While the textures on random NPCs are apparently low resolution and blurry when scaled up, the major characters have redrawn textures that, on the whole, look fantastic. There are no graphics options in IX except a barebones launcher on boot that lets you choose resolution and windowed mode.įFIX's 3D models properly scale with resolution and look crisp even at 1440p. Square has done a fantastic job with the 3D models and FMV, but the pre-rendered backgrounds suffer tremendously in the upscaling process. How do you render all of these things at modern PC resolutions? The answer in this case is: you don't. This is obviously a huge problem for a game like FFIX, which mixes 3D models, pre-rendered video backgrounds, and FMV sequences. PlayStation games mostly ran at a resolution of 320x240 pixels, with a few special cases running as high as 640x480. Note that the last three here are irreversible choices, while the first three can be enabled/disabled from the pause menu or in battle. The boosters are: 9999 damage, no random encounters, full battle meters, auto attack, fast forward (entire game runs at much higher speed), level/stone max (hit level 99), gil max. Note that the controls for these are not customizable through the game's config menu. On top of all this, Square added some optional "boosters" to the recent mobile port of FFIX that are the same in this version.
These controller bugs should be fairly easy for Square Enix to fix with an official patch.
This is easily fixed by launching the game first and then plugging in the controller. Two: when starting FFIX with a controller already active, a bug causes a constant input in a single direction, making the game unplayable. My guess is this is a result of how the game was ported to support WASD controls. One: when using a controller, there's no true analog movement, but rather slightly awkward 8-directional movement. Locally, you can save up to 140 files across 10 "slots" that seem like memory card holdovers.Ĭontroller support has two issues. Instead of using Steam Cloud and syncing data across systems automatically, the game has a built-in upload/download tool for a single save file. But a couple of these are strangely implemented. FFIX's PC port includes most of the basics of a modern Steam release: achievements, trading cards, controller support in addition to keyboard/mouse controls, and cloud saving.
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