fxii international will have jpn text, but not that impossible to play. gamefaqs have translations for menus, items, license grids and whatnot. and playing ffxii in 16:9 upscaled to 720p is so fantastic.

yes, if u like ps2 games alot, a good investment is to buy a USA PS3 and go ebay to shop for ps2 games. 1.90 really makes ps2 games look good in 480p/720p.

rx330, i dont have camera or good photo-taking skills. but playing NTSC/J ffxii the (2006 version not the zodiac job version), i can really appreciate the game visuals more in 480p/720p. the 2006 version is 4:3 only though so i'm getting basically 960*720 with black bars on left & right. currently using same benq monitor recommended by alexwlh

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there are some picts at neogaf and at the official ps forums

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158224









This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 28 2007, 07:03 PM

DQ8 & radiata stories on ps3 looks like blue dragon 0.8
the jaggies and shimmering are still present (minimized) but a much cleaner image than ps2 original output. its really good

thinking of buying VP next, its also a 16:9 game

This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 29 2007, 11:34 PM

the scary part is the playstation engineers are still working on and improving ps2 BC. imagine a future update that makes all ps2 games squeaky clean with FSAA! just buying or rebuying ps2 games alone will fill-up many great games playable on ps3

This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 29 2007, 11:40 PM

my ICO also PAL. i think yours are the special postcard collectors edition, eh?

ICO, odin sphere / grim grimoire / okami are all 4:3 IINM

shadow of collosus (chinese) looks good. (don't expect any miracles, the jaggies and shimmering still there)

can defeat the region lock on ps2 games. but must make super-duper risky swap switch mod. maybe wait till the mods more stable and tested.

dunno y, but i cannot backup any ps2 saves made on the ps3 to usb drive. weird, eh?

This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 30 2007, 12:16 AM

oops, getting really offtopic liao.
my mistake, sorry.

u can backup ps2 games (.psv) format. can convert .psv to .max or .cbs , but to convert back u'll need the USD20 MC adaptor

This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 30 2007, 12:11 AM

yup, jpn developed videogames are often sold in asian countries in jpn only, kinda like j-pop cds, LoL. actually in south korea, ffxii was released in JPN only with a korean manual.

its pretty common to buy jrpg games in HK with the additional chinese gameguide/translation book. for customers in HK or TWN (the main Asian legal videogames market) a game fully in English is just as unappealing as a game fully in JPN.

but sony themselves are doing some work to translate games into traditional chinese for asian versions. games like ico, SotC, GT4, TT, siren, rule of rose, ape escape 3 have chinese versions.