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The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I'm confused why they're releasing what's effectively a patch for the 2013 release as a standalone thing. Why not update what's already out there?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The update breaks save compatibility.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That's the source of my confusion. They've re-released FFVII on nearly everything, remastered it, etc; I guess I'm more confused by their decision to break save compatibility.

    I have gobs of games that have saves in different game versions. Some games handle large updates as "mods" that can simply be toggled. Some auto-update the old save. It's doable. For the company that's rewritten this game a half dozen times I can't imagine it was because they "couldn't". Maybe if they ran out of time?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    The secret is that they actually never have rewritten it. Dig into the code and every single version, even the iOS/Android port, is just the 1998 PC version with hacks on top. The 1998 Windows EXE is even included in the iOS version.

    Fingers crossed that this is a real rewrite to allow a modern mobile port.

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