FFXIII coming to Steam

**Elizara** · 2014-09-18 15:36

Squee! My brother never bought FFXIII, so this will be new to me.

We'll see how I like them once I get them, and since I got a PS3 joystick working for everything but FFXI (having to use Neko's old joypad for FFXI since FFXI hates xinput) should make it play really nice.

**Kalmado** · 2014-09-18 17:13

Played about two hours of 13 on xbox and hated it. If there is a good sale I'll buy it for steam though. Really wish XV was for steam so I didn't have to buy a ps4!

**Kaisha** · 2014-09-18 17:37

Mainly curious to see what their level of commitment is to this series of ports at this point, since it'll likely reflect how a potential XV ports will look. They'll lose 15 brownie points off the bat if all the visual settings are done from a launcher outside of the game.

And I'm with the fence of XIII sucks, but I plat'd it anyways (and XIII-2) because I'm one for masochism. Never got around to XIII-3, probably never will since the PS3 is collecting dust. Did enjoy XIII-2 a lot more than the first title though.

**Adajer** · 2014-09-18 19:39

Waiting for winter sale. I'll pick up all these FFs from Steam then. I didnt release how many of them were on PC.

Might as well put XII and Tactics on Steam too.

**Alkar** · 2014-09-18 20:23

I'm happy about this, hopefully the port is actually decent. Lightning Returns needs some work though, some of those textures are terrible for PS3 standards, can't imagine on PC. Overall the games are fun so I don't mind. I'm assuming both XIII-2 and LR will have all the DLC included.

**The Stig** · 2014-09-19 03:24

Not to mention, the qhimm might be able to get their hands into it and hack the game apart! Assuming nothing is too complicated. Potential mods/hacks abound!

**Kalmado** · 2014-09-19 06:29

Originally Posted by The Stig

Not to mention, the qhimm might be able to get their hands into it and hack the game apart! Assuming nothing is too complicated. Potential mods/hacks abound!

That's my hope too and why I will make the purchase. I need to look around for VIII mods still.

**Waraji** · 2014-09-19 07:46

Originally Posted by Correction

LOL FFIV is more expensive, wtf square.

FFIV was completely Redone and ported. FFXIII is just being released, as it's probably been working just fine on PC since they launched the console versions anyways, just had to package it.

**Tyrath** · 2014-09-19 09:40

Originally Posted by Waraji

FFIV was completely Redone and ported. FFXIII is just being released, as it's probably been working just fine on PC since they launched the console versions anyways, just had to package it.

It was redone years ago. It's still just being ported.

**Kalmado** · 2014-09-19 16:18

Pre-order for $10.49 ish. http://www.nuuvem.com.br/produto/235...tasyxiii-09-14

Site is portuguese. I have used it before and it's legit. Use paypal and it converts the Brazilian Real to US currency.

**Kaisha** · 2014-09-21 11:03

For the PC players sake, I hope they do one small adjustment to the game.

Spoiler: show

**Spira** · 2014-09-21 11:11

i always thought that was like the "penalty" for using paradigm shift at all in battle. random note: you can delay that extended animation to the next shift if you paradigm shift while someone is launching an enemy (and i think if u're being launched as well).

**Shenrien** · 2014-09-21 12:13

No there are major advantages to switching paradigms, the only disadvantage is the first shift has some retardedly long animation that slows the flow of combat while everyone after that is quick.

**Zeb** · 2014-09-22 02:40

Why the fuck couldn't that port 12 first? =/

**The Stig** · 2014-09-22 03:19

Hmm maybe 13 was developed with portability in mind (afterall, it an xbox version was created, despite the inferior quality) whereas 12 wasn't? Not that familiar with game development but that's the only thing I can think of. Not sure about 13-2/13-3 presuming they're arriving on Steam somewhat soon.

edit: should've pointed to the OP, it referenced it there too lol

**Waraji** · 2014-09-22 08:07

OR, or, FF13 was already developed on PC from the get go, and they decided not to release. Until now. I've read this being mentioned a couple of times in different articles. Fuck all if FF12 was developed for PC from get go. That shit was not even a glint in their eyes.

There's a much larger worldwide infrastructure for releasing for the PC that there necessarily wasn't in 2006. They will probably take their sweet ass time to release 6-12 on the PC.

**Stromgarde** · 2014-09-22 09:49

Under the hood, 11 and 12 share a lot of things in common. It's not an impossible proposition for 12 to get a PC release, although I have to imagine it would have been easier 8 years ago with things fresh in their minds.

**Correction** · 2014-09-22 10:20

Originally Posted by Stromgarde

Under the hood, 11 and 12 share a lot of things in common. It's not an impossible proposition for 12 to get a PC release, although I have to imagine it would have been easier 8 years ago with things fresh in their minds.

SE is not known to be a company that keeps assets from older games lying around. I'd be surprised if they didn't trash half the code and all the CG assets from XII by now.

**Gokulo** · 2014-09-22 10:23

Afair they didn't have assets from KH1 anymore? But that didn't stop them from redoing it.

**Kaisha** · 2014-09-22 10:33

Originally Posted by Shenrien

No there are major advantages to switching paradigms, the only disadvantage is the first shift has some retardedly long animation that slows the flow of combat while everyone after that is quick.

The other annoyance being the battle still moves on during said animation, so you're open to getting attacked for 5 seconds.

Originally Posted by Gokulo

Afair they didn't have assets from KH1 anymore? But that didn't stop them from redoing it.

According to BluePoint (GoW HD, MGS HD, SoTC HD etc), there's a fair bit you can reverse engineer from a finished disc, and work your way from there, which is how they approached all their ports. Won't fix FMV quality being fucked though unless there's still access to the original files, but that tends to be more of a hassle than its worth due to messing with depreciated software that may have been specialized for certain hardware. Wouldn't surprise me if KH1's port crew took the same approach.

I have no doubt in my mind X/XII will make its way to Steam eventually. They already opened up FFX for the PS3/Vita ports which is a good chunk of the work there, and XII is just a matter of time. Man, XII would look pretty damn good without all the LoD draw-in on objects and NPCs, even if the low-rez environment textures weren't touched up.

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