If you could choose... what would you prefer? FF PSX era question inside.

[Alarond]

The QUESTION IS: if you could choose, if you had the REAL OPTION (for whatever reason), to decide in a COMPULSORY way, which remake SE would have to be OBLIGED to make... what would you choose: a Remake of Final Fantasy VIII, or a Remake of Final Fantasy IX?
FFVIII or FFIX? You could choose ONE. The other one, would be discarded.

And if you want, explain why that one... and not the other.
That question is specially aimed to older players who played during the original PSX era and have memories of the original games... but is ALSO open to anyone else, most preferably, fans of that saga.

I'm interested to know if FFIX is the preferred game (between those 2), like many said some months ago, during the rumors of a FFIX remake. Which game you would REALLY LIKE to see, in a full glorious remake, between those 2?

(And to be clear: as a Remake, I'm talking about a triple A Remake. Maybe not necessarily a "massive full trilogy remake" like the FFVII one... but at least... an EXPENSIVE remake. That means, not the Final Fantasy Tactics kind of "remake").

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Oh, I really like the FF VII Remake series so far, but in no way do I want every remake SE do to become a trilogy hehe

So, on the condition that it is one singular finished and polished game, give me the FF IX Remake. If I need a reason, it's because I haven't finished VIII yet hehe

 

[JPchicre]

Personally i Would prefer a remake of 8. Only because i think it is a more flawed game than 9. And TBH i prefer the art direction of 8. I like the weird SciFI Setting. 9 also has a very strong and unique art direction. But the setting of Fantasy Medieval simply isn't as cool to me.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

The QUESTION IS: if you could choose, if you had the REAL OPTION (for whatever reason), to decide in a COMPULSORY way, which remake SE would have to be OBLIGED to make... what would you choose: a Remake of Final Fantasy VIII, or a Remake of Final Fantasy IX?
FFVIII or FFIX? You could choose ONE. The other one, would be discarded.

And if you want, explain why that one... and not the other.
That question is specially aimed to older players who played during the original PSX era and have memories of the original games... but is ALSO open to anyone else, most preferably, fans of that saga.

I'm interested to know if FFIX is the preferred game (between those 2), like many said some months ago, during the rumors of a FFIX remake. Which game you would REALLY LIKE to see, in a full glorious remake, between those 2?

(And to be clear: as a Remake, I'm talking about a triple A Remake. Maybe not necessarily a "massive full trilogy remake" like the FFVII one... but at least... an EXPENSIVE remake. That means, not the Final Fantasy Tactics kind of "remake").

I would say VIII. I made a whole thread dedicated to IX, and I love it to bits, but it’s the one that needs it less. VIII is a complicated sort that has a bunch of cool ideas individually that don’t necessarily coellexsed into a nice whole. That said: it has sick ideas. And fun things within it.
We complain about game streamlining a lot, for many reasons, but VIII is the kind of game that would benefit from that sort of thing lol. As long as the team is passionate about the ideas they choose to pursue, it could be fantastic.




IX is too good for its own good. If they goof it up in any way, we would let them know. Loudly. And angrily. Possibly with pitchforks.

 

[moonbits]

Uh....

Parasite Eve

 

[Anoobis]

VIII. The setting has so much potential. I find it kind of funny how hard the VII Remake series works to paint SOLDIER as a horrific program, and SeeD is just natively worse in the base game than they've managed to achieve.

 

[Turbo Kid]

VIII

I hate FF IX the most out of every game in the series. It was bland, boring, soulless, and had that awful Excalibur II nonsense.

 

[Anoobis]

VIII has the best card game. Queen's Blood is pretty good, but it's limited. Only a few specific characters play it, and it isn't something you're free to just go do. It's tied to the side quest characters. Same with Fort Condor. I wish that was a game people just played, instead of a couple of specific side quest games that require defined strategies to get by.

Tetra Master is something you can just go up to anyone and play, but it's terrible. It would need a complete redesign to salvage it. In a remake of VIII, I would want them to keep the card game the way it is, something you can just play anywhere on your own time.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

VIII, no contest. Even with all its flaws, it managed to make much more impact than IX ever did to FF series as a whole. Truly deserved a remake instead of being lay off in the dust with occasional appearing cameos.

 

[Adrastia]

VIII has the best card game. Queen's Blood is pretty good, but it's limited. Only a few specific characters play it, and it isn't something you're free to just go do. It's tied to the side quest characters. Same with Fort Condor. I wish that was a game people just played, instead of a couple of specific side quest games that require defined strategies to get by.

Tetra Master is something you can just go up to anyone and play, but it's terrible. It would need a complete redesign to salvage it. In a remake of VIII, I would want them to keep the card game the way it is, something you can just play anywhere on your own time.

As much as I liked tetra master it was also frustrating. I think FF8 would benefit more from a remake. I like FF9 the way it is anyway.

 

[Alarond]

Ok, as I see nobody more is voting, we have...
1 vote for FFIX
7 votes for FFVIII.

Well... that is something.
Of course this is a very little sample. But... coming from a retro forum, and the fact I never see people demanding a FFVIII remake, while that rumor of a FFXI Remake appears from time to time, it seems surprising...

I cannot remember a single time a rumor of a Remake (even a weak rumor) for FF8. Meanwhile, in the last years, FF9 was almost constantly speculated to have a Remake, and videos in youtube fantasizing with one (I could be wrong, but those are the inputs I had).

Do you believe there is some reason a FFVIII Remake IS NEVER on the bets to get a Remake (remake, not a "simple remaster") by SE?

 

[MemeAlert]

Im good, I don't have to answer this question?

 

[Alarond]

Im good, I don't have to answer this question?

Yes, you can.
If someone else wants to give his choice, no problemo

I will do a new recount in the future, if the number of new answers worth it