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[jekasama]

Played for about 30mins. Getting solid 60fps everywhere and my PC isn't all that great, awesome.

Elaborate 'not all that great', because I'm still downloading it and I don't want to hype myself too much. My rig is
i5-2500 3.3GHz
RAM 8GB
GTX560Ti
Windows 8.1

 

[Isaccard]

The Goddess Returns, yesssss

What grabs did PC lose out on?

 

[BONKERS]

Even thought their ports are far from perfect, I disagree with your comment. These are okay ports and when you think of it, the only thing remaining is arbitrary resolution. Western branches really needs to communicate on that. At least, this one is 1080p, features newer graphical effects and no framepacing issue. More than that, it's 60FPS. It's still a difference with the 720p 15~30FPS console version.

Let's go through many of them.

FFVII-1998, utter shit port. Fixed mostly by fans over the years.

FFVIII same thing.

FFIII- low budget no frills mobile port with no effort to change the UI from the mobile phone version. Locked 30FPS

FFIV-Same thing, except battles are now locked at 15 glorious FPS. Forgot to think about playing at a resolution other than 720p. CG FMV only displays properly if you play at 720p.

FFIV TAY- Same as FFIV

FFV- Runs at 30FPS but displays at 60FPS (It's a 2D game it should be 60FPS all the way), music restarts after battle. No effort Mobile port that doesn't bother to change the UI. New 2D sprite/tile work is still low res and poorly upscaled.

FFXIII- About as shit as FFVII,unplayable framerate stuttering even during FMVs. Massive 50+GB download for worse quality FMVs than the PS3 version. Super low volume with no sliders to re balance the audio. Launched locked at 720p with lower resolution shadows than PS3 version.
Patched insultingly the things that Durante did on his own and called it a day.

FFXIII-2 -pretty much the same as XIII but even worse in some areas.

FFType-0 - Finally seems they got their head out of their ass, moved to a higher quality Video solution, decent options. Runs well. It can even render at 4k with a Super Sampling Hybrid method! BUT, can't display at any resolution higher than 1080p!
There is no Exclusive Fullscreen mode. And Absolutely ZERO Vsync for anyone on Windows 7. Unless you dare to bother with Aero with it's terrible Vsync stuttering and input lag. In a game that already has substantial Input lag to begin with.

So yeah, I think my point is very well warranted.


Lighting returns only supports FIVE resolutions. And has no true Exclusive Full Screen mode. Which means a good portion of people are fucked. Myself included.
The menu options make no sense.
Steam cloud needs to be activated to start the game (WAT?)

 

[Frumix]

The Goddess Returns, yesssss

What grabs did PC lose out on?

Aeirth DLC and Siegfried (Facebook integration reward)

 

[Hikami]

Elaborate 'not all that great', because I'm still downloading it and I don't want to hype myself too much. My rig is
i5-2500 3.3GHz
RAM 8GB
GTX560Ti
Windows 8.1

I'm on an Alienware Alpha (i3 version). Mostly stock parts besides the RAM which I upgraded.

i3-4130T 2.9GHz
RAM 16GB
modified GTX 860m
Windows 10

Any stutter at all? Pretty smooth feeling overall?

Yeah, pretty smooth. Haven't had any noticeable stutters so far.

 

[Corpekata]

Anyone figure out where like the save files are located? Can't find them yet.

 

[BONKERS]

Wow even worse, it requires Steam Cloud to be enabled at all times and I can't even play in Offline mode. WTF.

You better make sure your GPU isn't downclocking to base clocker either. Because it will cause stuttering.

 

[Kagari]

Tried it out for a bit with a DS3. Working really well. The entire interface and port job is obviously very hastily hacked together and everything feels like a console to PC port rather than something with more polish, but at least it seems to work well as it is. Loading is fast, framerate seems good, resolution is high enough, and it supports dual language natively, although you have to restart the game for voice changes to take effect.

So far it seems well worth the low price I paid for it!

Not surprising since the thing was almost canned at one point from what I heard.

 

[bigninja]

Stuck on loading screen after the opening CG. Ugh. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[Mad Season]

for someone who has not played a final fantasy in yeeeears, should I start with this game on PC? If not, which one?
Baaaaad idea.
reply
Play the first two XIII first, or watch the videos posted above. Or just wait for X/X-2 Remaster.

this one
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292120/

and

this one?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292140/


if so, which of those 2 is the better one?

 

[Adaren]

I bought it (again). Would it break the game completely to mess with the limited time aspect in some way on PC?

I imagine 0 EP Chronostasis will be one of the first mods the community creates.

Aeirth DLC and Siegfried (Facebook integration reward)

So odd...maybe they sold the character rights to Nintendo for Smash.

 

[LegendX48]

Tried it out for a bit with a DS3. Working really well. The entire interface and port job is obviously very hastily hacked together and everything feels like a console to PC port rather than something with more polish, but at least it seems to work well as it is. Loading is fast, framerate seems good, resolution is high enough, and it supports dual language natively, although you have to restart the game for voice changes to take effect.

So far it seems well worth the low price I paid for it!

does it have the button icons for the DS3/4?

 

[Frumix]

Anyone figure out where like the save files are located? Can't find them yet.

\Steam\userdata\########\345350

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Not surprising since the thing was almost canned at one point from what I heard.

Were they discouraged from lackluster XIII and XIII-2 sales on PC? Because they've nobody to blame but themselves.

 

[Jude]

this one
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292120/

and

this one?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292140/


if so, which of those 2 is the better one?

XIII > XIII-2 imo

Anyway if you wanna understand something or love/hate the chars XIII is mandatory.

 

[BONKERS]

Were they discouraged from lackluster XIII and XIII-2 sales on PC? Because they've nobody to blame but themselves.

Yeah no shit. And it's like they learn nothing.

 

[Aru]

Wow, the game looks great at 60 FPS! Not gonna re-buy the game, but it's still nice to see their ports are improving.

 

[Lime]

Took some shots for you all at the highest possible settings (everything "advanced" @ 1080p).

The game badly needs some downsampling.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Goddamnit Square, LR isn't next to the other FFXIII's in the library list. I hate that shit

Good to hear the port is solid, downloading it now. This is the one FFXIII I'm glad I held off on.

 

[GhostTrick]

Not surprising since the thing was almost canned at one point from what I heard.

For what reason ?

 

[Spectrasonic]

Were they discouraged from lackluster XIII and XIII-2 sales on PC? Because they've nobody to blame but themselves.

For what reason ?

The PC ports were most likely just a byproduct from Square's streaming service 'Dive In' that allowed you play FFXIII on your phone. It was a total failure though, so they canned it.

Haven't read everything, but whoa... This port is actually better than previous ones?

This is one of the most surprising news I've heard all year.

Good to know though. Hopefully Square does continue to improve their ports from now on.

Wouldn't say that it's better, it's the only game that doesn't support resolutions greater than 1080p. Really disappointing since games look like crap on my 4k monitor when not played at native resolution :/

 

[threelights]

Haven't read everything, but whoa... This port is actually better than previous ones?

This is one of the most surprising news I've heard all year.

Good to know though. Hopefully Square does continue to improve their ports from now on.

 

[Mad Season]

XIII > XIII-2 imo

Anyway if you wanna understand something or love/hate the chars XIII is mandatory.

ok thank you. can i skip xiii-2 after beating x-iii and then jump to new one?

 

[ClaptoVaughn]

Haven't read everything, but whoa... This port is actually better than previous ones?

This is one of the most surprising news I've heard all year.

Good to know though. Hopefully Square does continue to improve their ports from now on.

Yeah at this rate, the port of FF17 ought to be fantastic.

 

[Eyothrie]

How to properly exit the game in full screen mode?

 

[Amneisac]

ok thank you. can i skip xiii-2 after beating x-iii and then jump to new one?

I'm sure you'll get ton of opinions on this, but I really think that XIII-2 was better than XIII. They really opened up the gameplay with a lot more open world stuff. I also like the music better. The story is probably even more nonsensical than XIII, but that's my only knock against it.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Yeah no shit. And it's like they learn nothing.

It's especially frustrating because they own western studios that always put out PC games and work with Nixxes all the time. Surely they'd learn a thing or two by now but I guess the extra effort is too much for Square Enix proper.

 

[Kagari]

For what reason ?

Because the game was a technical mess.

 

[komorebi]

Took some shots for you all at the highest possible settings (everything "advanced" @ 1080p).

Looks great!

I'm sure you'll get ton of opinions on this, but I really think that XIII-2 was better than XIII. They really opened up the gameplay with a lot more open world stuff. I also like the music better. The story is probably even more nonsensical than XIII, but that's my only knock against it.

Agreed.

 

[Peff]

So it looks like they may have fixed the completely ridonkulous slowdown caused by the very existence of the on-screen UI? It'd be pretty nice if so, and great if they fixed it in the other two as well.

 

[BONKERS]

Requires Steam Cloud to be enabled to play.

Requires Online Connection to play. Offline mode doesn't work.

There are only FIVE Resolutions to choose from. Anything other than that, and you are screwed.
720p,810p,768p,900p,1080p

No REAL full screen mode like Type-0, only borderless windowed.

Does not switch to controller icons when controller is being used.
Defaults to Keyboard.
No explanations for any of the options. "Standard or Advanced", The framerate is likewise confusing. "Fixed =30FPS Dynamic =60FPS"


Mouse cursor on screen when playing KB&M if you attempt to use mouse.
No mouse camera control.

Even with my GPU clock staying static like it is supposed to. I'm still getting Frame Drops randomly. On a GTX 980.

 

[Kagari]

It's especially frustrating because they own western studios that always put out PC games and work with Nixxes all the time. Surely they'd learn a thing or two by now but I guess the extra effort is too much for Square Enix proper.

Most of the FF ports on PC are quick cash grabs. Their best effort was Type-0 HD but everything else has been mobile ports, stuff that was on PC years ago and a handful that were converted for a now dead streaming service. I agree that there should be some effort but there really hasn't been.

 

[BONKERS]

How to properly exit the game in full screen mode?

Mouse cursor top menu, hit "File>Quit".
Because you know, Games are standard Windows Applications didn't ya know???

 

[Mister_Ruck]

I'm sure you'll get ton of opinions on this, but I really think that XIII-2 was better than XIII. They really opened up the gameplay with a lot more open world stuff. I also like the music better. The story is probably even more nonsensical than XIII, but that's my only knock against it.

Agreed. XIII-2 is the best of the three imo. Plus I imagine jumping from the somewhat happy ending of XIII straight into the somber and weirdly religious world of LR would be jarring to say the least.

 

[Flandy]

No Anti Aliasing either? :\

 

[threelights]

Yeah at this rate, the port of FF17 ought to be fantastic.

Ikr, who'd have thought? =P

But hey, even if it's in baby steps, at least they're not just making every port the same (KT pls >.>)

 

[komorebi]

Requires Steam Cloud to be enabled to play.

Requires Online Connection to play. Offline mode doesn't work.

There are only FIVE Resolutions to choose from. Anything other than that, and you are screwed.
720p,810p,768p,900p,1080p

No REAL full screen mode like Type-0, only borderless windowed.

Does not switch to controller icons when controller is being used.
Defaults to Keyboard.
No explanations for any of the options. "Standard or Advanced", The framerate is likewise confusing. "Fixed =30FPS Dynamic =60FPS"


Mouse cursor on screen when playing KB&M if you attempt to use mouse.
No mouse camera control.

Even with my GPU clock staying static like it is supposed to. I'm still getting Frame Drops randomly. On a GTX 980.

Does the port do anything right?

 

[Arizato]

Hahahaha, wow! Maybe I did a mistake buying this then. I played through FFXIII and XIII-2, actually liked XIII-2 and wanted to play this because of the cheap price, even if the ending really sucks.

So it's not worth it even for this low price? I am downloading it right now on Steam.

 

[Parsnip]

Hahahaha, wow! Maybe I did a mistake buying this then. I played through FFXIII and XIII-2, actually liked XIII-2 and wanted to play this because of the cheap price, even if the ending really sucks.

So it's not worth it even for this low price? I am downloading it right now on Steam.

For most people it's fine.

 

[Buburibon]

Requires Steam Cloud to be enabled to play.

Requires Online Connection to play. Offline mode doesn't work.

There are only FIVE Resolutions to choose from. Anything other than that, and you are screwed.
720p,810p,768p,900p,1080p

No REAL full screen mode like Type-0, only borderless windowed.

Does not switch to controller icons when controller is being used.
Defaults to Keyboard.
No explanations for any of the options. "Standard or Advanced", The framerate is likewise confusing. "Fixed =30FPS Dynamic =60FPS"


Mouse cursor on screen when playing KB&M if you attempt to use mouse.
No mouse camera control.

Even with my GPU clock staying static like it is supposed to. I'm still getting Frame Drops randomly. On a GTX 980.

That about sums up how I feel about this port. I know it's only $20, but as far as recent SE/KT ports go, DQH is the much better port in my opinion.

Mouse cursor top menu, hit "File>Quit".
Because you know, Games are standard Windows Applications didn't ya know???

Yeah, that basically does it for me. It's as sloppy as it gets.

 

[BONKERS]

Also: The Full screen mode is definitely borderless Full screen, but i'm actually getting Vsync with Aero disabled in Windows 7 WTF??

That about sums up how I feel about this port. I know it's only $20, but as far as recent SE/KT ports go, DQH is the much better port in my opinion.

Which is sad in it's own right because it's similarly so backwards thinking. Doesn't even have any AA.

 

[komorebi]

Sounds like its the definitive version even with these issues (some big, some minor). I'll take this over the PS3 version any day though. What little I played of that was terrible performance wise.

 

[KainXVIII]

S-E sure knows about Durante

 

[Arizato]

For most people it's fine.

Guess I'll try it on my setup and see how it performs. Doesn't feel good that people with GTX980s are having issues when I am on a GTX970.

 

[Ludens]

Any trace of Aerith DLC on game files, so it can be modded in?

 

[TheSeks]

FFXII is too slow (thank god for IZJS) and the proper way to play is actually making gambits do everything for you.

Combat is not the strength of XII

And this is a problem... how?

XII's "battle system" was perfect for what it was trying to do: Erase a lot of the tedious busywork of the combat in JRPGs away. Instead of you smashing X (oh, sup FF13) it's the game smashing X with you doing minor course-corrections if things get really hairy.

Still the best combat system.

>>Stuff<<

Well, hello there 2 years from now Steam Sale.

 

[Falk]

Haven't read everything, but whoa... This port is actually better than previous ones?

Depends. It's performing far better than XIII and XIII-2, but within a specific set of parameters (e.g. no full-screen, no >1080p, etc)

Sounds like its the definitive version even with these issues (some big, some minor). I'll take this over the PS3 version any day though. What little I played of that was terrible performance wise.

Pretty much yeah, like the previous two, issues regardless, it's far, far superior to the console versions, on the one simple fact that it can hold 30 60fps.

 

[tuxfool]

S-E sure knows about Durante

Heh. It still says Playstation 3.

I guess we know which version was used for the port.

 

[PhaZZe]

is bordeless windows a bad thing? i always thought is a good thing

 

[Korezo]

Can the image quality be improved using the nvidia control panel?

Didn't even know this game was online required, would have never bought... Game doesnt launch in offline mode.