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Final Fantasy VIII PC Will Have High Resolution Graphics

Square Enix announced they will release a PC version of Final Fantasy VIII, but it won’t be the same game released over a decade ago.

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Snookies124752d ago (Edited 4752d ago )

Oh wow, that's awesome. If it comes to Steam, I'll buy it again.

wishingW3L4752d ago

man this is all bullcrap. FF8 has pre-rendered backgrounds and nothing can be done about that.

MWH4752d ago (Edited 4752d ago )

absolutely right, the game has to be re-rendered which I doubt will happen.

but what is SE trying to achieve by re-releasing this mediocre game I wonder. i must say though that the card game was good and some of its music and locations were ok. but overall it was a mediocre game unless it was your first jrpg (unfortunately).

give us a proper Parasite Eve sequel instead.

@MooseyXTC below, that was a remake from scratch and this is just a re-release. a world of difference.

MooseyXTC4752d ago

Never played the Resident Evil Remake, I see.

CryofSilence4752d ago

I believe they can take the assets they used to make the original prerenders to make HD renders, assuming they kept that data.

I will be getting this as this is still my favorite game to date.

Baka-akaB4752d ago

Actually they can do something . They have higher quality assets lying somewhere . They could always pull a tekken tag 1 hd , if they cared to , even with cgi backgrounds , but wont , as it still requires works .

I_am_Batman4752d ago

Most dev teams keep the original data of their games for decades so that shouldn't be a problem at all.

Cid334752d ago

unless the source material was rendered in higher resolution than the compressed files or they re render doubtful though

abzdine4752d ago

yes but fights would look better and those 1 in² pixels would disappear :)
i like FF8 and i hope this version will come to consoles

TardcoreGamer4752d ago

I'm sure there will be a mod to fix that.

McScroggz4752d ago

I sincerely doubt they still have assets for FFVIII. They didn't have any for FFX and FFX-2.

AIndoria4752d ago

@segamon : Mediocre? FFVIII was undoubtedly the best game of Final Fantasy series, at least for me. Yes, it was huge leap forward than FFVII, although I love both.

vork774752d ago

i seen mods make better character models

3-4-54751d ago

Maybe they can fix the battle system.

That + HD graphics might change how some fans feel about this entry in the series.

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-MD-4752d ago (Edited 4752d ago )

Never played VIII so if it's on Steam consider it bought.

Pyrrhus4752d ago

Its worth buying, the Triple-traid card game was one of the funnest minigames I have ever played.

I_am_Batman4752d ago

I agree. I remember playing it for hours... good times

adorie4752d ago

Triple Triad. Yes. I turned my Squall Card into 3 Stars. Take that emo card!

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Khronikos4752d ago

Good god. Oh thank you for upscaling all that shitty prerendered stuff. NOT.

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FINAL FANTASY VII + VIII, IX, and VII REMAKE INTERGRADE & REBIRTH To Receive Physical Releases

Square Enix has announced multiple classic Final Fantasy titles will receive physical releases this December;including Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX.

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gold_drake225d ago

switch only for 7 8 and 9

remake and rebirth ps5

S2Killinit223d ago

7,8,9 only Switch
7 remake & rebirth only PS5?
Is this accurate? Wish it was all for both.

-Foxtrot225d ago

Why can’t they just do a cool classic collection with VII, VIII and IX in with some goodies similar to what they did with the Pixel Remaster.

FinalFantasyFanatic223d ago

I would honestly go for a Remaster Collection, just AI upscale some textures (there are really good fan mods for that), widescreen everything where possible, higher native resolution, etc...

It seems like a no-brainer to make such a large portion of what was FF's golden age into a collection of it's own.

gold_drake222d ago

this is square we're talking about.

VersusDMC223d ago

Weird that 7 and 8 are together for 40 and 9 is 40 on it's own.

8 should be the one on it's own as it actually has redone models.

jznrpg223d ago (Edited 223d ago )

I have ff8 ps4 remastered physical euro version. They should have put these on PS5 physically so lame.

B5R223d ago

I'm actually so tired of hearing about FFIX. Just replayed it with Moguri Mod earlier this month. That might as well be the definitive version.

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Broken Games That Never Got Fixed

While a lot (like way too many) games launch in sorry states these days, a lot of them do eventually get polished up over time fixes. The same can’t be said for these properly broken games.

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Cacabunga285d ago

Worst for me is wipeout 2048.
I got gold in every single player race, made it extremely far into the great online shop platinum was a finger away.. then lost all my online progression. Many players experienced the same and hadn’t been fixed since

joab777286d ago

Cyberpunk and No Mans Sky are obviously the 2
best comeback stories. Cyberpunk is literally one of the best RPGs ever made now.

Christopher285d ago

I wouldn't call NMS broken at release, just under-delivered.

Michiel1989286d ago

junctioning is only broken now because it's been datamined which monster which gives which card and which card gives which items and every single spell to junction with the highest points for each stat. For it's time when that info wasn't readily available it was good, not without it's flaws, but not broken,

-Foxtrot285d ago

Exactly. I never got this because what made it broken was the knowledge of what to exploit.

Playing the game for the first time back then you never had any knowledge to make it so easy.

One minute the Junction system is complicated, the next it's super easy / broken. What is it?

gold_drake285d ago

i mean, ff8 is not "broken" per se, its just that the junction system is too good and easily exploited even an hour into the game. haha

Ashunderfire86285d ago

Star Wars Jedi Survivor is one of them. I can’t get in the Cantina bar later on in the game. The door and other doors throughout the environment is locked off. It is a shame, because I wanted to complete the game, but I can’t until they fix it.

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Playstation Icons: Squall Leonhart

Gary Green said: Tempting as it is to dedicate our first installment of PlayStation Icons to a franchise-leader like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, or even Sackboy, instead I’m choosing a character that I, like so many others, connected with on a personal level. He’s a moody, world-weary teen, a proud loner with no time for the drama of others, and yet he’s also a hero just waiting for the motivation to unleash his full potential. He’s a warrior. He’s a leader. He’s the king of internal monologues. It’s time to meet Squall Leonhart.

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