Likely due to lagging sales in the RPG market, lukewarm reception of XIII, and a large tsunami that nailed their country a bit ago; I imagine Square is looking for minimal investment for some easy income in order to reduce the risk of XIII-2.Excludos said:
Square Enix Dusts Off Final Fantasy X for PS3 Remake
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Really? That's strange, they released a great game in PAL territories with a fantastic plot, decent voice acting and a great ending. What did you guys in the US get? Strange how they must change the game depending on the region.longboardfan said:
Also, I said in my first post I didn't care about the age of the game. I and many others have not played many of the classic games out there but are very interested in doing so. I still have not played Final Fantasy IV, VI, IX yet I want to play them and will get the chance one day to play them and many other games I missed out on. I don't want people that write news articles to include spoilers in their articles without warning people of what's to come. The only reason I and many others have never played these games are because we were too young and didn't have the money (and still don't have the money) to buy them but we will eventually play them and it doesn't help us enjoy the games when people leave spoilers around without even so much as a warning.
Exactly why they are doing FFX now, because it won't take much resources to give FFX the collection upscale treatment, versus the ground up complete reconstruction of every part of FFVII (or any of the pre-PS2 FFs) which people have been guessing would be 3-5 years of work.JeanLuc761 said:
as said already, how well FFX does will probably dictate how much enthusiasm for when SE eventually releases the FFVII remake. besides, i actually like FFX due to the mindf**k story and trippy visual aesthetic - i'd prefer X to the bland story of XII (although i loved the battle system).
I'll join my voice to his... this is NOT what *I* wanted when I heard "FF remake for PS3"...unacomn said:
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Bah, what can you do?
I'd hate to be within a 3 mile radius of the Spoony One when he hear this.
But I have to ask, why remake X and not VII? I'm pretty sure a remake VII is in much higher demand than X. I'm willing to follow the reasoning by Shamus that it isn't all that cheap to make a remake of VII, but will a remake of X be really all that easier? And if they 'reuse' the graphics from the original to make things easier, what is the point of the remake? Honestly, I don't get this as a buisness decision. The release on their mobile platform, sure, that's to be expected but on the PS3?
But I have to ask, why remake X and not VII? I'm pretty sure a remake VII is in much higher demand than X. I'm willing to follow the reasoning by Shamus that it isn't all that cheap to make a remake of VII, but will a remake of X be really all that easier? And if they 'reuse' the graphics from the original to make things easier, what is the point of the remake? Honestly, I don't get this as a buisness decision. The release on their mobile platform, sure, that's to be expected but on the PS3?
It's cheap... the fans loving it is pretty much a sure thing... and it makes Square Enix look awesome after FFXIII bombed and FFXIV bombed even harder.bificommander said:
They really aught to shoot who ever hase been calling the shots at squee since 10 came out.
12 is the only shining one of the bunch and it had a lot of flaws, but 10! dear god what are they thinking.
I hated the story, the characters, the skill rings, the voices(they only dodged the bullet at the time because we never had voice overs for the most part), the blitz ball, the FUCKING TEMPLE PUZZLES. the random monsters, and the fact that I didn't learn a skill that stops you from getting gibbed late in the game made me a rage quit. And that everyone was so bloody cheery and prancing about like their shit didn't just get real.
The only thing I liked about the game Was that language quest thing where you find books and can decipher more and more of an unknown language.
The fact that it isnt getting any xbox love now that square does cross platform final fantasy this is just a glorious turd basket.
12 is the only shining one of the bunch and it had a lot of flaws, but 10! dear god what are they thinking.
I hated the story, the characters, the skill rings, the voices(they only dodged the bullet at the time because we never had voice overs for the most part), the blitz ball, the FUCKING TEMPLE PUZZLES. the random monsters, and the fact that I didn't learn a skill that stops you from getting gibbed late in the game made me a rage quit. And that everyone was so bloody cheery and prancing about like their shit didn't just get real.
The only thing I liked about the game Was that language quest thing where you find books and can decipher more and more of an unknown language.
The fact that it isnt getting any xbox love now that square does cross platform final fantasy this is just a glorious turd basket.
Just please, for the love of all that is (un)holy- CUT THE LAUGHING SCENE. GET RID OF IT. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?!
I liked FFX, but does it really need to be remade/re-released? There were a lot of great elements and I wouldn't mind if a future Final Fantasy game borrowed from the FFX battle system a bit. But it's not so old that the people who remember it probably don't still have a copy. I know I do (somewhere) and if I really wanted to play it that badly, I'd just dust off my old copy and play it. Still, there are worse things they could do.
And since there is an underlying topic here. Honestly, I'm not even sure I want them to remake FFVII. And I'm a fan of the game. I just don't know if they could remake it without trying to tweak it a bit. And then what would we end up with? And that goes for other old school, but not quite that old, Final Fantasy games, as well. Yes, I'm thinking of FFVI, FFVIII, and FFIX in particular.
And since there is an underlying topic here. Honestly, I'm not even sure I want them to remake FFVII. And I'm a fan of the game. I just don't know if they could remake it without trying to tweak it a bit. And then what would we end up with? And that goes for other old school, but not quite that old, Final Fantasy games, as well. Yes, I'm thinking of FFVI, FFVIII, and FFIX in particular.
Interesting. While FFX isn't my favorite in the FF games I've played, I thought it was still a good game in it's own right.
Of course I still have my copy, so I probably won't be getting this PS3 remake. I just wish that Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced already.
Of course I still have my copy, so I probably won't be getting this PS3 remake. I just wish that Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced already.
All we need now is an HD remake of FF8 and his sanity will crumble.unacomn said:
Well, I for one won't be spending another 200 hours clearing and rebuilding the sphere grid to get max stats and every item (Wakka's celestial anyone?). So unless it has a New Game + from my ps2 memory card I won't be needing the remake.
I have to ask about the 'it's cheap to make' argument. I don't know what they did with the HD remake of God of War that was mentioned, but won't they have to make completely new models and textures anyway? Or will they use the old models and just crank up the anti-aliasing and call it a day? That would be cheaper, but it would be a pretty pointless remake. They might as well re-release VII with the same graphics then, if all you're buying is a compatibility update, and maybe a better video and audio compression.
That's the funny thing about opinions, everyone has one.goldendriger said:
I personally consider VII to be full of shallow one dimensional characters, cliche ridden script, and full of plot holes, with a ever so slightly heavy handed moral, and I disliked the Materia system, neither fun and easily exploited, where VIII had at least a fun if exploitable system.
Also: I enjoyed the art design, and while the voice acting was grating at moments, the amount of depth and work that went into the script, story, and character arcs outshines most if not all FF's except for VI or Ix.
So yeah, just my opinion.
Do you want to hear me talk about X-2 which I also considered a good game even though it had all the flashy j-pop vibe going on?