FFX and FFXII possibly being remastered for PS3

[Dreddz]

Interesting bit of news I came across. I was reading this article regarding Sony and their stance on PS2 BC for the PS3. Nothing of great interest within the article apart from this quote.

"When fans see what Konami’s doing to the Metal Gear series, and what Square’s doing with Final Fantasy, they’re going to be very happy.”

The quote is refering to developers remastering their games in HD for the PS3. This comment was made from a SCEA marketing boss which definitely adds some credibility to it. I'm not going to say whether this is 100% confirmation but it'll seem pretty stupid if he just pulled that comment out of his ass. Personally I'd love for them to remaster FFX and FFXII (I'll exclude FFXI cause I really doubt they would rerelease that). FFXII was already a beautiful game to begin with, seeing it in HD would definitely push me to rebuying the game.

Also worth noting that he mentioned the MGS series as well. I guess that kind of a big deal too.

[Flying Arrow]

So a large overworld can be done in HD? Go figure.

[ShinGundam]

So a large overworld can be done in HD? Go figure.

Is there an Overworld in FFX or FFXII to begin with ?

[Flying Arrow]

I always recalled most of XII's locations as being 'overworld' but then again I haven't played the game since it came out.

[Mirage]

maybe this'll make me play FF12 to the end

[Roto13]

I wouldn't be too surprised to see X and X-2 bundled together.

[DMKA]

I'd probably rebuy XII and I'd definitely rebuy X if they were to do this.

I've wanted to replay both lately but they both look so incredibly terrible on my HDTV that it makes my eyes bleed too much to keep playing. XII especially.

[Wolf Kanno]

Only if FFXII was the International Zodiac Job edition instead of the regular. I don't really care how gorgeous a game looks cause I've never felt like graphics alone were a sufficient form of immersions and seeing how XII is gorgeous to begin with, I don't see how an HD remaster is worth my time or money.

I'm not sure how FFX would fare though, the background models and the character models already differ greatly enough and I feel pushing it to HD is just going to make the characters models stand out more in a negative way. So unless they were going to upgrade them to fit with the pre-rendered backgrounds, I don't see an HD remaster of X going over so well. Of course there is also other titles in SE's library. KH and DQVIII would probably fare well with a HD remake.

[Roogle]

I would rather play an updated version of the Playstation era Final Fantasy games because I feel that era of Final Fantasy has aged the least well.

Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII would look great in HD on Playstation 3, I think, but I was under the impression that the large areas in Final Fantasy XII could not reproduced in HD graphics due to the time and resources needed to develop them.

[Del Murder]

I would rather play an updated version of the Playstation era Final Fantasy games because I feel that era of Final Fantasy has aged the least well.

Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII would look great in HD on Playstation 3, I think, but I was under the impression that the large areas in Final Fantasy XII could not reproduced in HD graphics due to the time and resources needed to develop them.

I agree for the same reason, and also because I liked VII-IX a lot better. I don't know why they would remake X and XII first. Has SE said anywhere that those games would be looked into first or is this just Dreddz's speculation/hope?

[Bolivar]

Well, some people have questioned the validity of this interview because none of the other news sites have picked up on it yet. If it's true I'd be thrilled, these are some of my favorite games and I'd love to go through them again, and trophies are always a nice (if arbitrary) incentive to replay a game.

I don't really care how gorgeous a game looks cause I've never felt like graphics alone were a sufficient form of immersions and seeing how XII is gorgeous to begin with, I don't see how an HD remaster is worth my time or money.

A big plus to an HD-remake is that it remedies how bad modern TV's butcher the visuals of older games. Another plus to having a Blu Ray version would be sound. Many games take advantage of the storage space by putting uncompressed sound on the disc, and I'm pretty sure FFXII's audio was insanely compressed, you can kinda tell by the dialogue alone.

[Mirage]

I'd probably rebuy XII and I'd definitely rebuy X if they were to do this.

I've wanted to replay both lately but they both look so incredibly terrible on my HDTV that it makes my eyes bleed too much to keep playing. XII especially.

Sounds like your TV could use a better upscaling engine than it's got :>

[Dreddz]

I wouldn't be too surprised to see X and X-2 bundled together.

Didn't think about that. I hope not. FFX and X-2 are good games but FFXII is the one I really want to revisit.

Has SE said anywhere that those games would be looked into first or is this just Dreddz's speculation/hope?

Square has said nothing which is why I made the point that it isn't 100% confirmation. Although the comment is credible as it was made by someone high up the food chain over at Sony. Bolivar is correct in bringing up the validity of this article though. This woud be a big deal so the lack of coverage is disconcerting.

Oh and sorry for anyone that read my post before the edit. I forgot to add the article. Oops.

[Wolf Kanno]

I don't really care how gorgeous a game looks cause I've never felt like graphics alone were a sufficient form of immersions and seeing how XII is gorgeous to begin with, I don't see how an HD remaster is worth my time or money.

A big plus to an HD-remake is that it remedies how bad modern TV's butcher the visuals of older games. Another plus to having a Blu Ray version would be sound. Many games take advantage of the storage space by putting uncompressed sound on the disc, and I'm pretty sure FFXII's audio was insanely compressed, you can kinda tell by the dialogue alone.

I'm not saying its a bad idea, just not a necessary one. I'm sure XII would benefit greatly from other areas with an HD upgrade but if you enjoy the original and don't actually care or even notice the technical differences then I still say its more of a vanity buy than a practical one.

Now getting someone else to buy it for my birthday or Christmas is another story entirely...

[Slothy]

but I was under the impression that the large areas in Final Fantasy XII could not reproduced in HD graphics due to the time and resources needed to develop them.

There's a big difference between rendering a PS2 game at a higher resolution (as with the God of War collection and the upcoming Ico and Shadow of the Colossus re-releases) and actually making a game with high polygon character models and textures of the quality that people expect from a current gen game. If it is just re-releases then the extra work to get it running in HD on the PS3 would be minimal.

What the original claim regarding FFXIII speaks to is that it takes a long time to model high polygon characters, enemies, and worlds, and it's equally as arduous to texture the damn things given the level of detail and quality expected of a next-gen game. That said, I think the original claim was a bit of an overstatement, probably to try and manage player expectations for FFXIII. Plenty of western developers have managed worlds that were bigger, more detailed and more impressive than FFXIII on next-gen systems, and it didn't take them nearly as long to do it to boot.