Final Fantasy X HD Announcement!

[Adzma]

Remaking FFX in HD, eh?

Isn't this just a massive finger to all the people who want an FF7 Remake?

It's not an HD remake, just an updated port like the other titles we've been seeing (God of War, MGS etc.)

I will certainly be buying it. Played it when I first got my PS3. Would be good to revist it with sparkly clear graphics rather than a blurry washed out mess. 720p and 1080p have spoiled me.

 

[LogicNProportion]

Remaking FFX in HD, eh?

Isn't this just a massive finger to all the people who want an FF7 Remake?

OT: I would consider getting it if I had a PS3, but I don't.
I'm fine with the PS2 version anyway, It's good enough.

S'what I was thinking.

Proof that either Square has no idea what it's doing anymore...or that they are the greatest trolls of our time.

"FF13 is the most hated game we've ever published? Reviled even in our home country as the most returned title ever to exist?"

3 SEQUELS/SPIN-OFFS

"The people still clamor for a FF7 remake?"

FF10 remake

............What the fuck Square? I'll get it....but I'm gonna be ornery about it.

ALSO:

>Auron, Jecht, and Blitzball in HD.

...Just shut up and take my money... -.-*

 

[CoL0sS]

Well since one of my biggest regrets is never buying a PS2 I plan on getting most of these HD re-releases (MGS, Silent Hill, Team Ico, DMC). Have fond memories of playing those games at my friends house , so there's also a nostalgia factor. I'm a weak, weak man

 

[krazykidd]

Any else think all these HD remakes is just like nintendo milking past successes? I'm not buying it , i got my original copy and HD doesn't interest me especially hd remakes , i think the time , money and energy would be better spent making new games instead of remaking old ones.

 

[Generic_Username]

I don't even care that they're obviously remaking past successes to try and redeem themselves for their more recent failures. I loved FFX, and I'm buying the remake.

 

[Flare_Dragon123]

*picks up copy*

HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!

 

[Suomimaster]

So we'll get HD version of this?

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I would hope that they would re-record the dub, as Tidus and Yuna's voice-acting in the game was just BAD. Then again, that would probably cost a lot of money, so it's unlikely to happen.

So instead I shall hope that they include a Japanese voice option with English subtitles. I didn't mind Tidus or Yuna as characters, but their voice work was just irritating and sub-par.

 

[Avalanche91]

So we'll get HD version of this?

^this

Also its kinda funny to imagine whats going on in Square's directive board

"Sir people are demanding a FF7 remake. what should we do?"
"Here's what you need to do.....first remake FFX"
"alright"
"Then remake spirits within"
".......wut?"

I havent heard anyone ask for a HD remake of FFX......

 

[Okysho]

I came across this while watching "The making of Advent Children" on disk 2 of the original DVD release.

Nojima, Nomura, Kitase and Sakaguchi see FF7 sort of as Pandora's box. It was the first 3-D Final Fantasy they'd ever made, and because of the success of it they'd hate to ruin it by touching it again. They go on to explain that they were reluctant to do Advent Children also, but Nomura did such an amazing script that it just "worked" (see Advent children complete in this case, because it makes more sense)

Those of you still begging for an FF7 ramake, know that the original heads of the FF7 project don't want to do something they'll regret to FF7 and that's why nothing has been done so far. It's more than business to these guys, it's actually special to all of them.

Now, it's probably inevitable that at SOME POINT (maybe after all the FF7 heads have left square) that someone will say "OMG I LOVED FF7 LET'S RAMAEK THAT SHIZZZZ!!!" I have a feeling (pure speculation at this point) that the changes will be so radical that it will do exactly what the original FF7 heads didn't want to do.

Ideally, FF7 would have updated graphics, maybe voices, and if they were feeling really good about it maybe a real-time combat system, but that's simply wishful thinking. Ever since AC, FF7 has been super popular in Japan and there will be no hesitation to attempt to cash in on this, watering down the characters, making Cloud the emo ***** that he was in AC and so on.

I'm actually secretly praying for the ideal remake that we all want, I just don't think it'll either A) happen in our time or B) happen even slightly the way we want it to.

That doesn't stop me from giving up hope though...

 

[Issurru]

As much as I love FFX, aren't the graphics good enough? I think a remake of 6/7/8/9 would be a lot more beneficial!

Still....I'll probably buy it nevertheless....just like I'mm by the Resident Evil remakes, despite the fact that RE4 HD looks essentially the same...

EDIT: Fuck me it's nearly ten years old isn't it? Christ...

Why yes, it has been ten years. It seems like forever to me. I also think that the graphics were fine, especially since it was a launch title for the ps2 wasn't it? But I would love to see the good ol' pre-rendered cgi cutscenes on my big screen HDTV. I think it would be pretty awesome since this Final Fantasy was the one that got me into all the others.

Also, I agree with everyone else saying this is like giving the finger to the fans of FF7. I personally didn't like it enough (got bored way too quickly to even get out of Midgar. I know blasphemy isn't it?) but anyone I know of likes 7 way more than 10 and were always expecting a remake

 

[Cridhe]

Remaking FFX in HD, eh?

Isn't this just a massive finger to all the people who want an FF7 Remake?

OT: I would consider getting it if I had a PS3, but I don't.
I'm fine with the PS2 version anyway, It's good enough.

A remake of FF7 would be a mssive finger to the people who want a FF6 remake.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

I havent heard anyone ask for a HD remake of FFX......

I have, on the GameFAQs boards. Someone would be selling their liver for it, apparently. Guess that was enough to motivate SE.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

Doesn't an HD remake usually just mean a few minor tweaks to things such as resolution and framerates? The graphics were fine enough, so a few minor touches shouldn't be much of an effort. A true HD remake of FF7 in the terms the fans desire, I would imagine, would require a massive amount of effort.

I'd give this game a go again. My ps2 is borked, and I wouldn't mind owning it on my more reliable PS3. Sure, the story in FFX was pretty dumb in a lot of ways. And the cast of characters were almost universally unlikeable with the biggest shitsucking douchebag as the protagonist. But the combat was great, boss fights were awesome, and it was enjoyable enough for me to play through it again.

 

[lordlillen]

jesus christ square, you remake one of the worst games i have ever played but you dont remake kingdom hearts?

 

[RagnarokHybrid]

This is really great news. Although I hated Tidus with a passion, FF10 is my second favorite FF game (but I started with FF9 so that's kind of an invalid opinion, huh?) This is really exciting!

However, I'll really jizz my pants with excitement when/if FF9 or Threads of Fate gets an HD update. But that's like re-rendering the entire game--I'm not sure that Square-Enix has the time for that. A boy can dream, though...

 

[JWRosser]

As much as I love FFX, aren't the graphics good enough? I think a remake of 6/7/8/9 would be a lot more beneficial!

Still....I'll probably buy it nevertheless....just like I'mm by the Resident Evil remakes, despite the fact that RE4 HD looks essentially the same...

EDIT: Fuck me it's nearly ten years old isn't it? Christ...

Why yes, it has been ten years. It seems like forever to me. I also think that the graphics were fine, especially since it was a launch title for the ps2 wasn't it? But I would love to see the good ol' pre-rendered cgi cutscenes on my big screen HDTV. I think it would be pretty awesome since this Final Fantasy was the one that got me into all the others.

Also, I agree with everyone else saying this is like giving the finger to the fans of FF7. I personally didn't like it enough (got bored way too quickly to even get out of Midgar. I know blasphemy isn't it?) but anyone I know of likes 7 way more than 10 and were always expecting a remake

Yeah, it's not necessarily 7 I want a remake of - in fact, if I could choose, it would be 6 and 9, but it just seems odd that they chose 10 over these. Meh.

jesus christ square, you remake one of the worst games i have ever played but you dont remake kingdom hearts?

I agree with the latter half of this - although it's not a remake of Kingdom Hearts I want; it's Kingdom Hearts 3.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

It's a bit lazy to give a facelift to one of the best looking Final Fantasy games and rerelease it, but I'm not sure how good an HD remake of the SNES or PSX games would look; it might be for the best they don't touch those. Except 8, they were all very stylized. And they didn't have voice acting.

 

[LilithSlave]

Wait, you see, because I am not a PC styled gamer and I hate games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution(I don't see what anybody likes out of these games. Typical macho guy tripe with rippling muscles, deep psuedo-Batan voice, facial hair, first person perspective. Living through 20 bullets but dying from jumping 20 feet. Nauseating grimdark. But to each there own. It annoys me that everyone expects me to play that piles of stinking dog feces, though), so I'm easily wowed by graphics. I mean, it's not like I care about graphics, it's only nice when it's done in a game I actually like. Most of my life I've played games in 2D and I still mostly play 2D games. Final Fantasy VIII in max settings in ePSXe/PCSX looks like a show of sheer unrivaled eye candy.

Even more so does Final Fantasy X look stunning in 1080p max settings in PCSX2.

Needless to say, I'll buy it. Because I'd rather feel a game I know I love and pay for that, because I'm a fanatic of the things I do actually love. Than pay money for a "well done" first person shooter. Yes, of course I'll buy it. I buy whatever addition to things I love exists. I would have paid all this expensive money on an expensive computer with a nice CPU and GPU just to see PlayStation 2 games like this. But I would hope if they make this, I'm paying for more than just a prettier face on an already graphically impressive game. With a higher ceiling of hardware limitations, this means they could add a lot more gameplay to the newer version. For instance, like making Blitzball a truly bonafide minigame. Sure, it was fun already. But it was missing an entire dimension from what existed in the cutscenes.

 

[Korolev]

I'm happy, but it will depend on the price. $15~$20 is what I'd pay for the ability to play the game on my PS3. I still have a PS2 - a shaky, juddering, almost dead PS2, but one that STILL sort-of works, and if they charge $50 bucks or more for this (and I don' think they will) then I'm not going to buy it. Again, I don't think they'd be mad enough to charge a lot for this remake, but I'm only going to get it if it's relatively cheap.

I like the idea of more PS2 era games being re-released with HD graphics. The PS2 had a phenomenal library of games. If the Vita can play them, and Sony puts the PS2 library on the PSN, then I'm going to buy a vita, simple as that. I really, really liked the PS2 in its hey-day.