Nickolaidas
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Okay, so I never played the PS5 version of FFVII Remake, or the Epic Store version (because I had heard it's bugged and glitched to Seventh Heaven), but I bought the Steam version the day it was up, and am playing the game once more, in much better hardware than the PS4 ever was.
So, I'm playing the game on a CPU i7-9700K on a Aorus Pro Z390 motherboard (or was it Z690?) and most importantly, on a 2080Ti. The game's installed on a Samsung 970 Evo Plus NvMe. 32GB of RAM on my PC. On the game's settings, I am playing at 4K/60 fps.
First of all, it's amazing how much the game takes advantage of the SSD. Unlike FFXV which takes quite a few seconds to load the Title Screen and another 6-10 seconds to load a save, FFVII Remake has you playing around fifteen seconds after running the EXE file on your Steam menu.
The graphics are amazing, and the textures look gorgeous. The improvements from the PS4 version's shitty backgrounds are phenomenal, and while the NPCs still do not look like the main characters, they sure as heck don't look like they belong on a PS2 game. Excellent use of lighting and shadows as well.
As for the infamous frame-drops / stuttering, I have yet to experience frame drops, although I haven't progressed much into the game. I'm at the part where Cloud gets up in the morning in his apartment, meets his landlady and returns to 7th Heaven to meet up with Tifa for the water filter side quest (I heard the problems are on the chapters where you meet Aerith in the church). I think I *did* notice some stuttering in the beginning of the game, when a cutscene was about to transition to gameplay, but it's just one hiccup that last(s/ed) half a second. Definitely NOT something game-breaking.
Have yet to face any kind of audio bugs/glitches.
So, for me, in terms of a port quality, the Steam version is a solid 9.5 out of 10. For those who only played the PS4 version and have yet to experience a next-gen edition, if you have at LEAST the hardware specs I do, I recommend buying this game if you want a better edition.
What is everyone else's experiences with the Steam version?
So, I'm playing the game on a CPU i7-9700K on a Aorus Pro Z390 motherboard (or was it Z690?) and most importantly, on a 2080Ti. The game's installed on a Samsung 970 Evo Plus NvMe. 32GB of RAM on my PC. On the game's settings, I am playing at 4K/60 fps.
First of all, it's amazing how much the game takes advantage of the SSD. Unlike FFXV which takes quite a few seconds to load the Title Screen and another 6-10 seconds to load a save, FFVII Remake has you playing around fifteen seconds after running the EXE file on your Steam menu.
The graphics are amazing, and the textures look gorgeous. The improvements from the PS4 version's shitty backgrounds are phenomenal, and while the NPCs still do not look like the main characters, they sure as heck don't look like they belong on a PS2 game. Excellent use of lighting and shadows as well.
As for the infamous frame-drops / stuttering, I have yet to experience frame drops, although I haven't progressed much into the game. I'm at the part where Cloud gets up in the morning in his apartment, meets his landlady and returns to 7th Heaven to meet up with Tifa for the water filter side quest (I heard the problems are on the chapters where you meet Aerith in the church). I think I *did* notice some stuttering in the beginning of the game, when a cutscene was about to transition to gameplay, but it's just one hiccup that last(s/ed) half a second. Definitely NOT something game-breaking.
Have yet to face any kind of audio bugs/glitches.
So, for me, in terms of a port quality, the Steam version is a solid 9.5 out of 10. For those who only played the PS4 version and have yet to experience a next-gen edition, if you have at LEAST the hardware specs I do, I recommend buying this game if you want a better edition.
What is everyone else's experiences with the Steam version?
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