Final Fantasy X is definitely the “better” of the two on keyboard, as its turn-based nature means it’s less reliant on any sort of twitch-based analogue controls, but both seemed entirely playable. I’d have ideally picked a spot from Besaid but I also wanted to get this article done sooner rather than later.īoth games ran quite happily with the Steam Controller, but both games also function decently on keyboard. For the sake of it, I’ve stuck two screenshots below showing the game at maximum settings and minimum settings, but I didn’t exactly pick the best moment to do this, so, uh, sorry. If you played either game on PS2, you’ll feel right at home. It’s definitely noticeable – animations and controls feel ever-so-slightly sluggish – but I don’t think it’s a big issue. In any case, the 30FPS “feels” authentic. I wasn’t really expecting 60FPS, and I’m not surprised by the lack of it. Now, that might be my memory throwing up a lot of total bullshit, but either way they were basically built for 30FPS on the PS2. I’m not sure whether this FPS lock is down to laziness or technical impossibility, but I’d guess at the latter if memory serves, these Final Fantasy games used quite a lot of little timings and rendering tricks in the background. I mean, it’s a remaster, but it’s a remaster of a 14-year-old game.

The graphics actually hold up remarkably well. I actually don’t mind this, though (and for the sake of it, my i7-3820 and GTX 970 ran it at a constant 30FPS with everything whacked up to full). They’re also both locked at 30FPS, which I’m certain is going to piss a bunch of people off. Keybindings aren’t, but the different battle systems of both games mean you’ll probably want to manually configure a few bits and pieces there anyway. They offer up the same options, and graphical options are actually shared between the two games.

On a technical level, both games function in basically the same way. Full settings for shadow resolution, anti-aliasing, colour correction, and ambient occlusion? That’s a bit above and beyond the usual port stuff.

Truthfully, that’s actually way more than I expected. Here’s your launcher, complete with its options:Īt this point I’m starting to wonder if the launcher options thing is actually just habit, because there are far more detailed in-game options. I’ve got a suspicion as to why it’s so big, but I’ll outline that a bit later. I suppose after downloading 40GB of data and spending some time with a half-decent Final Fantasy game (and also one of the single stupidest games ever created) I should probably write more than one paragraph.Īnd yes, I said 40GB. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is exactly what it sounds like: an HD remastering of two of the PS2-era Final Fantasy titles.

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