Final Fantasy 7 Remake mod brings back the polygonal look
Being pointy as hell will never go out of style.
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A previous mod forFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeswapped the high-resolution model of Cloud wearing a dress for a morelow-poly look, but now the mod we’ve all been waiting for is here: one that replaces the expressive and high-resolution models of all Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s playable characters for the pointy polygons of the 1990s. Specifically, of the 1998 Windows version, which you can tell because unlike in the 1997 PlayStation original they’ve got mouths. (A mystery our own intrepid Wes Fenlon delved into inWhy the hell do they have mouths: a Final Fantasy 7 PC retrospective.)
ThePolygonal Players modby FantasyRaider replaces Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret, as well as Yuffie and Sonon from the Intermission chapter, in both gameplay and in-engine cutscenes—though the cinematics made with higher-definition models will show the remake’s characters. It’s super weird seeing Cloud’s Lisa Simpson hair and staircase eyebrows alongside the modern-looking characters, and wielding high-def weapons, but entertainingly so.
To install Polygonal Players you’ll need todownload the .pak file from NexusModsand make a ~mods folder inside your FFVIIRemakeIntergrade\End\Content\Paks directory to put it in. It’s a whole 6.5MB file for all those polygons.
Polygonal Players would probably combine well with the mod torestore the original’s fixed camera. Meanwhile, there are of coursenude Sephiroth mods for Final Fantasy 7 Remakein a variety of styles, as well as mods that give Cloud akeytar sword, putclown makeup on Sephiroth, and show off Cloud’swashboard abs. Check out thedev console unlockertoo. Truly, there’s something to suit all tastes.
The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy will continue withFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which is scheduled for a winter release next year. Who knows what wonderful things modders will be able to do with that? I mean, once they’ve finished making Tifa’s boobs bigger again, of course.
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