Final Fantasy X HD Shows Off Footage

[Daystar Clarion]

Oh wow! An HD remake of Final Fantasy X? That's the best FF ever! - Nobody, ever.

It's like Squeenix don't even listen to people ¬_¬

An FF7 remake is out of the question, but 10 is fine?

It's like they don't like money.

 

[Baresark]

Square Enix's board members must be suffering from PTSD from the recent decline in revenues. It's really annoying that they devote people to remaking games constantly but hardly ever produce new games anymore. It's fine that many fans will think the glory days are in the past. But as a company, they should be looking towards the future. I used to be pretty damn adamant about these guys being the best. Now, they are the bottom of the barrel. Their lack of innovation is one thing, I'm a fan of JRPG's myself, but to devote all these teams to remakes stinks of fear of the future. Also, I know it was only a matter of time but, FFX was probably the worst in the series for me. It was god awful boring. That is why I was so disappointed when the same team that developed this developed 13. That game was also pretty boring, though I trudged through it hoping it would get better. For me, FFVI (FFIII here in America when I first played it) was the epitome of JRPG, and FFXII was my second favorite in the series. Especially with the International Zodiak version, with the job system. It was the only one that really had exciting battle for me.

 

[Tony2077]

Oh wow! An HD remake of Final Fantasy X? That's the best FF ever! - Nobody, ever.

It's like Squeenix don't even listen to people ¬_¬

An FF7 remake is out of the question, but 10 is fine?

It's like they don't like money.

i don't think they could do anything to make 7 hd unless they change everthing

 

[Ukomba]

Marvel at the pretty corridors and high definition whiny protagonist!

There are so many great Final Fantasy games deserving of a remake, and we get X? I know people will contest this, but III, IV, VI, VIII, among others, really deserve more attention.

Ya, but if you ask me, the FFIV graphic upgrade they did for the DS hurt the game more than it helped. The 2d sprites and SNES art style just looked better. FF6 has a great art style that wouldn't be helped by giving it 3D sprites.

However, FF7 and 8 could use the graphics update. The realism of FF8 especially would work well.

 

[Josh123914]

Oh wow! An HD remake of Final Fantasy X? That's the best FF ever! - Nobody, ever.

It's like Squeenix don't even listen to people ¬_¬

An FF7 remake is out of the question, but 10 is fine?

It's like they don't like money.

I remember them saying something ridiculous a few years back that it'd take them 28 years to bring a HD remake of FF7 to current-gen consoles. :/

Sometimes I doubt they even want to avoid bankruptcy

 

[VanQ]

I don't see a difference.
Making an HD remake for a ps2 game and then jamming it onto the tiny screen of a handheld seems pretty counterproductive to me?

it looks a bit better but its a hd remake not a total remake. beside the ps vita is alot stronger then the ps2 was since d3 is on there and damn it looks just a good as its console counterpart

that's disgaea 3 if you were wondering

To be fair, it's not hard to support a game like Disgaea on any type of console or handheld. Just about every game looks more gorgeous on that OLED screen. It blows me away when I play Crash Bandicoot 2 and 3 on the Vita and they look better than most XBox/PS2 era games.

 

[Tony2077]

I don't see a difference.
Making an HD remake for a ps2 game and then jamming it onto the tiny screen of a handheld seems pretty counterproductive to me?

it looks a bit better but its a hd remake not a total remake. beside the ps vita is alot stronger then the ps2 was since d3 is on there and damn it looks just a good as its console counterpart

that's disgaea 3 if you were wondering

To be fair, it's not hard to support a game like Disgaea on any type of console or handheld. Just about every game looks more gorgeous on that OLED screen. It blows me away when I play Crash Bandicoot 2 and 3 on the Vita and they look better than most XBox/PS2 era games.

i know but its still nice that it didn't lose anything when going from a ps3 to the vita

 

[saintdane05]

So, when are we getting X-2 HD?

 

[redknightalex]

I wanted this remade and I doubt that I am the only one. Granted I hoped It would be the in style of the cut scenes where the graphics were at their best but for the full game but this is good enough. My point is saying that no one wanted this is a big assumption.

I can't wait to get my hands on this.

I've been waiting for this for a while, even holding off on my most recent playthrough on the PS2, to get my hands on this. And to get FFX on my Vita...I hope it's cross-buy or whatever they call it. I'm definitely with you on this.

I'm frankly surprised by all the hate for FFX here. I know that VII is the game most fans love, which I couldn't really get into for some reason, but many other players I've talked to list X as their top FF game, if not one of their top games period. Is it such a bother to be happy we get at least one FF done in "HD"?

I also think some need to understand that, for whatever reason, Square Enix is just not going to re-release VII in any form other than the PSN. In fact, I can't think of a single PSX game that got the HD treatment, probably due to the costs of increasing the textures. Anyway, there's a certain joy in playing games with old textures and sprites so why not enjoy VII as it is? (As for KH I have no opinion. Another game I just couldn't get into even after playing a few hours.)

 

[Casual Shinji]

An FF7 remake is out of the question, but 10 is fine?

This isn't a remake though, it's an upscaled version. And by the looks of it, even that is shaping up to be a bare minimum upgrade.

If they made an HD version of FF7 the jaggies would most likely cut through your screen.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

There are so many great Final Fantasy games deserving of a remake, and we get X? I know people will contest this, but III, IV, VI, VIII, among others, really deserve more attention.

Guess it depends on who you ask. I guess I seem to be with the majority where my favorite was VII followed by X, so I'm happy. VIII was the worst of them (that I've played) though. Haven't played III or IV, and only started VI then ran out of time in days.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

Oh wow! An HD remake of Final Fantasy X? That's the best FF ever! - Nobody, ever.

Correction, said by many people on this very site. It rates higher than 7 here if the thread on the subject is to be believed.

Still, I don't really see the point of this. Sure, it looks a bit better, but not enough to justify buying another version of the game. FFX has not aged much at this point.

 

[Beautiful End]

I'm sorry Squeenix but every time you announce a new game that isn't KH3 or Versus or a FFVII HD remake, people will ***** at you. And you know what? They're entitled to that. In

I liked FFX but personally, I would have loved to see an older FF get an HD remake, agame that actually makes you say ``Dang, I see the difference from back then and now!``. But this doesn't even look that different from the PS2 version.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I can do most of that via PSX2 0-o And still use a code breaker..... Now if they let you customize stuff from the start I'll pick it up for 20$ If they add twice more stuff to wear and make the game harder (IE more damage is done to you) Then where do I sign up to sell my soul. Also....while FFX is not that great...neither was FF7. FF9 best FF ever!

 

[LetalisK]

I enjoyed FFX, but I don't see why it needs a remake, really. I guess they're only doing X because VII and VIII, the two games that were more profitable for them than X, would be a pain in the balls to remake. Path of least resistance to cash.

 

[Covarr]

There are so many great Final Fantasy games deserving of a remake, and we get X? I know people will contest this, but III, IV, VI, VIII, among others, really deserve more attention.

Well, III has already been remade for the DS, IV has been remade repeatedly (a crappy DS version with ugly graphics and bad voice acting, an amazing PSP version with gorgeous graphics). X, X-2, and XII are notable as not being playable on any currently-sold console.

FFX is already built using 3D assets which can be upgraded relatively easy, whereas VII is built off of ancient code, primitive polygons and low-res 2D backgrounds, none of which are fit for purpose today. There have been plenty of articles, including ones on this very site, about why a VII remake is actually logistically impossible. It's not just Square talking out of their arse. If you sit down and think about it, FFVII is simply too big a game to be remade to the high standards (ie PS3 tech demo) that fans are demanding.

It's not just ancient code. From what I understand from a source who I can guarantee is reliable but I can't name (since I assume he doesn't wanna get fired), Squaresoft wasn't very good at archival and long-term storage, and no longer have the original source code to the game (neither the PS1 version nor the PC version), so it would require a full remake from the ground up. FFX seems more like a HD rerelease in the vein of God of War or Metal Gear Solid 2/3, with very little redone from scratch, most of the code and assets are simply the originals with minimal changes to run and look decent on modern architecture.

P.S. Thanks

 

[Rapidriots]

Final Fantasy X... The one that almost got me to quit the whole franchise... With the surfer wanna-be characters and the cry-baby protagonist... I HATE THIS GAME!

As opposed to cry baby Cloud, or cry baby Squall? Did you seriously just say that?