This is the closest thing to a remake lol

[CloudDragon]

Well that's kind of fun. I've kind of had this hunch for the last couple of months that SE may have a FF7 remake project up their sleeves. I think the story of FF7 now more than ever can related to our own time. Of course we can only wish for right now.

[Big D]

I've watched some cutscenes from that 'upgraded' version on YouTube, and it works pretty well - though, as has been said, the character models don't always behave quite right and sometimes overlap oddly. Scenes like Cloud hugging Yuffie after a certain tragic mishap.

Still, it looks spiffy and makes me wonder why the creators didn't use battle-quality character models from the very beginning. The PSX could easily have handled it, as FFVIII and IX prove beyond doubt.

[arcanedude34]

I thought that FFVI-Advance was an improvement over the SNES version in terms of censorship. They changed a few of the slightly mad translations, but I wouldn't say that was necessarily censorship, more tidying up. I thought the Advance version was more liberal.

YouTube - Final Fantasy VI Playthrough (31) Celes
The beating was edited out of the Advance port. In the Advance port, she collapses for no reason whatsoever. And she wasn't chained to the wall, so they more or less had an honor system thing going where she was told not to escape and she listened to them.. While it was funny, it ruined the scene.

And about the glitches.... SPOLIERS! YouTube - Final Fantasy VII Glitch If THAT doesn't spoil the mood, I don't know what will.

[Rantz]

And about the glitches.... SPOLIERS! YouTube - Final Fantasy VII Glitch If THAT doesn't spoil the mood, I don't know what will.

Bahaha xD That's so wrong, and yet it feels so right.

[Bolivar]

And risk censorship like FF VI Advance? I doubt they will keep the honey bee in or the wall market little mission -_-

the original SNES FFVI had the crap censored out of it to begin with, it's not that big of a problem. I think there might be some issues with FFVII, such as the whole terrorism against capitalists thing, but that, along with the wall market, are things too big for me to honestly believe the development team would take it out.

Still, it looks spiffy and makes me wonder why the creators didn't use battle-quality character models from the very beginning. The PSX could easily have handled it, as FFVIII and IX prove beyond doubt.

One of the main goals of the FFVII team was to prove they could make a CD-based game with the same load times as cartridges, which was pretty damn crazy for its time. FFVIII and IX take a crapload of more time to load stuff, even the battles. Compare how long it takes to get into a battle from VIII and IX to VII, you'll see what i'm talkin about. Youtube it.

[Big D]

Indeed, those load times are definitely a nuisance in IX, even more than in VIII. But FFVII's battles load quickly, so it would've been cool if FFVII just used its own character battle graphics for normal gameplay. I guess it would've really slowed down the scenes with lots of NPCs, though, like the crowds in Midgar or the Shinra troops at Junon.

[Heath]

I thought that FFVI-Advance was an improvement over the SNES version in terms of censorship. They changed a few of the slightly mad translations, but I wouldn't say that was necessarily censorship, more tidying up. I thought the Advance version was more liberal.

YouTube - Final Fantasy VI Playthrough (31) Celes
The beating was edited out of the Advance port. In the Advance port, she collapses for no reason whatsoever. And she wasn't chained to the wall, so they more or less had an honor system thing going where she was told not to escape and she listened to them.. While it was funny, it ruined the scene.

Oh, right. In that respect, yes. Apart from that I thought it was pretty sound though.

[Chuchulainn the impure]

Not bad

[KoShiatar]

I heard about that patch multiple times. I might try it out myself some day... perhaps for Eyes on Plays.

[fairweather]

I thought that FFVI-Advance was an improvement over the SNES version in terms of censorship. They changed a few of the slightly mad translations, but I wouldn't say that was necessarily censorship, more tidying up. I thought the Advance version was more liberal.

YouTube - Final Fantasy VI Playthrough (31) Celes
The beating was edited out of the Advance port. In the Advance port, she collapses for no reason whatsoever. And she wasn't chained to the wall, so they more or less had an honor system thing going where she was told not to escape and she listened to them.. While it was funny, it ruined the scene.

And about the glitches.... SPOLIERS! YouTube - Final Fantasy VII Glitch If THAT doesn't spoil the mood, I don't know what will.

Oh my gosh. That cracked me up so bad.

I like it. I like the original better, but this is still pretty cool.

[Snorki]

That's pretty cool, I like how the graphics are better, no?