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Message: [QUOTE="medisinn, post: 73014, member: 157567"] That's wild. I played through the game back in the day, and remembered it looking a little better than it was when I revisited it a couple decades later. I bought the PS4 version of the remaster and played through it without really noticing all of these changes. I enjoyed it, but seeing the choices they made with changing textures and faces makes the remaster feel lesser compared to the original. At first glance it looks better, but upon closer inspection things look weirdly smoothed over and there's a lot less detail. Seeing the clouds behind Tidus and Yuna in the PS2 picture Teone posted compared with the remaster's photo having a blurry gradient in the background really drives it home. Even Yuna's face in the other photo conveys a stoic seriousness on PS2 and a more carefree, relaxed atmosphere with the remaster. Considering what she has to deal with in the story and the burden placed upon her, a serious facial expression makes way more sense. It certainly seems like playing the game on PC emulated with upscaling and whatnot is the optimal way to go. It makes me appreciate even more how much effort the developers put into showcasing the personality of the party through the various textures and facial features. They must have really been pushing the limits of what was able to be made with the PS2 in 2001. [/QUOTE]

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