Not eliminated, just slightly reduced... I use PetesOpenGL2Tweak with the GTE accuracy hack in my emulator and while you DO notice a big improvement, you still notice there is no actual z-buffering. How good the hack works varies from game to game, though. Maybe some day we will have an ultimate PSX emulator that has actual z-buffering along with anisotropic filtering, HD texture swap support, tesselation, draw distance hacks...
That's a nice new model indeed, which is pretty acknowledgeable for Square Enix, considering how lame their ports of older games usually are.The models are noticeably higher in polycount in the update, Zidane is pretty angular in the original and looks much smoother here.
Look at the hair and shoulders.
Maybe, maybe.
If it was simple tesselation it would look like the original models, just more rounded which it doesn't. I think it's really a new model, look at his shoulders which are now slightly differently proportioned.
The story just gets more fun from there. People start to discover who they actually are. I'm so excited for this!I actually never finished this game. Last I remember was being defeated in rainy Burmecia and ending disc 1. This ought to be a fun one to pick up
Which is the dumbest JRPG trope, but FFIX pulls it off beautifully. It's not just "let's go to this city/planet/island and learn all there is to know about this person's character in one chunk". It takes most of the game for most of the characters to really develop. Some never do develop, some are quick resolving, but the two main characters still have character defining moments way late into the game.
Apart from the end boss... who literally comes out of nowhere like FF8's.
That's probably my ONLY gripe with this game. Everything else is amazing imo. It's my favorite.
Final Fantasy 8's Ultimecia shows up and is referenced all way from the middle of the first CD (possessing Edea but still) to the end of the game... She doesn't pop out of nowhere.