Final Fantasy IX PS One vs PS4 Graphics Comparison

Final Fantasy IX was surprisingly announced and released during TGS 2017. As it seems PS4 edition is a port of PC version already available on Steam since quite some time. Nevertheless it’s still worth checking how the game has been improved since its debut back in 2000 so without further ado let’s compare PS One original with PS4 remake.

[FallenAngel1984]

When I was playing this I was extremely impressed how much better everything looked, especially many characters' faces

[Michiel1989]

I like the old one better, prob for nostalgic reasons. But i gotta say they did a good job on remastering it

[nitus10]

Why be nostalgic for what is effectively a pixelated mess?

I am not against the result from a particular older technology since that was basically state of the art for that technology at the time but if at a later date the game is improved by various techniques to be closer or on par with modern day games then I am all for it providing the gameplay remains the same or has preferably been improved.

Of course, the downside is the fact that the graphically improved game normally requires payment to the people who did the improvement. If people don't like paying for an old game that has improved graphics and possibly gameplay then they can always play the original game that they purchased.

[Michiel1989]

why be nostalgic for what is effectively a pixelated mess?
and now u expect me to write a serious answer or something?

the whole idea behind nostalgia is that it's something from the past that you hold dear for whatever reasons. and your definition of a pixelated mess is clearly different from mine. If you would have played the games that are classics nowadays and would have played them when they were in their prime, you would feel different.

Are you really that oblivious that you are implying i have a problem with paying again for ff9?

[Gardenia]

But the UI is terrible, looks like a smartphone game

[Bahamut]

That's because it is a smartphone game that was ported to the PS4.

[Sam Fisher]

How about ps4 vs smart phone version

[ninsigma]

Wow, what a fantastic improvement! Good job SE!

[Mulando]

well it's just the steam-version that was already Remastered.
Nothing new here.

[ninsigma]

Yeah but I've never seen it so I'm appreciating it now :)

[AnnaDea]

Looks very good compared to the original. Too bad they deleted the 1080p native backgrounds when they made the game. Would look awesome for the ps4 with today´s televisions.

[KiRBY3000]

They didnt delete the backgrounds. Some guy managed to grab some of the orginal from Square and they look simply stunning. Check it out:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

They did a good job and every aspect of the 3D part of the game (character models, battle zones) as well as updating the resolution for the cutscenes, but the super low resolution 2D backgrounds really hurt the experience. I dont even understand how they think it's ok to do that. The re-release could have been something really special.
Same goes for FF7 and FF8.

It's not even that much of an effort. A small team and a couple of month could take care of that.

[AnnaDea]

What I heard was that the hard drive crashed and those few are the ones that are left. Hopefully a bad rumor. Would be awesome with a real reamster in the future. Modders on the pc part has done a great job though.

[ShadowWolf712]

Nah dude, those are the only ones that survived. Almost all the rest are lost forever.

[franwex]

I've always loved ff9s backgrounds. They put so much detail and effort into every screen. I was disappointed that they didn't improve them for this release.
The ones on that link are amazing!

[The_Jackel]

and yet just the other day we got this
"Rare Boss Doesn’t Think It’s Okay To Make The Same Game That People Loved With Updated Graphics"
I think Rare boss has gone and f*cked up

[LAWSON72]

It is a fair opinion when the industry does not need it such as Banjo 3, it is sad to admit but true.

People bitch constantly about CoD and AC, while some praise the dev time of Rockstar, Bethesda and CDPR games. If you want to be on the latter team I would not call that fucking up. It is a popular opinion.

Rare is at a state right now where a remaster is the last thing that will prove their abitility, while a title like Sea of Thieves is taking time and looks promising. There are companies formed to do remasters almost exclusively, I don't think Rare does not want to be one of them.

[PlayableGamez-]

Kardashians befeore surgery vs Kardashians after surgery.

[Team_Litt]

I'm not sure which is supposed to be good in that analogy

[ONESHOTV2]

here https://www.youtube.com/wat... is the 4k version much better wouldn't you say

[Razzer]

No, not really.

[2pacalypsenow]

Doesn't look any much different than my PS4..

[ClanPsi1]

How does it compare to the new Steam version?

[Vits]

As far as I can tell, the 3D models are the same, but the backgrounds look a little more sharp on the PS4. Also the PS4 colors are colder making the game look a little off as if there were a red filter over it.

[Bahamut]

I love the updated character models, but everything else is just mediocre. The UI is lifted directly from the mobile remake, the navigation is only 8 direction (original ps1 version allowed for full directional control with the joystick) and all of the added "cheats" is a disappointment. They should at least do what most games do where they give you a notice "all trophies will be turned off once this cheat is activated".

[Majin-vegeta]

I would kill for a legend of Dragoon remaster like this.

[GrontB]

I own the ps1 version on PSN. I will stick to playing it on my Vita until they remove that darn trophy for jumping 1000 jump ropes! I want to replay and platinum this bad boy. Looks great though, I'm sure I'll cave once there's a sale.

[meganick]

That trophy is BS. Even the trophy for jump roping 200 times should be replaced.

[jstark]

mobile port

[_-EDMIX-_]

I'm definitely probably going to pick this up later this year.

I'm still playing through so many RPGs. Crazy year for PS4 owners

[DivineAssault]

It wouldve been cool if the backgrounds were better too but ill take what i can get.. I wonder why this is only on PS4.. Sony cant possibly have console rights to this still do they?

[meganick]

Probably. Sony published (or co-published) FF9, at least in America. I don't know about other parts of the world. That's why they've never been ported to non-Sony consoles I'm guessing.

[DafunkyRebel]

I mean what did you expect? They did an amazing job remastering FFXII so of course FFIX would be quality too

[Pozzle]

The only thing I don't like is the new text font. The older font had more 'character' to it. But I can live with it/