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“Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” is only a few days away, and people who are yearning to smash themselves with the nostalgia hammer are on the edge of their seat for the authentic re-experience. Fortunately, a gameplay video has been provided that lasts up until the first boss fight of the game, which will help in tiding people over until they get their hands on the game.
The “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” video goes over the first phase of the game ranging from early monster fights to some Triple Triad matches that will be one-sided in favor of the enemy. This is hardly surprising given how early the gameplay demo is.
So the first thing you’ll notice in “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” is the graphics, specifically, how the developers chose to render the characters and the game’s background.
Final Fantasy 8 Remastered has an SD background
Where the “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” characters have been refined to somewhat fit today’s gaming standard by giving it a high definition paint, the background remained standard edition. This resulted in an HD looking character traversing an SD landscape, which is honestly jarring the first time you look at it.
“Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” has also been reported to have voice-overs but the gameplay demo didn’t have that one as well. Which means that only selected scenes may have been given this feature. This, too, isn’t surprising as voicing all the characters within the game would’ve taken a tremendous amount of effort and resources on Square Enix’s part.
The gameplay demo also highlighted the various quality of life that’s been added on “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered.” These include the ability to speed things up, turn off random encounters, and battle assistance.
Final Fantasy 8 Remastered will not have a physical release
With regards to the general impression regarding “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered,” most are contented with what’s been done, while others are annoyed that the studio didn’t bother at all to give love to the background. In any case, the gameplay demo does provide a concrete idea what gamers are getting so it’ll be up to you if Square Enix’s effort is worth $20.
With regards to its release date, “Final Fantasy 8 Remastered” has been slated to drop on Sept. 3. Square Enix confirmed that there would be no physical release and the game will be available digitally only, Express reported.
