I already bought this.

[Liam Neeson Punching Wolves]

And now I have to totally rebuy it?

[Hamdolf]

Originally posted by Marusame:

If you want to be purely technical having the steam version is NOT the same thing as this version. What you are buying here is the PLAYSTATION sourcecode remaster, not a PC remaster. I know thats a big technicality but its something. The pc version is atrociously bad so this is more in line with a remaster of the playstation version, far as i know this remaster doesnt have literally anything to do with the pc version at all other than being ported to pc this time around.

You have to remember the year 2000/steam version was haphazardly slapped together by another team and doesnt include the original soundtrack, has misplaced textures, barely functional controller support and broken Ui that dropped inputs and broke the GF boost abilities.

This game actually wasn't digitally available until like 2years ago.....

[Dodge]

Originally posted by Liam Neeson Punching Wolves:

And now I have to totally rebuy it?

You don't have to. It's the same game with better graphics. If you want to buy it, then buy it and quit complaining.

[Liam Neeson Punching Wolves]

Originally posted by Dodge:

Originally posted by Liam Neeson Punching Wolves:

And now I have to totally rebuy it?

You don't have to. It's the same game with better graphics. If you want to buy it, then buy it and quit complaining.

But I can not buy it and complain.

[sere]

If only people realized that you don't necessarily need something if you already have it. Apparently, the PC re-release with mods is better and cheaper... so, if people paid less for something that is better then why are they whining about a product they have the market power to avoid?

Feeling cheated because you don't need to spend money on something you have no use for. Any sane person care to explain this mentality? I already understand that Square is often too greedy and I personally feel the remaster is overpriced but that's not the same as "I have to rebuy it".

[manwoodsal]

Yes I own a copy of it when it come out on stream. I also think that we should get a discount for it or giving a copy of it as we own it.

[yoship]

Originally posted by manwoodsal:

Yes I own a copy of it when it come out on stream. I also think that we should get a discount for it or giving a copy of it as we own it.

In addition, there's very little regional pricing on this version compared to the original Steam release. I'm guessing there will be DRM modules too on this release. No upgrade discount for original version owners either like in case of Dark Souls Remastered, forget free upgrade like for Skyrim. According to SteamDB, there are 500,000 to 1 million owners of the original FF8. Many like me would have thought that they are buying it for any future fixes and upgrades Square Enix would make to the port.

Personally, I'm a bit miffed and don't want to be thought of as a cash cow to be milked. I did support Square Enix with a full price purchase of Dragon Quest XI, but won't support this kind of pricing policy for a bit of polish on a 20 year-old game. Would rather support smaller studios not rolling in cash- like the Grandia team who are upgrading Grandia II for free for its Steam owners by buying their Grandia I remaster https://store.steampowered.com/app/1034860/GRANDIA_HD_Remaster/
or support Indie Devs who truly deserve support https://store.steampowered.com/app/758870/Kynseed/
Apologies for the rant.

Edit: There's still a way for Square Enix to fix it, if they care. Make a Steam complete-your-bundle with original and remastered FF8 and put a significant discount on it, not some lame 10% or so. And do it now before the game releases, not afterwards because that would amount to fleecing those original version owners who buy the remaster at full price.

[RatQueen Mimz]

I purchased this on Ps1 when it first came out and then again on PC "YEARS" ago. how dare they make me purchase it for a 3rd time (which I totally will) those greedy bast*rds. this should be free! I own'd it on the ps1!!! outrage! OUTRAGE!!!!!

[GuRu Asaki]

Unless you really want the Upgraded Visuals of the Game,
it might run better or worst on the PC as it uses newer Hardware...

Then you probably do not need this if you already own the Original Game,
as long as the Original still works on the PC, that is...


I think the Cheat Menu Add-On was more geared twards the Newer Crowd,
& less geared twards the older crowd...

Their trying to draw in more fans with this Option probably...

A Marketing thing...


If you still wanna buy it, then that is up to you,
otherwise you may not need to buy it...

I for one do not own the Original Game, nor do I own this Game...
So for me, the Updated Visuals & the newer Hardware
might make it a better experience for me, though I do not need
the Cheat Menu that comes included... & i'm sure the other one
still works on PC as well...

So what do I do? Do I get the other or this?

This might be a 64 Bit Game, where as the other might be
of a lower Bit... But I can't really be for sure...









PS: How dare they make me purchase it for a 3rd time

What if they later came out with an FF8 Remake like they are doing for FF7?
Would you then buy FF8 a 4th Time? lOl...

[Dzaka]

Originally posted by Metal_Masher:

I pre-purchased it as I owned the non-steam physical edition cd discs so wanted a version that's updated and works in win 10

i havn't got it yet because i don't preorder games.. it's a stupid practice. but i have 20 bucks earmarked in my steam wallet for it on day 1

[Kroooow]

Originally posted by Dzaka:

Originally posted by Metal_Masher:

I pre-purchased it as I owned the non-steam physical edition cd discs so wanted a version that's updated and works in win 10

i havn't got it yet because i don't preorder games.. it's a stupid practice. but i have 20 bucks earmarked in my steam wallet for it on day 1

I think you can get the wallpapers they offer off of the internet anyways.

[Dzaka]

Originally posted by ...:

Originally posted by Dzaka:

i havn't got it yet because i don't preorder games.. it's a stupid practice. but i have 20 bucks earmarked in my steam wallet for it on day 1

I think you can get the wallpapers they offer off of the internet anyways.

most likely

[Dzaka]

Originally posted by Dodge:

Originally posted by DarkMage Mimz:

I purchased this on Ps1 when it first came out and then again on PC "YEARS" ago. how dare they make me purchase it for a 3rd time (which I totally will) those greedy bast*rds. this should be free! I own'd it on the ps1!!! outrage! OUTRAGE!!!!!

They are not making you do ♥♥♥♥. If you don't want it, then don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ buy it. It's just improved graphics. If you want it, take and quit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it. They're no basterds for wanting money. They need it to continue living and to make more games. So, calm your tits.

r/woosh

[it's a gabe]

It's Square Enix. We can't expect anything from them. It's already a lot that they're releasing this on Steam at all.

[Zeikar]

Originally posted by unnecesaurus 🌈:

It Square Enix. We can't expect anything from them. It's already a lot that they're releasing this on Steam at all.

Well it's a mulitplatform release and it does benefit console players more, especially Switch for making it playable on a Nintendo console and portable for the first time.

[Zeikar]

Originally posted by lance8765:

Originally posted by Zeikar:

and portable for the first time.

Nope, we could play the PS1 version on Vita and PSP.

damn shouldn't have trusted wikipedia. that info is omitted.