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curl-6 on 13 July 2025
Otter said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah FF16 was either really badly optimized or just had really baffling rendering priorities, cos it didn't look nearly good enough to justify how low res it was. Reminded me of something like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch where the quality of the effects was dimmed somewhat by the blurry image quality.

For sure it's the engine, which is derived from FF14s. It wasn't really built for graphical showcases in mind and probably the team worked pretty speedy to bring it up to scratch with modern standards. 

Graphically I don't think FF16 gets enough love though, it's definitely more consistent and detailed presentation then VII Rebirth but it's art direction leans more into a solemn realism which makes it pop less. Some parts of VII like the character models and VFX work are better.

It's a shame though Square was unable to realise their goals with the lumen engine. Honestly their games would be on another league if they were able to continual build on assets from the past and have all teams have access to the same tools. In particular XV had way better parkour and contextual animation than both 16 and 7 Rebirth. Navigating terrain in both of the "next gen" games is several steps back (start 2:50)



Don't get me wrong, I actually really like how FF16 looks for the most part. Performance mode just looks a bit soft for a current gen game.

FF15 I haven't played yet but it does look really good visually, especially for a game that's like a decade old now, may have to check it out sometime. I do enjoy seeing bespoke engines in action, since nowadays most games seem to run on UE.



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Jumpin on 13 July 2025

Good! I haven’t played an FF game past 13, and I’d like to get back into the franchise.
One of the big reasons is availability. I only play RPGs on dedicated consoles, and the console I own that has the most recent FF games available on it is PS3…

Looking forward to playing the FF7 remake and the FF Tactics remaster. I’m a little miffed we have not even a port of Chrono Trigger since the Wii. Anyone know why Square keeps holding that one back? It didn’t even come with the recent Chrono bundle or the Classic Mini (huge miss!).



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BasilZero on 13 July 2025
Jumpin said:

Good! I haven’t played an FF game past 13, and I’d like to get back into the franchise.
One of the big reasons is availability. I only play RPGs on dedicated consoles, and the console I own that has the most recent FF games available on it is PS3…

Looking forward to playing the FF7 remake and the FF Tactics remaster. I’m a little miffed we have not even a port of Chrono Trigger since the Wii. Anyone know why Square keeps holding that one back? It didn’t even come with the recent Chrono bundle or the Classic Mini (huge miss!).

All of the modern platforms have access to pretty much the entire FF series bar XIII trilogy which is on PC and Xbox. 

(I have them all on all systems lol)

I'm looking forward to FF Tactics which I plan to pre-order soon on Steam (via humble bundle for the discount on the digital deluxe edition).

Chrono Trigger is available on Steam, iOS and Android. Not sure why they wont release it on Switch, Playstation and Xbox though. Chrono Cross is on all systems except for iOS/android.



Xxain on 14 July 2025

SE has been saying this for nearly the entire year.



2zosteven on 14 July 2025

make final fantasy 17 right and the switch 2 will become the system of choice



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Raven on 14 July 2025

It needs to be. Propping up the game's marketing for a single system that more and more people don't care about buying completely undermines its sales potential when it comes out on other platforms over a year later when the media cycle of the game is basically over.



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Mar1217 on 16 July 2025
Raven said:

It needs to be. Propping up the game's marketing for a single system that more and more people don't care about buying completely undermines its sales potential when it comes out on other platforms over a year later when the media cycle of the game is basically over.

Basically, let us buy Vivi's FF IX remake anywhere we want !



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