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Posted By Johnny Maloney about 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Behold! The steam powered internet!
A few weeks ago we reported the rumor that Final Fantasy VII, one of the most beloved and iconic Final Fantasy games of all time, may be destined for re-release. Naturally, as fans have been shouting out for an HD remake for years, it’d make perfect sense to forsake consoles and release it on PC instead, right? Well, somebody thought that was the natural thing to do.
Final Fantasy VII actually *did* come out for the PC back in 1998, if you didn’t know. I’m not sure anybody actually played it, because the PC version was pretty rubbish, and I believe only a single copy of it was sold in the whole of ONE store deep somewhere in the American mid-west. Nobody knows who bought that copy, but rest assured that it’s probably collecting dust somewhere in an attic. Regardless, this PC re-release promises to be “optimized” and to fully support contemporary computers, with official support for XP/Vista/Windows 7 based systems. No word is out on whether or not the game promises to be souped up visually, but presumably you’ll be able to adjust the resolution, right?
Additionally, FFVII is going to boast new achievements, a click of a button feature that maximizes HP, MP and Gil, and cloud saves. “But Johnny, I know Cloud saves, I’ve played the game before.” No, I mean saves over the internet cloud, so Cloud can save while you save in the cloud. That word looks funny now – “Cloud.”
“When and where can I indulge in this great appeal to my nostalgia, Johnny?” you may ask. The answers are: soon and… on the Square Enix store? Is that a thing? A quick Google search reveals that it is, and will also be the ONLY place you can get this enhanced re-release. That seems a bit weird.
Links: Final Fantasy VII Re-Release Page
If they don’t add to it or improve the graphics for the modern time I’ll stick to a PS1 copy or the Digital Download on the PSN.
I guess I am the one guy that has the pc version collecting dust in the attic.. Oh wait no it is on my PC
I didn’t own a PS1 ’till like PS2 was just out, so I played FF7 and on my PC as well. Heck, I also played it through on my FRIEND’S PC, which was his introduction to JRPGs. Don’t recall much bugging, though.
What the hell is with that idiotic character booster though. I don’t want to play the game or experience any kind of challenge in anything I do so just level my characters up for me. Why not just watch a Let’s Play of it if you are just going to zip through the game with no problems
The game is not even that hard to begin with anyways. Some of the optional stuff can be kinda hard, but thats the point.
I just realized what they have written at the bottom of their page:
Minimum System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64-bit) • 2GHz Processor or faster • 1GB RAM •
Wut. I guess the higher resolution and perhaps things like Anti-Aliasing will increase the Requirements a bit, but I’m fairly certain that those stats are quite a bit higher than they where in the original PC release.
Not that they are high or anything for todays standards. I just found that noticeable.
I think you’ll find they’re close to the recommended requirements to run Vista.
I still have the PC version of Final Fantasy 7, gonna be interesting to try the new version (since i can’t get it to work with the old one)
I have it too. It’s not hard to get it working on modernd operating systems. All you need to do is download and install TrueMotion 2.0 codec.
Unfortunately (some) modern games seem have issues with it. I had encountered grafical issues on Skyrim, Guild Wars 2 beta (graphics were much lover than they should have been) and preformance issues on Dawn of War 2 – Retribution
Why you dogging on the PC version? Some of us didn’t have a PS1 but had a kick-a computer. Besides, you can render it at 800 x 600 on the PC.
I’m not really slogging it, but it wasn’t exactly the most publicized release, and it was notoriously buggy and badly optimized as well. Presumably this enhanced edition will have all those bugs worked out, but time will tell.
I wonder what the people who worked hard on the HD mods for the original PC version are going to do now?
The PC version of FF7 was actually my introduction to the franchise… and it showed. I had no idea how to properly prepare myself and got stuck on an early boss (when the starting town is about to be crushed or whatever). I still own the discs, in fact.
Since I still have my PS1 copy, I’ll only get this if one of the new features is the long rumored Aeris resurrection, lol
What’s the point of resurrecting her besides cheapening her death scene?
None, and to be honest I don’ really care all that much but I remember back in the day where people kept insisting there was either a hidden way to bring back Aeris or the developers intended to bring her back but cut it with a bunch of what they considered evidence such as an empty spot on the airship that could fit a character and such, so long story short, felt like making a nostalgia based joke.
If they actually re-translate the script, I’m totally in. If not, I could care less.
~DS
Not a re-make? Not interested. I have the discs on Playstation, I have it downloaded on PSN. No need for another copy.
I was the one who bought that pc version. I bought that one copy of pc ff8 too.
Given that PC copies of FF8 are infinitely rarer than copies of FF7 on the PC, you must have bought slightly less of the one of FF8s than the one of FF7s you bought :p
Not on Steam? So does that mean it’ll have Windows Live Achievements or is Square making their own achievement system now?
Since they’re only selling it via their own store, my guess is just an in-game Achievements screen aka Star Ocean 3 and FF12.
I’m glad they’re not remaking the game from scratch. Square should remake the original Dragon Warrior before remaking FF7. Let’s face it, the original Dragon Warrior is the most out dated and badly aged game made by ENIX. It needs a remake more than anything else SE owns.
I’d totally buy this from Steam if it was released on there. The character booster is appreciated by me, mainly because I hate grinding and would love to play this game without ever having to grind in it. Some may disagree with me, but you don’t have to use the “character booster” so you have no right to complain about it. It would be something rage worthy if it was forced on you but it’s not. It’s optional.
After so looooong, my prayers have finally been answered…