▲ 52 ▼ The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 9 months ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) The update breaks save compatibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent