A bit late I think. What I do want is FFXV, since PC can now easily match or exceed consoles in terms of performance. Back when FFVII was released, the entry point for playing it was quite high, as you needed a 3D accelerator card (remember when that term was last used?) to really enjoy it. Don't get me started on the MIDI soundtrack for the PC version. And the less said about the PC port of FFVIII the better.

Anyhow, I'll still support the PC release of FFXIII. Perhaps someone at Squeenix will realize that not all their fans have PlayStation systems. It's a good thing that FFXV is also on Xbox One, since I don't think I'll be buying a PS4 for this gen. Now, if they can just bring it to PC, then I can buy it on PC instead.

Square was never a PC developer, that's the problem. Maybe Square Enix, the parent company, can make great PC versions, but that's more towards their western studios (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, IO Interactive). They don't have much experience on PC. The PC version of Final Fantasy VII for example, was ported by Eidos back in 1998. (And uhh, Eidos is now part of Square Enix. So everything's come full circle now?) But that version was considered great back in the day, with 640x480 resolution and support for 3D display cards.

Ahh ok then, I almost forgot about those. But perhaps those are because of good middleware engines (Unreal) rather than porting effort? I don't know. As for the MMOs, yeah those were well optimised. I remember trying out the FFXI and FFXIV benchmark, which admittedly were great on PC.

So I tried playing FFXIII just now, and man, I can't stand the small display area, no thanks to the 720p only output. For those with Nvidia cards, you can use GPU scaling to force the resolution to whatever you want. At least it's now fullscreen at 1920x1080, but since it's not the native resolution, you can tell that it's just an upscaled image.


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