I can't speak for the entire collection, but FF5 is vanilla gameplaywise. No post-game dungeons or classes, but it has a bunch of little QoL things that may enhance your experience (being able to run from the start and walk diagonally) or piss the frick out of you (having a world mini-map you can't toggle off or an area map that you always have to toggle off everytime you change areas).
It's great for what it is, but you might want to watch a review or playthru on Yotube first if you're on the fence.
Also, all music is newly arranged. No option available to use the originals unless you mod it in.
>you might want to watch a review or playthru on Yotube first if you're on the fence.
I might do that. I worry about repetition, the jRPG genre has evolved and I worry about these games being archaic and boring.
I honestly made this thread hoping someone convinced me to play. I am a homosexual.
>Also, all music is newly arranged. No option available to use the originals unless you mod it in.
They patched in the original music as a toggle a few months ago.
>Anyone that recommends the PSP releases is a certified moron.
100% this. They look like something out of RPGMaker, and the music is muffed up (not as bad as the GBA releases, but still). With only a couple of exceptions, the majority of the "added content by a different team than the creators" are trash. There's a handful of worthwhile additions, though, but nothing that definitely makes it a "must play".
After Years is complete trash, though. It was literally designed as an episodic mobile series (and we're talking BEFORE smartphones mobile game) and by a completely different team.
The 3d remake tries to smooth the edges a little, but it isn't able to completely divorce itself of its origins.
Honestly if anything could use a full-on remake with a redone story/scenario, it's After Years.
Well, I guess I won't get it then. I was hoping they were good enough on their own. I just need a game for an upcoming roadtrip and I don't have a streamdeck
Switch version actually has more features than the PC version currently, I don't know what that anon is talking about. Base games are perfectly fine, I played them all non-modded.
It varies. The PRs are all perfectly functional, but the devs were really inconsistent when it came to "preserving the original intent" or whatever in a way that's baffling and hurts the end product. None of the PRs contain any extra content from previous ports of the games, like Soul of Rebirth for FF2 or the postgame dungeons from FF4, but they'll make big quality-of-life changes or completely remake the opera scene from FF6 for some fricking reason. It's a big mess of give-and-take, and some of the games have turned out better than others depending on what's gained versus what's lost.
In my opinion, the Pixel Remasters of FF3 and 5 are the best versions of those games. FF1 and 6 are fine, about as good as other ports depending on what you're looking for. FF2 and 4 are straight downgrades compared to other versions- don't bother with them.
Literally the best way to play them.
However, your enjoyment entirely hinges on if you're able to enjoy very old-style JRPGs because they weren't particularly advanced in terms of gameplay.
Royal Edition is actually a fun playthrough, it's largely release FF15 that was absolutely horrible.
Royal doesn't exactly solve all it's problems, it's still incredibly flawed, but it's at least fun to play.
It's a shame Barry has to shit up so much discussion
How are the open world aspects? Ubisoft checklist, actual exploration, or more just time waster between quest locations?
Also, how grindy/stat based is it?
No. At best it's a frustrating experience because of how obvious it is that some minor changes would have improved the game drastically. At worst it's a slow, trudging mess that wastes your time both deliberately and accidentally.
A lot of the dungeons randomly disable warping on top of being filled with segments that take away control from the player. The grand majority of side content are fetch quests that have you picking up random objects and delivering them to the same small group of people over and over.
No. At best it's a frustrating experience because of how obvious it is that some minor changes would have improved the game drastically. At worst it's a slow, trudging mess that wastes your time both deliberately and accidentally.
I prefer the PR versions of all 6 games. The soundtrack is great and the pixel art looks much better than the PSP/mobile smoothed art IMO. Theres some downsides like missing the FF2 postgame but FF2 is the worst of the bunch so it's not a big deal.
Keep in mind that literally ALL the GBA-exclusive content for IV / V / VI is actively detrimental to the games and was right to be removed. You aren't missing anything worthwhile whatsoever. So, yeah. The Pixel Remasters are the definitive versions, although the DS version of III is its own thing worth playing. Same with the DS version of IV, except you should only play that after having played any other version first since you'll appreciate the gameplay departure a lot more.
FFVI's extra Espers were nice to have, since it meant that Odin wasn't the only source of speed bonuses and the Valor spell helped physical characters not feel so damn outclassed by the girls slinging Ultima spells everywhere. I do agree that the rest of it's trash, but I still think it's stupid that they removed it to be more faithful, then went and added voice acting to the opera scene and changed how Sabin's Blitzes work anyway. You don't get to have it both ways. It's also weird because spinoffs like the Dissidia series treat the old bonus content as canon. Kain can always Double Jump and has Abel's Lance as his ultimate weapon when he shows up as a cameo even though the "definitive" version of FFIV doesn't let him get them.
What happened to that anon that was fixing the PC ports (font fix, difficulty fix) and releasing them here as zips?
I downloaded FF1 and people were asking how to follow for future releases and he was like “I’ll just post them here”
homie didn’t even have a tripcode so I can’t search in the archive
>It is recommanded to play this hack on real hardware. To play FF6 emulated, it is recommanded use the original SNES version which is largely supperior
From the dude who made it. It's literally impossible to achieve SNES quality on a GBA, emulated or otherwise.
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He's talking about the game in general, not about the sound.
"All non-opera songs of the game sounds identical to their SNES counterparts"
And that's in reference to included real opera samples which are optional.
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No he's not moron. Just shut up since you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
Literally the only way you should play them.
Depends on the individual game, although really, there's no reason to not play the originals for most of them. Especially if it's you first time.
If you do play them, play them on PC so you can mod in whatever sprites to want and shit like that.
I can't speak for the entire collection, but FF5 is vanilla gameplaywise. No post-game dungeons or classes, but it has a bunch of little QoL things that may enhance your experience (being able to run from the start and walk diagonally) or piss the frick out of you (having a world mini-map you can't toggle off or an area map that you always have to toggle off everytime you change areas).
It's great for what it is, but you might want to watch a review or playthru on Yotube first if you're on the fence.
Also, all music is newly arranged. No option available to use the originals unless you mod it in.
>you might want to watch a review or playthru on Yotube first if you're on the fence.
I might do that. I worry about repetition, the jRPG genre has evolved and I worry about these games being archaic and boring.
I honestly made this thread hoping someone convinced me to play. I am a homosexual.
>Also, all music is newly arranged. No option available to use the originals unless you mod it in.
They patched in the original music as a toggle a few months ago.
On PC. On console you can switch between old and new OST, and this should be coming to PC as an update too.
1: PSP if you want MP, PR if you want Vancian magic
2: PSP
3: PR
4: PSP
5: GBA/Steam with modded sprites
6: PR
Anyone that recommends the PSP releases is a certified moron.
Why don’t you enlighten us by saying which version is the best then?
the originals in japanese.
what is wrong with you fricking casual morons?
go learn japanese for the next 10 years and stop posting until you're done.
Another anon here. The PSP is my favorite.
The GBA is also a good one.
>Anyone that recommends the PSP releases is a certified moron.
100% this. They look like something out of RPGMaker, and the music is muffed up (not as bad as the GBA releases, but still). With only a couple of exceptions, the majority of the "added content by a different team than the creators" are trash. There's a handful of worthwhile additions, though, but nothing that definitely makes it a "must play".
You forgot to mention that it's cropped which makes navigating dungeons significantly worse.
What is PR?
>steam with modded sprites
but that dude never finished it, did he?
PSP for 1 and 2 is better, 3 i like the DS version the most, 4 on PSP, V and VI pixel remaster are the best version.
4DS is best. The increased difficulty makes it one of the most enjoyable classic FF's gameplay-wise.
Not with all those basic features it's missing.
>4DS
what the frick this anon's from another dimension
But 4 on the PSP has After Years (or whatever is called) so it is worth for that alone.
TAY has some of the worst dungeon design in the series.
The after years is trash both lore and gameplay wise
Wait, are you telling me the 3D after years on steam is a "modern" port?
After Years is complete trash, though. It was literally designed as an episodic mobile series (and we're talking BEFORE smartphones mobile game) and by a completely different team.
The 3d remake tries to smooth the edges a little, but it isn't able to completely divorce itself of its origins.
Honestly if anything could use a full-on remake with a redone story/scenario, it's After Years.
just play the 3d ones it's not 1989 anymore anon
There's next to no differences between the originals and the remasters.
FF6 pixel remaster has a fully orchestrated soundtrack.
Does this make the pixel remaster version worth playing? I was thinking of getting it on Switch
Why would you get it on the switch. Modding on pc is the only reason to get these pixel remasters
Well, I guess I won't get it then. I was hoping they were good enough on their own. I just need a game for an upcoming roadtrip and I don't have a streamdeck
Switch version actually has more features than the PC version currently, I don't know what that anon is talking about. Base games are perfectly fine, I played them all non-modded.
It varies. The PRs are all perfectly functional, but the devs were really inconsistent when it came to "preserving the original intent" or whatever in a way that's baffling and hurts the end product. None of the PRs contain any extra content from previous ports of the games, like Soul of Rebirth for FF2 or the postgame dungeons from FF4, but they'll make big quality-of-life changes or completely remake the opera scene from FF6 for some fricking reason. It's a big mess of give-and-take, and some of the games have turned out better than others depending on what's gained versus what's lost.
In my opinion, the Pixel Remasters of FF3 and 5 are the best versions of those games. FF1 and 6 are fine, about as good as other ports depending on what you're looking for. FF2 and 4 are straight downgrades compared to other versions- don't bother with them.
Literally the best way to play them.
However, your enjoyment entirely hinges on if you're able to enjoy very old-style JRPGs because they weren't particularly advanced in terms of gameplay.
Speaking of FF, leaving aside all the Barry schizo shit. Is XV (PC) worth a play-through? I kind of want to try it.
Royal Edition is actually a fun playthrough, it's largely release FF15 that was absolutely horrible.
Royal doesn't exactly solve all it's problems, it's still incredibly flawed, but it's at least fun to play.
It's a shame Barry has to shit up so much discussion
How are the open world aspects? Ubisoft checklist, actual exploration, or more just time waster between quest locations?
Also, how grindy/stat based is it?
In what way?
>In what way?
You're gonna have to be more specific.
I mean in what what is it a slow, trudging mess that wastes your time both deliberately and accidentally?
Are we talking copy pasted Assassins Creed tedium here or XIII style railroaded content?
A lot of the dungeons randomly disable warping on top of being filled with segments that take away control from the player. The grand majority of side content are fetch quests that have you picking up random objects and delivering them to the same small group of people over and over.
No. At best it's a frustrating experience because of how obvious it is that some minor changes would have improved the game drastically. At worst it's a slow, trudging mess that wastes your time both deliberately and accidentally.
I prefer the PR versions of all 6 games. The soundtrack is great and the pixel art looks much better than the PSP/mobile smoothed art IMO. Theres some downsides like missing the FF2 postgame but FF2 is the worst of the bunch so it's not a big deal.
Keep in mind that literally ALL the GBA-exclusive content for IV / V / VI is actively detrimental to the games and was right to be removed. You aren't missing anything worthwhile whatsoever. So, yeah. The Pixel Remasters are the definitive versions, although the DS version of III is its own thing worth playing. Same with the DS version of IV, except you should only play that after having played any other version first since you'll appreciate the gameplay departure a lot more.
B-B-BUT MORE CONTENT=BETTER
FFVI's extra Espers were nice to have, since it meant that Odin wasn't the only source of speed bonuses and the Valor spell helped physical characters not feel so damn outclassed by the girls slinging Ultima spells everywhere. I do agree that the rest of it's trash, but I still think it's stupid that they removed it to be more faithful, then went and added voice acting to the opera scene and changed how Sabin's Blitzes work anyway. You don't get to have it both ways. It's also weird because spinoffs like the Dissidia series treat the old bonus content as canon. Kain can always Double Jump and has Abel's Lance as his ultimate weapon when he shows up as a cameo even though the "definitive" version of FFIV doesn't let him get them.
overall I think they're the best versions to play except maybe FF4
Any RPG before 2000 must be played with a fast forward button.
What happened to that anon that was fixing the PC ports (font fix, difficulty fix) and releasing them here as zips?
I downloaded FF1 and people were asking how to follow for future releases and he was like “I’ll just post them here”
homie didn’t even have a tripcode so I can’t search in the archive
The pixel remasters look bad and the music is fricking awful. Just emulate the SNES or GBA versions and use a fan patch to get rid of the bugs.
>pixel remasters have bad music
>play the GBA versions
?
The GBA arrangements are less bad. But more importantly, you can patch in the SNES music.
No you can't. It's a hardware issue that can't be fixed like that.
https://www.ff6hacking.com/wiki/doku.php?id=ff6a:patches
I'm obviously talking about emulation, not original hardware.
>It is recommanded to play this hack on real hardware. To play FF6 emulated, it is recommanded use the original SNES version which is largely supperior
From the dude who made it. It's literally impossible to achieve SNES quality on a GBA, emulated or otherwise.
He's talking about the game in general, not about the sound.
"All non-opera songs of the game sounds identical to their SNES counterparts"
And that's in reference to included real opera samples which are optional.
No he's not moron. Just shut up since you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
>can patch in snes music
>but can't patch in snes sound effects
yea, nah.
I put custom firmware on my 3ds yesterday, so now I have a lot of options for playing FF games.
What FF game and version would be first jump into if I haven’t played any of them before FFVII?
Just play 5 and 6, they are the only good classic final fantasy games
I'm playing through them right now and they are fantastic.
They're worthless. Play the PS1 version of FF1 and then move on, 2-6 all range from mediocre to outright shit.