"Proclaiming video games as art will undoubtedly illicit anger from traditionalist. Many do not see such ‘kiddy’ entertainment as valuable enough to be ever considered art. Fortunately, I’m not one of those people. " | Explosion.com
Nearly 27 years after the original game's release, Final Fantasy 7 superfan Jamie Colliver has finished his magnum opus: A shot-for-shot remake of the original PlayStation 1 game, created entirely via LittleBigPlanet 2. Colliver's remake reimagines the original game as a platformer, with every scene, every location, every line of dialogue, and every song from the game's OST painstakingly implemented .
He should have done it in Dreams though, the limitations of having done it in LBP are obvious.
ah Dreams had so much potential, I think they should have released it on PC. one can only dream about dreams sale and popularity on PC. PC has modding/creative crowd and I think it would have been a hit
Gary Green said: We Europeans got royally screwed with the releases of the first six Final Fantasy games. I’m sure you’d find plenty of dodgy imports or bootlegs if you looked hard enough, but we never actually got a proper release for any of them, at least not for the first editions. There was a lot of xenophobia in gaming at the time, so anything Japanese getting released in the west at all was nothing short of a miracle. It was an ugly trend that continued well into the 2000s when worldwide releases became the new norm.
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No mention of fixing the audio issues the dialogue audio is too low this has been reported many times on social media the volume has to be turned up and music has to be lowered to hear the characters properly :(
I have a question as someone who is considering buying the game soon. Is this a fixable issue? Can you just lower the volume for music and sound effects and keep dialog at default?
yes, it is no issue at all. Just go into settings. Do you have already played the first Remake or the OG?
There are a few youtube videos and reddit tips with some tips on fixing the sound issues but sadly they didnt work for me
@Babadook7 There are a few videos on youtube with tips on how to fix the dialogue audio this but sadly they didnt work for me. There is an option to lower the music and sfx and keep the dialogue audio at 10 but you have to keep the volume up high (well for my TV I do) but when you are in battles and cutscenes the audio is higher so you have to adjust the audio again.
@shadowT The audio issues doesnt affect everyone there are some people on reddit complaining about the audio and there are other people saying they dont have any issues at all. I think it depends on the TV I have a Samsung QLED 4K and FF7 Rebirth is the only game I have audio issues with.
Thanks for the answers all.
@Shadow yeah I have the Remake and finished it and loved it (loved the OG also back in the day). My understanding is this is even better than Remake.
There's a difference between art and craft. The creation of games is largely craft, and some of those crafted elements produce art, some don't. There are elements of it that can be considered art. The music, the visual design, the story and it's themes and messages, and all those things amalgamated.
As for the interactive side of videogames - the defining aspect of them - I'm not sure you can call that art. I suppose it depends how it links with or is informed by or informs the aforementioned artistic elements of the game, but in a lot of cases, videogames are more like sport: You develop the skills required and you play to win.
A person playing a game and controlling their character on the screen... that isn't really art, but it can be depending on how it interacts with the other artistic elements. Art can unfold as the player plays.
On the other hand, the creation of a game, the programming, that's not art. That's pure logic and mathematics. That's craft that isn't art in and of itself.
So basically there are elements of games that are artistic and elements that aren't. Which makes saying "videogames are art" kind of problematic.
I'm gonna be honest I've sort of confused myself but I think most of those points hold...
great controls story music are what really get immerse in a game more then anything else
Music more so than story elevates games into art. Music can also elevate the enjoyment of an average game. Take Sonic 3D Blast for the PC. That game is average through and through, but the tunes for that game resonate so well with the levels that it makes the player want to continue to play.