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Final Fantasy composers say Final Fantasy XII Remake is coming
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themagicalkitsune
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The FB page of final fantasy has shared Arnie's retraction, if that's saying anything.
Kaneda Shotaro
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I thought Square was going to announce a bunch of new things at Gamescom but it seems there is no conference. And the stage show is hours of FFXV for days. Where would they make these announcements?
YianGaruga
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Squall5042
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I was 100% convinced that this was happening....but, now.....D:
LordGorchnik
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This definitely sounds like a TGS announcement rather than Gamescom. If we don't hear anything by the end of September we can start to wonder.
Wulfric
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Oh, I hope they fix the voice quality if this project is real. Everyone sounded like their voice was recorded in a broom closet. Hopefully it was just compression issues on the PS2 and not an issue with the initial recording.
Did X-2 HD have Last Mission included? All this remaster talk reminds me I still want to play it.
Did X-2 HD have Last Mission included? All this remaster talk reminds me I still want to play it.
They could create a reasonable quality remaster of this in days. Up the resolution, fps and aliasing etc, bam, done. The games graphics are good enough that the only necessary improvement is whatever that think on Vaan's stomach is.
Of course, I hope they go further, but from playing the emulated version they really don't need to. It looks great.
Shift Breaker
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That it did, along with all the other international content and fixes.
I know I belong in the vast minority with this...but I liked the way the characters voices sounded. The compression gave them this warm texture that I really enjoyed. If they do still have the original recordings I'm sure they'll bump up the quality for the remaster and I'm more than happy with that...but I wouldn't complain if they didn't.
DiipuSurotu
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Were the Japanese voices as compressed as the English ones?
Squall5042
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I actually agree with you. To me it gave all the voices a certain quality that I just associate with the game and its overall aesthetic.
shark sandwich
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Agreed. It's amazing what they accomplished with the PS2. FF XII in PCSX2 could easily pass for a nice looking PS3 game.
Seth Balmore
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I'm with you there. Can't explain what it is about the voice over's texture, but I love the way it sounds. It's instantly recognisable.
Oh mah gawd
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'm so thankful for this. I heard the opposite years ago. It was unfathomable that a ~2005 era production wouldn't keep high quality recordings, but that's what I heard.
I was expecting a Twin Snakes-like re-recording for the HD remaster until this moment.
Im still not fully believing though ;_; don't want to get hurt
Why would you do this to us?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
A real confirmation would get a new thread anyway.
We'll probably get the long awaited and much requested FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus port before then though.
And maybe a playable version of Advent Children, just for good measure.
Semantic Continuum
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During my lifetime would be nice
Yea, of course, but I expected to find news on the standard "it was a misunderstanding, nothing to see here" they usually put on. The fact they didn't even try to it's quite surprising to me. Didn't they shut down Dragon Quest VII+VIII announcement by Hori?
AlphaDragoon
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Vaan doesn't entirely vanish, he actually helps Ashe with some of her big decisions later on and they have some decent character interaction. Poor old Penny on the other hand gets nothing.
Honestly, I don't feel like Fran does all that much either if we're being real. The order of importance IMO is pretty much Ashe >>>>>>>>>>> Basch >>> Balthier >> Vaan > Fran > Penelo. Ashe is more important to the story then all the other characters put together.
But Fran is actually cool so Fran>>>>>>>>>>>>>Vaan.
AlphaDragoon
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I don't even think Fran is all that cool, honestly. I used Vaan/Ashe/Basch or Vaan/Ashe/Penelo the whole game.
CrimsonSquall
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But Basch's storyline is basically the catalyst of the entire game so what the hell man. Also Balthier>All in terms of best characters
Does Reddas count? I want to nominate Reddas.
Herp2daDerp
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The game's 10th anniversary is next year. If nothing is heard of it in 2016, that's when you start worrying. Prior to that, it's pointless to whine & stress about there not being an announcement. Square will surely acknowledge the anniversary somehow.
DarkLordMalik
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I'd say very high chance. The only hurdle would be if it is not technically feasible to run it on Vita.
FFX|X-2 did really well on Vita in Japan, and even in other regions, it sold decently compared to other games.
rhophiehalul78
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good... good... i cant wait to summon the eidolons again only for them to be killed in 1 hit
Funny enough, I just watched the Collector's Edition bonus DVD that came with FFXII yesterday.
... It includes hyping up the exciting "upcoming Final Fantasy Versus XIII".
We may honestly get a 10th Anniversary remaster of FFXII before Noctis's game actually gets released.
LegendofLex
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It's technically Reks/Gabranth/Vayne who really kick off the story. Basch is just the scapegoat.
AuthenticM
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I don't know if I was doing it wrong, but I never used the Eidolons in this game. They felt completely useless.
I also never used the limit breaks. I just didn't know how they worked and they didn't do any damage. :/
Weren't Quickenings and Summons both fixed in the IZJS?
Cloud Strife
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This game can't come soon enough.
AuthenticM
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I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised. Surely I cannot have been the only guy who didn't understand the two things. I'm not that stupid. I managed to pass the Bar.
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Valkerionseven
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I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised. Surely I cannot have been the only guy who didn't understand the two things. I'm not that stupid. I managed to pass the Bar.
sigh
Not sure about them getting fixed in the updated version, but I never used the summons either. I think at some point before beating the game I realized a lot of the optional bosses were summons lol, and used them all at least once to see what they looked like. It was a really aloof system... same with the quickenings. I don't really remember but I used them for cheesing the opening of the game where you spam quickenings to level up/get abilities early.
Still want to do a "normal" playthrough of this game at some point but they made it exploitable as all hell right from minute one.
The Xtortionist
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In IZJS summons are directly controllable, and quickenings run off their own dedicated gauge instead of MP IIRC.
There was a strategy of pairing summons with characters, but I can't remember it much right now.I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised. Surely I cannot have been the only guy who didn't understand the two things. I'm not that stupid. I managed to pass the Bar.
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If you paired them correctly and had enough MP or something, they could last quite a while. However, like most FFs, they're meant to be used sparingly anyway.
I wonder how different they would make the soundtrack, considering FFX.
Hypemaster
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FUCK YEAH!
BocoDragon
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Edit: wrong thread
The Last One
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There's an HD screenshot for FF XII in the new Prime Guide LOL
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HD:
http://www.primagames.com/games/fin...re/first-look-final-fantasy-x-x-2-xii-box-set
SD:
HD:
http://www.primagames.com/games/fin...re/first-look-final-fantasy-x-x-2-xii-box-set
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