It looks like its running inside an emulator lol

[lordofchaos]

Don't get me wrong, I am glad they gave more thought to the PC version this time, but the whole thing just reminds me of running an emulated game lol

Plus, the graphical options don't really go beyond "advanced". How am I supposed to tell what it does?

[Sizzle]

ps3 is computer, xbox 360 is computer, pc is computer, windows is emulator, we live in emulator, everything is emulated, comment invalidated.

[lordofchaos]

Well, how often did you see a game running inside a window like that with the options on top? I've only seen that in emulators.

[Mochasky]

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

Well, how often did you see a game running inside a window like that with the options on top? I've only seen that in emulators.

Tbh, I think this is a design choice since they didn't seem to want to make a launcher. Consider the fact that the old quitting game style was messy and buggy for some people (A lot of people having to ALT TAB out to see the exit prompt), this is definitely a cleaner solution and well, probably more popular in Japan (See: Visual Novel designs).

That said, there's no way to force true fullscreen and the mouse being unused in game is also likely a design choice (for the options and whatnot).

Possible reasons for not wanting a launcher might be due to the region lock too. There is no way to start the game from folder now without modifying something, as opposed to starting it from Steam. The region lock is "correctly implemented" right now, I suppose.

[dirumede]

What makes it look like an emulator is that on start there is a message that says "Don't turn off your Playstation 3"

[Kenuty]

Hentai games. I see it all the time in Hentai games
Its funny they did it this way but oh Japan, Japan never changes

[Mika Star]

I think it has to do with the fact that Japanese gamers, game ussually in window modes. ussually mulple game, social media, etc. That's also the reason why these engines are so focused on 720p, No need to optimize for fullscreen full HD for that demographic (Upgrading a engine from 720p to 1080p is a massive hit on resources, And thus potentiionally loosing customers who can't run the games anymore).

You can tell because with LR and the two predesessors, If you choose fullscreen, The game's engine just upscales it to bordeless window, And keeps rendering at 720p.

Just check all the Japanese titles, Like Agarest and Hyperdemensia etc. By default they are ussually windowed.

I think in the west we are so ussed to try to fully immerse into the games, Where in their culture it's more about multitasking so to say.

Please, Im not saying that everyone is doing this, I just think there is a different way of gaming between the western gamers and asian gamers, Which reflects in the game engines.
Just check a few Japanese Twitch streamers and you will see the diffrence.

Big fan of those games btw.

Right, Back to Lightning!

[lordofchaos]

Originally posted by dirumede:

What makes it look like an emulator is that on start there is a message that says "Don't turn off your Playstation 3"

LOL. That, and also the "reboot" option on top. Reboot what? The image you're running? :P

[Bha]

Don't really care about that, the game runs quite fine, wish the other 2 were the same :X

[Mika Star]

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

Originally posted by dirumede:

What makes it look like an emulator is that on start there is a message that says "Don't turn off your Playstation 3"

LOL. That, and also the "reboot" option on top. Reboot what? The image you're running? :P

You need to reboot the game for certain settings changes.

[Seraphita]

I don't see the issue with the emulator feel. It works well so far and I like it. Can't complain.

[lordofchaos]

Originally posted by Tanami:

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

LOL. That, and also the "reboot" option on top. Reboot what? The image you're running? :P

You need to reboot the game for certain graphic changes.

I understand that but the point is that each emulator has a similar reboot option slotted under a similar menu. Its all very reminiscent of an emulator.

I am not saying its a BAD thing. I am just surprised that they chose to go that way. Although I guess its good that you can't suddenly quit the game with ESC lol

[Mika Star]

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

Originally posted by Tanami:

You need to reboot the game for certain graphic changes.

I understand that but the point is that each emulator has a similar reboot option slotted under a similar menu. Its all very reminiscent of an emulator.

I am not saying its a BAD thing. I am just surprised that they chose to go that way. Although I guess its good that you can't suddenly quit the game with ESC lol

Lol, Indeed that was a bad one.
But I agree, It does feel like a emulator. I kinda like it tbh. As long as the game runs proper. I just think you loose some performance in fullscreen window copared to fullscreen, But meh. :)

[lordofchaos]

Originally posted by Tanami:

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

I understand that but the point is that each emulator has a similar reboot option slotted under a similar menu. Its all very reminiscent of an emulator.

I am not saying its a BAD thing. I am just surprised that they chose to go that way. Although I guess its good that you can't suddenly quit the game with ESC lol

Lol, Indeed that was a bad one.
But I agree, It does feel like a emulator. I kinda like it tbh. As long as the game runs proper. I just think you loose some performance in fullscreen window copared to fullscreen, But meh. :)

I guess they will stick with the launcher for the mobile ports to Steam which is fine by me.

The question is, seeing as FFXV and FFVII:R are likely to come out on PC, will they run in a similar environment you think?

[Mika Star]

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

Originally posted by Tanami:

Lol, Indeed that was a bad one.
But I agree, It does feel like a emulator. I kinda like it tbh. As long as the game runs proper. I just think you loose some performance in fullscreen window copared to fullscreen, But meh. :)

I guess they will stick with the launcher for the mobile ports to Steam which is fine by me.

The question is, seeing as FFXV and FFVII:R are likely to come out on PC, will they run in a similar environment you think?

No, I think the engine they use for the XIII saga got either a major upgrade or it was rewriten.
They probably have build further on FFXIV's engine, Which is pretty good.

The XIII games are ports from PS3, Which is a very different system then the PC's x32 and x64. And now PS4 and Xbox one both beeing all the same architecture, The PC releases, At least I hope, Will be much more customisable, And optimized.

Just my opinion. :)

Seeing how the XV demo runs on PS4, I have high hopes for PC releases in the future, As they don't need to make hughe change to the engines to make the games cross-platform.

[lordofchaos]

Originally posted by Tanami:

Originally posted by lordofchaos:

I guess they will stick with the launcher for the mobile ports to Steam which is fine by me.

The question is, seeing as FFXV and FFVII:R are likely to come out on PC, will they run in a similar environment you think?

No, I think the engine they use for the XIII saga got either a major upgrade or it was rewriten.
They probably have build further on FFXIV's engine, Which is pretty good.

The XIII games are ports from PS3, Which is a very different system then the PC's x32 and x64. And now PS4 and Xbox one both beeing all the same architecture, The PC releases, At least I hope, Will be much more customisable, And optimized.

Just my opinion. :)

Seeing how the XV demo runs on PS4, I have high hopes for PC releases in the future, As they don't need to make hughe change to the engines to make the games cross-platform.

Let's hope LR is the first game they released that shows some effort and its only going to get better from here on out. I wish they released FFIX or did some HD remaster of it. I would give my kidney for that.