Shack PSA: Final Fantasy VII now on PC
Final Fantasy VII is now available on the PC through Square's site, for $9.99.
Final Fantasy VII has finally hit the PC, after a brief false start a week ago. The company has released a launch trailer to mark the event, and it can be purchased on Square Enix's online store for $9.99.
The list price is $11.99, so it seems the company is holding a launch sale. Despite an earlier leak, the game isn't available on Steam, so you'll have to go the Square route if you want the game sooner than later. As previously reported, this version of the game includes achievements, cloud saves, and a character booster to cheat your way through tough spots. Check out the trailer below.
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Final Fantasy VII is now available on the PC through Square's site, for $9.99.-
Fuck yes!
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People still have a problem with this?
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If I pirate this game I can almost guarantee I'll have a better experience with the DRM than you will.
Usability aside, why the fuck should I be required to connect to the internet to play a Playstation 1 game? I completely understand D3's implementation, since that is a multiplayer game. This makes no sense and is retarded.-
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when there is no need related to game play --- YES
I spent 4 days in the hospital & could not log into steam, thus no steam games for me.
In the day to day, always online is not bad (assuming it does not cause you to hit bandwidth caps) but there are times when you really want to play a game, but cannot because of a requierment that is not gameplay based.
Why could I not play Civ 5, Political Machiene, Endless Space, or other great time waisters simply becaue in our rush to get to the hospital I did not load up steam and put it in "offline mode" before I left the house?
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fuck that.
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Really? But why?
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Well, shit. Ah well. I can just mute the music and the OCremix sound track playing on Spotify or something.
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for now it seems the only good thing about this re-release is the support for shared saves (which would be good with a quick connection to net and make them shared then but the need for internet connection all the time ruins that a bit) otherwise the achievements are just bull, the booster ruins them later if they patch some more later (and generally makes things too easy) and the remastered music just aint been that good yet, we'll see that later how it goes
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wtf why would they do that?!
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There are different versions?
Can somebody please enlighten me? :(-
The original PSX music is 100 times better
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Just found this comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7E9fSgPtmc
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Back when they ported FF7 to the PC (~1998) it wasn't common for PC's to be powerful enough to run both the game and be able to play MP3-based music as well (on top of the operating system) so the PC port used MIDI music which was the style of the time. If you think back most games either used MIDI (like DOOM) or used redbook audio-based music off of the disc (like Quake).
It looks like Square Enix dusted off the PC port that used MIDI and made it run on Windows 7, use achievements, etc.
For music purposes the PSX version's a better deal at the moment.-
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lol at the modern editing of the FF7 trailer. What an anachronism.
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This makes it sound like it was never released on PC before. My original playthrough of this game was on PC (with a Gravis gamepad even!) since I didn't own a Playstation at the time. And apparently that copy is going up in value... http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-Pc/dp/B00000DMAA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345045054&sr=8-2&keywords=final+fantasy+VII+pc
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yup, that's the one i played too. i still have it in the cardboard sleeve. no trapezoid box, though :(
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Yeah, by the time I got it we had moved to Windows 2000 and it always got stuck on the Chocobo races :(
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Sweet Jesus I need to buy this, play this, and ACTUALLY FINISH THE DAMN GAME.
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I hope they fixed the speed of the motorcycle attack sequence and chocobo racing because before it wasn't speed adjusted so it ran through those bits FAST on modern computers.
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I have never played this game. Is now the time?
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I don't think it, or any of the 3D FF games, hold up as well as the 2D ones. But it's still fun.
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Will this play at 1920x1080? Or is the background art not meant for 16:9?
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super-stretchy mode.
http://truepcgaming.com/2012/08/14/final-fantasy-vii-pc-re-release-impressions/
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http://truepcgaming.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/6.jpg
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lol, even if that background was of a higher resolution, you would easily get better graphics by using a 3D engine these days. Oh my how technology progresses.
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ugh are you serious... I guess you could create a custom resolution for 4:3?
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Really? Afraid? They never even tried to claim it was going to be anything but this. It's exactly what I was expecting.
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That sucks. FF VII looked fantastic in epsxe the last time I played it.
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Very poor release for $9.99 and because of the DRM it can't be modded.
The modders have create a far better experience for the original PC release:
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makes you wonder why they didn't just use steam
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Apparently this release breaks compatibility with a lot of the mods, too. Especially anything that requires a change in the .exe, probably due to the DRM or something. So, at least for now, the best way to play this game is to either get the PSX version (for purists) or get the old retail PC discs and mod the game to hell and back with stuff from the qhimm.com.
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Oops, meant to add the word "forums" at the end there.
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