Final Fantasy X HD re-release


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This past September, Square-Enix made a surprise announcement. Even though fans have been clamoring most for remakes of past Final Fantasy games like VI and (especially) VII, the famous RPG developer and publisher revealed that it would instead by working on a re-release of the PlayStation 2-era RPG Final Fantasy X.

Final Fantasy X HD will be coming to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, Square-Enix revealed, though details about the game itself have been virtually non-existent.

However, we now have a little more clarity on just what Final Fantasy X HD will be. According to Andriasang, Shinji Hashimoto, a famed Square-Enix producer, confirmed that Final Fantasy X HD is to be considered more of a "remaster" than an outright remake. These comments came from the Taipei Game Show, where inquiring game journalists wanted to know more about the mysterious game-to-be.

As Andriasang points out, "Remaster refers to HD updates like ICO and Shadow of the Colossus rather than full remakes."

Nonetheless, if Shinji Hashimoto is indeed working on Final Fantasy X HD, there's reason to be optimistic. Hashimoto has served as producer on classics like Front Mission, Final Fantasy IX and Kingdom Hearts. He's also served as executive producer on titles such as Tobal, Tobal 2, Einhander, Ehrgeiz, Front Mission 4, Final Fantasy IV Advance, Final Fantasy V Advance, Final Fantasy VI Advance, The World Ends With You and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

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I know everyone wants VII but X isn't bad, is it?

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That is all..... :argh:

(X was okay, but it was mostly a cinematic game showing off Final Fantasy on the new PS2 hardware. Vi or VII would have been a much better choice, and this irks me that they waste their time on this, when so many people would rather, and have begged for VI or VII.)

You know it's funny, I imagine they want to avoid a FF7 remake because of the high expectations such a product would be met with, but...

Honestly I'd be happy with the same concept: a remastering. We know those 2D backdrops are 3D environments that can be re-rendered at higher resolutions. They can update the character models and to a more appropriate polygon count and the overworld to a higher resolution to smooth the jaggies. They can take after their Enix side and insert existing orchestra arrangements of key parts of the soundtrack (and remaster what's left). The improvement from that alone would be fantastic and wouldn't be too big of a risk.

Sure, I'd love to see a completely rebuilt FF7 with bonus content based on later games, but I'm a reasonable person. :p

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That is all..... :argh:

(X was okay, but it was mostly a cinematic game showing off Final Fantasy on the new PS2 hardware. Vi or VII would have been a much better choice, and this irks me that they waste their time on this, when so many people would rather, and have begged for VI or VII.)

This is a Square game. This is what they do. They take the shortest route to monetizing old games while most of their resources go to new games in development. That's why we get the same games ported endlessly (Wonderswan FFs, Chrono Trigger ad nauseum, etc). Any complaints are rapidly met with a fanboyish attitude of "YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL THEY'RE RELEASING THEM AT ALL".

Don't get too caught up in it. Square is just that kind of company. Their Enix side gets away with remakes because they're largely all about being 'classic', but the Square side has always targeted kids and teenage girls in Japan who weren't playing games in the mid-90s.

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That is all..... :argh:

(X was okay, but it was mostly a cinematic game showing off Final Fantasy on the new PS2 hardware. Vi or VII would have been a much better choice, and this irks me that they waste their time on this, when so many people would rather, and have begged for VI or VII.)

Sorry but your wrong, it would be a waste of time redoing an older one because in the time it would take them they could just create a new entry to the series which would sell more. The only reason they have chosen X is that it is already completely 3d and has voice acting etc. so it literally is just a re-release - not a remake. This will just be a hd port in the vein of the recent metal gear releases. A remake of 6 or 7 would be the ultimate fan service but quitre frankly I can't see it happening anytime in the near future.

X wasn't bad, but I'm hammering for graphical upgrades of VI to the PSP (like they did with IV) and, naturally, the VII remake (although a remake would be awesome for IX. Love that one).

Even if I agree that the PS1 games could be more interesting to remaster, you have to realize that FF-X was the first full 3D game, that's why they can probably just re-package the game without modifying anything and make it look excellent on the PS3. I replayed FF-XII on a PS2 emulator on my PC last year and it had about the same effect: smooth 3D, higher res, etc...

So yeah, that's good news. FF news is always good news :)

You know it's funny, I imagine they want to avoid a FF7 remake because of the high expectations such a product would be met with, but...

Honestly I'd be happy with the same concept: a remastering. We know those 2D backdrops are 3D environments that can be re-rendered at higher resolutions. They can update the character models and to a more appropriate polygon count and the overworld to a higher resolution to smooth the jaggies. They can take after their Enix side and insert existing orchestra arrangements of key parts of the soundtrack (and remaster what's left). The improvement from that alone would be fantastic and wouldn't be too big of a risk.

Sure, I'd love to see a completely rebuilt FF7 with bonus content based on later games, but I'm a reasonable person. :p

Check out Project Avalanche and Phoenix for FF7. It is pretty cool. I have it installed on PC, and they retextured a lot of things (characters in world/NPCs/Battle Characters/World Map.) Along with MP3 Quality sounds instead of midi, and changing the ingame menus for items, materia, pictures, etc. It is really odd though everytime you hit an FMV though, as you go back to blocky short characters, instead of full-size retexture models.

I'm just saying, FF7 has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date, and is the fastest selling game on PSN. If they put their time and money into a re-make for all platforms, or just console, whichever. I guarantee they would see a pretty substantial return, and something very worthwhile. And would make Square fans that have recently been bored with their recent releases, pretty happy.

remake 6 , 7 , or 8... but not 10.. sheesh.

Ugh, no thank you to 8. Good story, broken leveling system / junction system .. and tedious to sit in battle and "draw" all day long.

Ugh, no thank you to 8. Good story, broken leveling system / junction system .. and tedious to sit in battle and "draw" all day long.

Hense remake. That way they can improve upon what was shoddy in those, but still keep what was great. 8 had the best story I believe still to this day.

People need to get over their absurd obsession with FF7. Really. FF7 is alot like half life, it's not bad, but it's not the holy grail of its genre that people endlessly harp on and on that it is without shutting up.

As for the FFX hd update, if it's just an upscaling to hd(which is how it sounds), you could already do that with your pc.

Personally I'd prefer to play a FF8 remaster more than any of the others, especially on the Vita.

Ever since I read SquallsDead.com, that game has moved from a favorite guilty pleasure title to a high ranking masterpiece, in my eyes. It's possibly my favorite game of all time.

FF7 should be a remake launch title for the PS4... SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES... Seriously though, I couldn't see any future, exclusive, PS4 launch title outselling a full FF7 remake. It would outsell Uncharted, Resistance, and Killzone combined. Sony should just offer up half the dev cost right now (if they haven't already.)

I'm looking forward to it. XIII and XIII-2 are pretty linear games compared to the older games. It'll be nice to play something rather than watching 30 hours of cutscenes.

At least they are learning from their mistakes in 13. 13-2 is leagues better I believe... but I'm still ****ed I have to buy DLC for a ending. 1 step forward, 20 steps back into my damn wallet :p

At least they are learning from their mistakes in 13. 13-2 is leagues better I believe... but I'm still ****ed I have to buy DLC for a ending. 1 step forward, 20 steps back into my damn wallet :p

Partially, I don't like Vanille as a character, as her voice seriously annoys me. Does XIII-2 allow a little more freedom? Because XIII forced me to walk through levels and watch cutscenes repeatedly. Also, DLC for XIII-2 came out today didn't it?

You wont regret it and the reason why people want FF7 is because of the most famous popular char CLOUD.

Well i personally prefer the old school FF games (pre-PSX) but I've been trying to finish up some of the newer games but I find it hard lol. I played and finished FF7 when it came out, not sure if I'd want to do it again. FF8 I didn't manage to finish it, I think I made it to the last disc but the story got boring. FF9 was a great game and I finished it. FF10 didn't have a chance...I picked up Suikoden 3 almost right after so I didn't play much. FF11 I'll never play it, I don't like online games. FF12 looks good but not sure about the more action based battle system. I tried FF13 and I got REALLY bored with the straight line maps and crappy battle system (what do you mean I only control one person?)

Partially, I don't like Vanille as a character, as her voice seriously annoys me. Does XIII-2 allow a little more freedom? Because XIII forced me to walk through levels and watch cutscenes repeatedly. Also, DLC for XIII-2 came out today didn't it?

Not sure if the DLC was released. But xiii-2 has a lot more freedom. There are cutscenes, but they aren't as long. There is a ton of replay value though it seems, as there are multiple paths you can take, and you can do the same levels in different "times" for different stories and events.

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