Figure this is the best place to ask: will be doing myself good by playing the Steam versions of the Final Fantasy games? They're all on sale so I'm curious.
Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding of the ports are:
3: DS port, best and most content rich version? Not sure if that's the case or not
4+After Years: DS port, this is the one I'm most iffy about as it seems to be quite mechanically different from the PSP version and other sprite based versions (changes many say are for the better though), not sure if progression or story is different at all between em. PSP also has the Interlude and I like the sprites more than the 3D. I don't think there's a consensus as to which is better lol
5 and 6: Mobile ports that have all the content from previous releases and then some, though they look the worst (mods just came out that remove bilinear filtering though so they look nicer now)
7 and 8: Old 90s PC ports that are essentially the PS1 games in higher res. Already have 7 and I have no qualms with it (I think the PS4 version actually has more features now though but nothing dealbreaking), I assume 8 is the same
13 series: Best versions.
(and yes I know 3 and 4 are mobile ports based off the DS remakes but that's too much of a mouthful
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Does that all spund about right? Basically just looking for some opinions and reassurance from people who are likely more knowledgable about these ports than I. None of them seem like offensively bad ways to play the games, really just looking to know if I could do significantly better than these versions. If it means anything the mobile sprites for 5 and 6 aren't that bad looking to me even if I think the SNES/GBA aesthetic is overall superior. It would be really nice to have most of the series on Steam (assuming 1 and 2 get ports of the mobile versions and that the X|X-2 leak pans out, who knows about IX and XII though)
Probably not going to buy all of them right now but it will be nice to know this stuff for future reference.
Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding of the ports are:
3: DS port, best and most content rich version? Not sure if that's the case or not
4+After Years: DS port, this is the one I'm most iffy about as it seems to be quite mechanically different from the PSP version and other sprite based versions (changes many say are for the better though), not sure if progression or story is different at all between em. PSP also has the Interlude and I like the sprites more than the 3D. I don't think there's a consensus as to which is better lol
5 and 6: Mobile ports that have all the content from previous releases and then some, though they look the worst (mods just came out that remove bilinear filtering though so they look nicer now)
7 and 8: Old 90s PC ports that are essentially the PS1 games in higher res. Already have 7 and I have no qualms with it (I think the PS4 version actually has more features now though but nothing dealbreaking), I assume 8 is the same
13 series: Best versions.
(and yes I know 3 and 4 are mobile ports based off the DS remakes but that's too much of a mouthful
)Does that all spund about right? Basically just looking for some opinions and reassurance from people who are likely more knowledgable about these ports than I. None of them seem like offensively bad ways to play the games, really just looking to know if I could do significantly better than these versions. If it means anything the mobile sprites for 5 and 6 aren't that bad looking to me even if I think the SNES/GBA aesthetic is overall superior. It would be really nice to have most of the series on Steam (assuming 1 and 2 get ports of the mobile versions and that the X|X-2 leak pans out, who knows about IX and XII though)
Probably not going to buy all of them right now but it will be nice to know this stuff for future reference.
