It’s been a bad week for PS4 owners this week, who’re still reeling at Ubisoft’s monumentally stupid decision to run the Next-Gen only Assassin’s Creed Unity at 900p and 30fps for parity with Xbox One (or to make the game more ‘cinematic’, if you buy that brand of bull). But lend a few spare pennies for the poor old PC, which is famous for being shafted in ports in favour of weaker consoles. Enter the recent Steam re-release of Final Fantasy XIII, originally released five years ago on PlayStation 3. If you thought that the time passed would make for a better game, you’re sadly mistaken. It seems the game has zero graphical options besides switching between windowed and fullscreen mode, and is locked at the sub-hd resolution of 720p.
Yup, that’s all you’re getting folks.
Not looking good Sqaure, especially after the whole Zero to Hero move with Final Fantasy XIV, and a recent emulated release of Final Fantasy IV that had more options than this. Curiously though, the game runs at a full 60fps on PC, which pretty much any serious gamer will be hitting at sub-hd resolutions. While I should applaud Sqaure Enix for recognising that frames per second is a very important part of the gameplay experience, they’ve still got an uphill struggle when it comes to learning the intricacies of PC culture. Remember kids, obscene amounts of options and sliders are the key to any PC gamer’s heart. Telling them which options are best on a five year old game isn’t.
We’ll keep you updated if anybody ever manages to mod in more options for the game, or if Square sneaks it in at a later date.