Board 8 > How are the SNES Final Fantasy Steam ports?

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There's a Final Fantasy sale happening on Steam and I feel poised to play an RPG I've never played before. All of the Final Fantasy's prior to the PS1 era fall in that category. However most of the reviews on Steam seem to be bordering on mixed. At the same time, I don't really trust Steam reviews. I trust most of you, though. Thank you for your help in advance.

I'm most interested in FFVI because it seems to get the most praise.
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I'm playing FF6 for the first time right now, so I did a little bit of research on this recently for my own purposes. My understanding is...

the original SNES version has what is considered the best graphics and sound

the GBA version has basically the same graphics and sound, but lower quality. however, there is added content to the game. this makes it worth it to play the GBA version if you're okay with handheld quality. also, it can be patched with the SNES quality.

the PS1 version is I guess a joke that everyone hates.

the Steam version has all of the added content from the GBA version... however... it has totally different graphics than the original SNES version. the sprites are all totally redone. the style of the game is brighter and more washed out looking, less detailed, and less impressive overall. this is really a sticking point for most people.

the main thing I've heard is that the Steam version is worth playing only because it can be modded. this can fix the new design issues and also opens up opportunities to include things that weren't in the original or GBA version (like a fully orchestrated soundtrack mod that is considered pretty quality). I can't give much advice beyond that because, well, that's the point where I made my decision. didn't feel like going through the effort to find out which mods were good or to install them, so I'm playing the GBA version.
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I thought those were mobile ports
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the worst
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The graphics are hideous. Besides that they're extremely poorly done also, with obvious tiling errors.

Don't know about the gameplay, although I remember hearing that the controls were still optimized for mobile touchscreens even on the PC version. It has the makings of a lazy, lazy port.
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Grand Kirby posted...

Don't know about the gameplay, although I remember hearing that the controls were still optimized for mobile touchscreens even on the PC version.

this is true, yeah. I hear there is a mod to fix this as well.

so basically the steam version is really only worth it if you're willing to get a mod to fix every aspect of the game to make it more like the original. not because "new things = bad" meme, but because the newer version literally changed so many things for the worse.

at the very least this seems to be commonly agreed on by almost all of the sources I checked.
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Even the PS1 port is better than the Steam version.

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Well that's disappointing to hear. I'll have to look into the modding and see if it's a simple install. I don't feel like searching for an alternative way to play it, though I guess given knowledge of the internet finding an alternative way to play it on PC can't be TOO hard. Thanks for the info, gang!
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ZaziGuado posted...

given knowledge of the internet finding an alternative way to play it on PC can't be TOO hard.

I'd say if you're gonna go that way, play the SNES version. Though I guess the GBA version would still work.
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Yea I was about to say, just emulate it at that point
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GBA version is the way to go, especially if you use the music hack to make it sound more like the Super Nintendo version
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