Great features, works out of the box
Here's my first impressions, tested on both Windows 10 and Linux Cachy OS via Heroic Games Launcher. I grew up on the original PS1 release, for context.
Seems like this was ported by DotEmu, which is good in my book.
Presentation: looks fantastic, but no widescreen or ultrawide. Game automatically started in 1080p with borderless fullscreen enabled. Runs solid 60fps.
Sound: Pretty much just like I remembered, there are some very minor sound imperfections, music sounds fantastic.
Controls: Plays great on kb/m and controller. I prefer controller, it has some nice QOL. For example, the analogue stick will make you walk if you press it a little bit, and if move the stick to the edge the character will run without needing to hold O.
Uses Xbox controller prompts. Did not see any for KB/M.
Game boosts (cheats): Speed up the battles by 3x speed, get instant HP/MP/Limit Break, turn off random encounters. Didn't see any others but these are welcome additions.
Translation (so far) appears to be the PS1 original.
Game has an OPTIONAL launcher that is only used for settings, you DO NOT have to sign into a Square Enix account like the very old release used to require (THANK YOU!)
Game seems to have an auto-save feature, but I am not sure how to use it and I am not sure if the game was utilizing it. This could be patched later on I suppose, but for now I recommend relying on the in-game save points to be safe.
Some of the menus have strange translations. For example, some options you can set to "available" or "selected." Not sure what either means, could use a touch up, imo.
Performance: No performance hitches, ran on an Nvidia RTX 3060 on Windows 10, and it ran perfect even on my very old laptop which uses Linux Cachy OS and an Intel UHD 620 integrated card. Rock solid 60fps on both machines.
Overall, very happy with this release. I am yet to test mods, but I am sure mod support will happen in the future. FF7 modding is still VERY active.
Keep up the great work, SE! FF Pixel remasters next, along with anything Dragon Quest, pretty please and thank you!
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