eriesofwar 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2013 still a very good ff game its better than some of the stuff u see today Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mxjbles 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2014 I liked 8 alot more then, and still do. i still think about the characters, i still love the trppy vibe of the world, the scene where the SEED academy is being invaded makes me want to go replay this again right now. if there were a version with trophies id have litterally no excuses left not to buy again. (i still have my guide somewhere) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koby 17,598 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 Loved the reveal of the FF8 Remaster, but sadly it looks like they've only updated character models while ignoring the backgrounds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koby 17,598 Report post Posted September 4, 2019 "Remaster" just updates character models and blurs the original backgrounds. As a result: Looks very weird seeing blurry Cid amongst sharp Squall and Quistis The remaster with updated character models really makes it apparent which characters are actually there and which are just drawn on the background as they remain very low quality and blurred. But the new models do look much nicer: 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomKnight 19 Report post Posted September 7, 2019 Just downloaded my copy of FF8, it will be my first time playing it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koby 17,598 Report post Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, PhantomKnight said: Just downloaded my copy of FF8, it will be my first time playing it I played FF8 quite a bit back on the PS1. Bought the Remaster on Steam, but I intend to apply some fan mods to improve backgrounds and such once they're out. I played about 30 minutes of the remaster just to get a feel of how much different it was. Quite a bit of NPCs were apparently just drawn on the backgrounds so they're just a blurry mess. The backgrounds just had a Gaussian blur effect applied to them to get rid of the pixelation and choppiness, but it still looks very choppy in places where the character goes behind a small portion of the background where angles are involved. Game seemed stable for me though. No crashes or bugs cropped up and the menus, loader, and configuration were all capable of being done with a controller, so controller support has definitely improved over the original Steam release. Also unlike the old one, the Remaster does not require a Square Enix account to play. Also saves from the original can be copied over to the game folder and work fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koby 17,598 Report post Posted May 14 A lot of fan mods just dropped for the "Remaster" in order to update the game further graphically. Here is some comparisons between the official remaster as-is and the fan mods created for it. some enemy battle models official (before) vs. fan mods (after): https://imgsli.com/MTYyODU https://imgsli.com/MTYyNjk https://imgsli.com/MTYyNjY click the link and use the slider to go back n forth... fan mod is extremely more detailed. and then some background comparisons official: fan mod: official: fan mod: official: fan mod: Full size them of course to fully see the difference. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashven288 141 Report post Posted May 15 Could you provide a link to that mod. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koby 17,598 Report post Posted May 15 2 hours ago, Ashven288 said: Could you provide a link to that mod. Final Fantasy 7, 8, 8 Remastered, and 9 mods can all be found on Qhimm's forum. But for 8 Remastered exclusively, you can find most of the mods linked on this thread. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
