FF7 PC “Only a Port” – “What is Square Enix Doing?”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 22, 2012 12:29 JST
- Tags: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII, PC Gaming, Ports, Remakes, Retro, RPG, Square Enix
Final Fantasy fans desperately hoping for a long-awaited remake of Final Fantasy VII have been brutally disappointed to learn that leaked news of a PC version points only to a straight port, without any significant enhancements, prompting many to wonder just what Square Enix is thinking…
The leaked text, apparently accidentally made public on and then swiftly removed, refers to a supposed Steam edition:
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Square Enix for its part has declined to comment on the matter, although a variety of evidence suggests it is reasonably credible.
As the game is already the subject of a great deal of PC-based modding and emulation action (shown), a simple port of ancient classic with the addition of trophies and cheats may not be quite the cash-cow Square Enix hopes for – although amongst some fans there is the suspicion that Square Enix is currently in no condition to do a remake justice in any case.
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Their stock has been plummeting, and it's going to continue...
LoL it's no different with psxemu.
There was already a FF7 for the computer ANYWAY.
I didn't know that existed, and it has mods that make it look THAT good?!
FFVII was my first game i purchased for the PC and it was awesome!!! then i bought the PSx one.
seriously, who is in charge of SE? anyone could guess if they did a remake of FFVII in HD, they would sell millions of copies, why not please the fking fans with what they want!?!?!? >:(
Square is probably afraid a remake wouldn't sell as well as the original. Then, they couldn't brag about FFVII high sells anymore...
No no, Square is afraid that it would outsell the shit out of FF13, and 12, and 14 making them look like total retards.
They probably will do an HD remake eventually. Of course, they figure they can still sell the old version, so they'd might as well profit off re-releasing that first.
Exactly. I've had my copy for PC since day one it was released. So going on Square Enix's method, me having installed and running it on Linux is a port of a port?
I borrowed it from the library (god only knows why the library had a copy) but it wouldn't run, because my computer sucked.
im sorry but cloud saves made me laugh
FF7 was released for PC in 1998. So it's just a simple re-release.
Granted, that PC released in '98 was buggy as all hell.
Truth. I remember getting stuck in the flash-back Nibelheim reactor. If you walked just too far off screen, you couldn't move back, and had to reset the game.
same here T_T
PROTIP: get a Saturn emulator and play Panzer Dragoon Saga instead.
Because the PS1 version has issues.
And I think you meant "Legend of Dragoon". Panzer Dragoon was a rail shooter where you were sitting on a dragon launching fireballs at shit.
Legend of Dragoon > FF7
Panzer Dragoon Saga is an RPG that came on 4 discs.
But still its a rail shooter launching fireballs at shits
Legend of Dragoon = FF7.5
Get "THE saturn emulator" also known as "SSF", been emulating 99.9% since 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX5pXfYDJ-E
Not even sound glitches.
I was going to say I'll just stick with an emu if I ever wanted to play it again, but I'm an adamant modder, so....nude mode anyone? "are those nipples? I can't tell, they look like polygon triangles"
Square Enix went retarded making displeasing final fantasy games. But really though, they must not want money since they won't want to remake FF VII which is one of best Final Fantasy games of all time. But instead make games that just fail left & right, probably with the exception of Kingdom Hearts. But even franchises like that will someday fall apart.
So they just added some of the worse aspects of PC gaming like achievements to it.
Biggest lol factor of the story.
'FFVII!! NOW WITH ACHIEVEMENTS THAT GET YOU NOWHERE!! IT'S LIKE A BRAND NEW GAME!!'
...Fan community is already taking matters into its own hands, what with that port to UNREAL ENGINE of all things...
What's wrong with the Unreal Engine? Some of the best games have used it.
Hackers love the unreal engine, that's why.
that "remake" was just a project by some guys to learn using the unreal engine. they only made the intro annd that's it, there won't be more.
They wantet just to redo the intro usin Unreal Engine and they have done this really bad . Dont expect nothing more from this project .
Nooooo, the biggest LOL factor is "Cloud Saves".
Because, Cloud.
Right!?
*dies*
I'd kill you if you weren't already dead.
Corrected:
Square Enix, we'd kill you if you weren't already dead inside.
He wouldn't die even if you killed him!
That Unreal Engine port was a miserable FPS of the intro. That's not a port.
Just hurry the fuck up and release Final Fantasy Versus XIII already you stupid motherfuckers!!!
SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN WANT MY MONEY?!!!
Now now, I'm sure it won't take as long as Duke Nukem Forever did...maybe...
That comment stings more then it should good sir!
Give up, it'd dead.
Face it, Versus became FF13-2. Squareenix just renamed the final product to avoid more asspained fanboy death threats after they vehemently claimed it was still 'Playstation exclusive'. Search your heart, you know it to be true.
Uhhhh, no, actually. Do you live under a rock?
Versus is dead though, the name at least.
Square Enix announced that what was once "XIIIV", will now simply be "XV". Rather than being a spin-off, Versus is now the true-blue Final Fantasy 15.
Why the hell do people think Vs 13 will be so good? It looks like that shitty FF7 PSP game.
I DONT want another 13, and definitely dont want some shit that sucks so bad that it cant even pass Square's low standards.
Just think about it, good games dont take that long to develop, games that take that long have something fundamentally wrong with them.
Not to mention that the PC version of FFVII is inferior to the original. Has been since it came out in 97
You might want to explain why. The way I've seen this, PC version had arguably better translation and everything else was pretty much kept unchanged. Controls were ass, but you can always plug in a controller.
You can't say "better" translation, because they changed Barrett's "ain't no gettin' off of this train we're on!" ;p
The inferior nature certainly includes the "unchanged" fact they didn't upres the video files at all (despite having a 4th install disc), so the PS1's relatively seamless transitions go from SVGA gouraud shading at 800x600 to a jarring 320x240 FMV. I think it was the Duck truemotion codec? /barf
And in the nineties there was no "always plug in" a controller. PC controllers were damn finicky in Windows or DOS, and some of the most popular ones didn't have as many buttons as a PS1 controller. The game had to fit text like "[PgUp]" into the UI for minigames.
So is the Character Booster just a trainer/save editor, or are there microtransactions too? XP
Have you not read the article to the end ?
It is better in every aspect because fans made their own mods and patches. There is even a music patch that allows mp3 ...
Sure, this required some work and a lot of time but why Square seems unable to do the slightest of improvements is the real question ...
The music wasn't great either. Midi music on the PC is nothing to write home about.
Don't go thinkin' you so bad, jes cuz you was in SOLDIER!
... And there's your "remake" you damn 7 fanboys who wont STFU about it, XD
Now let's get onto discussing REAL gaming news:
wheres versus 13?
please not another sequel to 13, we don't need a part 3 of that horrible shit.
type 0 US release for the vita prz
possible remakes a-la DS remake for part 4 for FInal Fantasy 6 would be nice, or at least a Vita quality remake for it would suffice.
8 is the most underrated game in the series, give us "something" with this game, and no, not a PC re-release with the lame additions you are giving 7, stop that shit.
anything else? hmm, I guess that's it for now...
oh yeah, enough Kingdom Hearts, you guys see a cash cow and wanna milk that sucker dry... you should've stopped at part 2 instead of all the sub-par spin offs and sequels you made thus far, damn...
Yeah, 8 was pretty underrated. At least on Dissidia Squall was freaking badass mopping the floor with anyone on his way.
If you compared the gameplay, 8 is pretty horrible compared to 7, even 9. Story-wise, it's great. That's why 8 is underrated.
The reason MIGHT when they're making this, they were under budget. They even cut Xenogears's budget and Xenogears suffered from it. You don't believe me? Play Xenogears if you haven't played it yet, then tell me about the 2nd disc's game play compared to 1st disc(It Made me wanted to kill them because they killed one of the best PS1 game by doing it)
Xenogears disc 2 was a travesty, a crime against art, a desecration of the magnificent world Tetsuya Takahashi created. I will never, ever forgive Square for it.
I will also hate Final Fantasy 8 forever because it likely was the reason Xenogears' budget was cut in the first place to pour all the money into it. It's also the worst FF I've played, and IMO was the start of the series' descent into mediocrity. Squall was an emo douchebag, his girlfriend was a frequently-kidnapped moron who fell in love with him for no reason, and the rest of the characters were about as deep as a sheet of paper. The story made zero sense. Zilch. It was pretty to look at, but a chore to play. And games should not be chores or make you hate the characters who represent you.
I liked 9. the change in art style was refreshing, if a big goofy.
FF8 had a horrible story and marked the fall of Square in quality. Squall is annoying and they never give a reason why Rinoa would be into him. The plot is a train wreck and the party members have 0 personality or character development.
The not one of the worst aspects of PC gaming that is one of the worst aspect of console gaming. Get it straight.
Who cares about achievements? What's fun about "achievements" that other players can also do. This is why I hate modern gaming, they would rather focus more on those useless things than the fun things.
And that just makes me laugh.
People love to hate on Final Fantasy XIII, and how XIII-2 was made just to milk it further.
Wanna talk about milking the proverbial cow, fanboys?
- Final Fantasy VII
- FFVII: Dirge of Cerebrus
- FFVII: Crisis Core
- FFVII: Before Crisis
- FFVII: Last Order
- FFVII: Advent Children
- And now, this re-release.
...Oh, wait.
- Character cameos on Ehrgeiz.
Ok, I'm done.
Maybe achievements or trophies are bad for people like you that is so retarted to not be able to unlock any one of them...in my opinion there are the best thing of this gen,they add a lot of replayable value and make games more challenging and fun!!!
"So they just added some of the worse aspects of modern gaming like achievements to it."
*fixed
Achievments are console gaming feat.