The pc version I'm playing through steam doesn't have cloud saving but only because I'm using mods (tifas seventh heaven) really wish there was a way to have both
I've been playing Nintendo switch version as I'm stuck in a hospital room every other week usually due to leukaemia testament, so being able to have the console on TV at home or hand held mode sitting on my bed (or hospital ward) has a been invaluable for my sanity lately.
Me too. I'm 35 ( was 14 in 1997 ) Never played a RPG in my life. Took me over 100 hours to get everything ( gold chockobo, side missions, killed all weapons etc ) took me nearly a year to finish Fell in love with the game. Played 8 which was good. and 9 but final fantasy 7 is the best in the series by miles and also the best game ever made on any console. So far. And theres many other ridiculously good games out there over the years. Resident evil, tomb raider, Legacy of kain, golden eye, double dragon 2, tenchu, Mario kart, metal gear, syphon filter, castlevania You get my drift. That's just some. But final fantasy 7 tops them all. Light years ahead of its time. And hugely respected to this day. Thats why they re made that one particular game. And spent so much money/effort and time on it.
@@paulatkins366 LMAO I'm 30 and when I was 10 when I saw this, didn't played it at first because my old man refused to buy playstation until 2000. That is when I had the chance of playing it. Back then there are some guide book that claims that you could get aerith's spirit in the church, so I always tried to get here but its just an hoax. those hours that I tried on getting her again.
Lol, that's exactly my case too, but i'm now 18, and played it 4 years ago. The only thing i had at the time to play was my smartphone, so i played the shit out of older games with emulators. My childhood was all about cinematography and a little before FF7, i literally only played Resident Evil 4 and other few PS2 games as mere enterteinment, so FF7 really opened my mind regarding videogames. My apologies for the bad english, by the way. I'm just learning by inertia more than interest.
@@skjor1989 what do you mean get her spirit in the church? Her ghost was there if you got the key from the excavation site. But it disappears as soon as you walk towards it
NOTE: Today 17 May 2019 the game has been updated on switch and xbox one to fix some of the problems the ports had: -Music will now resume where it left off once a battle has concluded. -Transitions between cutscenes and gameplay no longer have a frame of black screen. -The flashback scene that played incorrect music now plays the correct music.
Apparently the flashback scene continues to play the wrong track on PS4. Thankfully the more egregious bug with the BGM restarting after each fight has been fixed in all versions. It only took a few weeks for XB1 and Switch but us PS4 users who bought this version in 2015 had to wait 4 (FOUR!) goddamn years for this fix. What the hell, Square?!
@@neildrunkmaam7040 So does the OST now sync with "that" character's victorious moment? I remember it syncing on PSX, but they had a different track playing on PC release
@@Shendue If it's gonna be how I think it is, saving Aerith will come down to your choices. I think to save her, you have to NOT be in love with her. Cause the cutscene in the garden in R basically told you not to.
ADDENDUM COMMENT, UPDATES TO THIS VIDEO HERE: As of December 2019, the music reset bug has been patched in the PS4, Xbox One and Switch versions. There is now NO version of the game with this bug. There were other music bugs in the PC re-release of FF7. Some are still in the PS4 version but were never in the Switch or Xbox versions. For example, during a flashback very late in the game, the main theme is suppose to play in sync with what’s going on. In the PS4 and Steam versions the main theme isn’t used at all . The correct music plays for the Switch and Xbox One versions. Another example is when you find Yuffie, her theme is suppose to play. Her theme does not play on the Steam version but it does play on all other versions The odd quirks during the transition from fmv to in-game are now fixed. This is the black frames on Switch and the disappearing models on Xbox One. DOTEMU is now credited when starting the game. That's it for the patch notes. Some other things I'd like to add about this video. First off, the ladder bug I showed I feel is misleading. It occurred on multiple ladders but after restarting the game it didn't happen anymore. Second, the PSX version of FF7 is available digitally on PS3, PSP, and PS Vita. The PS3 also plays PSX discs so you can just put the disc in the PS3. That's how I captured my footage of the game.
@@plasmaoctopus1728 What they want is for the game to actually be in widescreen but they don't quite understand how aspect ratios work so they just assume that if it fills the screen it must be correct and shrug off the fact it looks really weird.
They want the image to fill the screen, simple as that. It may look stretched and distorted to us, but that doesn't bother them as long as the screen is filled.
Do you want the original Experience? -You know Japanese: FF7 International Japanese Version. -You don't: FF7 PSX. Do you want a "remastered" experience? -You want to mod your game: Steam Version (Plus Remako, plus any mod you want). -You don't: Xbox, Ps4 Or Switch. Do you want to play on the toilet? -Switch. You only had a Ps4 or an Xbox? -Ps4 or Xbox. Just for gods sake don't play this game on mobile.
lol gimme your adress i could send you all 3 disks for the ps1 - ps3 cause i lost them for weeks and still wanted to continue playing so i bought it again and now i have 2 final fantasy 7ns or 3 if you count the remake which makes the stupid ps4 make SOOOOOOO much noise like if you play it for an hour you cant hear people talk you just hear fans
@@simonpugh9750 I have a switch lite so I bought the ff7 through the nintendo store and have been playing it for the past week! Just finished the midgar section and cloud told the group about the nibelheim incident. Thanks for the offer though!
@@kizzy3563 Yeah I actually did buy it twice but i was kinda joking but once you finish the game which may take ages you should play the final fantasy 7 remake also you should look into getting knights of the round later into the game it helped me ALOT beat the game after spending hours and days breeding chocobos
I know that you say these videos are exhausting to make, but I honestly think a lot of people benefit from these informative videos and they're also fun to watch. You also just present the information as it is rather than being exaggerated character or taking a biased stance. I'd love the see more of this series!
I absolutely understand that this kind of video can be incredibly exhausting to make, and I commend you on it. That being said, the gaming world needs more youtube videos like this, and it'd be a shame if you stopped. Either way, you earned a sub from me.
The ps1 version on a crt looks stunning, The warmth and illumination you got on the old crt tv's gives an image that can't be replicated by modern TV's, its hard to explain but the effect old crt's have on the lighting for example its like a real light coming from the tv, i miss those effects crts had i wish there was a modern version of the crt
I see what you mean, I still have a crt tv hooked up to my pc via a hdmi - component convertor and the colours and lighting is so rich, also of note is anything designed for hd the darkness is too low I assume as modern tvs can't reach the black levels so artificially have the blacks lower than they should.
ps1 game never looked good even on CRT. Shimmering and pixelation is too much Only Dreamcast and PS2 look ok on CRT monitor, but older consoles look awful
It got taken out during development. I worked with the team at the time, there's a cutscene in the archives of her surviving after her mom uses an item still in the code not in the game. It changed so much like dialogue and such, she would be rendered unplayable still, but alive and captured by another character that was removed. {You can check it 'datamine' to fnd the item i cannot remember the name. It has the description as well i believe
also if you play the super secret limited edition of the game that I got off my uncle who actually knew mr. Square Enix not only can you save her but you can also see her minge.
@@Americansikkunt i really am not. It was easy to get a job in the industry back then. It paid shit, but i networked. Idk i have a den of all the people who inspire me including a lot of silent hill stuff and soundtracks. It really isnt a big deal to work as a dev. Like i said back then it was a lot easier directly after University to get a job if your portfolio was organized and decent. I was doing boring work i actually hated at the time, the executives always shoot down ideas (like adding a bonus dvd in a ps2 release that didnt happen which was commentary on making of the game i thought people would love the idea because the game was highly regarded at the time, possibly more so than now , everyone knew about it and the industry wasn't so saturated . The biggest thing that made me mad was how they handle shooting down ideas at almost any advertising or gaming line of work, they tell you your ideas are shit and degrade you. Hideo can attest to this.
The staggering mod community surrounding the PC release (both 1998 original and re-release 2012 version) is magnificent! Everything from graphics improvements, to gameplay alterations, audio replacements, and even complete script rewrites ... simply amazing. There's even mods that attempt to normalise the framerate too, switching from 15fps battle to 30 or even high.
Setting everything to a uniform 30fps has been great. Original framerates feel choppy to me, and at 60fps, all of the animations are too fast. 30fps is decently smooth and doesnt make the animations feel like everything is in fast-forward.
@@sheriffaboubakar9720 I've used that patch for before too, but I playing again with the Beacause patch that fixes a lot of bugs like the W Materia duplication bug.
@@SeriusChevy yes but FF7 is one of those games where there isn't really an excuse for emulating it since it's on pretty much everything including what you'd want to emulate it on
With the PC version, there are mods that COMPLETELY fix the character sprites where they have actual hands and fingers, and the mouths are actually fixed.
FF conservatives hate all ports and remakes. But seriously, the PC version is the best. Especially after people started uploading the original backgrounds from the game into the image resizing AI, which made them look simply amazing. The same goes for FF6 and it's World Reborn mod.
@@Jking08 What they're telling you is that much better graphics are currently available if you do play it on PC. I personally recommend the steam version to others myself because of the mods that rebalance the game and add more challenge / content. "New Threat" is a fantastic way to play through again while adding some freshness and difficulty.
@@Noobirus I'm kind of middle-ground between conservatives and people who want new everything. On one hand, I do like to up the graphics a bit, but on the other hand, I have fond nostalgic memories of these classic games. I don't like the official FF7 Remake because they took what was an ATB game and are going to turn it into something that looks like Kingdom Hearts, and..... that's not what I want. What I REALLY wanted, was something like modded FF7 for Steam, but without all the modding junk you have to do before you can even play the game. As for FF6, I can't stand FF6 for PC because of that gaudy font and window textures they use. They seem to think that modern gamers are kindergartners that need 50pt font to be able to read it or something, seriously. That, and the smoothing effect makes the pixel sprites look..... strange and bizarre, and the new character portraits look disconnected from the rest of the game like some college intern threw an RPGMaker game together using random assets they happened to find from random places. These viewpoints of mine aren't because I am a "Purist" or a "Conservative", but more just... I do like modded games, but they have to be modded RIGHT. You want Final Fantasy Remaster done *right* , look up the PSP version of FF4+After Years. In fact, I'll even link a screenshot or two: r.mprd.se/media/images/158745-Final_Fantasy_IV_-_Complete_Collection_(USA)-2.jpg Compare that to this (the Steam PC version): gameidealist.com/wp-content/uploads/Final_Fantasy-IV_The_After_Years_PC.jpg And it's just.... eugh. They used 3d models, but they are extremely low poly and those gaudy windows and fonts are just... what were they thinking? EDIT: The fact you need a *SCROLLBAR* in the Battle Menu says they are wasting all kinds of room on the UI. I'm a person who likes to make good use of UI space, to be honest. The original game output at something like 256x244 pixels and they had battle menus without scrollbars. What's their excuse with the PC version at 1920x1080!?
7:04 Vincent can be obtained, the safe can be opened on android running the latest version of the game. Fun fact, since the mobile port is based on the pc version, saves are also interchangeable.
That's easily the best thing Square did with these ports: having a classic game on the go (or during blackouts) is great, but even better is making it compatible with PC version that allows modding and will be endlessly made playable in the future.
I got it on PS4 about a year and a half ago, but never got around to actually playing it. I'm strongly considering buying it on Switch because that portability is a big selling point.
To be fair any version that isn't the original PC release, and maybe mobile, is probably a decent version to get. Original PC version was suuuper buggy. Never tried out a mobile version, but will probably be getting the switch version.
Xbox One version actually has a title screen! It appears before the Prelude Staff Roll. The new game/continue menu also has an option to switch profiles, even showing your gamer tag in the top right.
One major flaw for the Switch Version if anyone's wondering: It tends to randomly crash after battles or cutscenes. When this happens, the game will freeze and the Victory Theme will be played on loop. This has happened to me so many times, getting far into the game and attempting to save only to crash right in front of the save point. The Switch version is still pretty solid, but you might want to take this into consideration if you're thinking about what port to get.
The music bug in the recent ports infuriates me as a composer and classic FF purist... I really hope they're aware and patch it eventually! Like that the newcomers will be less likely to miss out on the many second halves of Uematsu's works. FFIX has that bug too. :( "Crossing Those Hills" seems meaningless right now.
Yea FFIX and FFVII have some of the best overworld music of the entire series and now they're completely meaningless. I bought VII today in spite of this issue (for the Switch) and I'm really hoping they patch it. If they do I'll be buying FFIX as well.
I always wondered how could they fuck something up so simple as Overworld/Dungeon Music Starting over after a Random Encounter, I would be extremely disappointed if I were Nobuo Uematsu. I don’t know what’s worse, losing the Source Code to FF8 or this.
The problem, is the priority of what Square has released. That FFVII PC re-release originally was not on Steam. It was basically a repackage of the original PC release (with midi music that was patched out by fans before an official patch), and pushed forward cloud saving and built-in trainers as huge monumental update and a reason to repurchase it. Who asked for that? What are fans asking for that when it comes to FFVII and a port? Sure the technicalities of probably basing your port on an unfinished build, has more to do with not having that original source build available anymore... But, why not take another stab at that script? Run that thing through a spell-checker at least? Maybe add-in some updated music? You have enough live-recordings of the soundtrack of this game officially yourself at this point to probably replace everything. How about some concept art we haven't seen before? That seems like a bare-minimum thing to do. By contrast: The modding community right now is up-scaling all the backgrounds with AI, redoing character models and animations, and adding voice-over to the entire game. For a company that loves re-releasing their products on every platform available, it doesn't feel their inclined to know what fans would like from these ports besides just having them run on said-platform. And finding out what fans want isn't exactly rocket science, when there are so many gigantic displays and examples in these mod projects available to choose from. Many of which come as standard now for remasters or re-releases. But again, it's not about competing with a mod community, or addressing every technical issue. All these problems are symptoms out of the bigger issue of priority. I'm not going to go into detail or stress how important that title is for Square for a billion different reasons. But it reflects poorly that in 2019 that a title of that much importance, figuratively, historically, commercially, and whatever else you wish to apply to it for Square: Can barely fix how character models blink from an official release. But aren't we glad it's on the Switch.
For me the best version to play is still the PSX (emu), have on Android and Steam but always prefer emulator+ISOs. I hate square-enix putting max hp/ invincible stuff on these ports, I know is optional but it completes defeats the purpose of the rpg.
I'm in the middle of the ps3 version(which is the original with no updates) and I'm just pissed I didn't know about the ps4 version because the only thing i want is analog controls.
Im currently re-playing this on steam and streaming it. It has filled my nostalgia for the franchise and I'm re-loving it all over. 5 Year old video and I loved it. Thanks for the quality breakdown.
Dithering is really interesting. The most common and extreme example we see still being used today is with typical news paper print, which typically only uses four colors (CMYK) and uses dithering to emulate more colors or give the illusion of finer detail than the printers are actually capable of.
The PS1 heavily used dithering but it was also common in many Mega Drive games due to its limit of 64 colours on screen, combined with it’s infamously poor video quality without special equipment. Many other Japanese computers of the time used to use it too, such as the PC-98 and similar computers.
Never played the original, but with no nostalgia in the way I can tell you that this game is, objectively, perfectly playable today. There are a few problems, the menu is a bit confusing at first, and with the battle screen in constant movement, it can sometimes be hard to see what the cursor is pointing at, with four or more enemies on the field.
FF7 gameplay aged surprisingly well, it's the least confusing game in series with very simple, intuitive systems (compare with FF8 where leveling makes you WEAKER and weapon upgrades have missable components, main character's crits depend on timing the shoulder button press during the attack... or the WHERE DO WE GO NOW FF6 World of Ruin part... or ANY job system).
Good taste Chris Lovato not the X but XII was awesome and don't get me started on that fan service called X-2 only thing going for it is that it's better than XIII and XIII-2 which was garbage
FF VII is on sale right now on Switch and I want to get it, so I'm happy with the info I hear in the video AND the bug fixes you mention in your update! Only thing that is a little cringey is that weird winking issue in all versions! haha
Played and fell in love with original when I first got my refurb PS1 @ Funco Land and this game...ahh, great times. Now I have the Switch physical edition of VII/VIII Remaster together. The fast forward and slight buff mods are nice touch for those who experienced story originally and want to save some time from potential grinds/random encounters, etc. Reminded me of the PS4 downloadable version, must be same port.
Recently got it for Switch, but it feels weird navigating with the analog stick since the original game was released three months before the PSone’s dual analog controller hit the market.
3:13 - With a specific series of expensive-at-the-time soundcards ( models adjacent and including the Creative Labs CT2760, or Sound Blaster AWE32 ) and enough RAM on the sound card, you could indeed have the psx soundfont, and the midi files from the game would sound exactly like the PSX version.
You could install a virtual Yamaha synthesizer and emulate and play a good soundfont for midis, I did that for FF8, but also Creative soundcards were not THAT expensive and I had reasons to have one anyway... but couldn't get soundfonts to work. For FF7 I had mod that makes the game read .mp3s instead.
I started playing this on my PS2 earlier as my PS1 isn’t setup, on my lovely Sony KV-21X5U Trinitron CRT. I was kinda expecting it to look a bit weird due to the horrible pixelation that is incredibly obvious with 3D 240p games when upscale, but on my CRT it honestly looks incredible and stunning. Everything looks beautiful. The FMV looks slightly dated at most, and doesn’t look compressed at all! The characters, my main worry, barely look pixelated, and the backgrounds don’t look like compressed graphics at all. It’s just so good, I love it and was barely able to stop playing even though it’s now 4AM. I do wish there were more save points though, I played for 3 hours just looking for a save point. While there might be issues, it just feels so amazing to play and looks mindblowing, I struggle to see how any other version could do it better.
I love how the ps2 had the option of smoothing textures and speeding up load times for ps1 games. For some reason, "smoothing" on ps3 and vita just blurs the picture instead. If you didn't know about this feature, prepare to have your mind blown again. It's doesn't have a huge effect on FF7 but if you have a game with more complex textures like FF8 or FF9 the improvement is like night and day! Just be warned that speeding up load times can cause bugs in some games though.
As happy as I am to play FF7 on any device, I wish there was an "original mode" on all ports, complete with original 240p resolution, dithering and even CRT scanlines just to emulate the look of the Playstation version. I don't know why, I just find there is a certain charm to it.
Anybody interested in re-playing FF7 on PC, trust me on this and go with the New Threat mod. It's faithful to the original game yet adds tons of new content, rebalances gameplay so you can no longer just spam Attack and generally adds so many quality of life improvements to the game that I can't play the vanilla version again. Final Fantasy 7 (Steam version) + New Threat 1.5 = BEST WAY TO PLAY MODDED FF7!!!
AI upscaling has done more for this game than anything else since the day it was released IMO. It just looks phenomenal, especially now that people are going through each AI upscaled image and touching up. Playing the original PS1 game on a CRT still feels special and authentic but I can't help but to marvel at the upscaled backgrounds.
Did they finish the mod with updating the character models? I remember playing a WIP mod that used combat models on map and scaled NPCs way before Steam release. The low poly models is one thing that keeps me from finishing it.
10:15 famous last words In all seriousness though man, thanks for making these port comprisons. Went ahead and bought the ps4 version for the platinum. And so far, I can already tell it's gonna be one hell of a grind. But lovin the game so far as a new fan to the FF7 club. Hopefully by the time I'm finished with the og, I can finally start the remake when it's complete lol. Subbed for more port comparisons!
I've just done a playthrough on IOS in the past week that I paid for almost 2 years ago. I waited to finally redownload it and actually play it because initially there were some weird bugs and glitches that have since been patched out. I was quite impressed playing this on my iPhone SE and I didn't really encounter any bugs or glitches, plus it looks so much better than the original PC version I played two decades ago. The only minor thing was that a few times when telling the Highwind pilot to fly, instead of the screen going black to transfer to the overworld like usual, it would go black and transfer right back into the Highwind. I would simply have to speak to the pilot again and then it would work just fine. It only happened a few times and never back to back. But otherwise this port ran flawlessly!
It must have taken you so long to make this video man! Like.. holy shit! You had to have played through AT LEAST a large chunk of almost all of those ports to get this kind of information and footage! Not to mention the subpurb and to the point editing procuction value. Not putting anything crazy in the way and thankfully mostly showing images from the beginning parts of the game, as to be concious of spoilers for people who haven't played it before and people like me who haven't plsyed it in far too long! So, for all that, I wanted to sincerely thank you! It's given me a very useful and concise summery of the info I needed on all the ports of FINAL FANTASY VII ! Recently, I decided to finally play the game again for the first time earnestly in almost fifteen years! My experience with the game had been that I Played it on PS1 a little in the 90s Beat it on PS1 in the mid 2000's Got the PS3 and PSVITA PSN versions (did you talk about this one?) Got the PS4 version. Didn't play it. Got it for PC on Steam and Modded the hell out of it to be insanely good!...Didn't play it... Got the Switch version last week... And... I... Hate how easy it is to just cheat and speed your way through the game and just not even have the intended stress one needs to have from random encounters and almost dying to be able to release adrenaline in your body. So whenever I was in battle and I started to get really into it, sometimes I'd accidentally press real hard on both sticks in excitement and it would give me instant limit break and it immediately ruined my experience!!! ...The backgrounds look incredible though! Like holy shit!...but...they are nothing to what the PC version can do when modded.. However, on ALL the modern ports including the Switch version, the graphics just suck... they just suck!!! The characters all look totally super imposed onto the background and is worsened by the fact that the backgrounds are blurry now even though they look so good... But not just that.. I was willing to forgive the super imposition of actors until I noticed my graphical deal breaker on the Red Scorpion fight in the beginning. I noticed that the textures of all the models in the game had been blurred out. Which made everything look incredibly flat! Regardless of the small change in the shading and lighting. The mod is not using the correct texture setting (they exists and is mind blowing what they are supposed to look like). And the backgrounds are too blurry. So, that, coupled with the inability to turn off cheating, led me to just hooking up my old Playstation, bought an S video cable, hooked it up to my CRT TV and I gotta say... This just feels right
Those deliberatley blurred backgrounds. Ew. Play the original or PC port. Easily the best. You can easily swap the music files on PC, to any version, including modern orchestrated.
Gareth Williams play the original on an OG psx on a crt TV. Absolutely the best way to experience it. Honestly, "HD remasters" of PSX games are all god awful. Games were designed to render on a crt back in the day and the colors and dithering look awful on an lcd.
I just like the fact the ps4 generation versions come with the triple speed buff with the addition of the 'bug' propeller on the roller coaster in gold saucer so one doesn't need to spend ages getting the mop or cids strongest weapon and can instead get them in like 10-15 seconds. (Limit cheat comes in useful for power learning the second tier limit breaks also reducing grinding or waiting with fury status as well)
Think I might pick up the Switch version at some point. The blinking issue bugs me but otherwise it seems to be the best for me since I like pretty much everything else and it being portable is such a plus for me
I thought I'd drop a fun fact here: The french version was translated by one guy from the english version in a haste so a lot of the translations are laughable bad, for example in the US version when Cloud says "oh brother...", it's translated as cloud litterally calling Barret "Hey, my brother". And because they (or he) had so little time, they disabled the script for the Midgar Mayor quest, and the answer is ALWAYS "MAKO".
So I've never played FF7, and I have a PS4 and Switch. Really leaning towards the Switch port for that portability! Also, they apparently patched out the bug with the music on the PS4 release. Hopefully the Switch version gets that same patch.
I tested for the video just a few days ago. It is not patched out. It was, however, patched out of Final Fantasy X. This is a common bug in Square's ports as of late
For some reason all other recent videos I found decided to review the game itself as if we were in the 90s, despite being titled explicitly things like "is it worth on Switch" and stuff like that. So thank you, this is interesting, and relevant.
What, no love for the unofficial but absolutely mandatory fanmod for the original PC launch known to us old-timers as "Final Fantasy VII GOLD"? The one that increased the resolution, allowed the gamer to replace the SDF field characters with their battle versions, allowed the gamer to replace the horrid music (composition is fantastic as always, but the version/sample quality was junk) with whatever music they wanted (most gamers went for official & unofficial orchestrated versions of the songs), and so many quality of life changes that it took Square almost a decade to come close to duplicating it? For shame...
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They updated that a while back. I can't remember the name but it was such an amazing little toolkit. By the time it was over the game looked and sounded like a ps2 game at the very least.
@@lambdadelta6140 One advantage I've found about being 64 is that I don't worry about whether I feel old...because I don't XD. I just get annoyed, as in "damn, my knee hurts when I stand up" or "where did all these wrinkles come from, grumble, grumble". Still, I like the perspective of being older and yes, I'm still gaming.
The PS4 version has an incredibly annoying issue where the menus run at a higher framerate and the buttons are so sensitive that if you press down it will skip two items down the list instead of one, and there's absolutely no fix for it. It makes the game nearly unplayable. For example: if you're in an item menu and you want to select a hi-potion, you scroll down one and press the X button, but the cursor has selected Phoenix Down instead. If you don't WAIT half a second before you press X, the menu will always select the NEXT item. And this issue has never been patched or fixed. The only time this issue doesn't happen is when you're battling with the game in triple speed mode, but you can't use triple speed within the main menu so there's just nothing you can do about it. It honestly totally ruined my experience trying to play the game on PS4
Jesse Colton I have the same issue on switch! I wouldn’t say it’s gamebreaking but definitely annoying as it feels like the menu controls are very slippery at times
I own multiple copies of this game across various platforms, and I have no regrets. That being said, the version that is near and dear to my heart is the original ps1 version. I still owe my original discs from over 20 years ago, but the version I'm currently playing is on my new PlayStation Classic, which is pretty sweet when you get it modded.
This guy likes this game almost as much as I do. I remember the walkthroughs and guides I uploaded that are on sites that don't exist anymore. Had pictures and maps all that good stuff.
It was still a god-send at the time! I didn't have a PS1 of my own, so I had to borrow/beg the game from a friend and borrow/beg the PS1 from my older brother for a few weeks to play it!
The only issue I had with the port is that on the overworld and in minigames, the frame-rate was terrible. It was choppy and borderline unplayable. Other than that I had no issues whatsoever.
8:28 LoL I will be playing FFVII on Ninetendo Switch. I can play it on PS Vita but loading time PS1 version was too bad for current time right? Thanks Austin. Grinding level on portable console was the best.
All versions contain "Cloud saving"
Too bad Cloud couldn't SAVE Aerith
@@raggedyexynos6826 Oh man, too soon.
@@raggedyexynos6826 ;(
The pc version I'm playing through steam doesn't have cloud saving but only because I'm using mods (tifas seventh heaven) really wish there was a way to have both
@@AmonKhan438 22 years to soon
I've been playing Nintendo switch version as I'm stuck in a hospital room every other week usually due to leukaemia testament, so being able to have the console on TV at home or hand held mode sitting on my bed (or hospital ward) has a been invaluable for my sanity lately.
I see this comment is 10 months old now. Are you doing okay?
He’s dead
I hope you're better my dude
Answer us my dude. Are you okay
Dude how are you, tell us something
Did i just watch this guy put a regular FF7 PS1 disc into every device?
Even the switch dock lol
Everything except the mobile version at least.
Yes, and the Switch one had me chuckling. Good stuff!
Lol really? Never noticed until the Switch hah
i chuckled at the switch dock version.
I was 22 in 97'. I remember beating this this after 80hrs. It was the first RPG I ever played. I fell in love.
Me too.
I'm 35 ( was 14 in 1997 )
Never played a RPG in my life.
Took me over 100 hours to get everything ( gold chockobo, side missions, killed all weapons etc ) took me nearly a year to finish
Fell in love with the game. Played 8 which was good. and 9 but final fantasy 7 is the best in the series by miles and also the best game ever made on any console. So far.
And theres many other ridiculously good games out there over the years.
Resident evil, tomb raider,
Legacy of kain, golden eye, double dragon 2, tenchu, Mario kart, metal gear, syphon filter, castlevania
You get my drift. That's just some.
But final fantasy 7 tops them all.
Light years ahead of its time. And hugely respected to this day.
Thats why they re made that one particular game. And spent so much money/effort and time on it.
@@paulatkins366 LMAO I'm 30 and when I was 10 when I saw this, didn't played it at first because my old man refused to buy playstation until 2000. That is when I had the chance of playing it. Back then there are some guide book that claims that you could get aerith's spirit in the church, so I always tried to get here but its just an hoax. those hours that I tried on getting her again.
Lol, that's exactly my case too, but i'm now 18, and played it 4 years ago. The only thing i had at the time to play was my smartphone, so i played the shit out of older games with emulators. My childhood was all about cinematography and a little before FF7, i literally only played Resident Evil 4 and other few PS2 games as mere enterteinment, so FF7 really opened my mind regarding videogames.
My apologies for the bad english, by the way. I'm just learning by inertia more than interest.
@@skjor1989 what do you mean get her spirit in the church? Her ghost was there if you got the key from the excavation site. But it disappears as soon as you walk towards it
@@thespawnofsephiroth yeah I know but there is rumor back then that yo ucould get her spirit and she will be a secret playable charater
NOTE: Today 17 May 2019 the game has been updated on switch and xbox one to fix some of the problems the ports had:
-Music will now resume where it left off once a battle has concluded.
-Transitions between cutscenes and gameplay no longer have a frame of black screen.
-The flashback scene that played incorrect music now plays the correct music.
Thanks for the update, the music issue really turned me off
Why oh why is this not fixed on PS4 yet?
Apparently the flashback scene continues to play the wrong track on PS4. Thankfully the more egregious bug with the BGM restarting after each fight has been fixed in all versions. It only took a few weeks for XB1 and Switch but us PS4 users who bought this version in 2015 had to wait 4 (FOUR!) goddamn years for this fix. What the hell, Square?!
@@CheeseMonkey18 They fixed the PS4 version in december last year
@@neildrunkmaam7040 So does the OST now sync with "that" character's victorious moment? I remember it syncing on PSX, but they had a different track playing on PC release
They all have "Cloud Saving" but no Aerith saving...
@@16BitDungeon sorry its Aerith in the original.
And honestly that’s how it should be. Aerith’s death had a purpose!
😔
@@grt002 But...Nomura's fanfic dream...
@@Shendue If it's gonna be how I think it is, saving Aerith will come down to your choices. I think to save her, you have to NOT be in love with her. Cause the cutscene in the garden in R basically told you not to.
I couldn't get the CD to work with my Switch. I tried everything!
Try putting it in the cartridge slot. It'll fit, trust me!
Turn it off then on again, duh!
did you try using the 32x addon
dump it on the pc, install retroarch on your switch, transfer the dump to the switch, enjoy
Do you recommend this game on Switch
I like how you threw a disc in the dock lol.
I almost choked when I saw that.....funny.
ADDENDUM COMMENT, UPDATES TO THIS VIDEO HERE:
As of December 2019, the music reset bug has been patched in the PS4, Xbox One and Switch versions. There is now NO version of the game with this bug.
There were other music bugs in the PC re-release of FF7. Some are still in the PS4 version but were never in the Switch or Xbox versions. For example, during a flashback very late in the game, the main theme is suppose to play in sync with what’s going on. In the PS4 and Steam versions the main theme isn’t used at all
. The correct music plays for the Switch and Xbox One versions. Another example is when you find Yuffie, her theme is suppose to play. Her theme does not play on the Steam version but it does play on all other versions
The odd quirks during the transition from fmv to in-game are now fixed. This is the black frames on Switch and the disappearing models on Xbox One.
DOTEMU is now credited when starting the game.
That's it for the patch notes. Some other things I'd like to add about this video. First off, the ladder bug I showed I feel is misleading. It occurred on multiple ladders but after restarting the game it didn't happen anymore. Second, the PSX version of FF7 is available digitally on PS3, PSP, and PS Vita. The PS3 also plays PSX discs so you can just put the disc in the PS3. That's how I captured my footage of the game.
damn~ posting a comment just to update stuff in the video. appreciate the dedication
Thank you!
Your awesome! Just like ffvii :)
Very helpful video and update comment. Thank you.
I have a question then. On the vita is there still trophies? I would like the speed up option for grinding but I can give it up.
Final Fantasy VII: REMAKO
Yes
Thats just a mod for the pc version
Remako is obsolete. Its pure a.i. upscale. A human pass in addition is superior.
@@remasteredretropcgames3312 I personally still think it looks nice and fresh.
remako reactors
Who are these crazy people that want it stretched? There's no additional information on screen and the image is distorted.
tell me about it, it's already stretched and blurry enough as it is, then people want to screw up the aspect ratio to make everything... fatter?
adding the option for those that want it wouldn't harm though.
@@plasmaoctopus1728 What they want is for the game to actually be in widescreen but they don't quite understand how aspect ratios work so they just assume that if it fills the screen it must be correct and shrug off the fact it looks really weird.
Had to be fixed in development.
They want the image to fill the screen, simple as that. It may look stretched and distorted to us, but that doesn't bother them as long as the screen is filled.
Do you want the original Experience?
-You know Japanese: FF7 International Japanese Version.
-You don't: FF7 PSX.
Do you want a "remastered" experience?
-You want to mod your game: Steam Version (Plus Remako, plus any mod you want).
-You don't: Xbox, Ps4 Or Switch.
Do you want to play on the toilet?
-Switch.
You only had a Ps4 or an Xbox?
-Ps4 or Xbox.
Just for gods sake don't play this game on mobile.
Playing on the toilet is amazing
I tested it)
What if i emulate the ps1 version on my mobile phone?
I play on the toilet with my PS3/Vita version.
I can get behind this comment. Approved!
I'd like to mention toilet playing is very much possible on the PSP and, therefore, the Vita.
00:53 - 02:45 PSX (Japan)
02:46 - 03:57 PC (1998)
03:58 - 05:56 PC (2012)
05:57 - 07:23 Mobile
07:24 - 08:25 PS4
08:26 - 09:29 Switch
09:30 - 09:55 XBox One
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Thank you 😩😍😊
Thank you
Skip huge parts of videos with this one simple trick! TH-camrs hate him!
@@qoyote would you recommend pc port or ps1 port
I'm considering playing the OG while I wait for ff7 remake part 2
Same.
I’m already doing it lol
lol gimme your adress i could send you all 3 disks for the ps1 - ps3 cause i lost them for weeks and still wanted to continue playing so i bought it again and now i have 2 final fantasy 7ns or 3 if you count the remake which makes the stupid ps4 make SOOOOOOO much noise like if you play it for an hour you cant hear people talk you just hear fans
@@simonpugh9750 I have a switch lite so I bought the ff7 through the nintendo store and have been playing it for the past week! Just finished the midgar section and cloud told the group about the nibelheim incident. Thanks for the offer though!
@@kizzy3563 Yeah I actually did buy it twice but i was kinda joking but once you finish the game which may take ages you should play the final fantasy 7 remake also you should look into getting knights of the round later into the game it helped me ALOT beat the game after spending hours and days breeding chocobos
3:39 My face when I realize I just threw my socks in the toilet and pissed in the laundry hamper.
XD
Idk man I get used to it
I know that you say these videos are exhausting to make, but I honestly think a lot of people benefit from these informative videos and they're also fun to watch. You also just present the information as it is rather than being exaggerated character or taking a biased stance. I'd love the see more of this series!
I absolutely understand that this kind of video can be incredibly exhausting to make, and I commend you on it. That being said, the gaming world needs more youtube videos like this, and it'd be a shame if you stopped. Either way, you earned a sub from me.
This is the content I live for. Breaking down all differences in ports/remakes etc of a video game
The ps1 version on a crt looks stunning, The warmth and illumination you got on the old crt tv's gives an image that can't be replicated by modern TV's, its hard to explain but the effect old crt's have on the lighting for example its like a real light coming from the tv, i miss those effects crts had i wish there was a modern version of the crt
like ocarina of times ganon fight, absolutely stunning on a crt.
I see what you mean, I still have a crt tv hooked up to my pc via a hdmi - component convertor and the colours and lighting is so rich, also of note is anything designed for hd the darkness is too low I assume as modern tvs can't reach the black levels so artificially have the blacks lower than they should.
take a last gen plasma
ps1 game never looked good even on CRT. Shimmering and pixelation is too much
Only Dreamcast and PS2 look ok on CRT monitor, but older consoles look awful
The way you described it makes me want to buy one. I grew up in the 90s and know exactly what you’re talking about.
It took me 22 years to finally get around to beating this game... damn I’m a slacker.
You were beating your meat instead
@@frogsama666 LMFAO
I thought I was bad with GTAIII, coming up to 18 years now and I just got to the third island 🌚
let me get you right there:
You've beaten only 1/3 of the game with that Remake.
Also me in Barrett's voice: Daduduh duh da dadumm.
I started this game when I was 12. Finished this year at 23
Did anyone else hear the rumor that you could revive Aeris/th, by inserting the Backstreet Boys Millennium CD when you're supposed to add disc 2?
It got taken out during development. I worked with the team at the time, there's a cutscene in the archives of her surviving after her mom uses an item still in the code not in the game. It changed so much like dialogue and such, she would be rendered unplayable still, but alive and captured by another character that was removed. {You can check it 'datamine' to fnd the item i cannot remember the name. It has the description as well i believe
also if you play the super secret limited edition of the game that I got off my uncle who actually knew mr. Square Enix not only can you save her but you can also see her minge.
Kojima Red holy shit! I hope you're not yanking my chain. I might look a little further into that item to verify
Liam McCByrne I gotta ask, does the carpet match the drapes?
@@Americansikkunt i really am not. It was easy to get a job in the industry back then. It paid shit, but i networked. Idk i have a den of all the people who inspire me including a lot of silent hill stuff and soundtracks. It really isnt a big deal to work as a dev. Like i said back then it was a lot easier directly after University to get a job if your portfolio was organized and decent. I was doing boring work i actually hated at the time, the executives always shoot down ideas (like adding a bonus dvd in a ps2 release that didnt happen which was commentary on making of the game i thought people would love the idea because the game was highly regarded at the time, possibly more so than now , everyone knew about it and the industry wasn't so saturated . The biggest thing that made me mad was how they handle shooting down ideas at almost any advertising or gaming line of work, they tell you your ideas are shit and degrade you. Hideo can attest to this.
Well...Thanks for making me notice a mouth and weird wink on every character in my switch version.
;O
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love your harvest moon image
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...kupo!
Has a patch been released that fixed it yet?
1:03 "in the west and in Europe"
Today I learned Europe isn't in the west.
Haha it is literally the cradle of western civilization and this guy got it wrong 🤦🏻♂️
@@condor7430 Sorry but doesn't "the west" refer to America?
You may be even more surprised to learn that Asia is west to America.
Technically everything is both east and west to everything
@@ZoofyZoof I don't know where you have heard that from but the west refers to Western culture
8:25 the ps4 version has been patched a few times, including fixing the music restarting after battle thing :D
But Cloud looks like a sad emo in that one. As compared to PS1 original. For some reason this change became manifest of PC which sucks
The 60fps menu is the critical component that made the game stand out, not a lot of people know this.
The staggering mod community surrounding the PC release (both 1998 original and re-release 2012 version) is magnificent! Everything from graphics improvements, to gameplay alterations, audio replacements, and even complete script rewrites ... simply amazing. There's even mods that attempt to normalise the framerate too, switching from 15fps battle to 30 or even high.
Setting everything to a uniform 30fps has been great. Original framerates feel choppy to me, and at 60fps, all of the animations are too fast. 30fps is decently smooth and doesnt make the animations feel like everything is in fast-forward.
Is there a version with the gameplay of PSX but contains the better translations?
@@greygorygaming there is, google FF VII retranslation, there is a psx rom
the Magic defense stat never worked on any of the PS1 versions but its fixed for all the new ports.
Lol i noticed it playing the xbox one version.
OreoMan Actually someone released a patch for it on romhacking.net in 2009 before the game was ported to next gen consoles but it went unnoticed.
@@sheriffaboubakar9720 I've used that patch for before too, but I playing again with the Beacause patch that fixes a lot of bugs like the W Materia duplication bug.
Well put together video. Had a chuckle when you put the disc in the dock. XD.
All this and I am still waiting for a Xenogears port from square.
Same here
@Aaron9 Yeah, we know thw gameplay kinda sucks but is so far the biggest rpg story for a stand alone game
@@myhlanoelsalsa8690 gameplay is great so idk what u guys are sniffing
There is just something so charming about the original psx version on an old CRT TV.
Graphics may not be as crisp or blocky, but can't deny that 3X speed in modern ports tho.
Certainly helps with those long ass summons. Though never use it for Knights of the Round, it’s worth it.
You can do the same affect on emulators by turning off the frame limiter
DaFro3713 At the time it was amazing.
@@SeriusChevy yes but FF7 is one of those games where there isn't really an excuse for emulating it since it's on pretty much everything including what you'd want to emulate it on
Literally the best part of the ports that have it. So nice to be able to fast forward through tedious battles, or summons.
With the PC version, there are mods that COMPLETELY fix the character sprites where they have actual hands and fingers, and the mouths are actually fixed.
Yep, just beat a version running Echo-S and countless other mods.
FF conservatives hate all ports and remakes. But seriously, the PC version is the best. Especially after people started uploading the original backgrounds from the game into the image resizing AI, which made them look simply amazing. The same goes for FF6 and it's World Reborn mod.
It wouldn’t be a port then. From what your telling me, pc players should wait for the remaster since they want super high insane graphics.
@@Jking08 What they're telling you is that much better graphics are currently available if you do play it on PC.
I personally recommend the steam version to others myself because of the mods that rebalance the game and add more challenge / content.
"New Threat" is a fantastic way to play through again while adding some freshness and difficulty.
@@Noobirus I'm kind of middle-ground between conservatives and people who want new everything. On one hand, I do like to up the graphics a bit, but on the other hand, I have fond nostalgic memories of these classic games. I don't like the official FF7 Remake because they took what was an ATB game and are going to turn it into something that looks like Kingdom Hearts, and..... that's not what I want. What I REALLY wanted, was something like modded FF7 for Steam, but without all the modding junk you have to do before you can even play the game. As for FF6, I can't stand FF6 for PC because of that gaudy font and window textures they use. They seem to think that modern gamers are kindergartners that need 50pt font to be able to read it or something, seriously. That, and the smoothing effect makes the pixel sprites look..... strange and bizarre, and the new character portraits look disconnected from the rest of the game like some college intern threw an RPGMaker game together using random assets they happened to find from random places. These viewpoints of mine aren't because I am a "Purist" or a "Conservative", but more just... I do like modded games, but they have to be modded RIGHT. You want Final Fantasy Remaster done *right* , look up the PSP version of FF4+After Years. In fact, I'll even link a screenshot or two:
r.mprd.se/media/images/158745-Final_Fantasy_IV_-_Complete_Collection_(USA)-2.jpg
Compare that to this (the Steam PC version):
gameidealist.com/wp-content/uploads/Final_Fantasy-IV_The_After_Years_PC.jpg
And it's just.... eugh. They used 3d models, but they are extremely low poly and those gaudy windows and fonts are just... what were they thinking?
EDIT: The fact you need a *SCROLLBAR* in the Battle Menu says they are wasting all kinds of room on the UI. I'm a person who likes to make good use of UI space, to be honest. The original game output at something like 256x244 pixels and they had battle menus without scrollbars. What's their excuse with the PC version at 1920x1080!?
I'm happy that I played it when it first came out. That train of greatness simply cannot be relieved.
7:04 Vincent can be obtained, the safe can be opened on android running the latest version of the game. Fun fact, since the mobile port is based on the pc version, saves are also interchangeable.
That's easily the best thing Square did with these ports: having a classic game on the go (or during blackouts) is great, but even better is making it compatible with PC version that allows modding and will be endlessly made playable in the future.
thank you making this video even though it was exhausting to make. really appreaciate the high quality and effort you put it it does show alot.
Playing it for the first time on my switch. Glad to hear it’s a decent version
Same
I got it on PS4 about a year and a half ago, but never got around to actually playing it. I'm strongly considering buying it on Switch because that portability is a big selling point.
Hope you enjoy it because i finished it last year and it became one of my favorite games of all time
Khalifa Bawazeer so far I’m loving it. Just got to fort condor
To be fair any version that isn't the original PC release, and maybe mobile, is probably a decent version to get. Original PC version was suuuper buggy. Never tried out a mobile version, but will probably be getting the switch version.
Xbox One version actually has a title screen! It appears before the Prelude Staff Roll. The new game/continue menu also has an option to switch profiles, even showing your gamer tag in the top right.
The best version is playstation 1 with a lot of nostalgic memories
"I don't know if i'll make another port comparison for any other game"
*processes to be the main reason I come to this channel*
One major flaw for the Switch Version if anyone's wondering: It tends to randomly crash after battles or cutscenes. When this happens, the game will freeze and the Victory Theme will be played on loop. This has happened to me so many times, getting far into the game and attempting to save only to crash right in front of the save point. The Switch version is still pretty solid, but you might want to take this into consideration if you're thinking about what port to get.
i’ve knocked 30 hrs into the switch version and i’ve never had that problem 😦 but hopefully i won’t ever
Save often.
Can confirm this happened somewhat frequently in the Northern Cavern stage.
Has this been patched or we must live with.
This video earned you my sub. Awesome job!
The music bug in the recent ports infuriates me as a composer and classic FF purist... I really hope they're aware and patch it eventually! Like that the newcomers will be less likely to miss out on the many second halves of Uematsu's works.
FFIX has that bug too. :( "Crossing Those Hills" seems meaningless right now.
Yea FFIX and FFVII have some of the best overworld music of the entire series and now they're completely meaningless. I bought VII today in spite of this issue (for the Switch) and I'm really hoping they patch it. If they do I'll be buying FFIX as well.
gonna wait till they fix this before i purchase it.
I know for the PS4 port they never did fix it.
It's actually a dreadful bug. Completely ruins the flow
I always wondered how could they fuck something up so simple as Overworld/Dungeon Music Starting over after a Random Encounter, I would be extremely disappointed if I were Nobuo Uematsu. I don’t know what’s worse, losing the Source Code to FF8 or this.
The problem, is the priority of what Square has released.
That FFVII PC re-release originally was not on Steam. It was basically a repackage of the original PC release (with midi music that was patched out by fans before an official patch), and pushed forward cloud saving and built-in trainers as huge monumental update and a reason to repurchase it.
Who asked for that? What are fans asking for that when it comes to FFVII and a port?
Sure the technicalities of probably basing your port on an unfinished build, has more to do with not having that original source build available anymore... But, why not take another stab at that script? Run that thing through a spell-checker at least? Maybe add-in some updated music? You have enough live-recordings of the soundtrack of this game officially yourself at this point to probably replace everything. How about some concept art we haven't seen before? That seems like a bare-minimum thing to do.
By contrast: The modding community right now is up-scaling all the backgrounds with AI, redoing character models and animations, and adding voice-over to the entire game. For a company that loves re-releasing their products on every platform available, it doesn't feel their inclined to know what fans would like from these ports besides just having them run on said-platform. And finding out what fans want isn't exactly rocket science, when there are so many gigantic displays and examples in these mod projects available to choose from. Many of which come as standard now for remasters or re-releases. But again, it's not about competing with a mod community, or addressing every technical issue. All these problems are symptoms out of the bigger issue of priority. I'm not going to go into detail or stress how important that title is for Square for a billion different reasons. But it reflects poorly that in 2019 that a title of that much importance, figuratively, historically, commercially, and whatever else you wish to apply to it for Square: Can barely fix how character models blink from an official release.
But aren't we glad it's on the Switch.
For me the best version to play is still the PSX (emu), have on Android and Steam but always prefer emulator+ISOs. I hate square-enix putting max hp/ invincible stuff on these ports, I know is optional but it completes defeats the purpose of the rpg.
I'm in the middle of the ps3 version(which is the original with no updates) and I'm just pissed I didn't know about the ps4 version because the only thing i want is analog controls.
Just don’t use it? Those are for people who want tomato use it
Im currently re-playing this on steam and streaming it. It has filled my nostalgia for the franchise and I'm re-loving it all over. 5 Year old video and I loved it. Thanks for the quality breakdown.
Dithering is really interesting. The most common and extreme example we see still being used today is with typical news paper print, which typically only uses four colors (CMYK) and uses dithering to emulate more colors or give the illusion of finer detail than the printers are actually capable of.
The PS1 heavily used dithering but it was also common in many Mega Drive games due to its limit of 64 colours on screen, combined with it’s infamously poor video quality without special equipment. Many other Japanese computers of the time used to use it too, such as the PC-98 and similar computers.
Never played the original, but with no nostalgia in the way I can tell you that this game is, objectively, perfectly playable today. There are a few problems, the menu is a bit confusing at first, and with the battle screen in constant movement, it can sometimes be hard to see what the cursor is pointing at, with four or more enemies on the field.
FF7 gameplay aged surprisingly well, it's the least confusing game in series with very simple, intuitive systems (compare with FF8 where leveling makes you WEAKER and weapon upgrades have missable components, main character's crits depend on timing the shoulder button press during the attack... or the WHERE DO WE GO NOW FF6 World of Ruin part... or ANY job system).
Would be nice if you did a video on the ports of final fantasy X & X-2 like on the PS2, PS3, Vita/PSTV, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC
Cucas Nerdy Corner I concur I played ps2 ps vita and trying to decide if I should
Buy a third time FFX was my favorite until 12
@@chrislovato9451 The ps2 FFX is the best version since the character models look better
I'm streaming ps4 rematered, its alright, but character models looked better in ps2, i.e yuna's face is longer in ps4
please wait for Switch X/X-2 before doing this @austivsv !
Good taste Chris Lovato not the X but XII was awesome and don't get me started on that fan service called X-2 only thing going for it is that it's better than XIII and XIII-2 which was garbage
FF VII is on sale right now on Switch and I want to get it, so I'm happy with the info I hear in the video AND the bug fixes you mention in your update! Only thing that is a little cringey is that weird winking issue in all versions! haha
I'm surprised that all of the other FF games, not counting VIII, are on sale this week. There's some sort of Square Enix sale going on.
It’s on sale rn on switch. I’m thinking of getting it
Played and fell in love with original when I first got my refurb PS1 @ Funco Land and this game...ahh, great times. Now I have the Switch physical edition of VII/VIII Remaster together. The fast forward and slight buff mods are nice touch for those who experienced story originally and want to save some time from potential grinds/random encounters, etc. Reminded me of the PS4 downloadable version, must be same port.
AustinSV you forgot the PS3/PSP/PS Vita/Vita TV download; one purchase and works on all those!
IIRC those are just the PSX version running in emulators, so they aren't really notably "different".
Recently got it for Switch, but it feels weird navigating with the analog stick since the original game was released three months before the PSone’s dual analog controller hit the market.
Just bought FF7 for switch first time playing. 😅sorry. Got very curious after seeing FF7 remake gameplay. Can’t wait
"I don't think I'll do another port comparison again"
Legend
As a fan of Sonic adventure it’s refreshing to hear about a heavily ported game that doesn’t absolutely fall apart with each port.
I've been playing it on Xbox recently and I'm absolutely in love with it!
3:13 - With a specific series of expensive-at-the-time soundcards ( models adjacent and including the Creative Labs CT2760, or Sound Blaster AWE32 ) and enough RAM on the sound card, you could indeed have the psx soundfont, and the midi files from the game would sound exactly like the PSX version.
I’m not sure if it was ever exactly like the PSX but you could get much closer.
You could install a virtual Yamaha synthesizer and emulate and play a good soundfont for midis, I did that for FF8, but also Creative soundcards were not THAT expensive and I had reasons to have one anyway... but couldn't get soundfonts to work. For FF7 I had mod that makes the game read .mp3s instead.
I started playing this on my PS2 earlier as my PS1 isn’t setup, on my lovely Sony KV-21X5U Trinitron CRT. I was kinda expecting it to look a bit weird due to the horrible pixelation that is incredibly obvious with 3D 240p games when upscale, but on my CRT it honestly looks incredible and stunning. Everything looks beautiful. The FMV looks slightly dated at most, and doesn’t look compressed at all! The characters, my main worry, barely look pixelated, and the backgrounds don’t look like compressed graphics at all. It’s just so good, I love it and was barely able to stop playing even though it’s now 4AM. I do wish there were more save points though, I played for 3 hours just looking for a save point.
While there might be issues, it just feels so amazing to play and looks mindblowing, I struggle to see how any other version could do it better.
I love how the ps2 had the option of smoothing textures and speeding up load times for ps1 games. For some reason, "smoothing" on ps3 and vita just blurs the picture instead.
If you didn't know about this feature, prepare to have your mind blown again. It's doesn't have a huge effect on FF7 but if you have a game with more complex textures like FF8 or FF9 the improvement is like night and day!
Just be warned that speeding up load times can cause bugs in some games though.
Oh God I can't unsee the winking now!
As happy as I am to play FF7 on any device, I wish there was an "original mode" on all ports, complete with original 240p resolution, dithering and even CRT scanlines just to emulate the look of the Playstation version. I don't know why, I just find there is a certain charm to it.
Basically anything except the mobile port and you are good. May be keen to get it on the switch for handheld.
I think they all look horrrible after ps1 :(
@@kuribo04
How so?
Anybody interested in re-playing FF7 on PC, trust me on this and go with the New Threat mod. It's faithful to the original game yet adds tons of new content, rebalances gameplay so you can no longer just spam Attack and generally adds so many quality of life improvements to the game that I can't play the vanilla version again.
Final Fantasy 7 (Steam version) + New Threat 1.5 = BEST WAY TO PLAY MODDED FF7!!!
AI upscaling has done more for this game than anything else since the day it was released IMO. It just looks phenomenal, especially now that people are going through each AI upscaled image and touching up. Playing the original PS1 game on a CRT still feels special and authentic but I can't help but to marvel at the upscaled backgrounds.
Did they finish the mod with updating the character models? I remember playing a WIP mod that used combat models on map and scaled NPCs way before Steam release. The low poly models is one thing that keeps me from finishing it.
@@KasumiRINA that sounds awesome. Do you have a link for it?
10:15 famous last words
In all seriousness though man, thanks for making these port comprisons. Went ahead and bought the ps4 version for the platinum. And so far, I can already tell it's gonna be one hell of a grind. But lovin the game so far as a new fan to the FF7 club.
Hopefully by the time I'm finished with the og, I can finally start the remake when it's complete lol.
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These port comparisons are your bread and butter my guy
"Cloud Saving"
* Snorts *
I remember how exciting it was when I first got my hands on an Eidos demo CD that had ff7 on it.
I've just done a playthrough on IOS in the past week that I paid for almost 2 years ago. I waited to finally redownload it and actually play it because initially there were some weird bugs and glitches that have since been patched out.
I was quite impressed playing this on my iPhone SE and I didn't really encounter any bugs or glitches, plus it looks so much better than the original PC version I played two decades ago.
The only minor thing was that a few times when telling the Highwind pilot to fly, instead of the screen going black to transfer to the overworld like usual, it would go black and transfer right back into the Highwind. I would simply have to speak to the pilot again and then it would work just fine. It only happened a few times and never back to back. But otherwise this port ran flawlessly!
It must have taken you so long to make this video man! Like.. holy shit! You had to have played through AT LEAST a large chunk of almost all of those ports to get this kind of information and footage! Not to mention the subpurb and to the point editing procuction value. Not putting anything crazy in the way and thankfully mostly showing images from the beginning parts of the game, as to be concious of spoilers for people who haven't played it before and people like me who haven't plsyed it in far too long! So, for all that, I wanted to sincerely thank you! It's given me a very useful and concise summery of the info I needed on all the ports of FINAL FANTASY VII !
Recently, I decided to finally play the game again for the first time earnestly in almost fifteen years!
My experience with the game had been that I
Played it on PS1 a little in the 90s
Beat it on PS1 in the mid 2000's
Got the PS3 and PSVITA PSN versions (did you talk about this one?)
Got the PS4 version. Didn't play it.
Got it for PC on Steam and Modded the hell out of it to be insanely good!...Didn't play it...
Got the Switch version last week... And... I... Hate how easy it is to just cheat and speed your way through the game and just not even have the intended stress one needs to have from random encounters and almost dying to be able to release adrenaline in your body. So whenever I was in battle and I started to get really into it, sometimes I'd accidentally press real hard on both sticks in excitement and it would give me instant limit break and it immediately ruined my experience!!!
...The backgrounds look incredible though! Like holy shit!...but...they are nothing to what the PC version can do when modded.. However, on ALL the modern ports including the Switch version, the graphics just suck... they just suck!!! The characters all look totally super imposed onto the background and is worsened by the fact that the backgrounds are blurry now even though they look so good...
But not just that.. I was willing to forgive the super imposition of actors until I noticed my graphical deal breaker on the Red Scorpion fight in the beginning.
I noticed that the textures of all the models in the game had been blurred out. Which made everything look incredibly flat! Regardless of the small change in the shading and lighting.
The mod is not using the correct texture setting (they exists and is mind blowing what they are supposed to look like). And the backgrounds are too blurry.
So, that, coupled with the inability to turn off cheating, led me to just hooking up my old Playstation, bought an S video cable, hooked it up to my CRT TV and I gotta say...
This just feels right
Clear and well spoken. without cheesy unnecessary stupid jokes. you sir get a Like.
Those deliberatley blurred backgrounds. Ew.
Play the original or PC port. Easily the best. You can easily swap the music files on PC, to any version, including modern orchestrated.
Gareth Williams play the original on an OG psx on a crt TV. Absolutely the best way to experience it. Honestly, "HD remasters" of PSX games are all god awful. Games were designed to render on a crt back in the day and the colors and dithering look awful on an lcd.
its 2019 and i dont own a CRT tv so imma just play it on ps4..
I'm still waiting for a version where they don't have blocks for hands.
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric There's a mod for the pc version that fixes that.
Yuck. They should have just upscaled the backgrounds with Waifu2x.
Best version is the PC version with the remako mod, those crisp backgrounds damn.
TheMoonCloud I’m confused. Is there two versions of the pc version or just one? I have the one on steam and not sure if there’s another that’s better.
@@umaryusha5792 why? Back up your statements, dicknips
I just like the fact the ps4 generation versions come with the triple speed buff with the addition of the 'bug' propeller on the roller coaster in gold saucer so one doesn't need to spend ages getting the mop or cids strongest weapon and can instead get them in like 10-15 seconds. (Limit cheat comes in useful for power learning the second tier limit breaks also reducing grinding or waiting with fury status as well)
Unknown User ps4 version is amazing
@@Ronin-kk4bt yes it is
Bravo! what a video to go into detail on. I had no idea you were going to put it on such a fine line.
Thanks for making this! I lol'd when you dropped the disc in the Switch dock
Think I might pick up the Switch version at some point. The blinking issue bugs me but otherwise it seems to be the best for me since I like pretty much everything else and it being portable is such a plus for me
I thought I'd drop a fun fact here:
The french version was translated by one guy from the english version in a haste so a lot of the translations are laughable bad, for example in the US version when Cloud says "oh brother...", it's translated as cloud litterally calling Barret "Hey, my brother".
And because they (or he) had so little time, they disabled the script for the Midgar Mayor quest, and the answer is ALWAYS "MAKO".
Don't forget the infamous "and drink your goddamn TEA!"
So I've never played FF7, and I have a PS4 and Switch. Really leaning towards the Switch port for that portability! Also, they apparently patched out the bug with the music on the PS4 release. Hopefully the Switch version gets that same patch.
I tested for the video just a few days ago. It is not patched out. It was, however, patched out of Final Fantasy X. This is a common bug in Square's ports as of late
@@AustinSV Hmm I must have read wrong then! Thanks! Think I should go with the Switch port?
If you primarily use your Switch in portable mode definitely. Otherwise I dont think you can go wrong with either
@@AustinSV Awesome thanks! Gonna grab the Switch port then!
makes no damn sense, why not just port the PS4 version with the bug already patched
You putting the CD in the Switch at 8:27 cracked me up. I didn't even realize what happened until a few seconds later and I had a great chuckle. :D
For some reason all other recent videos I found decided to review the game itself as if we were in the 90s, despite being titled explicitly things like "is it worth on Switch" and stuff like that. So thank you, this is interesting, and relevant.
Honestly playing the original Ps1 version on a Ps3 looks pretty great
plus on a ps3 you can easily decide to either use an hd screen or a crt anyway.
What, no love for the unofficial but absolutely mandatory fanmod for the original PC launch known to us old-timers as "Final Fantasy VII GOLD"? The one that increased the resolution, allowed the gamer to replace the SDF field characters with their battle versions, allowed the gamer to replace the horrid music (composition is fantastic as always, but the version/sample quality was junk) with whatever music they wanted (most gamers went for official & unofficial orchestrated versions of the songs), and so many quality of life changes that it took Square almost a decade to come close to duplicating it?
For shame...
Just wanted to say hello to a fellow Koudelka player 👋
They updated that a while back. I can't remember the name but it was such an amazing little toolkit. By the time it was over the game looked and sounded like a ps2 game at the very least.
@ Also props to Koudelka. :D
"Old timers"? Really? Thanks for making me feel old >:( :P
@@lambdadelta6140 One advantage I've found about being 64 is that I don't worry about whether I feel old...because I don't XD. I just get annoyed, as in "damn, my knee hurts when I stand up" or "where did all these wrinkles come from, grumble, grumble". Still, I like the perspective of being older and yes, I'm still gaming.
The PS4 version has an incredibly annoying issue where the menus run at a higher framerate and the buttons are so sensitive that if you press down it will skip two items down the list instead of one, and there's absolutely no fix for it. It makes the game nearly unplayable.
For example: if you're in an item menu and you want to select a hi-potion, you scroll down one and press the X button, but the cursor has selected Phoenix Down instead. If you don't WAIT half a second before you press X, the menu will always select the NEXT item. And this issue has never been patched or fixed. The only time this issue doesn't happen is when you're battling with the game in triple speed mode, but you can't use triple speed within the main menu so there's just nothing you can do about it.
It honestly totally ruined my experience trying to play the game on PS4
Jesse Colton I have the same issue on switch! I wouldn’t say it’s gamebreaking but definitely annoying as it feels like the menu controls are very slippery at times
well it's been fixed by now because i'm not having that problem
I own multiple copies of this game across various platforms, and I have no regrets. That being said, the version that is near and dear to my heart is the original ps1 version. I still owe my original discs from over 20 years ago, but the version I'm currently playing is on my new PlayStation Classic, which is pretty sweet when you get it modded.
AustinSV, This made me laugh so hard, thanks for sharing!
A lot of the issues on Switch have been fixed, you should make an update video
I'm playing the original psx version emulating on a RG251V and it's been a wonderful experience, highly recommended.
emulated ps1 version with retroarch, CRT Royale, supersampling and Reunion re-translation is the most soulful way
The amount of research and effort here is phenomenal!
Oh man this takes me back 21 years... good times!
That sound bug is a gimmick at this point. The bug made its way to the Switch port of Final Fantasy 9 as well.
Just hire you before porting a game next time
All the original FF’s run sweet on the psp 1000. You can stretch screen too. I love it, psp 4 life =D
I just spent about 60 hours in the PS4 port and NEVER noticed the music resetting after battles lmao
This guy likes this game almost as much as I do. I remember the walkthroughs and guides I uploaded that are on sites that don't exist anymore. Had pictures and maps all that good stuff.
i own all of these version..... help me
So that's why the original PC version was so shit. Good to know.
Sonic Adventure/2 might be interesting to do port comparisons.
It was still a god-send at the time! I didn't have a PS1 of my own, so I had to borrow/beg the game from a friend and borrow/beg the PS1 from my older brother for a few weeks to play it!
I played the mobile version a few years ago and had a great time.
I am playing the mobile version, no problem yet
it fucking suckkkkksss always fucking crash
The only issue I had with the port is that on the overworld and in minigames, the frame-rate was terrible. It was choppy and borderline unplayable. Other than that I had no issues whatsoever.
moba game lool...shit .
8:28 LoL
I will be playing FFVII on Ninetendo Switch. I can play it on PS Vita but loading time PS1 version was too bad for current time right? Thanks Austin. Grinding level on portable console was the best.
Thanks for doing these series of videos, helped me a lot!