*ANOTHER* FFX pc post...

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what!?!? well on the playstation the ff8 graphics were shite. Squall looked like a stick man on the world map. ff9's graphics are one of the best ive seen on the playstation yet. and the only reason ff8 MIGHT last longer is cos the monsters level up with you so it could take ages to kill a little bum if you're at lv 99.
 
Guess I shouldn't have said anything....I don't own a Playstation. I should have realized that it's not a fair comparison. emulated FF9 vs. released PC ports of 7 and 8.Maybe it was about 50 hours not 40, for FF7....
Hey, I haven't played FF7 for about 5 months my memory of those little details isn't that good.

I still say FF9 has longer playability than FF7, though....
 
yes, they're making FFX for pc (i think squaresoft announced it at e3). But my system is so slow im buying a ps2 just for that game.
 
When they port FFX do you think it will run on directx 8 I mean FF8 would only work on Directx 6 even though 7 was out. Also I had no sound for ages in that bit where you do the band with my live card until they fixed in- which meant a 9mb patch, i wish id known about the patches on Dags site or werent they ups at that point - I forget.
 
Hopefully they will use some of the features of DirectX 8 and of corse GeForce 3!  :DBut they will be dick faggots if they dont at least put in an Option for the T&L that the GeForce 2 has! If they just put it though direct 3d they dont count on it looking like the Ps2 version. With T&L though they might be able to....
 
Nah theyll make it compatible with the TnT cards whilt simultaneously being totally incompatible with the geforce series and it would be cool to finally see a game that took advantage of the T&L on my card properly.
 
Giants is alot faster useing T&L. Other that that yea I know what you mean....
 
By the time FFX is ported DX9 will robably be out so following squares patterns it will utilise DirectX8
 
I'm running DX8a...and FF8 plays fine.
It's probably that your video drivers are not compatible with DX7.And FF10 is supposeably going to be released in early 2002 for US and a port to PC a few months later. It's being released in Japan in July. I think I heard that FF10 is going to have voice acting. I guess the long delay is due to the voice Translations. But then again....the world releases always takes long for Square.

[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited May 31, 2001).]
 
FFVII PC DID NOT sell more than the PSX! version! Where did you get that insaneity from?
 
Ficedula: Actually, from what I can remember, that's not entirely correct.
I remember reading the following (I don't have the sources to back it up, but it seemed official):
-FF7 PSX was an instant hit and more copies were sold ever (I think it was more than all of the previous FFs combined on its opening day alone). The game met with similar success in the U.S. and Europe.
-FF7 PC continued the trend, by selling even better than FF7 PSX.
-When FF8 PSX was released, despite being a disappointment to many fans, it sold more than FF7 did on *its* opening day.
-FF8 PC sold well, but many computer users rightfully shunned it because of its poor porting. After all, at the time there were a wealth of much better PC RPGs out there.So I think the problem was with FF8PC. Either that or Square just thinks strangely.  :wink: The fact that they got a good amount of flaming for the problems in the PC ports probably didn't help.
 
FF7 PC do sell more in the release day compared to FF7 PSX.
 
didnt a load of people buy it on release day because of the psx reviews it got, I thought it sold more on the release day than the PSX version as well.
 
Originally posted by Threesixty:
I think FF9's story is better than FF7's. And the playablility is a lot longer. FF7's is about 40 hours, FF9 is a good 60 hours.
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Not to go OT, but 360:  Is it possible you meant FF8 where you had FF7 at in the above sentence?
 
Nope, at the time I meant FF7.....They are pretty close, I guess. But FF9 just seems richer. Maybe it's the four character party thing. It's kinda hard to compare the two, now that I think about it. One is with Castles, and has a Dungeon and Dragons feel, and the other feels kinda Futuristic with a forgotten past.

Let's just say that the Story in FF9 just feels right. Where as FF7's story seems.....unfinished.

As for playablility, there are a few more things to do in FF9. And it's a lot more common to have KO's. The tents are actually usefull.

I like to think that the other world (Terra) that is mentioned in FF9 is really Clouds world.

[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited June 06, 2001).]
 
In terms of storyline, I think FF 7 blow F 9 away easily, but maybe FF 9 have better gameplay and battle system.
 
Hhhmmmm, I'm not too sure. FF7 was the first RPG I played, but now that I'm on FF9 I understand how to do everything more easily. So whether FF9 didnt have enough side quests, or whether I just found them all easier than I did with FF7's I'm not too sure about. FF7 & 9 come very close, I just dont know who's first.
 
The only reason FF7 is fondly, remembered, is because of it's unexplainable ending....and it's soft plot. Just about everything in the FF7's plot, can be explained in a different way. FF9 and FF8 are both complete stories, you know exactly what's going on, nothing is left to the imagination. So I wouldn't exactly say that FF7's story blows FF9's away. Besides, when FF7 first came out just about everyone hated the ending....I would say that FF7's is a lot more fun to talk about, because of it's inconstancies and ending. But I wouldn't call it a better storyline. FF7 wasn't well written, it just stirs up your imagination. Maybe things were lost in the translation....(culture?).

want some examples?
They never told us why Aeris went to bed at the Golden Saucer (probably one of the biggest clues they left out of the story, it would explain, so much.). Why did the Aeris, Tifa and Cloud share dreams?  What happened after the white light. What did Cloud mean by that he understood now, if they go to the promise land they will find Aeris. (Suicide, resurrection?)....

FF9 and 8 were well written, but because it was well written there is no question of what happens, so there is nothing to discuss of FF9. That's why so many people believe that FF7 has a great storyline....It really doesn't, it's all the online discussions of FF7, that make it a good story.

There is one thing that I really don't like about FF9. It's the age of the Characters.....they are just too, young.... I like the Ages in FF7, a lot more. But then again....the guys in FF9 aren't human, so maybe they mature differently. FF8 was too young, too.

[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited June 08, 2001).]
 
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