Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by ValentineC » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 9:47 AM UTC

Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam
store.steampowered.com

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by lmm » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 10:45 AM UTC

I still have my original discs but it's such a pain getting it to run on anything newer than WinME that I'd given up trying to play it.

Is the rendering performance OK? Are the movies intact? Do you get the choral music that was only accessible to people who had a creative card with soundfont support?

Also, this reminds me of several video gaming magazine jokes:

    Character Booster – Find yourself stuck on a difficult section or lacking the funds to buy that vital Phoenix Down? With the Character Booster you can increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to their maximum, all with the simple click of a button, leaving you to enjoy your adventure.

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by rcruzeiro » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 10:46 AM UTC

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by toyg » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:06 AM UTC

rcruzeiro wrote: post #3

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

I guess the business plan was something like "let's make this old win32 code run on win7 and ship the fucker", rather than any well-thought-out long-term effort...

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Post by cosarara97 » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:18 AM UTC

rcruzeiro wrote: post #3

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

s/PC/Windows

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Post by donutdan4114 » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:24 AM UTC

My all-time favorite game. Got it for PC in 1997, and it changed my life.

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by asb » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:35 AM UTC

rcruzeiro wrote: post #3

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

Apparently it works pretty well on WINE http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId...

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by wjoe » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:43 AM UTC

Does this still use Square's DRM, or is it all handled by Steam now? I was playing the re-release through Wine on Linux last year, but the DRM workarounds made it activate as a new PC each time it started. Since it has an activation limit, I got locked out after a few launches.

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Post by seferphier » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:49 AM UTC

toyg wrote: post #4

rcruzeiro wrote: post #3

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

I guess the business plan was something like "let's make this old win32 code run on win7 and ship the fucker", rather than any well-thought-out long-term effort...

"and print money!"

Re: Final Fantasy VII is available on Steam

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Post by zokier » Thu, Jul 04, 2013, 11:51 AM UTC

rcruzeiro wrote: post #3

PC only? Really square? I guess it would be really difficult to port those amazing, cut-edge graphics to opengl...

Yes, it would be quite significant effort.