Square Enix: “Please Wait for Final Fantasy X HD”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 6, 2012 01:14 JST
- Tags: Final Fantasy, Interviews, PS3, Remakes, Square Enix, Taipei
Square Enix’s curious reticence about remaking and remastering the much in demand Final Fantasy series continues, this time with the news that FFX fans will have to wait “a while longer.”
Square Enix’s lineariser-in-chief Toriyama touched upon the remake in a recent interview at the Taipei GDC (most of his other comments concerned Taiwan or his opinion of various events):
Let me take the opportunity to just ask you a few other things – first, how is the progress on the HD version of FFX?
Regarding the HD version, a variety of verification is required, so please wait a while longer.
Those hoping to experience the wonders of cloud saves in FFX will apparently have to wait a while longer.
The actual level of improvement the title will enjoy is still unclear – Toriyama previously said graphics would be “much better,” but it appears strictly to be intended as an HD remaster for the Vita and PS3 rather than anything more ambitious.
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Square Enix: “Please Wait for Final Fantasy X HD”
Everyone Ever: “No, and fuck you.”
I'll wait until it costs $4.99.
You'd actually pay that much to play it again? D:
I didnt play it but no I prolly wouldnt
>looks forward to steam sale
To Squeenix: No!!! and please stick a Blitz Ball up your ass!!!
"Your call is important to us. Please hold. Your call is important to us. Please hold. Your call is important to us. Please hold..."
You are kidding me right? You drop a lackluster VII on our laps, skip right over VIII (you bastards!) and ignore IX (the swine!) and then decide to port for a REMASTERED X? (okay, i still like that game, but still!) You are really smooching the poop on this one, Square!
7 was ok, prefered teh 2d versions over it
8 was a train wreak of a game
9 was ok, but largely forgetable
10... fuck that whole game
12... good game but for fucking getable.
13... piss poor game design.
for me:
7 - was great
8 - was FUCKING BEST THING IN THE WORLD
9 - was great
10- was OK
12- was a fucking train wreck
13- wished i never played it
How can you call FF8 the best thing in the world? It had one of the dumbest plots in existence, a stupid system for weapon upgrades, a magic collection system that will have you basically not use magic you have, and a leveling system that PUNISHES you for leveling. The only part of that game I liked was Ultimacia's Castle. Everything else was a stupid vapid pile of shit, and if people don't believe me, here is one thing that happens in the game. Selphie, is in charge of a team, who is infiltrating a base that is going to launch missles at one of the Gardens. Her options, when getting to the launch panel, is to press RANDOM BUTTONS, or bang on it hard. What, the, fuck. Thats not even the dumbest thing I could bring up either.
How does the leveling system in FF8 punish you? Leveling in FF8 was so easy, instead of punishing you, it was quite the opposite.
Also Slephie only was given those two options because that is her character. She is a the stereotypical spunky, ditzy, hyperactive person. I wouldn't imagine that character to try and figure out how to navigate an piece of military software.
The only thing i agree with you on Lonesnipa, is the magic system. I only drew magic to Junction it to be stronger in all my physical attacks.
In the end though, I still liked the game. I enjoyed it for what it was, just like I enjoy all games for what they are. I'll only say this once: GAMES ARE MEANT TO HAVE FUN WITH TO ESCAPE FROM LIFE.
Since some might not know, the higher your level, the stronger the enemies are.
Yea. People like different things, and I can respect that, but my god it confuses me some days.
As to Selphie being rock stupid, yea, obviously, so why the fuck was she in charge of the group >.> ANYONE else would have been a better choice.
@Lonesnipa
You know, FF8 was first FF game featuring realistically proportional characters, and a love story much more touching then any other FF (Squall carrying Rinoa over half the world into space to save her, is so sweet). That alone is enough for me.
9 was forgettable? I remember most of that. 12, now that's forgettable. I liked 10 but I'm apparently wierd like that (although I do like it less then 7 and 9 not to mention tactics, and the 2D ones from the snes era) yea, Tidus was a whiny cunt, but he did what he was supposed to, keep the story moving, and ask the stupid questions about why shit happens so WE know why shit happens. Certainly fucking better then 12 where I have no godamn recollection of what was going on in that game, except that when I stopped playing it, I was going to fight Shiva.
I don't know why it's so cool to hate on VIII, at least that game still had a world map and a lot of towns to visit.
X was like a kick in the balls after expecting so much out of it, and then getting some on-rails piece of shit.
These people who never played FF1-FF6...
They should make an HD ports of all FF PS games and put them on 1 disk. I'd pay. Same goes for the Kingdom Hearts series.
Remastering means they are just upping the resolution the game renders at, not a full remake.
wuuuuuuuuu REMASTER HDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ~ very nice of u squareeeeeeeee *sarcasm
Can we get a remake of VII before we get a remake of X please, thank you.
Didn't you read a few posts back? Their not remaking jack. Its just a remaster.
Yea that's kinda his point there. Why remake 10 one of the more middle of the pack FF games, as opposed to FF7, which while not the top in my opinion (not even top 5 for me), is regarded as one of the best FF games by most people.
They're no remaking FFX, they're remastering it if you read. And they've already completed a FFVII remaster if you look around on the internet a little.
Christ, it's like you people don't even bother to read the articles.
Because they've already milked out enough extra millions from FF7 with all the spinoffs.
And for quite many of the newer FF fans, 10 was the first FF they played. After all, it's the first PS2 FF. I mean come on, FF7 came out in 1997, anyone who was old enough to buy that game is closer to 30 than 20. And you really cannot trust it to make decent sales simply as a nostalgia item. Especially since the original has been in the PS Store for quite a while now.
I can't believe they're turning away money like that lol.
Mmm... FFX redone.
Sounds delicious.
Though I dunno if I would want to bother maxing out all of my chars again.
Remake of the worst FF? I dunno… Just make a new good game instead.
Are you fucking high? X wasn't the worst by any stretch of the imagination. FF8 was definetly worse, and X-2 was so much more worse then that. Thats not even getting into the blandfest of FF12, the shit that I'm not even sure still exists of FF14, and the absolute worst, FF13 which I played the first 5 hours by mashing the X button barely looking at the screen in combat then finally was unable to continue after playing for 20 hours.
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FF6>FF4>FF5>FF7>FFX>FF9>FF8>FF12>FF13
My reviews:
FF7: Great.They squeezed a lot into it
FF8: Sorta meh, but had it's moments.
FFX: Very good overall
FFX-2: Very good. A different direction for the story was interesting, and the game-play was a bit more fun than X
FF12: I like the battle system, it just needed more refinement and a more interesting storyline.
FF7 Dirge of Cerberus: Good. Gameplay needed more refining, but had good moments.
FF7 Crisis core: Very Good. The combat got a bit repetitive, but the story was executed extremely well.
FF13: Okay. It's pretty, and has good characters, but the linear map style and "Stagger" combat mechanic annoyed me.
You criticize FF13 for its "linear map style", but praise FFX while that was the game that started that shit in the first place?
I always see people go apeshit over FFX as if they completely forgot it was the very first FF to get rid of the world map and feature revolutionary "press forward to win the game" gameplay. It was the first game where we didn't get to fly an airship, it was the first game that had "towns" that were just a screen with people standing around and no buildings. It was the first game where it became apparent that an increase in graphics would lead to neutered fucking game worlds because they couldn't afford to make anything else but a straight path.
FFX is the worst pile of shit in the franchise (yes even worse than 13, because it -started- this linearity bullshit), and anyone who likes it is part of the cancer that's destroying the game industry.
X is still crap though.
You didn't play it properly then. I can almost guarantee that the majority of people here praising X were the people who went out of their way to unlock the Celestial Weapons, max every character out through the sphere grid, collect 10 of every fiend in Spira, unlocked the Magus sisters, defeated Penance etc.
The real game doesn't even begin until you get the airship.
I genuinely liked 10. I didn't mind the blitzball shit, and while Tidus was an annoying whiny cunt, he kept the story moving and let us find out why shit was happening because he would ask why. It helps of course, that I try and pretend that 10-2 doesn't exist, and that Tidus died at the end of 10 because he sacrificed himself to properly save the godamn world.
As to my prefered order of games, FF6>5>4>Tactics>9>7>10>12>8>that one that doesn't exist>13
I regularly replay the first 4. Sometimes play the 3 that are listed after. Fuck the rest of them in the ass with a rusty broom.
Wait, addendum, first final fantasy before 9. Playing that right now in fact.
I did not go out of my way to get the celestial weapons, max the characters, do the fiend hunting shit. I did get the Magus sisters, and I don't recall Penance. Has been like, 6 years since I last played 10 through though.
7 is a full load of crap FF ever.
You guys just think it was the best only because of Tifa's tits.
@02:22
And cloud "big sword", for fujoshis.
It's an HD version, not a remake. Just tweaking graphics and compatibility to the ps3. Nothing else gameplay wise... it's like you haven't heard of HD ports yet wtf.
You need to die.
In terms of sales made:
7>8>10>9>12>6>13>5>Tactics>4
If 10 is the shittiest, then I guess that means 9, 12 and 6 are all not even worth mentioning.
Fancy that, considering that apparently FF6 has about as much rabid fans as FF7.
"Remake of the worst FF?"
They're remaking FF13 already?
I've only played demo of 13-2. No idea about the story but gameplay definitely sucked so you might be on to something here.
"We overhauled the graphics in prestine 720p resolution, as 1080p doesn't do Final Fantasy X justice, we then took out all of the drab exploration so that players could run a single path to completely over-rated and hour long cutscenes to show how the main character is a crybaby, we think you will enjoy."
Do not want, i want a FF7 HD remake, X wasn't even that good it was stupidly easy because the license board was completely unbalanced and made you stupid OP, i remember fighting the optional bosses and just walking straight over them >.>
For the love of god stop make and remaking poor games square you have lost touch with the series completely and haven't made a good final fantasy game in many years.
Well the Sphere Grid is better than what FF7 or FF8 had. In FF7, you could literally combo your materials to dish out an automatic, nigh invulnerable beatdown with ultimas or 4x cuts before your enemy even had time to get a turn in. In FF8, you get access to infinite gil and infinity Limit Breaks after Esthar. In FF9, you got at least 3 attacks that will deal 9999 damage regardless of the enemy's defenses and none of them are MP heavy.
Final Fantasy 7 had W Summon and 4x attack for OP damage. Maxing out the Sphere Grid in FFX didn't guarantee wins against dark aeons or quite a few hidden bosses.
The License Board? You're thinking of 12.
he said "verification is required" so it's basically "please wait a while longer until we'll send you to go fuck yourself"