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Original VII is great how it is. I was happy to have an alternate telling for the remakes.
Unlike VII, VIII has always been ugly and needs a graphical upgrade to match their over ambitious models for the hardware. Also needs a combat overhaul so it's not so super easy, and draw is not so tedious.
Tactics original is pretty, but could use some QoL updates.
I don't agree with this. It definitely wasn't considered ugly back when it was new. In fact, I believe the over ambitious models for the hardware as you put them were considered a big improvement compared to VII's.
I think the battle sprites look amazing, but in the field, the details on the models get squished into too few pixels, and it's a jarring juxtaposition against the beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds. I can remember some reviewers sharing my opinion at the time, but you might be right that calling it ugly is a bit much.
Agreed. To me, VII was always the ugly one in the series. Unfortunately I played VIII first and was blown away at the technical marvel the game is.
Afterwards I played VII as a kid and it was unplayable. It felt like playing with cheap, homemade, wooden dolls. It was always the game that needed a remake the most.