Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD First Impressions

Goddamn FFX-2, why are you so addictive!?

Doesn't seem like I'll do the postgame content of FFX anytime soon. I've been entangled.

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Originally Posted by Rocket Edge

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Originally Posted by Mirage

That's because FFX and X-2 are like the only HD remasters that have actually been remastered. Just increasing the resolution doesn't count as a remaster. If it did, I would be "remastering" games every time I ran an old game on a newer PC.

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Saying that though, X looks better than most PS3 games. It's so smooth looking. On the verge of beating the game here and I'm loving it. I'm actually sort of surprised at how absorbed I got.

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That's a pretty big exaggeration. I'd be inclined to agree if every character in the game got the same treatment as the main characters did. From a technical standpoint, random NPCs in FF13-2 have more polys and higher res textures than the main cast of FFX. FFX also lacks a lot of effects that you see in almost any "real" PS3 game, such as DoF, HDR and environmental reflections. The game world has a prettier design than most other PS3 games, though.

I think the characters look stellar enough. Maybe not as good as some of FFXIII-2's design, but everything looks so smooth. The backgrounds look far more beautiful IMO though.

I'm getting used to the faces, but...Tidus' eyeballs sure are over-shaded. They look like they're about to pop out. It's distracting! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...s/fistrage.gif

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Originally Posted by Mirage

That's because FFX and X-2 are like the only HD remasters that have actually been remastered. Just increasing the resolution doesn't count as a remaster. If it did, I would be "remastering" games every time I ran an old game on a newer PC.

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Wind Waker HD would like a word.

wind waker can have as many words as it wants for all i care

also, i said "like the only", so that doesn't mean it is the absolutely only real hd remaster

I'm about 5 hours into X and I'm hooked. I haven't played an FF game in a while and revisiting X is fantastic. I know many people dislike this game, but I think it's an amazing classic that deserved an update. I could have lived without Tidas' Botox though.

So I finished playing through the FFX story last night and I think they did a fantastic job overall with the HD remaster. I wasn't really disappointed, but the following things I think would have been worth doing:

-Fixing the lip syncing.
-Either redoing or filtering the FMVs instead of just cropping and upscaling them. They don't look awful but they could look a lot better.
-Touched up the NPC's textures a tad more.
-Not punished us with the second most time consuming platinum trophy ever. :p

Aside of those things, it's a pretty flawless remaster from beginning to end. I still need to kill the super bosses and *shudders* fill out everyone's spheregrid.