• popcar2@piefed.ca
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    5 hours ago

    Oh nice. FF3 amd FF4 are the weird 3D remakes though, not the original ones. I remember playing one of these on mobile long ago, I wasn’t aware a PC version even existed.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Wouldn’t the originals just be either NES or SNES roms? If you want those, they’ve been available for decades on various websites.

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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        51 minutes ago

        Still requires people to go to shady websites with bad advertisement and maybe even virus infected sites. Then download games for free and have a bad feeling about it. But that is not even the worst part. They have to know which emulator to download (hopefully from a safe place), know how to install and configure it. Also no integrated features like achievements (I know about RetroAchivements…, but that is another thing) or Cloud saves. The versions on GOG offer some additional features and options like No encounter rates or battle assist in example.

        All in all, I personally prefer playing the games on emulators and download Roms since early 2000s without feeling bad about it. In fact I feel good. But not everyone is me.

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        3 hours ago

        Being made officially DRM-free would allow pushing back to the notion ownership though. Piracy however, is just more ammunition for companies to take away that notion.

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    5 hours ago

    Whoever considers themselves a JRPG fan and hasn’t played FFIX yet, is doing themselves a huge disservice.

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      3 hours ago

      Played it some years ago. Story felt to be a lot on the weak side, but in retrospect, the gameplay was superb. =D

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      4 hours ago

      I was going to say it’s hard to go back to games with random encounters after the genre moved away from that mechanic, but their rereleases usually let you disable them.

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      5 hours ago

      This was apparently enough to get that music stuck in my head