Square Enix has very recently put the original Final Fantasy XIII on the PC, and the fan reception has been somewhat lukewarm. Like other predominantly console-oriented developers/publishers, Square decided to lock the performance at a certain cap of visual fidelity/performance, and it seems that cap is somewhat disappointing.
Enter modder/enthusiast Durante, known for his work on previously locked/underperforming games like Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, a game that he got performing better within 23 minutes. He’s now released an updated version of his GeDoSaTo tool/compiler, which enables fans to essentially “unlock” the potential that games have as far as performance goes.
With a vanilla install, Final Fantasy XIII is capped out at a 1280 x 720 resolution, which any PC gaming enthusiast knows is a pretty damn low setting for a supposedly bleeding-edge game, for its time anyway. Durante explains in his blog how it works:
“GeDoSaTo is a utility for modifying the rendering of games. Its primary purpose is allowing for downsampling without any limitations and with high quality filtering, but it can also be used to inject various effects, hid HuDs, or even add new capabilities with game-specific plugins.”
It’s worth noting the tool is still in beta stage, and as such might produce unsavory things for your Final Fantasy XIII game. Still, the above screenshot (from Durante’s blog) is evidence of how pretty the game can be running on PC. If you’re willing to give it a try, GeDoSaTo is now available on Durante’s blog.
Cy
October 12, 2014 at 3:50 pmIn other news, there are actually fans of Final Fantasy 13.
Brandon Orselli
October 12, 2014 at 3:52 pmOhh well you know, I REALLY wanted to give the game a chance when I heard Maaya Sakamoto (she’s my favorite VA) was voicing Lightning. Then I found out there was no way of having Japanese audio :(
Red Lagoon
October 12, 2014 at 3:55 pmWell if this would have come to PC earlier, the mods would have already create a better game than FF13-2 and FF13-3!
alex benhard
October 12, 2014 at 4:04 pmPC version has Japanese voice over thankfully
Phelan
October 12, 2014 at 4:17 pmSadly they can’t fix what is really broken in game.
And that is
gameplay (autoplay)
plot
Graphic isn’t that important for me.
artemisthemp
October 12, 2014 at 4:28 pmFFXIII-2 was good while, no among of modding will ever be able to fix FFXIII-3
artemisthemp
October 12, 2014 at 4:29 pmI hear this is based on the Xbox 360 version and I am not sure if that version got the 1.4 patch
Neojames82
October 12, 2014 at 5:26 pmThis is why I love PC gaming, because the actual gamers can make almost any game vastly better while making these “professionals” look like chumps at the same time.
Siveon
October 12, 2014 at 5:44 pmA polished turd is still a turd.
Red Lagoon
October 12, 2014 at 6:23 pmYes FF13-2 was much better. I’m exaggerating a little here :) I know. But just saying that SE is punishing their games by not releasing them in many more platforms. I played them on my PS3 and didn’t think the first 2 were bad at all, but the third… never-mind the third, I like to think it never happened :)
artemisthemp
October 12, 2014 at 6:31 pmDid you ever have the displeasure to play FFXIII-3
AnarKreig
October 12, 2014 at 10:11 pmWhy even bother? It’s not like anyone will actually play the “game”.
Thanatos2k
October 13, 2014 at 12:00 amI’m surprised anyone feels it’s worth modding, or even playing in the first place.
It’s not like they can fix the game!
Darkness Dragon
October 13, 2014 at 1:44 amSweet.
artemisthemp
October 13, 2014 at 6:52 amThe biggest issue is that, the you lose the fight if, you are leader die
Di Kelley
December 24, 2014 at 7:03 pmUnpopular opinion time: I watched a playthrough of Lightning Returns, and was actually fascinated with the story. I intend to buy it through steam when it hits PC.