#FINAL FANTASY 7 HD REMAKE STEAM FULL#
#FINAL FANTASY 7 HD REMAKE STEAM PC#

(NOTE: Since this blog has a tendency to auto-size images, especially if you're on a mobile device, I've cropped the following image to 400x400 so that it will hopefully show up at native resolution on all devices. And just to reiterate - in an official screenshot. Next, everything on that FFVI screenshot is blurry. Personally I feel that pillar-boxing is always better than stretching, but judge for yourself ( Direct image link): Yes, I know this was originally a mobile game with a native internal resolution of 1280x768, but seriously, put your best foot forward here, Square Enix. It's the single most important resolution to get right. Locke's head and other visual elements are obviously distorted from the proportions the artists intended.ДЎ920x1080 is the most common display size according to Steam's latest survey. Yes, pedants, I know the Super Nintendo did not have a square pixel ratio. BlurringДЇirst of all, the entire screen is stretched horizontally by about 21%. This game could have - and should have - looked much better, regardless of whether you prefer HD art or pixels.ДЄnyways, let's start with an official screenshot from Square Enix. I am interested in giving Alice and Bob a proper technical vocabulary so they can put their feelings into words. I'm not interested in telling Alice and Bob what they should or shouldn't like. Yeah, Alice and Bob are a bit strawmannish, but you've seen this argument play out before.

#FINAL FANTASY 7 HD REMAKE STEAM FULL#

What we have here is a failure to communicate.ДЄlice is trying to point out glaring problems with the technical implementation, but Bob just hears 'Alice is a weird hipster who thinks grainy black and white silent films are better than digital HD in full color with surround sound.' Meanwhile Bob is trying to say that literally anything looks better to him than pixel graphics because he wasn't born in 1984 - but all Alice hears is, 'Bob's inability to see these problems can only be explained by a congenital visual impairment that covers his entire field of view with jpeg artifacts.' Now, before we begin, I want to address a discussion pattern I've seen:ДЄLICE: This art is terrible! Just give me the original pixel art at this point.Д«OB: What's wrong with the new stuff? At least it's HD.ДЄLICE: Where are your eyes? See the smudging? You're such a phillistine.Д«OB: What, you think ugly blocky pixels are better? You're such a snob. I had a lot to say about Final Fantasy V, so if you're reading this blog for the first time I recommend at least skimming the first article, in what has apparently just become a series: Doing an HD Remake the Right Way As you might expect, they share similar technical problems. Final Fantasy V got the same treatment, used the same engine, and was also released on Steam a few months back.

#FINAL FANTASY 7 HD REMAKE STEAM PC#

The Final Fantasy VI PC re-release is a direct port of an earlier iOS version. (We'll get back to this image later in the article.)

The problem with the Final Fantasy VI remake has much more to do with graphics programming than art style. I posted my own nuanced response on twitter as well: Yeah /1UPgoUxgtE- Jenn Frank December 9, 2015ДЇfvi original vs steam release /38MSXa5Ds2- Robin S. Instead, Square Enix bungled it and everybody is complaining about the art style. This game is the crown jewel of the SNES era of JRPG's and deserves the utmost care and respect. So Final Fantasy VI - a beloved classic that contends with Final Fantasy VII for the title of best Final Fantasy game of all time - is releasing on Steam this Wednesday.

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