Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Sale on Steam

[Rowan]

ALL of the Final Fantasy games that are available on Steam are on sale right now to commemorate the 30 year anny of the franchise. I believe everything is 50% off, but regardless, most of the games are in the $7.99-$11.99 range, barring a few of the newer games. Grab em if you can!

[Aegis Runestone]

Let's see...

FFs I'm willing to get for my PC:
FF13 (Don't have the space for it)
FF9

Maybe:
FF3 (If it doesn't have a terrible Mobile UI like FF4)
FF Type-0 (takes too much space, though)

FFs I already have on my PC from Steam:
FF10 HD
FF7
FF4 (regret it; the UI is awful.)

Don't Want:
FF13-2
LR FF13
FF8
FF6
FF5
FF4: TAY (Burn in a vat of acid, please)
MFF

So, it looks like FF9 and possibly FF3 is what I'd get.

[Dandel]

I saw the list of games, and honestly I believe some users may want to know which version is the base for the game. need to mention a few notes I can find...

• Final Fantasy III - Most likely a port of the Android version with graphical improvements.
• Final Fantasy IV - Port of the Android version with graphical improvements.
• Final Fantasy V - Port of the Android version with graphical improvements.
• Final Fantasy VI  - port of the Android/IOS version with graphical improvements.
• Final Fantasy VII ( 7 ) - This is an update of the old Windows port. This also includes a few other major features that are nice to have like cloud saves.
• Final Fantasy VIII ( 8 ) - This is an update of the old Windows port . Most of the improvements are built-in cheat codes like they did with Final Fantasy 7.
• Final Fantasy IX ( 9 ) - This is based on the Mobile edition with
• Final Fantasy X ( 10 ) - This is based on the Playstatoin 4 Remaster of the Playstation 2 game.
• Final Fantasy X-2 ( 10-2 ) - This is based on the Playstatoin 4 Remaster of the Playstation 2 game.
• Final Fantasy XIII - This is probably based on the Xbox 360 version with improvements that only PC can have... higher end graphics.
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 - This is probably based on the Xbox 360 version with improvements that only PC can have... higher end graphics.
• Final Fantasy Type-0 - This is based on the Xbox One version most

Also,  I recommend looking at the Final Fantasy Wikia to find out more specifics on the per-game changes.

[Aegis Runestone]

Final Fantasy IV on Steam doesn't really have graphical Improvements.

They didn't even fix Cecil's title: he's still the Loa Captain of the Red Wings instead of the Lord Captain. >.>;

Also, the Steam version of FF6 uses the HORRIBLE GBA music. UGH. (I have two FF6 GBA carts, the one I'm playing has the restored color/sound patch on it, so I don't have to listen to the awful butchering of FF6's beautiful music).

FF7 Steam also fixed the music. It's not the midi stuff anymore, it's the original soundtrack.

[Dandel]

Final Fantasy IV on Steam doesn't really have graphical Improvements.

They didn't even fix Cecil's title: he's still the Loa Captain of the Red Wings instead of the Lor Captain. >.>;

Graphics wise, the DS Graphics are better suited for higher resolution gameplay. Also, I just checked the starting introduction... It says "Lord Captain". If anything I honestly would like it if they provided higher resolution textures/models.

Also, the Steam version of FF6 uses the HORRIBLE GBA music. UGH. (I have two FF6 GBA carts, the one I'm playing has the restored color/sound patch on it, so I don't have to listen to the awful butchering of FF6's beautiful music).

You can modify the PC Edition to replace the audio. All of the audio files for music are OGG based. This means you only need to replace the relevant audio tracks.

FF7 Steam also fixed the music. It's not the midi stuff anymore, it's the original soundtrack.

The reason that the remake of final fantasy 7 on steam does not use midi anymore is that MIDI is no longer well supported on windows.

[Golden Warrior]

I already have most of them on Steam, I'll have to see what I'm missing and grab it.

They NEED to get the missing games on there like FF1, FF2, and FF12. That'll make it a true anniversary celebration IMO.

[Rowan]

I already had everything but 3, 11, and 14. I bought 3, and wasn't interested in the other two.

[Aegis Runestone]

Final Fantasy IV on Steam doesn't really have graphical Improvements.

They didn't even fix Cecil's title: he's still the Loa Captain of the Red Wings instead of the Lor Captain. >.>;

Graphics wise, the DS Graphics are better suited for higher resolution gameplay. Also, I just checked the starting introduction... It says "Lord Captain". If anything I honestly would like it if they provided higher resolution textures/models.

Also, the Steam version of FF6 uses the HORRIBLE GBA music. UGH. (I have two FF6 GBA carts, the one I'm playing has the restored color/sound patch on it, so I don't have to listen to the awful butchering of FF6's beautiful music).

You can modify the PC Edition to replace the audio. All of the audio files for music are OGG based. This means you only need to replace the relevant audio tracks.

They must have patched the Steam release of FF4 after I bought it because I remember Load Captain.

Ah, well, I didn't know that. FF4 doesn't (unless they changed it, which I doubt) have the SNES music, it requires an actual mod of the files to do it IIRC. So, I assumed FF6 was the same. Game they made FF6 the same as FF7 with .ogg file music.

[Magi_Hero]

Don't rush for 12. I think the bootyful remaster is coming this year.

Yes, that was a bad Ashe joke.

[Dandel]

They must have patched the Steam release of FF4 after I bought it because I remember Load Captain.

Ah, well, I didn't know that. FF4 doesn't (unless they changed it, which I doubt) have the SNES music, it requires an actual mod of the files to do it IIRC. So, I assumed FF6 was the same. Game they made FF6 the same as FF7 with .ogg file music.

Yea Updates are the beauty of the Steam release. Anyways they do use the OGG Codec for FF IV.

Final Fantasy IV on Steam doesn't really have graphical Improvements.

They didn't even fix Cecil's title: he's still the Loa Captain of the Red Wings instead of the Lord Captain. >.>;

Also, the Steam version of FF6 uses the HORRIBLE GBA music. UGH. (I have two FF6 GBA carts, the one I'm playing has the restored color/sound patch on it, so I don't have to listen to the awful butchering of FF6's beautiful music).

FF7 Steam also fixed the music. It's not the midi stuff anymore, it's the original soundtrack.

Small Update... I was wrong about the Midi on Final fantasy 7 steam edition... It still uses midi... The steam edition includes a remastered SoundFont ( aka soundbank ) based on the original Playstation version.

[Aegis Runestone]

Uh... my copy of FF7 has .ogg files. o.o; And it's the Steam copy. I know because I LOOKED in the music folder searching for "One Winged Angel" to see if it had the lyrics, and I did find it. I played and listened to it, they have the lyrics.

I caved and bought FF9, but it's not loading for me, so here's what I posted on the discussion board:
(NOTE: Someone asked me what version of it I was using)

It's version I got when I bought this on Wednesday (Launcher says 1.00). Is there a manual download for a patch?
Yes, and also I tried both x64 .exe and the x86 .exe and basically (I set it 800x600 Windowed after using my normal res at full screen), a window pops for the game once the exe is run or I press "play" on the launcher, and then it vanishes.

Windows 10 Pro x64 Bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00 GHZ (which exceeds an Intel Core Duo 2GHZ)
Memory: 6 GB
Graphics Card: GeForce GT 555M (already checked this against the card recommended in the specs, my card is a lot faster and a lot more powerful).
Space available: 31.3 GB

My computer runs FFX HD Remaster from Steam perfectly on Medium settings.

Things I've tried:
Checking for the msvcr100.dll in my Windows/WOW64 folder (I read on reddit that if that dll is missing, then the game doesn't run); it's there.
Compability modes: Windows 8, 7, Vista
Run as Adminstrator
Verfiy Cache (nothing was wrong)

I thought Steam auto-updated their games.

EDIT: I got it working, Steam was set to compatibility mode to Win8. Dunno why.

[Dandel]

[... SNIP ...]
I thought Steam auto-updated their games.

EDIT: I got it working, Steam was set to compatibility mode to Win8. Dunno why.

By default steam does, however the auto-updating is semi-smart... It does not download updates while you are actively playing games, and you can also disable automatic updates on a per-game basis where it will only update when you try to launch the game.