Final Fantasy 8 HD

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I really wish I knew what the status of the FF8HD release was. I want to play it again but I'm kind of holding out for a Steam release just to check it out. I hope it doesn't come with a Character Booster :P
 
The use of the letters HD is a marketing ploy when used in the way they are with the FF7 and 8 and X updates (and I know the literal definition of HD is the resolution but seriously that's not what we all mean when we talk about HD.  We mean the quality AT that resolution.  As in created to work at that resolution, not just upscaled).  It's not even high quality... it's just a basic upgrade and in X's case, updated textures.
 
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At least for X they cared enough to upgrade the textures as formerly DLPB reported. I'm not sure what's the financial level Square is at this point but if they are gathering money to remake ff7 it would be fare enough for me. If they are just trying to milk the cow out of fans future hopes then this is bad.
 
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Except we all know that when FF7HD comes out, no one will care about Square any more. Most everyone agrees that FFXIII should be the final Final Fantasy (although some people said that about XII) and the series should end. Then square will make more shooters and sandbox games and no one will like them because they're not making RPGs like they used to.
 
It is out... and it doesn't look better... what a surprise...
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That's ok, I'm going to play it to 100% completion. I'm glad the Character Booster isn't as over powered as they one they did for FF7.
 
SGT music?
Seriously? This seems to use the old, crappy music. And even worse it's an odd format so it's not easy to replace. Why, Squeenix? Why must you ruin everything?
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They have done it again. And they was able to top it!
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The use of the letters HD is a marketing ploy when used in the way they are with the FF7 and 8 and X updates (and I know the literal definition of HD is the resolution but seriously that's not what we all mean when we talk about HD.  We mean the quality AT that resolution.  As in created to work at that resolution, not just upscaled).  It's not even high quality... it's just a basic upgrade and in X's case, updated textures.
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To be fair, they haven't called FF7 and 8 "HD". That's been other websites reporting on it like that.

As for FFXHD, they've upscaled the textures, yeah, but the music is also remastered (possibly rerecorded? I'm not sure).
 
Finally I can replay FF8. If it has the PC music, that's even better considering I like it more than the PSX version.
 
Finally I can replay FF8. If it has the PC music, that's even better considering I like it more than the PSX version.
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If using aali's driver you could also just use Roses and Wine which adds the official OST music in with ogg that I programmed into it.  This release wasn't needed. 

[Actually to anyone who is using the "new" ff8, you can still use roses and wine but you'll need to inject my dll with hextLoader, assuming the memory addresses are the same]

FF8 already has updated music.  I made it so!!!  :P
 
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If using aali's driver you could also just use Roses and Wine which adds the official OST music in with ogg that I programmed into it.  This release wasn't needed. 

[Actually to anyone who is using the "new" ff8, you can still use roses and wine but you'll need to inject my dll with hextLoader, assuming the memory addresses are the same]

FF8 already has updated music.  I made it so!!!  :P
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Eh, I said I'm okay with the PC music. That's the one I grew up with, so it sounds better to me, even though the PSX music is higher quality.

Besides, Aali's driver isn't quite stable with FF8 yet.

Still, the FF7 music of the updated port sounded nothing like the original PC release (which I also grew up with), so that has me worried a bit. Are the music files unaltered from the original release? $11 is kind of a rubbish price for such an old game, so I need to make sure I'm getting exactly what I want.
 
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I was replying for everyone :)  Although I'm not sure how you tolerate midi or the pc sounds...    ;D

See Roses and Wine thread for latest question.
 
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I was replying for everyone :)  Although I'm not sure how you tolerate midi or the pc sounds...    ;D
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Like I said, it's the one I grew up with. So I'm naturally biased towards it  :P
 
Unacceptable! I'm deeply disappointed!!! How can I write a review on steam??? pffff

Ok... I just did
 
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