I just finished this game on steam and I love it. Can't believe I skipped through and ignored the series when I was a kid. This is definitely one of the good hidden gems of the ps1 era.
@@Jack-zt1sr They didn't. They said (not confirm) that they WANTED to also remaster the games not yet on modern systems. Which means they want to remaster Romancing 1, Frontier 2 and Unlimited, not a guarantee that they're gonna do it.
Addendum 5.27.21: Small correction, I've been informed the ship traveling cutscenes don't actually mask loading, so the addition of skipping it wasn't one of the effects of faster load times 6.2.21: The PC version has been updated to go higher than 1080p & they've added a toggle for auto saves, as some people were having saving issues on the PC version
Your "game version comparatives" are easily the BEST here on YT. I'm surprised that you never did it for Final Fantasy Tactics. We have the original PS1 game, the PSP remaster (with a lot of goods and bads) and the Android version (also with lots of goods and bads). I was searching for a nice video to watch about it (even if I already played all version) hoping to find your comparative, but found none, unfortunately! You really should do it! Thank you.
This would had looked even better had they did it in the art style of Octopath Traveler. It would have kept it sprite based while updating it at the same time. This isn't bad though.
@@saysoun752 You're not wrong, but that would be an outright remake made almost from the ground up. That would cost way more time and money for what was always supposed to just be a touched up remaster.
This is proper remastered actually. It even got widescreen display. Meaning the grapich is mostly redone. Better than FF 7 and even FF 8 that mostly just like playing ps1 game on emulator or worse.
I adore the direction the Square Enix took in this remaster! Upscaled backgrounds should have been integrated into all of their games from the beginning, sadly mods are the only option for doing that for most of their older games, and that option is only available on PC. I can understand why some purists wouldn't like the redrawn sprites, but the new sprites just looks so clean to me. Because of how good this looks I have high hope for possible future remasters of old games by Square Enix. It's too bad that it can't go higher than 1080p, but that also makes sense seeing as how they only upscaled this game and redrew the sprites to make them all 1080p, so going higher than that base resolution would have no point; and the game already looks really clean.
@@Realmfaker Because "It" is fine. After all T260 is a robot. And second some supplemenentary materials kinda implies that the personality inside the robot is meant to be female.
@@Realmfaker Robots are whatever they identify as. Gender is about mentality, not biology. Some are hes, some are she, Borgs are they - except for the borg queen in Star Trek Generations, of course. Don‘t push your „all robots are they“ on us, thank you very much.
Oh according to fans and what I tested out myself I can confirm that Emilia's "bugged" outfits from the original are now fixed. Commando Emilia for example has Roufas learning curve for guns now!
One minor gem of a feature: The "fast reset" trick still works! At least with controller on PC. You do this by hitting all four shoulder buttons at once along with select and start. If you hit all 6 buttons at the same time, you instantly jump to the main menu with "Quick Start" highlighted (this loads the most recent save). With the essentially instant load times, this means resets are dummy fast, on the order of 1-2s for the full process.
My favorite game in the series hands down. Have played and ended it over 30 times over the years. The remastered version especially for us who love and played original years ago is a huge big yes. The removal of the 50000 gold money cap. Now you can have millions and that is a tremendous help. The ng plus feature also big yes. No more starting each hero story from scratch. The removal of how many party members you could recruit in original also gone in remaster. That's a hell yesssss. Now enjoy allll party members for each hero. The menu overhaul sweet. This is how a remastered should be done. Next remastered i want is chrono cross. 😎
This game is one of my childhood favorites, and I never expected anyone cared for it as much as me. That it got a remaster with most of the stuff I've read about for years on The Cutting Room Floor restored is almost surreal, it's genuinely hard to believe. While I don't like the look of the sprites and the menus as much as in the original, those are my only complaints―the game is absolutely worth the money
I assume the community will fix that for the Steamversion at least, so thats smth to look forward to, next to an overhaul of the english localization as it is.. inconsistent and sometimes just plain wrong :/
I haven't been motivated to get this quite yet but Asellus I remember being my first character back in the day and ended up being my second favorite; so my motivation is growing.
Square is really doing a great job remastering old games so far. I’m praying for a Collection of Chrono. Please make this Square. I can picture Cross in 4K
It not exactly the same, but that kind of already exists. PS1 emulators support importing HD textures, and fans made a texture pack for Chrono Cross that updates the pre-rendered backgrounds with AI-Upscaling. You should check it out on RUclips.
you can't be serious, trials of mana (Charlotte is too easy to riff that Elmer Fudd acting and new game+ doesn't even let you transfer post game class 4 for that no future crazy difficulty while wasting 6 hours post game to unlock new game+) and final fantasy crystal chronicles both took away local multiplayer, and this makes you beat the game to play as fuse rather than do a prologue. 6:45 wow didn't know the font for the moves was as bad as link's awakening remake.
Lol no. FF8 remaster is technically worse in some ways. Secret of mana looks and feels so cheap I'd rather play the snes version. Trials took away couch co-op.
The only square remaster that really impressed me was romancing saga 2. They remade alot stuf for modern days( not just some AI upscalling) but Saga Frontier got more than the avarage square remaster. Hope they keep evolving. Hoping for the other saga games that came after such as saga frontier 2 would benefit even more from such QoL improvments we saw on saga frontier 1.
Really happy with the Switch version. There's occasionally a delay entering a battle, but otherwise a perfect way to enjoy an RPG. The game is actually really interesting. I'm not a fan of some of the other games influenced by Saga, as progression seems to hit a plateau halfway into the game, but this game's short scenarios alleviates that. Also, the different races are very interestingly balanced: monsters are not great later in the game, but absolutely wreck early on to help the party get over the early game hump.
Actually if you aim for something like Dullahan or one of the Dragons monsters are perfectly capable at end game. Suzaku is another good end game monster to aim for ((or just get)). I never bothered with them for long when I played it back in the day but with the remaster I took some time with Cotton and whooo boy do they pan out. You can also turn Cotton into a Sphinx super early on in Reds scenario and its absolutely ridiculous until you get to end game monsters. To make that even worse I gave him the necklace from Sei's tomb that lets you use that attack that damages all enemies and since monsters restore WP's and JP's every time they transform that just let me spam it ad infinitum. It was kinda silly.
@@MrDusuke It is unlikely Square would put in the work for that as they've already released the remasters. The fans usually do a better job on these than them anyway, although Square has learned and improved as this release shows. Console players should really push for official modding support from platform holders, they're missing out!
Man these remasters of smaller Square titles all look 10 times better than the ones for mainline FF and DQ. This even uses AI upscaling like the Remako and Moguri mods. Would kill for Square to go back and do justice to FF 1-10 and DQ 1-6.
Couldn't agree more on some of these word changes. The biggest one being the RB3 core fight change from Genocide Heart to Heretic Heart. Made no sense, this machine destroys regions entirely so it is in fact doing what the word entails. It's not being thrown out as some edgy boss name. Heretic sounds more religious which doesn't fit the esthetic of RB3. On another note, the remaster has made me confused on the changing of certain skill moves given the more simplistic names they used in the PS1 version. Been comparing them in my Brady Games guide throughout these playthroughs.
@@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw It's still better than the Asellus stuff. Mystics are basically vampires akin to Jojo and the like, but the comparisons some are stretching for are just silly.
@@mejercit Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The Mystics act like DIO or the Pillar Men with their abilities (and the fact they don't follow the Vampire tropes).
If any fans are buying the remaster only for the new Fuse scenario, just go read Fuse's Crazy Investigation Log from the Essence of SaGa Frontier guidebook instead. The scenario was pretty strongly based on the Log but it's more fleshed-out and Fuse's loose-cannon personality comes through way better. Plus he gets up to silly antics like teaching King Sei to integrate into modern society and press-ganging Rouge and Emilia into carrying the frozen SuzakuJr from Mt. Mosperiberg back to IRPO (who joins IRPO in gratitude after he's thawed. Yes, a mythical firebird becomes a member of the Space Interpol). He also uses Time Lord's powers to grope Doll and hits on White Rose so be careful if that stuff triggers you I guess.
I'm so happy you made this video. I'm even happier that Square-Enix didn't cap the Switch docked version at 720p for some reason (looking at you Final Fantasies VII-IX).
Having played both versions I recommend getting the remastered version for additional content now included on the game. Finished 3 characters so far and now on Asellus' story. For beginners i recommend Emilia as i've played her way back on PS1 and it's somewhat straight forward not to get lost with her story.
@@TheCrowFairyTale Way back on the 1st Playstation and now on Steam. My friends and i were playing 1 character of each trying to figure out how to get to each characters' ending. I still remember finishing Lute's and Emilia's story on PS1.
I got the Switch Remaster for my birthday last week. Still have yet to play it because I am waiting for a special day off to sample it and the other games I got as gifts; Cuphead, Star Ocean Second Story R, Octopath Traveler, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Octopath Traveler II, Mega Man X Legacy Collection, Unravel 2 and Saturday Morning RPG.
honestly, this is a really confy game to play on the PsP. Thought with the PS store closing might not be a possiblity. The stretch aspect ratio of the PSP fits this game really well.
This is making me want some remasters for Final Fantasy 1 through 6 on the Switch sooooo badly! Like if nothing else, port the GBA versions or something.
Not only was this remaster on point, your review was too! So happy to see this nostalgic masterpiece remastered! We can only hope that Sony eventually pushes for a remaster for legend of dragoon! Of which I hope you’ll also review 🤘
I remember about the game since from the FFVII Manual. So these backgrounds weren't based from the original Source material? I'm still impressed that they were redesigned for 16:9 Widescreen.
They most likely lost the source material at some point. If it happened to KH1 it definitely could have happened to this. It seems AI upscaling is kind of saving the day for these older games.
Great video it is a shame that Fuse scenario still was not as intended tho even in the remaster. also 1 major gripe I have with the remaster my opinion may not be a popular one but monsters I don't think it is a good idea the change was made where you can swap out any ability you want. As someone who knows how monsters work in this game and how to obtain each transformation if a new player discards the wrong skill instead of the keep 1 skill at the bottom of the list that automatically goes it can screw outta some form easier not only that but arranging the skills a certain way in the menu and skill types effect transformation I dunno maybe I am being a bit nitpicky but they should have kept the default way leave a skill at the very bottom of the list and discard it
I think maybe they didn't tell us more about monster transformation, if that's the case I see where you're coming from with your concern, but they could have just added more information to players about it, and they still could I guess with some sort of free update. Many times, it's such a hassle to visit the ability list from the menu.
This is how I felt a remaster of SaGa Frontier should be. I had SaGa Frontier on PSX when it released, and I've been wanting a version similar to this for many years now.
Looks great. I’m confident Square is saving the best for last with the Chrono collection & Final Fantasy 16-bit era (at least as a single item.) All popular FF’s will probably see a 7R revision at some point.
*Shudders* God I hope not. 7R is awful, I'd be much happier if they just upgraded to modern graphics and added some bits and bobs. Leave that 7R crap to the birds.
I played the original like 8 years ago, and now after the remake, whenever I look at footage from the PS1 game I think to myself "did this reaaally look THAT pixellated?". But whatever, I am very happy with the remaster and the way they handled the graphics, the redrawn sprites are incredibly faithful to the original, not to mention the bonus content, being able to transfer money, items, etc... to a NG+. Only thing I could ask for at this moment is that they truly finished everything that was envisioned (Like the mysterious room in Luminous) but it's just nitpicks at this point. Sad that the FFCC remaster was sorta wasted to appeal to mobile phones.
Actually, and to my surprise, you can instantly kill Jotnar. I used Petrifying Gaze on it once and was flabbergasted when it actually worked. In your video, do note that the Death missed instead of having no effect.
I still come to youtube to play songs from the soundtrack. I played and beat most of the characters stories. All I had left was to finish Asellus' story, then I was going to Lute's story... finally Riki's story. I beat the other characters stories,, but I never finished the entire game tho.
@@OtenP_ Lol both are great but yeah I think between those two 6 should get remastered; that game was one of the last great 'classic' mainline FF before the whole 3D move. Didn't 9 already get a remastered version of sorts recently?
Yeah the PC version is atrocious, the menus and font look like generic android crap and remastering the 3D models while leaving the backgrounds untouched might have been cheaper for Square but it makes the game look awful for any new players.
I was waiting for a psn release, but unfortunately, the redrawn pixel-less graphics are way out of character in my opinion. Like eww it’s all high res.
I have mixed feelings about it... The main characters I didn't need to see redesigned, but some of the backgrounds and NPCs look really nice. The main thing that bothers me though is that they covered up Mesarthim. That was some really unnecessary censorship since her original costume has star pasties. It's exactly the kind of behavior I'm tired of seeing from Japanese game companies, caving to perceived censorship demands from Western leftist extremists. Ugly stuff.
So they're finally using AI upscaling for the BG s , You think they would go back and implement that on their previous FF ports? Cuz FFVIII and IX would totally look amazing
I do believe the remastered version is the definitive version of the game, and it made a lot of good quality of life adjustments that make the game more fun and less confusing... But I don't think they made enough quality of life changes. The Mech's story is still as cryptic as ever. They never tell you to find the computer in Koorong, and never tell you that you need to talk to the doctor with the normal default chassis. I also find it odd that they gave three of the Rune spells different symbols, but didn't bother to change the other five.
I don't really like the new sprites, and the menus are all super Mobile Game-looking like all of Square's ports. The other changes I've encountered are all pretty great, however. I wish I could make the game _look_ like the original release in the Remaster in addition to being able to play "Original Mode" or whatever. At least the backgrounds pop better now, though with the exits marked that isn't as big a deal
I have this on original playstation and for whatever reason just never got into it. Maybe 10 hours in I just lost interest. Gotta admit, this makes me almost want to try it out again.
Just a dream but imagine that being the hook for saga frontier part 2 where they develop the story, gives nowdays 3d work, merge every character story in a final adventure and close most gaps and doors left open in the story.... Yeah, I know, just a dream =X.
The painted look is most likely from the XBR shader most remasters and emulators as a whole use. Not complaining though I love the XBR shader for all 2d based games.
@@matsujonen yeah but get more detail on what happened and why he knows how to get the Saber Card. Gen fighting against Trinity and saving those he could would be a great story.
@@MarkLLawrence he knows about the saber card because he's from Wakatu. He is also probably the only survivor. It you recruit him during Lutes quest it explains a bit more
Hey now that Bug Fables is getting a physical release at Limited Run Games, can you compare the PS4 and Switch versions of those games? I and many others want to make the best decision on which I buy.
You can really tell that Kawazu is involved with the production of these SaGa remaster/remakes. They're so much nicer than some of the ones for Final Fantasy that were clearly cranked out only to make money by people who probably weren't even involved with the original development.
Should I buy for switch or galaxy tablet? Still can't decide...I usually only use switch in handheld mode. Tablet would be larger screen, but switch would have the controller option.
For easy way psx is better one coz you can add skill, item, edit status and edit you party with gameshark. In remaster you need a lot time to collect skill, item and etc
Remastered all the way, that speed option plus extra character story and scenario and they kept the junk yard and gold bar cheats in but they had me at 3 levels of speed so all your special moves go so fast on screen keeps gameplay fast paced. oh yeah not to mention the new game + carry over your data from previous playthrough's cherry on the cake.
speed option helps with Asellus though it's easy to get lost in such a big area with that chateau. Fuse needs you to beat the game with someone which kinda sucks, and your mileage may vary based on who you choose (Red superhero Alkaiser was always fun).
@@MrVariant I think you have to beat the game with Blue before you play Fuse's scenario, I heard if you do you could recruit Blue in Fuses data and if you don't you cannot recruit Blue unless Blue's data is completed before. Just do not know if this is true I heard some article say it.
@@MrVariant If you end up doing it come back here so I can thank you for your sacrifice if not do not worry, it is only a game, in that case fare thee well my friend.
It's quite weird that Square Enix put a LOT more love in this remaster than Final Fantasy VIII Remaster lol. But I will not complain, I love "niche" Square games and I can't wait for Legend of Mana. ;)
Is there a way to disable the shortcut icons appearing on the right of the screen in the remaster? Edit: nevermind, apparently you have to disable the map HUD in the config menu? Even though it's not a map. You would have thought you'd need to disable the guide panel display, but that doesn't do shit
I was obsessed with the ps version, this beautiful upgrade brings me so much joy.
I just finished this game on steam and I love it. Can't believe I skipped through and ignored the series when I was a kid. This is definitely one of the good hidden gems of the ps1 era.
Saga Frontier 2 is the one I've been waiting for a rerelease!
They confirmed it's getting a remaster. Get excited!
@@Jack-zt1sr They didn't. They said (not confirm) that they WANTED to also remaster the games not yet on modern systems. Which means they want to remaster Romancing 1, Frontier 2 and Unlimited, not a guarantee that they're gonna do it.
Addendum 5.27.21: Small correction, I've been informed the ship traveling cutscenes don't actually mask loading, so the addition of skipping it wasn't one of the effects of faster load times
6.2.21: The PC version has been updated to go higher than 1080p & they've added a toggle for auto saves, as some people were having saving issues on the PC version
Your "game version comparatives" are easily the BEST here on YT. I'm surprised that you never did it for Final Fantasy Tactics. We have the original PS1 game, the PSP remaster (with a lot of goods and bads) and the Android version (also with lots of goods and bads). I was searching for a nice video to watch about it (even if I already played all version) hoping to find your comparative, but found none, unfortunately! You really should do it! Thank you.
NGL, this wasn't on my radar at all, but now I'm about to plonk down dollars on that remaster...
it actually looks pretty close to the original. thats way better than what they were doing with most FF remasters.
The backgrounds aren't blurry as all hell, which amazes me. Really hope those current FF PS1 remasters get this treatment in an update or something
This would had looked even better had they did it in the art style of Octopath Traveler. It would have kept it sprite based while updating it at the same time. This isn't bad though.
@@saysoun752 You're not wrong, but that would be an outright remake made almost from the ground up. That would cost way more time and money for what was always supposed to just be a touched up remaster.
@@RegalPixelKing True.
This is proper remastered actually. It even got widescreen display. Meaning the grapich is mostly redone. Better than FF 7 and even FF 8 that mostly just like playing ps1 game on emulator or worse.
I adore the direction the Square Enix took in this remaster! Upscaled backgrounds should have been integrated into all of their games from the beginning, sadly mods are the only option for doing that for most of their older games, and that option is only available on PC. I can understand why some purists wouldn't like the redrawn sprites, but the new sprites just looks so clean to me. Because of how good this looks I have high hope for possible future remasters of old games by Square Enix. It's too bad that it can't go higher than 1080p, but that also makes sense seeing as how they only upscaled this game and redrew the sprites to make them all 1080p, so going higher than that base resolution would have no point; and the game already looks really clean.
Down for Xenogears remaster next. With the cut/rushed content on 2nd disc included.
They confirmed they're doing a remaster of Saga Frontier 2 and working on a new Saga, so there's good stuff on the horizon!
That they/them thing on T260 scenario kinda annoys me, but boy does everything else on this remaster looks so golden.
Why...? Robots don't have gender.
@@Realmfaker Because "It" is fine. After all T260 is a robot. And second some supplemenentary materials kinda implies that the personality inside the robot is meant to be female.
@@Realmfaker Robots are whatever they identify as. Gender is about mentality, not biology. Some are hes, some are she, Borgs are they - except for the borg queen in Star Trek Generations, of course. Don‘t push your „all robots are they“ on us, thank you very much.
@@cybercop0083 Gender is about biology, not mentality. Don't push your childish ideas on us, thank you very much.
@@kristoffer8609Based
Oh according to fans and what I tested out myself I can confirm that Emilia's "bugged" outfits from the original are now fixed. Commando Emilia for example has Roufas learning curve for guns now!
One minor gem of a feature: The "fast reset" trick still works! At least with controller on PC. You do this by hitting all four shoulder buttons at once along with select and start. If you hit all 6 buttons at the same time, you instantly jump to the main menu with "Quick Start" highlighted (this loads the most recent save). With the essentially instant load times, this means resets are dummy fast, on the order of 1-2s for the full process.
This was my very first jrpg,never really did figure out what I was doing but I had a great time with it!
Not having a limit on how many ppl u recruit is really nice
My favorite game in the series hands down. Have played and ended it over 30 times over the years. The remastered version especially for us who love and played original years ago is a huge big yes. The removal of the 50000 gold money cap. Now you can have millions and that is a tremendous help. The ng plus feature also big yes. No more starting each hero story from scratch. The removal of how many party members you could recruit in original also gone in remaster. That's a hell yesssss. Now enjoy allll party members for each hero. The menu overhaul sweet. This is how a remastered should be done. Next remastered i want is chrono cross. 😎
I want Xenogears and Parasite Eve
This game is one of my childhood favorites, and I never expected anyone cared for it as much as me. That it got a remaster with most of the stuff I've read about for years on The Cutting Room Floor restored is almost surreal, it's genuinely hard to believe. While I don't like the look of the sprites and the menus as much as in the original, those are my only complaints―the game is absolutely worth the money
@@armorvil Parasite Eve!!! That would be another instant purchase here.
Chrono Trigger, not Chrono Cross!
@@seb4sti4n666 Both. And Xenogears and Parasite Eve 1 and 2. And Romancing Saga.
As always, I am really grateful that you make this kinds of videos, now I am sure to buy this remaster!!!
Glad to see the restored content, but those new sprites just remind me of the lackluster mobile ports of FFV and VI.
The only nitpick that I have with the SaGa remasters overall is that they always give the UI a typical mobile touchscreen look with the generic fonts.
I assume the community will fix that for the Steamversion at least, so thats smth to look forward to, next to an overhaul of the english localization as it is.. inconsistent and sometimes just plain wrong :/
@@Evilriku13 but then ffvi ui is still not fixed orz
@@skellurip if you are talking about the VI old ver.... there are 2 pretty solid UI mods for it.
@@skellurip ironic statement
I like the original UI over this generic one.
I haven't been motivated to get this quite yet but Asellus I remember being my first character back in the day and ended up being my second favorite; so my motivation is growing.
Red was my favorite, then Asellus. The only character I didn't really like was Blue.
Square is really doing a great job remastering old games so far. I’m praying for a Collection of Chrono. Please make this Square. I can picture Cross in 4K
They don't give a frak about the Chrono series
It not exactly the same, but that kind of already exists. PS1 emulators support importing HD textures, and fans made a texture pack for Chrono Cross that updates the pre-rendered backgrounds with AI-Upscaling. You should check it out on RUclips.
you can't be serious, trials of mana (Charlotte is too easy to riff that Elmer Fudd acting and new game+ doesn't even let you transfer post game class 4 for that no future crazy difficulty while wasting 6 hours post game to unlock new game+) and final fantasy crystal chronicles both took away local multiplayer, and this makes you beat the game to play as fuse rather than do a prologue.
6:45 wow didn't know the font for the moves was as bad as link's awakening remake.
Lol no. FF8 remaster is technically worse in some ways. Secret of mana looks and feels so cheap I'd rather play the snes version. Trials took away couch co-op.
The only square remaster that really impressed me was romancing saga 2. They remade alot stuf for modern days( not just some AI upscalling) but Saga Frontier got more than the avarage square remaster. Hope they keep evolving. Hoping for the other saga games that came after such as saga frontier 2 would benefit even more from such QoL improvments we saw on saga frontier 1.
Really happy with the Switch version. There's occasionally a delay entering a battle, but otherwise a perfect way to enjoy an RPG.
The game is actually really interesting. I'm not a fan of some of the other games influenced by Saga, as progression seems to hit a plateau halfway into the game, but this game's short scenarios alleviates that. Also, the different races are very interestingly balanced: monsters are not great later in the game, but absolutely wreck early on to help the party get over the early game hump.
Actually if you aim for something like Dullahan or one of the Dragons monsters are perfectly capable at end game. Suzaku is another good end game monster to aim for ((or just get)). I never bothered with them for long when I played it back in the day but with the remaster I took some time with Cotton and whooo boy do they pan out. You can also turn Cotton into a Sphinx super early on in Reds scenario and its absolutely ridiculous until you get to end game monsters. To make that even worse I gave him the necklace from Sei's tomb that lets you use that attack that damages all enemies and since monsters restore WP's and JP's every time they transform that just let me spam it ad infinitum. It was kinda silly.
This looks like the best remaster so far. I've never been a huge Saga fan, buti really want to try this version
They should use this upscale method to improve backgrounds from FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX.
IX has a great mod which already does that.
@@whoisthis01 so does ff7 but these mods are for PC, I'm talking about officially made stuff and especially for the consoles.
@@MrDusuke It is unlikely Square would put in the work for that as they've already released the remasters. The fans usually do a better job on these than them anyway, although Square has learned and improved as this release shows. Console players should really push for official modding support from platform holders, they're missing out!
Yes for consoles.
Tried the old FFs on gamepass thinking I'd buy them but passed on them since even on emulators I could get similar results...
Man these remasters of smaller Square titles all look 10 times better than the ones for mainline FF and DQ. This even uses AI upscaling like the Remako and Moguri mods. Would kill for Square to go back and do justice to FF 1-10 and DQ 1-6.
The font and dialogue boxes seem out of place, but other than that the visuals look pretty great. Miles beyond what SQEX did for FF5 and 6
I was just thinking about doing a replay after 20 years, and then the remaster came out. Perfect timing.
I had the exact same thoughts lol
I actually played my old disc until it broke so this was welcome news for me.
Couldn't agree more on some of these word changes. The biggest one being the RB3 core fight change from Genocide Heart to Heretic Heart. Made no sense, this machine destroys regions entirely so it is in fact doing what the word entails. It's not being thrown out as some edgy boss name. Heretic sounds more religious which doesn't fit the esthetic of RB3.
On another note, the remaster has made me confused on the changing of certain skill moves given the more simplistic names they used in the PS1 version. Been comparing them in my Brady Games guide throughout these playthroughs.
I agree but it's not as bad as giving the mech a plural pronoun!
@@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw It's still better than the Asellus stuff. Mystics are basically vampires akin to Jojo and the like, but the comparisons some are stretching for are just silly.
@@rugalb98 Who is JoJo?
@@mejercit Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The Mystics act like DIO or the Pillar Men with their abilities (and the fact they don't follow the Vampire tropes).
If any fans are buying the remaster only for the new Fuse scenario, just go read Fuse's Crazy Investigation Log from the Essence of SaGa Frontier guidebook instead. The scenario was pretty strongly based on the Log but it's more fleshed-out and Fuse's loose-cannon personality comes through way better. Plus he gets up to silly antics like teaching King Sei to integrate into modern society and press-ganging Rouge and Emilia into carrying the frozen SuzakuJr from Mt. Mosperiberg back to IRPO (who joins IRPO in gratitude after he's thawed. Yes, a mythical firebird becomes a member of the Space Interpol). He also uses Time Lord's powers to grope Doll and hits on White Rose so be careful if that stuff triggers you I guess.
I'm so happy you made this video. I'm even happier that Square-Enix didn't cap the Switch docked version at 720p for some reason (looking at you Final Fantasies VII-IX).
Emelia's hair in Remaster has more spikes than her old hair
Having played both versions I recommend getting the remastered version for additional content now included on the game. Finished 3 characters so far and now on Asellus' story. For beginners i recommend Emilia as i've played her way back on PS1 and it's somewhat straight forward not to get lost with her story.
What system did you play this for?
@@TheCrowFairyTale Way back on the 1st Playstation and now on Steam. My friends and i were playing 1 character of each trying to figure out how to get to each characters' ending. I still remember finishing Lute's and Emilia's story on PS1.
@@betacrest10 I've been trying to determine what platform to get this on. It's a toss up between PS4 and STEAM, but leaning more towards STEAM
I got the Switch Remaster for my birthday last week. Still have yet to play it because I am waiting for a special day off to sample it and the other games I got as gifts; Cuphead, Star Ocean Second Story R, Octopath Traveler, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Octopath Traveler II, Mega Man X Legacy Collection, Unravel 2 and Saturday Morning RPG.
personally i think the non-remaster version looks nicer
I still remember how weird this game was back then on ps1
It was still fun when jrpgs were few to none in the states. I enjoyed it for what it was a buggy mess and quirky.
Heaven and hell was my best technique. I think I still have the original game somewhere
Sadly they renamed it Heaven and Earth. I still call it Heaven and Hell though.
honestly, this is a really confy game to play on the PsP. Thought with the PS store closing might not be a possiblity. The stretch aspect ratio of the PSP fits this game really well.
Switch for me
This is making me want some remasters for Final Fantasy 1 through 6 on the Switch sooooo badly! Like if nothing else, port the GBA versions or something.
Only catch is that there wasn't a GBA version of FF3...just 1&2 and 4-6.
@@DragoonMS I mean..... so be it then. Lol
The PSP Remakes on 1,2,3 and 4 are really beautiful.
Not only was this remaster on point, your review was too!
So happy to see this nostalgic masterpiece remastered! We can only hope that Sony eventually pushes for a remaster for legend of dragoon! Of which I hope you’ll also review 🤘
Psx of course. For original pixel art sake.
I remember about the game since from the FFVII Manual.
So these backgrounds weren't based from the original Source material? I'm still impressed that they were redesigned for 16:9 Widescreen.
They most likely lost the source material at some point. If it happened to KH1 it definitely could have happened to this. It seems AI upscaling is kind of saving the day for these older games.
I prefer the old spites......the new ones look fugly to me
playing the remaster and having a great time
the remaster visuals is how i remembered it in 1998 lol
funny, because old players hate new remaster visuals
Great video it is a shame that Fuse scenario still was not as intended tho even in the remaster. also 1 major gripe I have with the remaster my opinion may not be a popular one but monsters I don't think it is a good idea the change was made where you can swap out any ability you want. As someone who knows how monsters work in this game and how to obtain each transformation if a new player discards the wrong skill instead of the keep 1 skill at the bottom of the list that automatically goes it can screw outta some form easier not only that but arranging the skills a certain way in the menu and skill types effect transformation I dunno maybe I am being a bit nitpicky but they should have kept the default way leave a skill at the very bottom of the list and discard it
I think maybe they didn't tell us more about monster transformation, if that's the case I see where you're coming from with your concern, but they could have just added more information to players about it, and they still could I guess with some sort of free update. Many times, it's such a hassle to visit the ability list from the menu.
Thumbs up for using the word Completer
I see AustinSV video, I click asap
Really?
It's my first touch with SaGa games and It's brilliant!
This is how I felt a remaster of SaGa Frontier should be. I had SaGa Frontier on PSX when it released, and I've been wanting a version similar to this for many years now.
i actually liked fuse content especially when you finish blues story
Looks great. I’m confident Square is saving the best for last with the Chrono collection & Final Fantasy 16-bit era (at least as a single item.) All popular FF’s will probably see a 7R revision at some point.
*Shudders* God I hope not. 7R is awful, I'd be much happier if they just upgraded to modern graphics and added some bits and bobs. Leave that 7R crap to the birds.
@@palladiamorsdeus Ah, man. It looks and seems to play incredibly (I’ve yet to play it at all). What is it about 7R that you don’t like?
@@palladiamorsdeus 7 remake is amazing to me.
I played the original like 8 years ago, and now after the remake, whenever I look at footage from the PS1 game I think to myself "did this reaaally look THAT pixellated?". But whatever, I am very happy with the remaster and the way they handled the graphics, the redrawn sprites are incredibly faithful to the original, not to mention the bonus content, being able to transfer money, items, etc... to a NG+. Only thing I could ask for at this moment is that they truly finished everything that was envisioned (Like the mysterious room in Luminous) but it's just nitpicks at this point. Sad that the FFCC remaster was sorta wasted to appeal to mobile phones.
I absolutely love the original pixel art gives it a retro feel to it.
If only we can have Xenogears remaster.
If only. With the rushed content from 2nd disc.
Only if monolith soft s involved please
Your all ports reviewed vids are blessings
Actually, and to my surprise, you can instantly kill Jotnar.
I used Petrifying Gaze on it once and was flabbergasted when it actually worked.
In your video, do note that the Death missed instead of having no effect.
Pink Tiger changes Emelia's talent tree, I checked it myself.
pixel style on a CRT looks way better
I still come to youtube to play songs from the soundtrack. I played and beat most of the characters stories. All I had left was to finish Asellus' story, then I was going to Lute's story... finally Riki's story. I beat the other characters stories,, but I never finished the entire game tho.
Visually this remaster look really good. Way better than the blur filter SE used on the FF7,8&9 Remasters.
Would love to see square give this kind of love to FF9
Screw 9 more like 6 definitely needs a real remaster
@@OtenP_ Lol both are great but yeah I think between those two 6 should get remastered; that game was one of the last great 'classic' mainline FF before the whole 3D move. Didn't 9 already get a remastered version of sorts recently?
@@xil3ntkha0s yeah 9 has good mods especially for PC but even on consoles it looks okay, but 6 definitely needs more love
Yeah the PC version is atrocious, the menus and font look like generic android crap and remastering the 3D models while leaving the backgrounds untouched might have been cheaper for Square but it makes the game look awful for any new players.
I was waiting for a psn release, but unfortunately, the redrawn pixel-less graphics are way out of character in my opinion. Like eww it’s all high res.
I have mixed feelings about it... The main characters I didn't need to see redesigned, but some of the backgrounds and NPCs look really nice. The main thing that bothers me though is that they covered up Mesarthim. That was some really unnecessary censorship since her original costume has star pasties. It's exactly the kind of behavior I'm tired of seeing from Japanese game companies, caving to perceived censorship demands from Western leftist extremists. Ugly stuff.
So they're finally using AI upscaling for the BG s , You think they would go back and implement that on their previous FF ports? Cuz FFVIII and IX would totally look amazing
Definitely getting this
This game was so much fun. Very unique. However, somewhat plot is confusing.
I do believe the remastered version is the definitive version of the game, and it made a lot of good quality of life adjustments that make the game more fun and less confusing... But I don't think they made enough quality of life changes. The Mech's story is still as cryptic as ever. They never tell you to find the computer in Koorong, and never tell you that you need to talk to the doctor with the normal default chassis.
I also find it odd that they gave three of the Rune spells different symbols, but didn't bother to change the other five.
0:39 "I'm ready to kick some *blackX butt* " LOL
I don't really like the new sprites, and the menus are all super Mobile Game-looking like all of Square's ports. The other changes I've encountered are all pretty great, however. I wish I could make the game _look_ like the original release in the Remaster in addition to being able to play "Original Mode" or whatever. At least the backgrounds pop better now, though with the exits marked that isn't as big a deal
Why would they not call T260 "it"? ...
thanks ! great video!
As a UI nerd this remaster is a massive no just because of the horrendous mobile game UI they forced onto the remaster on all platforms.
I have this on original playstation and for whatever reason just never got into it. Maybe 10 hours in I just lost interest. Gotta admit, this makes me almost want to try it out again.
Just a dream but imagine that being the hook for saga frontier part 2 where they develop the story, gives nowdays 3d work, merge every character story in a final adventure and close most gaps and doors left open in the story.... Yeah, I know, just a dream =X.
The painted look is most likely from the XBR shader most remasters and emulators as a whole use. Not complaining though I love the XBR shader for all 2d based games.
This is a Unity port however.
Good video as always homie 👍
I miss the custom colors for the dialogue text of each character.
Better than the Star Ocean: First Departure remaster at least.
So sad about Lute still not having a story...
I was hoping Gen would get his own storyline. Maybe it could explain the drinking and why Wakatu is the way it is now.
@@MarkLLawrence trinity destroyed Wakatu. he drinks to block out the memories.
@@matsujonen yeah but get more detail on what happened and why he knows how to get the Saber Card. Gen fighting against Trinity and saving those he could would be a great story.
@@MarkLLawrence he knows about the saber card because he's from Wakatu. He is also probably the only survivor. It you recruit him during Lutes quest it explains a bit more
@@matsujonen You learn more playing Fuse's Lute case file.
I prefer the old sprites over the new character models, but other than that this version seems better.
I really hate that soft effect on these beautiful sprites.
Hey now that Bug Fables is getting a physical release at Limited Run Games, can you compare the PS4 and Switch versions of those games? I and many others want to make the best decision on which I buy.
How did I not know about this. Holy shit...take my money!
I usually stick with the original and dont like the new android remasters however for saga frontier those look really nice!
You can really tell that Kawazu is involved with the production of these SaGa remaster/remakes. They're so much nicer than some of the ones for Final Fantasy that were clearly cranked out only to make money by people who probably weren't even involved with the original development.
Should I buy for switch or galaxy tablet? Still can't decide...I usually only use switch in handheld mode. Tablet would be larger screen, but switch would have the controller option.
Switch for sure!
Still waiting for a Xenogears remaster. Prices for discs on Ebay are crazy....
If have the PS3, PSP or Vita, head to PSN and buy Xenogear for $10.
I know they did not have infinite budget, but I wish the BGs were hand repainted as well.
Yeah, some of the battle backgrounds look really blurry. I noticed that when grinding in the Bio Lab.
I played the Mobile game, and I love the musics.
Should I play the PC games as well??
This was great remaster
For easy way psx is better one coz you can add skill, item, edit status and edit you party with gameshark.
In remaster you need a lot time to collect skill, item and etc
pretty sure on steam you can use lot of mods too to avoid grinding
I've completed the remastered and just found this video. Looks like I missed some Asellus stuff.
Remastered all the way, that speed option plus extra character story and scenario and they kept the junk yard and gold bar cheats in but they had me at 3 levels of speed so all your special moves go so fast on screen keeps gameplay fast paced. oh yeah not to mention the new game + carry over your data from previous playthrough's cherry on the cake.
speed option helps with Asellus though it's easy to get lost in such a big area with that chateau. Fuse needs you to beat the game with someone which kinda sucks, and your mileage may vary based on who you choose (Red superhero Alkaiser was always fun).
@@MrVariant I think you have to beat the game with Blue before you play Fuse's scenario, I heard if you do you could recruit Blue in Fuses data and if you don't you cannot recruit Blue unless Blue's data is completed before. Just do not know if this is true I heard some article say it.
@@Alucard_FahrenheitTepes Yeah that's confusing as if you lose as blue and beat it as rouge, I wonder what would happen.
@@MrVariant If you end up doing it come back here so I can thank you for your sacrifice if not do not worry, it is only a game, in that case fare thee well my friend.
@@Alucard_FahrenheitTepes no worries you can check guides I'm sure or fuse playthroughs. I know he tails everyone after beating the game with them.
7:03 they just kept the “捨てる／捨てない” text instead of making it say discard & keep?
thanks
Shame we never got the original saga frontier here in Europe, I have saga frontier 2 for the original playstation, I really hope that gets a remake.
Well you can play it now, all switch games are region free
SO WHICH VERSION SHOULD I PLAY?
original on switch or remastered on... also switch or steam or ps4
Now I feel old.
It's quite weird that Square Enix put a LOT more love in this remaster than Final Fantasy VIII Remaster lol. But I will not complain, I love "niche" Square games and I can't wait for Legend of Mana. ;)
Is there a way to disable the shortcut icons appearing on the right of the screen in the remaster?
Edit: nevermind, apparently you have to disable the map HUD in the config menu? Even though it's not a map. You would have thought you'd need to disable the guide panel display, but that doesn't do shit
Imagine actually believing that pixel art is bad
old text way better
There was already a quicksave function in the OG game tho
if square can do this to saga cant they remake chrono trigger comeon man