Can you use the classic graphics?

[Patch]

I know some remakes let you do this, does this game let you switch?

[Plex]

No. just soundtrack.

[Zylon]

To be honest I think this would make a lot of people happy.
Toggle the new music if one wishes so, switch the new difficulty on or keep the old etc.

[Patch]

Dragons' trap did this, was such a great idea. You could even mix the classic graphics with the classic audio so have retro graphics and modern sound effects ect,

[maestro]

The game is in full 3D now. The classic graphics are all tilemap 2D and 2D sprites.

It wouldn't work without doing a horrendous amount of work to create meshes for the 3D objects out of the old 2D tiles. And even then I don't know what you'd do for the sprites that only have 4 directions.

[Customs Officer]

It'd be more practical to include a copy of the original game. I don't understand why they didn't - it'd shush a lot of negative comments.

[maestro]

Originally posted by Mimi Jo:

It'd be more practical to include a copy of the original game. I don't understand why they didn't - it'd shush a lot of negative comments.

Then people would be going "I'M NOT PAYING $40 FOR SOMETHING I CAN GET FOR FREE ON (insert emulation site here)!!!!!"

[Customs Officer]

Originally posted by maestro:

Originally posted by Mimi Jo:

It'd be more practical to include a copy of the original game. I don't understand why they didn't - it'd shush a lot of negative comments.

Then people would be going "I'M NOT PAYING $40 FOR SOMETHING I CAN GET FOR FREE ON (insert emulation site here)!!!!!"

lol Those people are already screaming and nothing's going to stop them. I mean the people who don't like the new graphics. They really are poor compared to the beautiful pixel art and animation that went into the original. It's a shame first time Steam players won't get to see the art. I feel like they half-heartedly threw in 3D just because they think a 2D game wouldn't sell. Providing a 3D and a 2D version would satisfy everyone.

[Bazzy]

Originally posted by Mimi Jo:

It'd be more practical to include a copy of the original game. I don't understand why they didn't - it'd shush a lot of negative comments.

I still hope somone will do something with modding here. Even scaling the camera back a few notches to make the ugly 3D (2,5D) hit you less in the face would go a LONG way to improve this version. The rest seems to be very much there. Or could be done with simple rebalance patches by the devs. Or difficulty options, why doesn't this have those? A classic mode and a normal mode would be all i want to have form this.

[Zeikar]

What if there was suit modding, replace tiger and moogle with something else?

[maestro]

Originally posted by Zeikar:

What if there was suit modding, replace tiger and moogle with something else?

That would require a lot of 3D modelling, and that depends on how hard the game's files are to get to. If the game uses a lot of arbitrary/proprietary formats (the music appears to be this), then it will be much more difficult to figure out how they did it, and come up with compatible formats.