialogue that Square had goofed on. We still loved it.
Fast forward to this and I'm glad we are getting it, but this is a huge disappointment to me. Should have been redone in a new engine.
Fast forward to this and I'm glad we are getting it, but this is a huge disappointment to me. Should have been redone in a new engine.
Minsc
Gold Member
Can't mod in harder AI to this version like the PSP/PS1 one. Actually, there's quite a few mods. Better translation isn't universally seen as better. Game looks better on a small handheld screen IMO, but I did originally play on a ~25" CRT TV.
This is definitely the worst I've seen it look visually. Probably doesn't help I'm viewing it on a giant 4K UHD monitor, but there's definitely caveats in calling this the best version. Especially when the mobile art looks crisper and higher quality.
Andrew Evenstar
Member
Happy yet disappointed. Seeing the thread tittle I thought this was a sequel or new game. Not just a low effort re release. Damn.
IFireflyl
Gold Member
When I read your post I started off expecting something thought provoking, not just low effort whining. Damn.
SomeNorseGuy
Member
Those "updated" graphics looks like some douche just enabled all the pixel smoothing overlays and turned them to max. Bleh.
But if it's true that it's fully voice acted and the original version have them aswell then I'm still getting it. Fuck I love this game.
But if it's true that it's fully voice acted and the original version have them aswell then I'm still getting it. Fuck I love this game.
EntelechyFuff
Neo Member
Look, I understand that the original translation left something to be desired, but how does anyone look at these text strings and think the latter two are improvements on the original?As I rewatch it, to me it kind of looks like they are using a weird combination of the original sprites with some of the features of the higher res mobile version sprites......then ran them through a nasty interpolation filter
Forgive me as I grabbed these from the cleanest YouTube videos I could find
Original
Mobile
This Remaster
Also, I'm not sure if it's just Youtube silliness or not, but there looks to be a weird cross-stich overlay over everything as well. In my screenshot above you can really see it on the grass and on the dark side of the rocks.
It's like someone convinced them that their primary market is people who pretend to like Shakespeare…
Hudo
Member
Afaik, the War of the Lions translation is included and can be toggled on in the classic version. And the War of the Lions translation is GOATed, as far as I am concerned.
asdasdasdbb
Member
If it's not coming for another 3+ months, perhaps they could increase the sprite res to make it less blurry?
TonberrysKnife
Member
Day 1 for me. I expected a bit more but this works too.
IFireflyl
Gold Member
The three screenshots are three different lines in the same scene...
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Shifty1897
Member
The Dorter Slums was the first time I ever got "filtered" by a Final Fantasy game. That battle kicked me in the teeth, had to come back to it 3 years later when I was 16 to beat it.
SkylineRKR
Member
I found the early game of FFT the hardest by far. But once you get some classes, skills and party members it becomes sort of a cakewalk.
I still have to wrap up TO Remaster. But I just hate the Hanging Gardens. This announcement might be a good inspiration to power through it, I had a fairly strong party.
I still have to wrap up TO Remaster. But I just hate the Hanging Gardens. This announcement might be a good inspiration to power through it, I had a fairly strong party.
TonberrysKnife
Member
And to think....THAT WAS IN CHAPTER 1! I got murked by that battle a few times. The Knights and Wizards enemy placements made it hard to progress but eventually I got it.
Drifting in a Dream
Neo Member
The box art illustration is incredible. I'm looking forward to playing this game again after two decades! I hope the enhanced version is not only challenging in the first half, but in the second half as well.
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Zacfoldor
Member
That's what I thought. It's a form of vignetting that creates a focal point like in a diorama. I hated vignetting in Mass Effect 2 and I hate it now.
That said, I think it is an artistic choice.
To be clear, I'm not even mad. I'm just happy this was finally announced. I'm ready to buy it today. When I played it originally after FFVII came out I thought the graphics sucked and fell off. Came back a few months later and after my initial disappointment I ended up loving it just as much as FFVII and VIII after it. This is my goat srpg and got me into the genre, so I'm 100% on board for anything they are willing to sell me related to FFT.
Life is short...Bury! Steady Sword!
What a fucking game this is my guys. We are in for a treat.
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EntelechyFuff
Neo Member
Imagine defending the sanctity of the original translation, and not understanding that the images were completely different lines of the same scene. That sure would be embarrassing for the person who did that, if it happened!
Jinxed
Member
I remember cheesing it with dual excaliburs or something like that. It was hard as fuck
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I would like a hard mode or class rebalance pass. The game is too easy with the right combination of overpowered skills.
TonberrysKnife
Member
You can choose your difficulty in the game, they said.
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Member
It's one of the best games they made during the Squaresoft era. I got it just because it had the FF name attached to it not knowing it was an SRPG and man was I shocked when i loaded that disc up. The story, characters, music, artwork are all so good. I stayed up late every night for weeks just to play this lol.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
But is one of the choices more difficult than the original?
RuneFactoryFanboy
Member
I was thinking about this, my wish for this game is to see the following:
The sprites and environments simply look like they have run through a few filters and called it a day. They are blurry and have weird looking interpolation side effects. I'd go as far to say that the Mobile versions sprites, despite some wonkiness, had more care/effort put into them than what we see here. At least that team took the time to leverage the higher resolution to hand draw in details that weren't there before.
It's not unreasonable to want a remaster of a sprite-based game to have at minimum clean/sharp looking sprites. When they ask $50 for said remaster, I really don't think it's out of line to expect redrawn sprites either.
...but that said, I always felt the Shakespeare WotL translation was silly and over the top. While some may like it that way and think it makes the game cooler, it absolutely changes the tone of the games story and characterization, and is that what Matsuno wanted? Is Agrias supposed to come off as sophisticated royalty with a properly trained tounge? Or a plain spoken tough-cookie knight who doesn't mince words? I'm actually playing through Unicorn Overlord at the moment, and it's very fluffed up translation is giving me the same thoughts.
- Rebalancing of some of the games roughest spots, especially for newer players. Things like the City of Dorter slapping new players, or the buildup to the Wiegraf fight later in the game could be structured much better.
- Job Class rebalancing. Bring up some of the more worthless classes and make them relevant. While I'm typically not a fan of nerfing things, maybe change or add some new content that can't be absolutely steamrolled by the swordmasters.
I don't think that's a fair generalization of what's driving peoples takes in this thread. Some are being unreasonable, but I don't think a majority is nor are they just nostalgia drunk.
The sprites and environments simply look like they have run through a few filters and called it a day. They are blurry and have weird looking interpolation side effects. I'd go as far to say that the Mobile versions sprites, despite some wonkiness, had more care/effort put into them than what we see here. At least that team took the time to leverage the higher resolution to hand draw in details that weren't there before.
It's not unreasonable to want a remaster of a sprite-based game to have at minimum clean/sharp looking sprites. When they ask $50 for said remaster, I really don't think it's out of line to expect redrawn sprites either.
I get that complaint and I have mixed feelings about it. I think the original localization is a bit too raw and full of errors and should be updated. I'm also of the belief that some liberties should be taken during any localization, because good localization should strive to not only translate the dialog but also capture the original creator's intent of said dialog. Sometimes when translating raw the author's intended feeling is lost.
...but that said, I always felt the Shakespeare WotL translation was silly and over the top. While some may like it that way and think it makes the game cooler, it absolutely changes the tone of the games story and characterization, and is that what Matsuno wanted? Is Agrias supposed to come off as sophisticated royalty with a properly trained tounge? Or a plain spoken tough-cookie knight who doesn't mince words? I'm actually playing through Unicorn Overlord at the moment, and it's very fluffed up translation is giving me the same thoughts.
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Hudo
Member
I never wishlisted anything so fast and hard.
SamuraiEdge
Member
Wishlisted. 40 pounds still feels like a steal to me given I am getting to play this properly in HD with achievements. Matsuno deserves all the love he can get.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
While they are fun and OP, I have no idea what the designers were thinking with those skills. They're powerful, ranged, have AoE, instant, and don't cost any MP.
It doesn't make any sense to have skills that strong without any downsides or resource cost or cooldown or any kind of balancing mechanic.
RuneFactoryFanboy
Member
Yeah and unless you're the type of player that's going to self-handicap yourself just for the fun of it, it really starts shifting how the game is played in Chapter 2. Don't forget most of them also cause status effects.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Oh, good. I wasn't sure if this was exclusive or a timed exclusive. I hope Square Enix gets the message that there is still a market for turn based SRPGs so that they put resources into the Front Mission remakes too. It makes me wonder how much Triangle Strategy sold.