Watch: 60fps Gameplay of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Birth by Sleep Final Mix
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- Published on March 8, 2017 @ 10:01 am
- Written by Joey
Following on from the video Square Enix released yesterday, which showcased gameplay from Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Square Enix has released a new video showing off Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix in 60fps.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX is the biggest Kingdom Hearts compliation yet, boasting four fully playable games and two DS games remade as HD cinematics. This collection, plus the previously released Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue contains everything you need to play in order to prepare yourself for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3, which will feature Disney worlds from popular movies such as Tangled and Big Hero 6.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX will feature 1080p/60fps gameplay on regular PlayStation 4, while PlayStation 4 Pro users can experience the collection in 4K/60fps gameplay. The game will be available in Japan on March 9th 2017, while North America can expect to begin the adventure again on March 28th 2017 and Europe on March 31st 2017.
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Oh, thank god that drive form load time was fixed. I also want to know if the D-Link load time will be fixed; if that's fixed, I'll be all set for this collection.
never forget: this is the jp version... we still have to worry about the international release ._.
never forget: this is the jp version... we still have to worry about the international release ._.
Why would the quality be any less in the international release? I'm sure it'll be just as good for the international release. There's no reason to think otherwise.
Anyway, this new footage looks so good! I can't wait!
Oh goood the drive times. ;_; I'm considering just getting the japanese version now. I mean, I already know the games enough to understand what I'm doing anyways, and like mathk said, we don't know in which ways they're gonna mess up the localization again.
Why would the quality be any less in the international release? I'm sure it'll be just as good for the international release. There's no reason to think otherwise.
Anyway, this new footage looks so good! I can't wait!
Have you seen the differences in the localized versions of KH 1.5 and KH 2.5 back when they released? It was a joke, the loading times were much longer than in Japanese, it had stupid freezes and incredibly long drive/D-link times.
Have you seen the differences in the localized versions of KH 1.5 and KH 2.5 back when they released? It was a joke, the loading times were much longer than in Japanese, it had stupid freezes and incredibly long drive/D-link times.
I never knew there was such a big difference in the original versions for 1.5 and 2.5. Now I'm a bit worried.
Omg KH2 looks incredibly good. I always said KH2 would be amazing in 60fps and now we're getting it.
I never knew there was such a big difference in the original versions for 1.5 and 2.5. Now I'm a bit worried.
I mean, I want to believe that they learned from those mistakes back then, but I'm not convinced about that yet, and since our limited edition is such a joke anyways...
I mean, I want to believe that they learned from those mistakes back then, but I'm not convinced about that yet, and since our limited edition is such a joke anyways...
If you do buy the Japanese vers, tell me how and where you bough it. xD
Have you seen the differences in the localized versions of KH 1.5 and KH 2.5 back when they released? It was a joke, the loading times were much longer than in Japanese, it had stupid freezes and incredibly long drive/D-link times.
Yeah, I'm remaining skeptical until I see the Japanese D-Link AND then see full English gameplay of the D-Link and Drive Forms. Especially that D-Link - so much time waiting for it to load just for a lame set of attacks that I only use for EXP farming.
I never knew there was such a big difference in the original versions for 1.5 and 2.5. Now I'm a bit worried.
Yeah, I'd remain skeptical, and keep your receipt if you're planning on buying it. I have faith that it'll be a little bit better than it was in the horrendous original release of 2.5 Remix, but I'd still keep a watchful eye out for any bullshit you experience in gameplay.
If you do buy the Japanese vers, tell me how and where you bough it. xD
I'm probably gonna get the PSN-version cause I'm too lazy and too cheap to import. Sure, it'd be nice, but all dem munneys. ;_;
I'm probably gonna get the PSN-version cause I'm too lazy and too cheap to import. Sure, it'd be nice, but all dem munneys. ;_;
Oddly, it still isn't available on the JPN PSN. Guess the store update hasn't hit yet over there.
Oddly, it still isn't available on the JPN PSN. Guess the store update hasn't hit yet over there.
By the time I finally found out how to purchase something there, it probably will have, lol.
I'm probably gonna get the PSN-version cause I'm too lazy and too cheap to import. Sure, it'd be nice, but all dem munneys. ;_;
I guess you mean the JP PSN? How would you buy the Yen PSN-cards, though?
EDIT: ah, okay, your post wasn't posted when i typed this. xD
I guess you mean the JP PSN? How would you buy the Yen PSN-cards, though?
EDIT: ah, okay, your post wasn't posted when i typed this. xD
You can get JP PSN-cards on Play Asia, I know that much, but ugh...still can't read all that shit. xD
Have you seen the differences in the localized versions of KH 1.5 and KH 2.5 back when they released? It was a joke, the loading times were much longer than in Japanese, it had stupid freezes and incredibly long drive/D-link times.
You're being way too pessimistic. Square Enix Japan are now working on debugging the international versions of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix as the Japanese version is retail ready. Pretty sure that three and a half weeks is more than enough to fix the issues that the English versions had.
Don't waste your money on the Japanese version, because if the international version ends up being adequate then you've just wasted your money on two iterations of the same collection.
Oh goood the drive times. ;_; I'm considering just getting the japanese version now. I mean, I already know the games enough to understand what I'm doing anyways, and like mathk said, we don't know in which ways they're gonna mess up the localization again.
Have you seen the differences in the localized versions of KH 1.5 and KH 2.5 back when they released? It was a joke, the loading times were much longer than in Japanese, it had stupid freezes and incredibly long drive/D-link times.
The Drive/D-Link problems were just as bad in the Japanese version.
Hopefully they fixed the music glitches in KH1FM.
You're being way too pessimistic. Square Enix Japan are now working on debugging the international versions of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix as the Japanese version is retail ready. Pretty sure that three and a half weeks is more than enough to fix the issues that the English versions had.
Don't waste your money on the Japanese version, because if the international version ends up being adequate then you've just wasted your money on two iterations of the same collection.
Uhm, no, I'm not. I've played KH2 FM enough times and encountered enough problems to say that that's not "too pessimistic".
Also why would I "waste" money if I'm not gonna get the EU-version then anyways? Why would I even have to get both?
The Drive/D-Link problems were just as bad in the Japanese version.
Funnily enough, I never experienced that, and all the people I know didn't either. :( There were problems, yes, but never as severe as in the EU version.
[video=youtube;t6MFR-gDIpY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MFR-gDIpY[/video]
I presume they were able to get around the physics issue present in the 60fps emulated versions of 2FM?
them showing the drive form transformation was a very deliberate decision and a very nice thing of them to do
them showing the drive form transformation was a very deliberate decision and a very nice thing of them to do
Plot twist: They actually preloaded the Drive before recording in order to trick us.
I would be interesting to see how different the graphics look in comparison to the PS3 version. If there is a notable difference...
Also... all the bugs that people say were present in 2.5, I never had any of them.
Plot twist: They actually preloaded the Drive before recording in order to trick us.
Sounds funny, but I wouldn't actually be surprised if that were the case.
Yesterday was KH1 and Com, today was KH2 and BBS. Does that mean we'll see 60fps ice cream eating cutscenes tomorrow?
lol What a joke.
PS4 1.5 + 2.5 - Changes/etc - Pastebin.com
Looks like 60 FPS caused a lot of problems. Well, I was actually surprised they did that because I was expecting something like this might happen. Hopefully they patch these issues out soon, though.
oh, stop. 60fps is fine for casual play-- that said, for speedrunners and hardcore players who have optimal strats, 30fps SHOULD be a toggleable option.
and KH2 crashing on save is very very annoying.
I wonder if there will be a patch for these errors caused by the 60FPS glitching everything. This also reminds me of playing older computer games designed for a slower version of adobe flash & newer versions speeding things up too much.
I wonder if there will be a patch for these errors caused by the 60FPS glitching everything. This also reminds me of playing older computer games designed for a slower version of adobe flash & newer versions speeding things up too much.
Doubt it. They were perfectly content with leaving the PS3 ports the untested glitchfests that they were.
And with this collection most likely being worked on exclusively by the studio's janitor and an Aqua body pillow, I wouldn't get my hopes up.
Honestly all of this chaos that has erupted over the problems plaguing this port of a port has reminded me why it's so hard to tolerate some of the people in this fanbase sometimes. There are literally people on YouTube saying "We got the game in 60 FPS therefore these aren't problems and it's the definitive way to play the games". I even seen someone say "We should be used to this by now", like its okay that this is how the games are being released
The game crashing while you are saving is a freaking problem. A collection of older games that now have new glitches and issues in general in an HD port is a freaking problem
A majority of the game's issues probably can be fixed via a patch, but it's ridiculous that Square didn't do a significant amount of bug testing to make sure most of the game was optimized to work in 60 FPS. The game wouldn't have to be completely remade to get these problems to go away. There is no excuse for old games to be plagued with new problems that have to be patched up like this, and the game now running in 60 FPS doesn't make all of these problems okay.
EDIT: Sorry for ranting on this particular thread, but I seen that a few people were talking about it and I thought it would be a good place to vent my frustrations. I am still very happy we have all the games on PS4 and in 60 FPS, but the existence of new bugs and glitches along with how people are trying to defend them really aggravated me.
Honestly all of this chaos that has erupted over the problems plaguing this port of a port has reminded me why it's so hard to tolerate some of the people in this fanbase sometimes. There are literally people on YouTube saying "We got the game in 60 FPS therefore these aren't problems and it's the definitive way to play the games". I even seen someone say "We should be used to this by now", like its okay that this is how the games are being released
The game crashing while you are saving is a freaking problem. A collection of older games that now have new glitches and issues in general in an HD port is a freaking problem
A majority of the game's issues probably can be fixed via a patch, but it's ridiculous that Square didn't do a significant amount of bug testing to make sure most of the game was optimized to work in 60 FPS. The game wouldn't have to be completely remade to get these problems to go away. There is no excuse for old games to be plagued with new problems that have to be patched up like this, and the game now running in 60 FPS doesn't make all of these problems okay.
EDIT: Sorry for ranting on this particular thread, but I seen that a few people were talking about it and I thought it would be a good place to vent my frustrations. I am still very happy we have all the games on PS4 and in 60 FPS, but the existence of new bugs and glitches along with how people are trying to defend them really aggravated me.
Just MARVEL at the ignorance on display in the comment section for TheGamersJoint's latest video for a microsecond. Squeenix could literally ship each and every one of them a broken disc, and they'd still respond with "durr well at least they gave us a disc".
You know shit's bad when more effort is being poured into defending a game in a YouTube comment section than was originally poured into the game itself.
Well, now I know that buying 1.5+2.5 is going to be a waste of money if you can't even save reliably & the 60FPS makes the game more difficult than necessary. Let's just hope Square releases a patch so people who already bought the game don't have to worry about encountering game breaking glitches anymore.
Doubt it. They were perfectly content with leaving the PS3 ports the untested glitchfests that they were.
And with this collection most likely being worked on exclusively by the studio's janitor and an Aqua body pillow, I wouldn't get my hopes up.
Well they did patch KH 2.8, and I also remember getting a patch for my FFX-X2 PS4 remaster. Since they are now on PS4 they might be more willing to patch this 1.5+2.5 collection.
Also I remember reading some people saying that the English demo shown at PAX East had some of this glitches and bugs fixed, let's hope that's true and we get a better version when it comes out on the West.
Honestly all of this chaos that has erupted over the problems plaguing this port of a port has reminded me why it's so hard to tolerate some of the people in this fanbase sometimes. There are literally people on YouTube saying "We got the game in 60 FPS therefore these aren't problems and it's the definitive way to play the games". I even seen someone say "We should be used to this by now", like its okay that this is how the games are being released
The game crashing while you are saving is a freaking problem. A collection of older games that now have new glitches and issues in general in an HD port is a freaking problem
A majority of the game's issues probably can be fixed via a patch, but it's ridiculous that Square didn't do a significant amount of bug testing to make sure most of the game was optimized to work in 60 FPS. The game wouldn't have to be completely remade to get these problems to go away. There is no excuse for old games to be plagued with new problems that have to be patched up like this, and the game now running in 60 FPS doesn't make all of these problems okay.
EDIT: Sorry for ranting on this particular thread, but I seen that a few people were talking about it and I thought it would be a good place to vent my frustrations. I am still very happy we have all the games on PS4 and in 60 FPS, but the existence of new bugs and glitches along with how people are trying to defend them really aggravated me.
I completely agree with you. I feel like a large amount of the fanbase feels like criticizing the game equals hating on them, even though it doesn't. It's not a secret that 1.5 and 2.5 on PS3 were not only awfully executed but even more awfully localized. Now the same thing happens with 4.0 and people keep on saying "d'uh, just be happy you got the game in 60 fps!". Uhm no, if I gotta pay 50/60 fucking bucks for it, I expect a bit more.
Well they did patch KH 2.8, and I also remember getting a patch for my FFX-X2 PS4 remaster. Since they are now on PS4 they might be more willing to patch this 1.5+2.5 collection.
Also I remember reading some people saying that the English demo shown at PAX East had some of this glitches and bugs fixed, let's hope that's true and we get a better version when it comes out on the West.
They patched 0.2, i.e. the only game in this entire collection trilogy they cared about. They didn't even touch 3D, despite me stumbling on stream upon stream of people glitching through the floor.
You sure about those fixes? Because Soraalam played it too and confirmed the Xemnas 1 crash still exists.
They patched 0.2, i.e. the only game in this entire collection trilogy they cared about. They didn't even touch 3D, despite me stumbling on stream upon stream of people glitching through the floor.
You sure about those fixes? Because Soraalam played it too and confirmed the Xemnas 1 crash still exists.
Yeah but DDD didn't had as much bugs as the 1.5+2.5 collection, or at least they weren't as noticeable. Honestly I didn't saw many people complaining about that port as I did with the 1.5 and 2.5 ones, I saw many playthroughs of people finishing it with no problem.
Also I said that according to the couple of comments I read they fixed SOME of the glitches found on the Japanese version, I didn't said they fixed them all. Since they were just some random YouTube comments I can't assure you that Square really fixed anything for the western versions and I can't remember the videos were they left those comments, but I found it interesting that those comments were made by different people on different videos sharing positive reviews about their experience with the demos.
Also alongside with FFX-X2 I just remembered they also released a patch for the PS4 version of FFVII, so hopefully with the majority of their PS4 remasters getting patches this one will also get one at some point.
Yikes.
Did they at least fix the audio issues in KH1 (the BGM stuttered every once in a while on PS3)?
LOOK AT THIS
[video=youtube;ve-aEIKwiI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve-aEIKwiI0[/video]
[video=youtube;1T6vnwDlrJM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6vnwDlrJM[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlhPiuvJLM
https://twitter.com/baumkuchen1991/status/840556892040572929
LOOK AT THIS
[video=youtube;ve-aEIKwiI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve-aEIKwiI0[/video]
[video=youtube;1T6vnwDlrJM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6vnwDlrJM[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlhPiuvJLM
https://twitter.com/baumkuchen1991/status/840556892040572929
OH, GOD. AND I THOUGHT THE PS3 RELEASES WERE FLAWED.
LOOK AT THIS
[video=youtube;ve-aEIKwiI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve-aEIKwiI0[/video]
[video=youtube;1T6vnwDlrJM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6vnwDlrJM[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlhPiuvJLM
https://twitter.com/baumkuchen1991/status/840556892040572929
Un-freaking-beleivable! And there are people actually defending these errors like it's somehow justified! Come on Square.
Seems like they really, really, really rushed this port. Ugh.
We should probably expect these game breaking glitches in the international release too... it might be a while before SE actually creates a patch to fix this.
It makes me feel better about owning the PS3 versions, but geez... whatever happened to Square's quality control? I mean, whether you like their games or not they almost never released games that needed patching of any kind.
I really hope the FFXII HD remaster is properly tested before they release it.
Not enough playtesting. Aside from the save crashing, these versions are superior to the PS3 versions, but this doesn't excuse the lack of quality and general awareness. Give a 30fps mode and MOST of this is fixed (sans Xemnas rc glitch)
The quick loads and 60fps make this something I desire but we should demand a patch.
It's unacceptable that the 60fps jump should change the dynamics of gameplay this much. As of right now, it is broken. And the fact that none of the PS3 re-releases faults were addressed is disheartening.
I will need some sortof patch before I start this collection.
Aside from the save crashing, these versions are superior to the PS3 versions.
Except not really. These ports have all the issues from the PS3 versions plus a bunch all their own. They're just as bad as the PS3 versions.
The only reason they're not worse is because of the fast load times and 60fps (which isn't even consistent since half of the game's animations are still running at 30fps).
WEW IT'S HAPPENING LADS
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Anyone know if there's an official list of glitches Square has yet to fix/fixed already?
Anyone know if there's an official list of glitches Square has yet to fix/fixed already?
They are not "official" but this two are a very complete list of every glitch found on the collection and another detailing which ones were fixed, both of them were made by Bizkit047:
Glitches/bugs: PS4 1.5 + 2.5 - Changes/Bugs/Crashes - Pastebin.com
Fixes: KH 1.5 + 2.5 - Patch 1.02 Notes - Pastebin.com
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