>I want to play every Final Fantasy game
I know there are a lot of problems concerning titles/renaming, releases, etc. What would be the best way to play all of them? I know most of 7~13 are on PC, and 12 may be coming to PC too. I have a PC, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, and can of course emulate anything a PC can.
Any help would be appreciated. Also which one is the best one?
>>340642793
Just emulate 1-12 on PC, save yourself the problem of getting shitty ports like Steam FF6 and shit.
Every single one of them is on the PC.
Oh and also what about those remakes? I see like 3D remakes / HD versions of some games on GOG. Are those any good? Any differences besides graphics?
>>340642793
>Also which one is the best one?
Highly subjective, but the most popular ones are probably 4,6,7,9.
Ffx is the best
Steam ports are horrible, don't pick them
If you don't want to emulate you can bought most of them on PSN
>>340643156
Is there something inherently worse about running the steam/GOG version of the game and plugging in a PS3 controller vs going on PSN and buying it on PSN?
>>340642793
7 onwards, skipping the ones you don't like.
Then play the earlier ones if you want some shitty graphics.
The spin-offs are good too for the most part, FFT especially.
>>340643156
I'm pretty sure they're all definitive outside of X.
>>340642940
Not all of the ports are garbage. I would argue that the PC version of FFX is the best version there is of FFX.
>>340643041
And X. X is popular as fuck.
I would argue that OP can safely skip the 13 ones. I've played them and fucking hell. they are terrible.
>>340643267
Because the ports are sloppy and run worse than the originals in several ways, which is why you should get them on PSN or simply emulate them.
>>340643030
None of them are on GoG, you're thinking of YS. I don't know what the definitive versions of 1-3 are but 4-6 are considered the GBA versions with patches that bring back the SNES music and graphics. Those are easily emulatable.
>>340643312
>X is popular as fuck
I don't tend to see people on /v/ like it, unless it's their first/only FF. It's very linear almost to the point of FFXIII and everything but the combat is sub-par.
>>340643312
>I would argue that the PC version of FFX is the best version there is of FFX.
You would be wrong.
>>340643362
Post your reasoning. 8 and 9 seem objectively better, 7 is a side-grade, 10 is a good port of a bad remaster, 13 is definitive on PC.
Early games I don't know about.
>>340643546
>9 seem objectively better
HD remastered main characters on non-remastered backgrounds
>>340643503
Linear =/= bad
There's a difference between traditional linear and corridor linear
>>340643649
The thing is that FFX basically is a corridor without an overworld, but people turn a blind eye to it and hate on FFXIII for that exact reason.
>>340642793
1: Stay away from ports/remakes of all games after the first 5.
2: Start with 6 or 7 depending on whether you appreciate 2D or 3D more.
3: The US version of 6 is called 3 on the SNES. That's the version you want. For 7, emulate the PS1 version or get the PSN version on PS3 which is a straight emulation of it.
>>340643641
And? The backgrounds were improved slightly too.
The original game looks like shit, the HD version looks like shit too with sprinkles on top. Better on PC.
>>340643718
X had more in the corridors than XIII.
>>340643546
9 has awful sound/music quality issues on PC, same for 9. Remake of 10 has shitty character models.
>>340643907
*same for 8.
>>340643283
Literally every Steam port is garbage bro. Especially the early ones.
>>340643503
Are you kidding? It's most of /v/'s first Final Fantasy game. Most of /v/ (average 21~25) were too young to enjoy the PS1 games when they came out but would have been ~10 years old when FFX came out on the PS2.
>>340643842
>And? The backgrounds were improved slightly too.
>The original game looks like shit, the HD version looks like shit too with sprinkles on top. Better on PC.
It still looks inconsistent and jarring as fuck. It's better if all of it looks equally muddy, then you can atleast sort of get immersed in the world instead of it looking like sock puppets in front of a flat background.
>>340644139
Get the fuck off my lawn
1- PS1
2- PS1
3- DS
4- PS1 if you want it to be as close to the SFC version as possible, PSP otherwise. DS/PC is for veterans of the game only.
5- GBA
6- GBA w/ music hack
7- PS1
8- PS1
9- PS1 (haven't tried the Steam port yet though)
10- PC
11- I dunno
12- wait for PS4 version then PC port a year later
13- PC
14- PC
Concerning 7 and 8 they use pre-rendered backgrounds meant to be displayed at 240p so they look like absolute ass if you run them at higher resolutions. Even the PSN version where everything's pixellated looks better than clean models over a pixellated background.
>>340643907
>9 has awful sound/music quality issues on PC
I didn't know. Okay then.
>>340644146
It's barely a sidegrade man
>>340644372
>10- PC
No. PS2.
>>340642793
FF1: Emulate GBA/PSP
FF2: Emulate GBA/PSP
FF3: Play/emulate DS/PSP/Steam 3D remake
FF4: DS/Steam 3D remake
FF4 After Years: Wii version, stay away from 3D remake
FF5: Emulate GBA
FF6: Emulate SNES, stay away from all ports/remakes
FF7: PS1/PS3/Emulate
FF7 Advent Children: Watch Complete edition
FF7 Crisis Core: PSP/Emulate
FF7 Dirge of Cerberus: PS2/Emulate
FF8: PS1/PS3/Emulate
FF9: PS1/PS3/Emulate
FF10: PS2/Emulate
FF10-2: Just skip it
FF11: Probably best to skip this one too
FF12: PS2/Emulate
FF12 Revenant Wings: DS
FF13: PS3/PC
FF13-2: PS3/PC
FF13 Lightning Returns: PS3/PC
FF14: PC/PS4
Made it easy for you OP.
>>340644372
Why not PSP version of 1&2?
>>340643503
A lot of people like it and honestly most of the FFs are pretty linear. If you look at everyones darling 7 it's linear as fuck, but you don't notice too much because the world is basically 2D.
Even when it gets more open in FF you're usually railroaded pretty hardcore by enemy/team strength.
FFX has a long linear bit and opens up towards the middle with optional content and then towards the end with full free control to go anywhere.
XIII was a bit more terrible in that regard because while not only linear (which is not necessarily bad, remember HL2 is linear too) The maps largely and literally considered of narrow corridors that sometimes had a dead end branch-out with an item at the end every time.
FFX on the other hand while also having it's share of corridor maps usually had them a bit wider, in more interesting locals and with NPCs dotted in them to give it more of a living world feel. Combine that with the fact that FFX had a more gripping story and more likeable protagonists and you end up with one linear game that is quite enjoyable and one linear game that makes you feel constrained all the time.
>>340643546
You would be wrong.
How so? The PC version of FFX has a bunch of features no other version has.
Which version of FFX do you consider better than the recent PC version and why?
>>340642793
try to get original versions of everything, if you can't then emulate, do not play pc/phone ports.the DS remakes for 3 and 4 are actually pretty good.
>>340644041
I have FFX on PS2, PS3, PS4, and PC. PC is easily the best. Nothing you can do about character models or anything like that on the PS3 or PS4 so to say "no the ps3/4 verison is better" is just being a little shit. Performance is the same on all platforms because of FPS lock. PC version has the best visuals (slightly better than PS4) and the character models can be replaced with mods (which I have done so myself on my version). I also have HD sphere grids and icons, high resolution versions of all textures in the game (less blurry textures overall), updated lighting, the ability to (practically speaking) effectively skip cutscenes, nicer/replaced menu appearance, not to mention the PC version inherently lets you choose which music you want.
Also anyone who says FFX has HD character models and nothing else is wrong. Even if it's not a huge amount, other textures such as terrain and such have been improved noticeably. Point is, you're a fucking retard if you say any version but the PC version of FFX is the best.
>>340644539
>>340644568
why FFX not on PC? The PC version is amazing
>>340644568
>FF6: Emulate SNES, stay away from all ports/remakes
Faggot
Only problem of the GBA version is the music which isn't a problem with the music hack
>>340642793
Get either the PSP or the DS versions of FFIV, they're both great.
>>340644568
>FF10-2: Just skip it
This game is fun.
>FF7 Dirge of Cerberus: PS2/Emulate
Emulates like shit unless you do software mode.
You can also emulate DS and recommending playing any of the emulatable games on consoles is weird man.
>>340644603
>How so? The PC version of FFX has a bunch of features no other version has.
Only for X-2 since that wasn't translated.
>>340644701
The graphics and characters are worse looking.
>>340642793
Dont listen to the memers in the thread, ive played em all and loved (nearly) every one, but then again I'm just into grindy JRPGS.
FFVII is indeed the best, honorable mentions to IX, VI, and Tactics, but its best to ease into it before jumping right in. If you really wanna take a journey I highly recommend starting with FF1-6 in order first, the gba versions are all pretty great (tho for FF3 youll need the DS version). Emulate the ps1 versions of 7-9, get the HD collection for FFX i guess, havent played that, maybe wait for the hd FFXII coming out soonish (details at E3), and PC 13 if you reeeeeeally need to play them all. Not recommended highly.
Oh, and play final fantasy tactics. Its possibly the best game of all.
If youre looking for an essential collection in order, then here:
FF: GBA
FFIV: GBA
FFV: GBA
FFVI: GBA
FFVII: PS1
Final Fantasy Tactics: PS1/PSP (trust me you want to play this game)
FFVIII: PS1
FFIX: PS1
FFX: PS2/HD collection
FFXII: PS2, but there is a new version coming out sometime soon. It'll be here by the time you get through these.
FFXIII: On PC if you care, but not amazing game. Skippable.
>>340644539
Depends on whether you can stomach Tidus and Yuna's shitty new models in exchange for massively improved textures and models elsewhere.
>>340644586
They casualized the fuck out of the GBA versions, which the PSP ports are based off of.
>>340644701
Because fucking idiots go into threads ready to shitpost, see someone posting the BETA NEVER RELEASED model of Tidus from early development that looks really bad, then they go "oh wow this game is garbage 0/10 wow fuck this worst game ever" and walk out.
And that is all they need to know before they start shitting all over the game, completely ignorant of anything else.
>>340644372
Wrong about XII.
Download the IZJS version and play it on a PS2 Emulator.
>>340644837
>>340644938
Ah well new Tidus looks a bit wonky, but that fucker always looked wonky as shit. (I remember the original under water cutscene. fucking hell)
Don't listen to them OP, the PC version of FFX is pretty great and has a bunch of conveniences that the other ones don't have, like the ability to turn up the speed X4 or disable encounters.
>>340644568
that fact taht youre recommending anything in the "compilation of FFVII" outside the main game shows youre taste is shit and youre not to be trusted
>>340642793
>I want to play every Final Fantasy game
Why?
>>340645179
He's not wrong though
>>340645065
PS4 version is gonna be IZJS but from the trailer it looks they're going to be improving textures where needed, plus supposedly the voice acting isn't going to sound like it was recorded in a bathroom anymore.
>>340644875
The textures aren't improved necessarily, they're just changed by some literal who. It's like a garbage texture mod for some PC game that a 12 year old made.
The increase the contrast to stupid levels and over sharpen them if they don't change them, and if they do change them they look retarded most of the time.
The lighting is FUCKED in many cutscenes, removing lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxeZC_Q4hmU
Added bloom that looks bad.
Every character is worse in cutscenes and most of the field models haven't been changed from the PS2 version.
Cropped FMVs.
>>340645147
>like the ability to turn up the speed X4 or disable encounters.
Those are just cheat codes. The HD Remaster would've been okay if you can't skip cutscenes but you can't. Emulation can speed through them though.
>>340645237
He's wrong about those. All the FFVII spinoffs are garbage that only take away from the main game. I've seen it all, I know.
Spending time on any of them when you could be playing another game in the main series, at the very least, a waste of your time.
>>340645065
What does IZJS mean?
>>340645375
>mod to fix him
>he still animates poorly
>other characters still lifeless in motion
I want to have sex with Rikku.
>>340645762
fuck off, get in the line
>>340645381
Woah, didn't know the remaster got that bad. Consider me corrected.
>>340645762
Get in line.
>>340645465
It's FF12 2.0. The leveling system is worse but everything else was improved.
>>340645381
>cheat codes
I would call them conveniences since you don't gain anything.
>X4 speed
Just cuts down on the animation time which is nice, but doesn't give any advantage
>enemy encounter changes
again just convenience since you get "no encounter" mods relatively early in the game, way before you usually need them. So this again is just a convenience thing, You just have to hit a hotkey instead of going trough 5 menus to activate it.
>Auto Battle
Again not really anything cheaty, it's just automatically clicking the attack button for you every round. Ignore everything else, doesn't pick targets, kinda shitty. You're better off using a turbo controller because then at you can also use magic thanks to cursor memory.
>hud hide
Basically screenshot mode.
the others however are straight up cheats that I wouldn't use since they do ruin the fun.
Other than that the PC version also features an Auto-Save feature which is nice (saves every time you change areas) an option to skip CGI Cutscenes and these graphic options: Anisotropic, Anti-aliasing, Post-draw anti-aliasing, and HBAO.
I would say all in all the PC version is by far the best FFX version you can get your hands on.
>>340646598
Stop proving him wrong. Now we have to listen to another shitty desperate response trying to prove he's right
>>340646598
>X4 speed
Un limit the frame rate on emulator for even faster
>again just convenience since you get "no encounter" mods relatively early in the game, way before you usually need them. So this again is just a convenience thing, You just have to hit a hotkey instead of going trough 5 menus to activate it.
They're cheat codes. The no encounter thing is literally an AR code for the PS2 game.
>Again not really anything cheaty, it's just automatically clicking the attack button for you every round. Ignore everything else, doesn't pick targets, kinda shitty. You're better off using a turbo controller because then at you can also use magic thanks to cursor memory.
Why even play the game at this point.
>hud hide
This iscool.
>Other than that the PC version also features an Auto-Save feature which is nice (saves every time you change areas) an option to skip CGI Cutscenes and these graphic options: Anisotropic, Anti-aliasing, Post-draw anti-aliasing, and HBAO.
Save states. The rest doesn't matter as it's better on emulator. I honestly don't believe the game uses HBAO though, so you'll have to prove that.
>I would say all in all the PC version is by far the best FFX version you can get your hands on.
Except for the reasons posted here>>340645381 that you ignored.
It looks worse.
>>340646598
>>340646765
>HD shills getting BTFO
>>340647012
I like the PS3 version more tbqh famm. This is 100% subjective.
>>340647518Buyers remorse.
>>340644708
When will retards stop parroting this meme?
You can't "fix" the GBA's awful sound quality with a patch, moron. It sounds nothing like the original music, with or without patch. You also can't "fix" the low resolution that doesn't show the entire screen. And even if you replace the rest of the graphics and script and put the censored scene back in, why the fuck bother when you can just play the original and not have to deal with all the bullshit?
>>340643907
8 music issues were fixed long ago.
Remake of 10 has the best models (mods) which are a combination of the new textures with the old faces.
>>340644568
>FF10-2: Just skip it
>Skipping the better X title
Enjoy your linear corridors, cringeworthy plot, and shitty end game character customization
>>340648207
>which are a combination of the new textures with the old faces.
They're a combination of the new objectively worse models with new, fixed, textures.
It's worse than PS2 still.
>>340647012
>unlimited frame rate
But the PC version does it in a smart way, turns the speed up and slows it down to normal speed so you can properly input stuff like your overdrive commands. Very convenient.
>no encounter being cheats
Nigga you get no encounter mods in the game basically thrown at you. The only difference here is: normally you have to open the menu, go to equip, equip it, close the menu and do the same again to undo it once you want to encounter again. Now you just press your F key. And you don't even need it unless you go for the über-bosses in the end game. It's literally convenience.
>why even play the game.
Nigga don't use it. Like I said it's a shitty version of "holding down the button to fight"
I prefer auto save to save states as save states allow for some serious save scumming. as for the HBAO it's on the feature page: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_X/Version_differences#Microsoft_Windows_.28via_Steam.29
>it looks worse
I'm not sure it does. It looks different, sure. Tidus maybe but dat boi always looked fucked up. I don't think the textures in the game look terrible compared to the old ones and in the video that was linked I think the new version looks better with a more natural lightning.
I haven't seen any instances of added bloom so far
They could have redone the FMVs maybe instead of cropping them a bit but everything important is still in the picture. you ain't missing anything. Overall the game looks much better than it used too.
And while it's true that you can turn it up somewhat on the Emulator, you're left with errors in the text and numbers that come from blowing it up 1080p.
All in all you get a much better experience with the PC version.
>>340649557
>at boi always looked fucked up
No he didn't.
>I think the new version looks better with a more natural lightning.
What the fuck.
>>340648402
>cringeworthy plot
>unironically claim that FFX-2's plot is in any way, shape or form less cringeworthy than X's
You need to be interned, or better yet put down and in any case castrated.
>>340642793
1-2 - GBA
3 - remake (PC, DS, iOS, PSP, Android, whatever you choose)
4, 5, 6 - GBA with patches (sound restoration, and so on)
7 - PSX/PS1 orwait for the remake
8 - PSX/PS1
9 - PSX/PS1 or PC
10/10-2 - PS2 or remake for PS3/PC
12 - PS2
13 trilogy - whatever you choose
Note that you can emulate most of them. 13 trilogy for PC are rather bad ports, but you may have no problems with them.
>>340642793
>X
Get the fan-created international Rom with Japanese Voices/Movies and English subtitles/menus. Emulate with PCSX2 and apply all the fancy shaders your can find.
Did this 2 years ago, shit looked awesome.
>>340649928
>no he didn't
nigga go watch the original Suteki Da Ne FMV cutscene. that nigga looks wonky as fuck.
Just look at it. That's not a good lightning effect.
>they're in a dark area
>yuna has glowing spots randomly in her face like someone is pointing a spotlight at her
>her cheeks are literally glowing but her nose seem to be left in the dark
>the middle of her neck is highly illuminated surrounded by shadow around her collar bone
True there are more "lightning effects" on her but it seems random. If you look at the right version you can see right away that she isn't standing in some form of light source. To me it looks WAY more natural.
>>340650954
>CG
You didn't have a point to begin with.
The remaster remade the game but forgot to put in the lighting. Neither is realistic, the HD is lazy and looks flat as fuck. These are cinematic effects, not realistic lighting.
>>340642793
for 1,4,5,6 play the GBA ones.
just watch 2, its a 100-hour grind to actually beat
for 3, the newest PC one is good.
for 7,8,9, emulate the ps1 version.
for 10 and 12 emulate the ps2 version.
13 is an absolute waste of time.
The best one is 7, with this mod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtnuEL_Nt_I
>>340650589
>>340651841
GBA versions of 4 and 6 are irredeemable garbage, don't recommend them. 5 is good though because of best translation.
Don't forget, these are very long games my friend. I'd say start with the one that MOST interests you, then on from that pick maybe one of the very popular ones (6, 7, 10) and see If you like them. I doubt if you dislike 6 and 7 that you will like the others, and you will save yourself a lot of time.
