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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: know-it-all-wanna-be on September 07, 2001, 03:22:28 PM
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The Origins of Final Fantasy X
09.06 11pm EST
While Final Fantasy X has been on Japanese shelves for nearly two months, director Yoshinori Kitase recently went on record to discuss the game\'s unusual beginnings. Moreover, he explained the hardships associated with working on a new console. To begin, he was asked how the concept behind the game came about. Kitase-san responded, "Initially, Mr. Nojima and I weren\'t sure if our ideas would be used for a Final Fantasy game. Our concept was much different from how FFX turned out. The story was going to focus on a young hero who travels the world and dies after contracting an incurable disease. However, that was scrapped when we learned our next project would be a Final Fantasy game. Still, you can see some elements of our original plan in the storyline of Final Fantasy X."
Moving on, he was asked about the hardships encountered during development. He continued, "We had no idea about the capabilities of the PlayStation 2, so we weren\'t sure about the number of polygons we could use for the characters and whether our decision not to include a map system would work. On the PSone we knew our limitations and things could be decided well in advance. This lead to many mistakes in our early development. For example, we weren\'t sure how the characters would look onscreen in different resolutions. Our first attempts looked very rough. We spent months struggling with the texture memory limitations, the level of detail in our designs and the resolution."
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So what do you guys think?
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New consoles bring new challenges to developers.
I can\'t wait to play FFX.
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Execellent... I will be waiting... bwahahaha!
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Ive already played FFX some and it is awesome
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LUCKY BASTA*D !!! I WANT TO PLAY !
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Umm,. the topic should have read -
Square had problems with ffx for ps2?
The game is done, so it\'s irrelevant what difficulties they once had. Besides, it seems normal for them to run into problems seeing how not many ppl know what the PS2 is capable of. And by the looks of things, they did a damn good job with something they were having problems with.
/ dm /
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The PS2 is a challenging machine the 1st couple of times youtry to code for it. Expect to see even nicer improvements in software for generations 3 and 4
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problems coding the PS2... hmmm,
yeah, well, i\'m sure it must have been a b!tch in the beginning,
but i bet as time goes by developers will get a handle on it.
take for example SSX,
I havn\'t played SSX in a long time, when i popped it into the oven,
the graphics felt dated, so i think the PS2 is doing good, maybe the improvements are slow and gradual, but i think it is coming along nicely.
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Originally posted by jp6666
LUCKY BASTA*D !!! I WANT TO PLAY !
yeah i happened to be at the right place at the right time, some kid came into a local gaming store that I was at and had his Jap. PS2 and FFX, I asked him if I could play on one of the tvs in the store and he was like sure, I only fought one battle but I also watched him play, the game is just plain beautiful and from what he says it ranks up there with FF7 in terms of FF games
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Don\'t forget the game that is created is never hte initial game they set out to make. They always want to add in everything. In time they realize they can\'t add it all in so they comprimise.
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But i think FFX could have been much better if it wasn\'t the VRAM limitation. So far, I think FFX couldn\'t be in FF7 in term of gameplay and sidequest. Not sure about story yet. Even the motion capture is somewhat funky. Maybe Square is trying to do HDTV quality resolution and higher texture but VRAM doesn\'t allow it. Also, pixel fill rate for character looks somewhat low too if you give a close up look fo characters.
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Me play ff8 again, me think graphics r good.
Me finaly play ff10 me die of heart faliure because the graphics suck.. :confused:
Get real, face it this news is probably date Sept.8 2000..
:laughing:
Final Fantasy 10 rocks, what with the fast battles, sphere board, cool characters and chocobo racing.. Some VRAM won\'t stop me from knowing that.
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Square can suck in other games, not in FF saga.
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Originally posted by Adan
Square can suck in other games, not in FF saga.
Why?
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FF saga has been ever great and every title is different and very good. Square knows that have to put in FF games all its power... if it begins to fail in this saga people can leave buying FF games and it would loose millions of $. I think they will be its best games...
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If this is what developers are making while having problems, onthe PS2, then bring on MORE problems; because FFX is looking tight.
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Let it be known that I STILL have no expectations of a good dub and I still say Square needs to have the option of having the Japanese sub on the disk.
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yea i could care less as long as the game is made
oh whats that i hear its already made and completed
well then whats the fuss over - this is old news