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As part of their continuing expansion of the GOG Preservation Program, where they recently opened up the GOG Patrons system to support it, these classic titles have just arrived in the store:
FINAL FANTASY III (3D Remake) - 60% off
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FINAL FANTASY IV (3D Remake) - 60% off
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FINAL FANTASY VIII – REMASTERED - 60% off
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FINAL FANTASY IX - 60% off
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Hopefully there will be more to come. It's good to see more titles available across multiple stores. GOG are currently seeing a fair amount of uproar due to their use of AI generated images though.
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Very good to see these enter the preservation program. I would like to see the XIII trilogy added as well since those are currently sort of difficult to run without user patches. My understanding is the GOG preservation program includes work on GOG's part to modify the games to run well on modern systems.
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It still a shame that ff4 years after, the pixel version, is stuck on the psp. We can only buy the 3d one nowadays.
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Quoting: QYMEIt still a shame that ff4 years after, the pixel version, is stuck on the psp. We can only buy the 3d one nowadays.What? The pixel version is on Steam. Not sure what you are talking about.
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I'm probably one of the very few people on the planet who not only loves FF8, but that consider it to be their favorite of the series. I actually played this before 7 which I didn't get around to until much later. So much nostalgia with it and I still enjoy it to the present which is rare for things I have nostalgia for.
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Quoting: Tethys84QYME is referring to the PSP remake of IV, which many consider to be the best iteration of the game. It is not available on Steam. Or anywhere, as far as I can tell.Quoting: QYMEIt still a shame that ff4 years after, the pixel version, is stuck on the psp. We can only buy the 3d one nowadays.What? The pixel version is on Steam. Not sure what you are talking about.
It'd be a good game for GOG to preserve, but it never received a PC release so it's ineligible. Thankfully ROMs exist.
Last edited by Dirge on 29 Jan 2026 at 3:29 pm UTC
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OK, sure. Here we go again with this GOG preservation rodeo. I really like the concept behind GOG, but they should do better.
Does the more widely (and going forward it's likely that: exclusively) available FF8R qualify as preserving Final Fantasy 8? I'd really like to see the rationale here.
I'd argue the regular PC FF8 qualifies for preservation before FF8R. The latter is a standard boneheaded Square "remaster" where new, ill-fitting in terms of art style and fidelity models clash with the blurry mess that are the new pre-rendered backgrounds in a perfect botched mess of an upscale job. There's a list of issues, but the main thing is that FF8R does not (sufficiently) accurately replicate the intended original experience. That also goes for FF8PC if we're comparing to PSX, but I'm assuming we're preserving the PC version with its original warts, instead of... adding more warts where there have been few before, but with built-in cheats, so who gives a toss, slap a sale on it.
Realistically, I'm amazed the original is still sold on Steam. Kind of looks like Square... forgot it exists? Or that someone at Square is aware they dropped the ball.
In any event, this is closer to re-writing history than it is to preservation. Par for the course, sadly.
Does the more widely (and going forward it's likely that: exclusively) available FF8R qualify as preserving Final Fantasy 8? I'd really like to see the rationale here.
I'd argue the regular PC FF8 qualifies for preservation before FF8R. The latter is a standard boneheaded Square "remaster" where new, ill-fitting in terms of art style and fidelity models clash with the blurry mess that are the new pre-rendered backgrounds in a perfect botched mess of an upscale job. There's a list of issues, but the main thing is that FF8R does not (sufficiently) accurately replicate the intended original experience. That also goes for FF8PC if we're comparing to PSX, but I'm assuming we're preserving the PC version with its original warts, instead of... adding more warts where there have been few before, but with built-in cheats, so who gives a toss, slap a sale on it.
Realistically, I'm amazed the original is still sold on Steam. Kind of looks like Square... forgot it exists? Or that someone at Square is aware they dropped the ball.
In any event, this is closer to re-writing history than it is to preservation. Par for the course, sadly.
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