As someone who's only ever heard of the series in passing I only had an N64 growing up,are the new "pixel" remastered version of the final fantasy games worth a look or should I hunt down the original PS1 version of each?

I understand that FF VII & X weren't included because that's where the series started switching to 3D??

pixel demasters are trash

Midnight bumping for interest

>>715237940 (OP)
I have no clue as I don't have the pixel collection. I didn't play the original as a kid, but as a teen I did emulate them and played the GBA/SNES versions. You can run those emulators with a literal toaster or your phone, so I'd just play them that way instead of wasting money. I'm sure some autist here probably knows some super duper autistic suped up faggot way of playing it, but I would it emulate it.

>>715237940 (OP)
They are not hard to emulate and some versions like the GBA ones have more content.
On top of that, the pixel version have a stupid scrolling problem. The game runs at 60 Hz but the world map scrolls at 80 pixels per second, so if you walk it scrolls 1 pixel, 1 pixel, 2 pixels, 1, 1, 2 … the whole time. I don't know if you can mod this.
Other than that, I do like them. I like the look, I like the soundtrack, 8-/16-bit and orchestra, I do like the exp boost setting (grinding is just investing time in these games, so grind 5 minutes on 4x instead of 20 minutes). Please change the font to the retro one.
Get the pixel ones if the money doesn't hurt you.

>>715237940 (OP)
The Pixel Demasters are dogshit.
Play 1, 2, and 4 on PSP, 3 on DS, and 5 and 6 on GBA.

>>715239018
Ohh, I also like the german translation. I don't know if these are new and I don't know if the english ones got a new one. For Ⅵ for example, there is a famous fan mod for the snes version to uncensor it.

>>715237940 (OP)
Pixel remaster has a problem with jittery screen scrolling, at least in 5 and 6 and on PC, but giving the nature of the problem, I assume it's the same on the other platforms. Other than that the games were fine. Even if there's some rebalancing that was done somewhere, who cares. It's final fantasy, it's always designed in a way that dumb kids would be able to beat it.

>>715237940 (OP)
They're nes and snes games.
They are kind of worth a playthrough but they look a lot a like and only 6 has a pretty good story.
Just play 6. If you left wanting more buy another one, but I dont think that will happen in todays world/market

>>715237940 (OP)
>original PS1 version
well they didnt originally come out on PS1, for starters. youre looking at NES if you want originals

What you do just don't play the pixel remasters. You could argue 1,2,3 PR is not bad, but 4,5 and especially 6 PR are garbage. Just emulate the originals.

Play FF1 first. Play either the GBA or PS1 port if you don't want to deal with NES jank. Next, play FF4 and 5 on either the SNES or GBA. The only good version of FF6 is the SNES one.

If you enjoyed those games, then and only then would I recommend playing FF2 and 3. FF2 is an acquired taste and is ok if you ignore everyone's advice of breaking the game mechanics and just play it as it was intended. FF3 is like a lesser version of 5.

I wouldn't bother with the PSP ports either because they're basically just the GBA games with shittier graphics.

>>715237940 (OP)
>original PS1 version
Play the GBA/PSP versions of them, and DS for FF3. I've never tried the pixel remasters, but I've heard very mixed things about them. Also, every true FF fan should experience the NES version of the original FF at least once.

>>715239236
Oh yeah, I guess translation is probably different and looks like it was "punched up" by the usual suspects. I've played 5 back in the day on PS1 and don't remember much, but I highly doubt that there was a ninja turtles reference in the script.

>>715237940 (OP)
The pixel remasters are awful.

>>715239372
Huh funny I always heard good things about pic-related?

>>715239372
Besides the scrolling stutter you couly argue FF3Pr is the best version.

>>715239456
FF1/2 on PlayStation is far superior to the GBA or PSP ports. There's no issues with load times either, unlike the prior FF ports to the PS1.

>>715237940 (OP)
They're pretty solid, I wouldn't pick them up full price though. My biggest complaint was them cutting all the bonus content from the older ports for no reason, literally no excuse.

>>715239371
What'd they butcher with VI?

>>715239730
The graphics look amateurishly bad. It looks like a bad RPG Maker fan game. And the voice acting in the opera scene is horrid.

FF1: PSP
FF2: PSP
FF3: Pixel or the PSP/Steam 3D remake depending on your taste
FF4: 3D Remake
FF5 and 6: GBA if you patch the proper colors and sound, Pixel if can't be bothered

Pixel Remasters for 1-5 are actually good, except for the mentioned scrolling problem. You get used to it. Pretty good for playing on mobile too if you're into that kind of thing. Against all odds Square even added a pixel font later, which you should use.
The new pixel look is pretty nice, some assets are of course reused, games still look visibly different too, so they weren't super lazy with it. Magic looks great and the games uses some good looking effects for fog, water etc. it's overall really nice. I also think the remastered OSTs are great.

FF6 is a mixed bag. Some scenes are enhanced. The QoL features are welcome. The remaster graphics don't really fit the original vision though, as it is a much darker game overall. Sprites are actually less detailed than the SNES version. And of course mind boggling decisions like using the super bright GBA textures for the over world map, which destroys the original intent even more. I saw some nice mods for PC that fix most of the problems.

>>715239503
It's been awhile but didn't 3 get an actual 3DS with an full blown remake with voice acting & more story?

>tfw no one in this entire thread has played the originals and is just recommending demakes
grim.

>>715239371
Based and correct.
I wouldn't discount 1, 2 and 4 on the PSP, though. Just don't play TAY or consider it canon if you do.
Also you forgot to tell them about the 3D version of IV, which is also good, but should be enjoyed after playing the original.

VI PR takes too many liberties like with the music and is loaded with bugs that weren't in any of the other version., but it's been a minute since I played it so, so maybe they patched them out. I doubt it, though.
Also the font is fucking terrible.

>>715239730
>>715239818
And these. FFVI is supposed to be a dark game, and the coloring, even with the gamma turned down, makes everything stick out, which is very noticeable in Narshe, or Terra's hair quality.
I can't believe they picked someone that didn't even sound like Celes. The original with the SNES is still superior with its tonal "singing". Posting the superior opera version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TdZx8VgbA

>>715237940 (OP)
The price they're trying to charge for these, even as a bundle, is some of the most ambitious price gouging I've ever seen from Square and that's saying something.

>>715241131
Also what >>715240061 said. Honestly, even with the GBA sound and color patches, it still isn't 1:1 from the originals, even if GBA IV looks good. I never find the extra content in IV and VI worth the trade, but the necro class in V is pretty cool.

>>715241353
And finally, this. I think the sale recently on GMG was the lowest it's ever been in the years they've been out and it's still over 45 dollars. SQee is just too greedy for their own good, without wanting to put in the effort to actually make a superior remaster that does everything the originals do.

>>715239548
>FF6 on PS1
>Put a 2MB game on a 600MB disc
>Could literally put the entire game on the console's RAM and run it seamlessly from there
>Include 200MB of FMV's for some reason
>For further reasons not even God could fully comprehend, either by design or cheap nipponese programming, have load times for every god damn thing
>Also make said load times a minute long
>3 years later: "Oh shit, we forgot to release it in PAL regions too. Let's do that."
What in the absolute fuck were they thinking?

>>715237940 (OP)
>nintendoman whinking FF started on PlayStation starting a thread about different final fantasy versions
You cannot fathom the depths of autistic bickering that take place within this topic.

>>715239456
Those are the best modernish versions of 1 and 2 yes. Downside is loadtimes that comes with optical media but they mechanically preserve the originals while offering the best rendition of the soundtrack in my opinion.
FF anthology (4&5 if european, 5&6 if NA) is more of a mixed bag. I'm Europeland so to me 4 was decent enough and it's not based on the easy type unlike the NA SNES release. 5's translation is notoriously shitty on PS1.

>>715242301
Were the load times for FFV as bad as FFVI? A while back I bought the versions of FFV and FFVI that they had on the ps3 store and I think they were essentially the PS1 versions. I beat V and really liked it, but could never force myself to beat VI to this day. I've always wondered whether the problem was worse loading times or whether I just didn't like the game as much.

>>715242905
I'd thought 5 was the worst of the bunch? Are they actually worse on 6?

>>715242301
Square outsourced the development of these to some shitty company. A late 90s equivalent to Micronics, basically.

>>715237940 (OP)
They're fine versions of all of the games. The PR version of FF3 is the best version of the game, anyone telling you to play the 3D remake is a fraud and not to be trusted

>>715241131
>VI PR takes too many liberties like with the music
The only PR track I remember from VI is Slam Shuffle and that shit was great

The Pixel Remasters are dogshit and you should just play the originals

>adding a minimap to SNES games that rarely have a map that's bigger than a screen or two
What the fuck were they thinking?

>>715242905
>I beat V and really liked it
With the PS1 translation? The famously shit one?

>>715244325
thank god they patched it not always being visible again after a screen transition sometime after last summer.
I got the remaster of 5 mostly for fiesta convenience reasons and it was annoying as hell.

>>715242301
how is it with duckstation seek/read speedup? is it one of the games that becomes noloads or is it a crasher?

My most autistic quibble with these games is the fact that they added diagonal movement without changing poison to account for your effectively moving multiple squares, which means if you're poisoned it immediately becomes Optimal to only move diagonally

>>715244854
For me it’s using antidotes

>>715244854
They also outright doubled your base movement, or maybe just sprinting, speed at least in V making one treasure chest easily obtainable without having someone as a thief.