Final Fantasy 8 on pc

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:16

Thinking of buying it on pc, i already have a copy on psone but its always in use by my granther. Anyway i can get a copy easy enough i was wondering if its stable on vista. Final Fantasy 7 takes a bit of effort to work on pc, so im wondering if FF8 is more stable.

FrenchTart · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:22

You're better off just getting a 2nd PSX copy and using an emulator to be honest.

lewism · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:24

no, ff8 is just as bad.

Xez · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:28

FF8 works fine for me. Looks pants on a 20" monitor though

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:30

Aekeron said:
You're better off just getting a 2nd PSX copy and using an emulator to be honest.

explain....im a noob in this area

FrenchTart · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:34

bakes0310 said:
explain....im a noob in this area

I would do normally but i think that sort of discussion isn't allowed here :/ Google can turn up some very interesting results though...

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2009 at 17:38

Aekeron said:
I would do normally but i think that sort of discussion isn't allowed here :/ Google can turn up some very interesting results though...

they all lead to pron??

Phatjayunoi · 26 Apr 2009 at 18:29

The game works in Vista although don't expect to run it properly on Hardware Mode unless you enjoy seeing black bars and giltches everywhere. It pretty much has some of the same issues that plagued FFVII PC but compared to it, at least this one works slightly better.

Personally I still wouldn't bother though. Only advantage I see in the PC version is faster loading times or using save game editors and thats it. Music uses the PC's crappy MIDI sound, although you can edit it to sound almost like the PS1 version and there is no rumble pad support.

carrot1401 · 26 Apr 2009 at 18:49

Works brilliant and looks amazing...on a netbook

mart981 · 27 Apr 2009 at 00:54

I've been trying to get into FF X lately using a PS2 disc on my PC. Works fine so far. I used to love these type of games, Secret of Mana was my favourite game on the SNES but these days I just don't have the patience it seems.

FrenchTart · 27 Apr 2009 at 01:08

mart981 said:
I've been trying to get into FF X lately using a PS2 disc on my PC. Works fine so far. I used to love these type of games, Secret of Mana was my favourite game on the SNES but these days I just don't have the patience it seems.

I know the feeling well.

Secret of Mana still rocks though

Tefal · 27 Apr 2009 at 01:39

works fine on win 7 for me. although you have to use ctrl- alt -del to quit it

is best to get a ps2 controler adapeter and use that as the keybord is annoying.

MidnightLamp · 27 Apr 2009 at 08:20

do you ever get a burning desire to play a final fantasy game from start to finish, then play for 5 mins and think.... god i really cant be ***** with it all

i love all final fantasies but every time i pick them back up i get that same feeling. make it stop!

Smit · 27 Apr 2009 at 08:31

MidnightLamp said:
do you ever get a burning desire to play a final fantasy game from start to finish, then play for 5 mins and think.... god i really cant be ***** with it all

i love all final fantasies but every time i pick them back up i get that same feeling. make it stop!

Haha I do this quite often. Games are NEVER as good when you go back and replay them.
RPGs are such story oriented that once you have completed it and know all the events then it isn't as much fun any more.

Although I do last much longer than 5 minutes

I usually at least last a day or two