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Voice of Sephiroth from Echo-S7 here, thanks for the shoutout! Funny how you mentioned how fitting that type of voice acting was. We actually had that in mind, while still adding believability to the whole performance. Rather challenging. Basically, the goal was "Early Days Funimation." Once again, thanks for the shout out!
Recently beaten the entire FF7 with the Echo S7 mod and I wanna say you guys made the entire game come alive. And you especially nailed the voice acting with the Supernova attack. Thank you.
The art is incredibly unique from an era when 3D games were just as much inventing the format as they were utilizing it. I find the popeye arms endearing and the low poly nostalgic. FF7 graphics were incredibly jaw dropping in 97'. They moved goalposts on damn near every aspect at the time. I get that I have the benefit of context when judging the game though. The game was absorbed by me at a time when it was a technical marvel, not years and technological leaps later. All but the very best 2600 games are practically unplayable to me so I have an analogue from the other direction. I will always love FF7s original presentation but I also am a huge advocate for a modern graphical and mechanical overhaul. I would rather younger generations have the ability to enjoy the original game with modern incentives. An iteration that isn't antiquated by todays mechanics and graphics. Something that welcomes players into an epic timeless experience instead of obscuring it through the patina of 30 year old technology. The original deserves an actual remake but something more in the vein of a remaster with added content. The game is a large part in gaming history. People should be able to experience it as the event it is and not as a glimpse into what the past was.
Its never too late to do something you enjoy. I'm 45, and in 1997 I went to a Virgin Megastore, looking for the new album from The Prodigy, "The Fat Of The Land" and while searching for it, i went trough the video-games section, and a BIG ASS cardboard cut-out was drawing attention to FF7 which had just been released, and on display. I was torn. i had been waiting for FF7 for a long time, but i also really wanted that album (i was very into EDM at the time), but i couldn't afford both. I had to choose, so, to tide me over, i went to a listening booth, and went over the full album, and purchased the game on my way out. I don't regret it for a second. FF7 was everything it was promised to be, and then some. Its no wonder it became a landmark for RPGs. It took me a little while, but i later purchased the album as well. It just so happens that much like FF7 for video-games, that album also became a landmark for EDM, and strangely enough, it also became a gateway "drug" for heavy-metal, mostly thank to the song "Firestarter", which in turn was made famous not just on its own merit, but because of another video-game, Wipeout XL (aka. Wipeout 2097), where that song sort of became a "poster boy" for the franchise among fans.
To be fair the game came out in 97 and by 99 there were games on same/similar hardware that blew FF7 away. It doesn't take away from the games epicness, but it he's not wrong. It was basically dated since 98
Definitely was hyping up 7 when it came out only to have my friends immediately turned off by the blocky hands and Popeye arms. "Man Soul Blade looks better than this game." was one such response I remember. Felt like I was dying on a hill defending the art style.
@@TopHatGamingManChannelThe battle graphics were good for the time and the field models were intentionally stylized. Plus we’re talking about a giant 50 hour rpg. FF7 looked amazing at the time for a game of its scope.
I played and finished the PC version back in the 90s. That’s my memory of the game. The graphics were updated and crisper than the PS1 version. Due to our nice graphics card making use of that at the time I got a better visual experience than most. I’m happy I did because it allowed for the best experience. Some of the late game summons were a sight to behold atthe time!
my OG experience was on PS1, i've not had the pleasure of doing it on PC, but after this video, i have all the more encouragement to do so. especially when FF7R just keeps getting worse because Gen Z Losers are triggered by sexy polygonal characters.
I remember beta testing echo s mod I put so many hours into it. I also voiced one of the NPCs in the mod. I loved working on it and I'm glad to see others talk about the mod. Tsunamimods are amazing and I will always thank tsunami for giving me the chance to help with such a great group of people.
(At the time) The field character models were rough, but the battle models were pretty good. And the pre-rendered backgrounds were great, and each area is so memorable.
Graphical remake while retaining the old-school style (like RE1 Remake did on Gamecube)? yes... but no voice acting for me personally. It can ruin a game If done wrong , FF7 never had It or needed It , I don't want Impressions and voice actors Imposing on my Idea of these characters. Sometimes It's done really well minimalistically like In Soulslike games etc.. and I didn't mind FFX voice acting , but It always had It where as FF7 originally didn't. I don't like how FF7 Remakes English voice acting was handled for some of the characters , you just can't trust Square with that nowdays.
Believe it or not, not everyone has memorized the release date of every mod ever made. This video isn’t just for seasoned veterans -it’s for people who might be discovering mods for the first time. Considering the game came out 27 years ago, and mods are constantly evolving and being updated, there's always something getting better. As for your comment, I have been aware of FF7 modding for quite some time but only just got around to making a video, which is quickly garnering a lot of interest.
bro chill, im glad you knew about it to but plenty of people didn't know about nino style or modding in general. My friend started skyrim on 360 learned about mods from youtube and became a pc gamer since with 3000 hours in skyrim on pc.
I absolutely love what the fans have done to OG FFVII. Going from 240p 15fps gameplay to 1080p 60fps AND all the pre-rendered element improvements is insanely impressive. For context FFVII is so primitive it relied largely on goraud shading.
I’m so thrilled and happy to have this amazing game on my Nintendo Switch, in physical form with Final Fantasy VIII on the same cart. It’s such a pity that I cannot enjoy these graphic overhauls on my Switch, but hey, you can have it all, now, can you?
I was debating between a switch and a steam deck. I went for the deck. I genuinely hope you enjoy the switch, but I think I made the right decision for me. A permanent library and mods are so very welcome.
@@edgarlarios4718 I have the switch XCI FFVII file, it runs perfectly via yuzu on steam deck. You can have multiple versions of FFVII running on the same system.
All these visual mods don’t understand their art direction with the games. Go back and look at the actual concept art; it is made with chibi versions of the characters.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Shinra Archeology mod. It more or less makes several corrections to the original localization's choppy dialogue, reworks it to use terminology consistent with later entries and even restores scrapped cutscenes with crucial context.
This video really highlights how much better and more consistent FF8 and 9 were with there art styles. I don't understand why Squaresoft went back to the less detailed overworld models when they already fixed that issue in FF6. I'd say the biggest issue will all of the PS1 era FF games is the low resolution pre-rendered backgrounds that don't look good on modern displays.
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Sorry I could have worded it better. In FF1-5 the overworld sprite were smaller less details sprites. When you got into battle the sprite were bigger and more detailed. FF7 is the same but with 3D models. Meanwhile in FF6 the sprites in the over world and battles were the exact same which added a lot of consistency to that game's art style and made it look a lot better compared to the first five games. FF8 and 9 did what FF6 did because it looks a lot better.
@@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo It's not even a reboot, it's some kind of sequel with time travel and/or a multiverse. It's like the writers asked DC how to turn the franchise into a mess.
New threat is pretty good, though I’m not crazy about the pseudo job system and quirky armor and weapons. By the end of the game I just slapped wizard bracelets on everyone iirc because it has maxed out materia slots.
I'll admit the game play graphics on FF7 are out dated but I'd say the cut scenes still hold up. They blew me away when I 1st saw them, back in late 90s and apart from looking kind of grainy they are still good.
Pleeeeease someone make one that swaps the field models for just the battle models, not chibbi or advent or any other adaption just a straight swap so the games visually consistent
I've been wanting to revisit the OG FF7 after completing Remake for a while now, and these mods are edging me even more. I wonder if you can get them to work on the Steam Deck?
I already have the original version on Steam, and Remake & Rebirth on PS5. Definitely going to have to download the pc version on my Ally, and take a look at modding it.
I love BOTH versions, OG and Remake for different reasons, the extra story and new bosses make for a new challenge. Also, I love how insane some the characters are in battle, Tifa can WRECK the super bosses/battle Simulation, Barret is a f**king TANK and in Remake, can be the better healer due to how Prayer works, Aerieth is a spell slinging godess that can heal or harm, Cloud is a good all rounder etc.
I modded the hell out of the game my last playthrough on the PC version and it was worth it. Maybe because I'm not old and bitter yet. Minimum the 60 FPS patch. I played with New Treath too the new bosses and extra challenges were nice too.
The only part of the original graphics that really bothered me were the blocky arms. Then you see the combat sprites and the arms look normal, so you know they didn't have to do that. Then there's that final "battle" with Sephiroth where you have a battle sprite closer to the FMV graphics style, and it doesn't even slow anything down, and you know there really wasn't an excuse for those arms. Other stuff I can just accept as stylistic choices, but not those arms.
In defence of modders, OG FF7 PC-port and even emu' doesn't look like it did on PS back in the day. For starters, it was in many ways cutting edge at the time, while now it looks quirky and weird. Also it displayed as intended mainly on crt-tv's. And in many ways the og ps version was superior. All contributing to the desire to upgrade the pc experience!
lol sure but trust me i’ve been using these mods and it enhances the game so much. cutscenes alone are now hd 1080 60 fps and in widescreen now and models are cleaned up and every character has voice acting which makes the game just even better for me as a first time player
not to mention speed up gameplay and visual and adjustable gameplay enhancer/modifiers. i know other games in the series had speed up/auto gameplay but its even better in here you can set it as fast as you want
"Gen Zeroes" Don't blame any individual generation for the continued existence of Woke. Its continued existence is a failure cascade that goes back centuries.
I think in preperation for Rebirth iam going to get the Steam version of the OG (finally. The 3rd time buying this game: OG PC, Switch and now Steam). I think i can do without voice acting though.
I still like the dated graphics, though I think if they have done a full remake of the turn based FF7, then it should be like FF Ever Crisis, the full FF7 game not the game with bits of the story in it.
Still my favorite mainline FF. Tactics is favorite. I've been holding on to a pipe dream of SE using assets from FFVIIR to remake FF7. Mods may be the closest reality will take me. Thanks for the comprehensive video. I was aware there were mods but never dove into researching them.
"This game didn't age well, let's enhance the game!" Applies an ugly as sin mod pack "Much better!" If I wanted the game to look better, I'd ask for something along the lines of making FF7 look like FF8/FF9, after all, those two games look great! and they're a great reference point because they were also on the playstation... I was initially excited back when the AI upscaling entered the scene, it was like magic, but after you've looked at it for a long enough amount of time, you start to recognize it for what it really is, a mask, it's not *really* clearing up any details, it's just guessing what it might look like, an empty wish, these AI upscalers are a nothing patch... I would rather have a x2 upscaler that smooths the pixels at this point, because that more or less achieves the same thing... :/
I had to play the original again after playing the remake. Remake does a good job of fleshing out the characters but did they really need to change the story ? FF7 original will always be the best to me.
This really looks like diarrhea!! I would love to see a HD-2D version of this game. I could NEVER play the old 2D... and actually, don´t want to play the new 3D versions either.
Lol i can tell you don't like the Remake games.. Anyone who says they "put effort in" to play those games.. And Goes this deep into mods for OG FF7... Thats a sure sign you didnt get the Remake you wanted and ended up turning to Mods.. Or i might just be projecting
It’s a matter of adding the right mods. Ninostyle mod pretty much mimics the artwork and how the devs imagined the characters to be but couldn’t do it because of hardware limitations.
that's a cope imo. if 6 was so damn great, then SquareEnix would've done more with it than simply sell the ROM on the Wii Shop or port it to a Handheld.
Joking aside, there is SO much stuff from 5 that 7 uses, too. From the items, to the summons, weapon names, every enemy skill is basically a copy of 5’s. The way characters came be completely customizable, too. I’d say the story is a lot more like 6’s because the story is great!! I like to think of 7 as 5+6, taking the best of both games.
All of the visual ones look butt ugly and the voice acting one is just abhorrent. I'm sure people had a lot of fun making them but it's all the value they have. I guess for it to work you have to go for the whole-ass restyling so you get a completely different visual style but even that might not work because all the proportions might be still off. Somehow people don't seem to want to update Mona Lisa or maybe cave art is better comparison, but we just can't stand an old ugly game I guess.
Mmm, I have issues with REMAKE and especially Rebirth. I'm conflicted with Yuffie's characterization now, they RUINED Cid! Seriously, no Rocket Town!? Screw you! And don't get me started on Tifa and Aerith's body nerfs. But then the good stuff... Is really good! From the gameplay to Cait Sith being an absolute show stealer.
body nerfs? have you played the same original ff7 game from 1997 as us? all characters are literally polygonal shapes, what body nerfs are you talking about?
@@KBXband 13 was bad, story was tough to understand and convoluted. plus the turn based gameplay was different, i didnt like it at all. i also stopped going with final fantasy after that. i do really enjoy lost odessy and wish we got a sequel to that. that game is final fantasy to me, not what is being made now.
I've tried playing with mods before, but I lose interest. The OG game just feels better when it's the OG game to me. I'm old and I bought it on release out of my WAGES(I really am old), so maybe I'm stuck in my ways, but I like a game to be how it was intended. The mods do look great though and if you like the game better that way then that's awesome, I hope it brings some younger people in to play what is in my opinion, the greatest game of all time.
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6:22 I was from back then amd it sucked then too!
Voice of Sephiroth from Echo-S7 here, thanks for the shoutout! Funny how you mentioned how fitting that type of voice acting was. We actually had that in mind, while still adding believability to the whole performance. Rather challenging. Basically, the goal was "Early Days Funimation." Once again, thanks for the shout out!
I'm about to start FF7 with the Tsunamod in preparation for the release of Rebirth on PC. Thank you and all the VAs who helped with the project
Recently beaten the entire FF7 with the Echo S7 mod and I wanna say you guys made the entire game come alive. And you especially nailed the voice acting with the Supernova attack. Thank you.
They sound awesome and y’all did an excellent job!!
Sephiroth sounds awesome man. It does sound a lot like something from Funimation dubbed DBZ, or Yu Yu Hakusho.
Fantastic job, you and the rest did amazing.
Never thought the game looked bad. I love the artstyle
Same. If you need this much of an upgrade in visuals maybe they should just play remake and rebirth.
people who say that old games look bad, i weep for them. because they are blind to how terribly bland Modern Gaming is slowly becoming.
Great art is timeless
The art is incredibly unique from an era when 3D games were just as much inventing the format as they were utilizing it. I find the popeye arms endearing and the low poly nostalgic. FF7 graphics were incredibly jaw dropping in 97'. They moved goalposts on damn near every aspect at the time. I get that I have the benefit of context when judging the game though. The game was absorbed by me at a time when it was a technical marvel, not years and technological leaps later. All but the very best 2600 games are practically unplayable to me so I have an analogue from the other direction. I will always love FF7s original presentation but I also am a huge advocate for a modern graphical and mechanical overhaul. I would rather younger generations have the ability to enjoy the original game with modern incentives. An iteration that isn't antiquated by todays mechanics and graphics. Something that welcomes players into an epic timeless experience instead of obscuring it through the patina of 30 year old technology. The original deserves an actual remake but something more in the vein of a remaster with added content. The game is a large part in gaming history. People should be able to experience it as the event it is and not as a glimpse into what the past was.
I always loved the art style too. Always thought the characters held up as far as their battle representation.
Im 43 and have just NOW started playing the 97 version.
Enjoy!!
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Never too late to start it ❤
Its never too late to do something you enjoy.
I'm 45, and in 1997 I went to a Virgin Megastore, looking for the new album from The Prodigy, "The Fat Of The Land" and while searching for it, i went trough the video-games section, and a BIG ASS cardboard cut-out was drawing attention to FF7 which had just been released, and on display.
I was torn. i had been waiting for FF7 for a long time, but i also really wanted that album (i was very into EDM at the time), but i couldn't afford both.
I had to choose, so, to tide me over, i went to a listening booth, and went over the full album, and purchased the game on my way out.
I don't regret it for a second. FF7 was everything it was promised to be, and then some. Its no wonder it became a landmark for RPGs.
It took me a little while, but i later purchased the album as well. It just so happens that much like FF7 for video-games, that album also became a landmark for EDM, and strangely enough, it also became a gateway "drug" for heavy-metal, mostly thank to the song "Firestarter", which in turn was made famous not just on its own merit, but because of another video-game, Wipeout XL (aka. Wipeout 2097), where that song sort of became a "poster boy" for the franchise among fans.
It's such a good game, warts and all, you'll love it.
Saying 7 looks outdated in 1999 is copium and possibly revisionist.
7 was amazing back when it was released in 97.
To be fair the game came out in 97 and by 99 there were games on same/similar hardware that blew FF7 away. It doesn't take away from the games epicness, but it he's not wrong. It was basically dated since 98
Definitely was hyping up 7 when it came out only to have my friends immediately turned off by the blocky hands and Popeye arms.
"Man Soul Blade looks better than this game." was one such response I remember. Felt like I was dying on a hill defending the art style.
I owned a Nintendo 64 since 1997, believe me, the character models looked like complete shit from day 1 of release.
@@TopHatGamingManChannelThe battle graphics were good for the time and the field models were intentionally stylized. Plus we’re talking about a giant 50 hour rpg. FF7 looked amazing at the time for a game of its scope.
I played and finished the PC version back in the 90s. That’s my memory of the game. The graphics were updated and crisper than the PS1 version. Due to our nice graphics card making use of that at the time I got a better visual experience than most. I’m happy I did because it allowed for the best experience. Some of the late game summons were a sight to behold atthe time!
my OG experience was on PS1, i've not had the pleasure of doing it on PC, but after this video, i have all the more encouragement to do so. especially when FF7R just keeps getting worse because Gen Z Losers are triggered by sexy polygonal characters.
I played the 97 version recently and i loved it, i can see why it's regarded as a classic
I remember beta testing echo s mod I put so many hours into it. I also voiced one of the NPCs in the mod. I loved working on it and I'm glad to see others talk about the mod. Tsunamimods are amazing and I will always thank tsunami for giving me the chance to help with such a great group of people.
(At the time) The field character models were rough, but the battle models were pretty good.
And the pre-rendered backgrounds were great, and each area is so memorable.
I guess what I really wanted was a graphical remaster and voice acting.
Honestly yeah. That was what I wanted. Still is.
Graphical remake while retaining the old-school style (like RE1 Remake did on Gamecube)? yes... but no voice acting for me personally. It can ruin a game If done wrong , FF7 never had It or needed It , I don't want Impressions and voice actors Imposing on my Idea of these characters. Sometimes It's done really well minimalistically like In Soulslike games etc.. and I didn't mind FFX voice acting , but It always had It where as FF7 originally didn't. I don't like how FF7 Remakes English voice acting was handled for some of the characters , you just can't trust Square with that nowdays.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I feel you. The FF7r's showed me that I wish Square would just do nothing with the other games I love.
bro have you lived under a rock, these mods have been around for quite some time now
Believe it or not, not everyone has memorized the release date of every mod ever made. This video isn’t just for seasoned veterans -it’s for people who might be discovering mods for the first time. Considering the game came out 27 years ago, and mods are constantly evolving and being updated, there's always something getting better. As for your comment, I have been aware of FF7 modding for quite some time but only just got around to making a video, which is quickly garnering a lot of interest.
bro chill, im glad you knew about it to but plenty of people didn't know about nino style or modding in general. My friend started skyrim on 360 learned about mods from youtube and became a pc gamer since with 3000 hours in skyrim on pc.
I absolutely love what the fans have done to OG FFVII. Going from 240p 15fps gameplay to 1080p 60fps AND all the pre-rendered element improvements is insanely impressive. For context FFVII is so primitive it relied largely on goraud shading.
I’m so thrilled and happy to have this amazing game on my Nintendo Switch, in physical form with Final Fantasy VIII on the same cart. It’s such a pity that I cannot enjoy these graphic overhauls on my Switch, but hey, you can have it all, now, can you?
I was debating between a switch and a steam deck. I went for the deck. I genuinely hope you enjoy the switch, but I think I made the right decision for me. A permanent library and mods are so very welcome.
@@edgarlarios4718 I have the switch XCI FFVII file, it runs perfectly via yuzu on steam deck. You can have multiple versions of FFVII running on the same system.
this is one of the few games from my childhood that I still play often and never get bored, I like the polygon graphics but the mods are crazy good
All these visual mods don’t understand their art direction with the games. Go back and look at the actual concept art; it is made with chibi versions of the characters.
It's really you who doesn't understand
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Shinra Archeology mod. It more or less makes several corrections to the original localization's choppy dialogue, reworks it to use terminology consistent with later entries and even restores scrapped cutscenes with crucial context.
Thank you for covering this. Especially Echo-s. That guy that plays Mayor Domino in it is pretty cool...
You know, my biggest problem with the original graphics are the popeye arms.
This video really highlights how much better and more consistent FF8 and 9 were with there art styles.
I don't understand why Squaresoft went back to the less detailed overworld models when they already fixed that issue in FF6. I'd say the biggest issue will all of the PS1 era FF games is the low resolution pre-rendered backgrounds that don't look good on modern displays.
Ff6 was on super Nintendo... There was no models... Literally only sprites, so what was fixed? 😆
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Sorry I could have worded it better. In FF1-5 the overworld sprite were smaller less details sprites. When you got into battle the sprite were bigger and more detailed. FF7 is the same but with 3D models.
Meanwhile in FF6 the sprites in the over world and battles were the exact same which added a lot of consistency to that game's art style and made it look a lot better compared to the first five games. FF8 and 9 did what FF6 did because it looks a lot better.
I love this & I love you for posting it
Fans on FFVII Remaster: Fine.. I'll do it myself!
Yes, the chances of ever getting a real ff7 remake are now negligible. Now the only hope is for the fan community.
Yeah fans wanted an actual remake but all we got was a reboot that made too many changes that hurt the overall story.
@@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo It's not even a reboot, it's some kind of sequel with time travel and/or a multiverse. It's like the writers asked DC how to turn the franchise into a mess.
love this video! My last full playthrough was FFVII on PC with graphic enhancement Mods before FF7 remake came out :D
New threat is pretty good, though I’m not crazy about the pseudo job system and quirky armor and weapons. By the end of the game I just slapped wizard bracelets on everyone iirc because it has maxed out materia slots.
"It didn't look better than other games on the shelf" tell me you didn't play FF7 on release without telling me
In 1997 FF7 looked awesome, in 1999 FF8 had way better field models.
I'll admit the game play graphics on FF7 are out dated but I'd say the cut scenes still hold up. They blew me away when I 1st saw them, back in late 90s and apart from looking kind of grainy they are still good.
That voice acting mod is ROUGH. LMAO.
Pleeeeease someone make one that swaps the field models for just the battle models, not chibbi or advent or any other adaption just a straight swap so the games visually consistent
Not a fan of retextures. Always prefer the originals. There's nothing wrong with old graphics.
Read the title and thought someone finally released the nude cloud mod i’ve been waiting 10 years for on OG
I've been wanting to revisit the OG FF7 after completing Remake for a while now, and these mods are edging me even more. I wonder if you can get them to work on the Steam Deck?
As far as I am aware, the answer is yes you can!
Omg, those Cosmos mods look amazing !
Can these mods be applied to the Microsoft store version or just the Steam version?
It will be more better if those mods available on PSX version also.
Exactly I want to play it on an emulator on one of my handhelds
I already have the original version on Steam, and Remake & Rebirth on PS5. Definitely going to have to download the pc version on my Ally, and take a look at modding it.
FF7 Remake/Rebirth?
No thank you. 👎
FF7 full mod?
Perfection. 👍
Sephiroths voice is awesome in that voice acting mod.
Remake still pisses me off. Why couldn't they just do what we asked and remake the game correctly?
I love BOTH versions, OG and Remake for different reasons, the extra story and new bosses make for a new challenge.
Also, I love how insane some the characters are in battle, Tifa can WRECK the super bosses/battle Simulation, Barret is a f**king TANK and in Remake, can be the better healer due to how Prayer works, Aerieth is a spell slinging godess that can heal or harm, Cloud is a good all rounder etc.
I modded the hell out of the game my last playthrough on the PC version and it was worth it. Maybe because I'm not old and bitter yet.
Minimum the 60 FPS patch.
I played with New Treath too the new bosses and extra challenges were nice too.
6:02 missed opportunity for inserting prequel Darth Vader "Noooooooo!"
The reason the voice acting was bad in the 90s is because they did not know the context at all to the dialogue.
The original game looks fine.
The remake is perfect.
Both are different. The original is intended to be played first. The remake spoils a lot of late game stuff.
The remake is a reboot that's designed to be different from the original. Personally not a fan.
Hey I just found your channel. Liked and subbed!
Did you ever cover Digimon world or Megaman legends 2?
Or Metal Gear Solid?
I haven't but very tempted to begin covering Megaman. It's one of my favourite franchises ever - so maybe I'll test the water in 2025.
@ don’t worry about megaman as a whole, start with legends and see where that goes
The only part of the original graphics that really bothered me were the blocky arms. Then you see the combat sprites and the arms look normal, so you know they didn't have to do that. Then there's that final "battle" with Sephiroth where you have a battle sprite closer to the FMV graphics style, and it doesn't even slow anything down, and you know there really wasn't an excuse for those arms. Other stuff I can just accept as stylistic choices, but not those arms.
There was nothing wrong with the original. Heck, to this day I still find myself going back to the classic… if only to beat EMERALD WEAPON.
In defence of modders, OG FF7 PC-port and even emu' doesn't look like it did on PS back in the day. For starters, it was in many ways cutting edge at the time, while now it looks quirky and weird. Also it displayed as intended mainly on crt-tv's. And in many ways the og ps version was superior.
All contributing to the desire to upgrade the pc experience!
I have the game on Steam I stopped playing because my save file keeps disappearing has anybody had this problem?
Ehn..Im good with the 1997 original. ❤
lol sure but trust me i’ve been using these mods and it enhances the game so much. cutscenes alone are now hd 1080 60 fps and in widescreen now and models are cleaned up and every character has voice acting which makes the game just even better for me as a first time player
not to mention speed up gameplay and visual and adjustable gameplay enhancer/modifiers. i know other games in the series had speed up/auto gameplay but its even better in here you can set it as fast as you want
I'm just waiting for fans to make an abridged version of the Remake trilogy so I can play something with good pacing.
Are these mods compatible with steam?
surprised this game never got a more typical remake
the trilogy is good but wish there was like a 2015 remaster or something
play the audio of either Barret or Cid when the speak in symbols
Sorry I don’t know which it is so you have to dig it up, but there is a 60 FPS mod and it looks really good
Can u use these mods on Steam Deck?
with how FF7R is being heavily censored by Gen Zeroes, i'd much rather play the OG. i should look into Mods for the game and get it on PC.
"Gen Zeroes"
Don't blame any individual generation for the continued existence of Woke. Its continued existence is a failure cascade that goes back centuries.
I think in preperation for Rebirth iam going to get the Steam version of the OG (finally. The 3rd time buying this game: OG PC, Switch and now Steam). I think i can do without voice acting though.
Cloud sounds like the 'Detective Pikachu Turns Off His Body Cam', video. Ha, ha!😂
I got all the final fantasy games on switch physically
I still like the dated graphics, though I think if they have done a full remake of the turn based FF7, then it should be like FF Ever Crisis, the full FF7 game not the game with bits of the story in it.
Here i thought Remake was the answer to better graphics.
I prefer shitty graphics. They are more endearing, knowing that that was all they could do at the time.
Still my favorite mainline FF. Tactics is favorite. I've been holding on to a pipe dream of SE using assets from FFVIIR to remake FF7. Mods may be the closest reality will take me. Thanks for the comprehensive video. I was aware there were mods but never dove into researching them.
As a fan of the classic final fantasy 7 I hate the reboot I wouldn't recommend there's just too many changes that for me hurt the overall narrative.
I thought that this married man to lady decade and his channel was nothing but fighting games?
Echo-S
I got excited and thought they fixed the sound dropout of the ps4 version.
The soundtrack makes the game, and the remake watered it down badly.
"This game didn't age well, let's enhance the game!"
Applies an ugly as sin mod pack
"Much better!"
If I wanted the game to look better, I'd ask for something along the lines of making FF7 look like FF8/FF9, after all, those two games look great! and they're a great reference point because they were also on the playstation...
I was initially excited back when the AI upscaling entered the scene, it was like magic, but after you've looked at it for a long enough amount of time, you start to recognize it for what it really is, a mask, it's not *really* clearing up any details, it's just guessing what it might look like, an empty wish, these AI upscalers are a nothing patch... I would rather have a x2 upscaler that smooths the pixels at this point, because that more or less achieves the same thing... :/
I had to play the original again after playing the remake. Remake does a good job of fleshing out the characters but did they really need to change the story ? FF7 original will always be the best to me.
Can't do the modern stuff. There's just something about the original that can't be replicated.
There's nothing to love about the remakes
I love Tifa so much
After echoes mod came out i quit the remakes, 7th heaven mod luncher is the best, those fmv ill be getting them
I love Final Fantasy VII
If you don't like mods, don't get the steam version, get windows edition because it fixes the sex doll mouths
Meanwhile the game is on sale on steam itself 😂
I just wish I could play the game with mods but in japanese. Last time I checked it wasnt possible
I prefer to play it with no mods.
Play emulators
Yeaaaaaah
it doesnt need them, sure. but to say that you arent gonna make things a little better for FREE, is nothing short of a weird flex.
Not even 60 fps mod ? I personally can’t.
The original is the much better the reboot remake version
Well opera omnia shut down
This really looks like diarrhea!! I would love to see a HD-2D version of this game. I could NEVER play the old 2D... and actually, don´t want to play the new 3D versions either.
Lol i can tell you don't like the Remake games..
Anyone who says they "put effort in" to play those games..
And
Goes this deep into mods for OG FF7...
Thats a sure sign you didnt get the Remake you wanted and ended up turning to Mods..
Or i might just be projecting
I actually love Remake and Rebirth! No major issues from me!
Not a fan of the mods, with each added mod changes the soul of the game.
It’s a matter of adding the right mods. Ninostyle mod pretty much mimics the artwork and how the devs imagined the characters to be but couldn’t do it because of hardware limitations.
My ass is on fire 😂😂
6 is so much better and I wish it would get the recognition 7 does.
Hard when it didn't even get a worldwide release. It was only released in Japan and North America in its prime.
that's a cope imo. if 6 was so damn great, then SquareEnix would've done more with it than simply sell the ROM on the Wii Shop or port it to a Handheld.
7 is just 6R. Prove me wrong 🤭
Joking aside, there is SO much stuff from 5 that 7 uses, too. From the items, to the summons, weapon names, every enemy skill is basically a copy of 5’s.
The way characters came be completely customizable, too. I’d say the story is a lot more like 6’s because the story is great!! I like to think of 7 as 5+6, taking the best of both games.
They all deserve the 7 treatment with some QoL improvement in some areas.
All of the visual ones look butt ugly and the voice acting one is just abhorrent. I'm sure people had a lot of fun making them but it's all the value they have. I guess for it to work you have to go for the whole-ass restyling so you get a completely different visual style but even that might not work because all the proportions might be still off. Somehow people don't seem to want to update Mona Lisa or maybe cave art is better comparison, but we just can't stand an old ugly game I guess.
Can we all agree that the Ever Crisis models just need to be used for a flat remaster?
Play Divinity!
Hate FF7 OG mods.
nah
Mmm, I have issues with REMAKE and especially Rebirth. I'm conflicted with Yuffie's characterization now, they RUINED Cid! Seriously, no Rocket Town!? Screw you! And don't get me started on Tifa and Aerith's body nerfs.
But then the good stuff... Is really good! From the gameplay to Cait Sith being an absolute show stealer.
Body nerfs? Jesus christ. If Tifa’s chest was any bigger it would be look absurd.
body nerfs? have you played the same original ff7 game from 1997 as us? all characters are literally polygonal shapes, what body nerfs are you talking about?
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Nah. Looks worse.
FF 7 Ever Crisis is the classic rameke?
Original art style looks better
The real and Only FF7. Everything else, Remake included doesn't exist.
It will never get better, only worse. Its perfect. I cant stand the mods, they look ugly as hell.
Why couldn't we get the ff7 ps3 tech demo graphics with the turn based rpg gameplay i love? I cant stand th ff7 remake for changing the core gameplay
I feel you. Some of my friends dropped off the franchise around the time 13 came out and only play 14 occasionally.
@@KBXband 13 was bad, story was tough to understand and convoluted. plus the turn based gameplay was different, i didnt like it at all. i also stopped going with final fantasy after that. i do really enjoy lost odessy and wish we got a sequel to that. that game is final fantasy to me, not what is being made now.
Have you tried Ever Crisis for mobile yet? It is close to what you're talking about that you can get at the moment without the mods for the original
I've tried playing with mods before, but I lose interest. The OG game just feels better when it's the OG game to me. I'm old and I bought it on release out of my WAGES(I really am old), so maybe I'm stuck in my ways, but I like a game to be how it was intended. The mods do look great though and if you like the game better that way then that's awesome, I hope it brings some younger people in to play what is in my opinion, the greatest game of all time.