Is the FF13 PC port bad?

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

I'm currently downloading Final Fantasy 13 on my laptop via steam, but I've heard mixed things about the PC port itself. Are the framerate drops really bad? 

 

My laptop specs

processor-i5  4210U CPU @1.70 GHZ 2.40 GHZ

8 GB of RAM, 64 bit processor, 64 bit OS

 

Will my laptop be okay to run it?

[Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) 3,859]

You could Google what the game needs to be run decently.

 

The game itself should be better than the PS3 version, at least according to Sora96's reviews

[Jack Sparrow 160]

Well of course its bad. I'm not in the bloody thing what more do you need? Other than that though? I suppose its fine.

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

Well of course its bad. I'm not in the bloody thing what more do you need? Other than that though? I suppose its fine.

Your movies suck!  

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

Can't say, it may struggle. Steam has the minimum specifications on each product page. So go to the FF13 page and scroll down and it will be there. Seeing as your laptop doesn't have a graphics card it might struggle, but I can't say for sure. Also, the PC port is good, ignore those complaining, they may be putting the settings higher than necessary.

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

Can't say, it may struggle. Steam has the minimum specifications on each product page. So go to the FF13 page and scroll down and it will be there. Seeing as your laptop doesn't have a graphics card it might struggle, but I can't say for sure. Also, the PC port is good, ignore those complaining, they may be putting the settings higher than necessary.

I have a graphics card, 2 actually, AMD radeon and an Intel HD R graphics card. I looked on steam but I don't really understand it since some of my specs meet the requirements but others don't

Edited February 14, 2016 by Shinobi Palace

[atheist123 583]

It's playable. The game stutters quite a lot and there are many annoying aspects of the port. I would say it's a bad port but the game itself is fun once you get through the 20 hour tutorial.

This site is useful for figuring out if you can run a game: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3513&game=Final%20Fantasy%20XIIIYou know your CPU but you just need to find out what your specific GPU is.

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

It's playable. The game stutters quite a lot and there are many annoying aspects of the port. I would say it's a bad port but the game itself is fun once you get through the 20 hour tutorial.This site is useful for figuring out if you can run a game: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=3513&game=Final%20Fantasy%20XIIIYou know your CPU but you just need to find out what your specific GPU is.

Wow, it hasn't stuttered for me so far (up to fighting Odin).

I have a graphics card, 2 actually, AMD radeon and an Intel HD R graphics card. I looked on steam but I don't really understand it since some of my specs meet the requirements but others don't

Well, you should be okay, but don't expect great performance.

[Aang 649]

Your movies suck!

You're in the minority there man! Also, its not that bad of a port.

[atheist123 583]

 

Wow, it hasn't stuttered for me so far (up to fighting Odin). 

 

It probably happens to you but you just don't notice it... It is well documented that FFXIII has issues. This port isn't the worst I've ever played, though, it was slightly better than Arkham Knight.

I'm currently downloading Final Fantasy 13 on my laptop via steam, but I've heard mixed things about the PC port itself. Are the framerate drops really bad? 

 

My laptop specs

processor-i5  4210U CPU @1.70 GHZ 2.40 GHZ

8 GB of RAM, 64 bit processor, 64 bit OS

 

Will my laptop be okay to run it?

 

Did you figure out what your GPU is? It should be pretty easy to check whether your computer could run it using the website I linked before

[Sora96 17,256]

 

 

 

 

It probably happens to you but you just don't notice it... It is well documented that FFXIII has issues. This port isn't the worst I've ever played, though, it was slightly better than Arkham Knight.

 

Did you figure out what your GPU is? It should be pretty easy to check whether your computer could run it using the website I linked before

 

 

Slightly? That game's problems became widespread news. People's issues with XIII were the graphic options and frame rate, first of which was fixed and the later isn't even that bad unless you want 60fps for some reason.

 

If you aren't someone obsessed with frame rate you're good to go.

Edited February 15, 2016 by Sora96

[atheist123 583]

Slightly? That game's problems became widespread news. People's issues with XIII were the graphic options and frame rate, first of which was fixed and the later isn't even that bad unless you want 60fps for some reason.

 

If you aren't someone obsessed with frame rate you're good to go.

I'm basing it entirely off my own experience with the game. Arkham Knight ran like crap (before the patches) but it never crashed or anything for me. FFXIII crashed a few times and lacked basic PC features expected of games. Running at 30fps is fine but the stuttering was horrible. At least Arkham Knight was eventually fixed and I could run it at a steady 60fps most of the time. For a port of a 5+ year old game FFXIII was horrible.

 

Here is someone else's analysis of the stuttering issues of FFXIII: http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiii-and-xiii-2-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/#page-2

[Sora96 17,256]

I'm basing it entirely off my own experience with the game. Arkham Knight ran like crap (before the patches) but it never crashed or anything for me. FFXIII crashed a few times and lacked basic PC features expected of games. Running at 30fps is fine but the stuttering was horrible. At least Arkham Knight was eventually fixed and I could run it at a steady 60fps most of the time. For a port of a 5+ year old game FFXIII was horrible.

 

Here is someone else's analysis of the stuttering issues of FFXIII: http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiii-and-xiii-2-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/#page-2

 

I've seen their analysis. They even suspect Crystal Tools is the problem. As I said, as long as you don't care about frame rate you're good to go.

[atheist123 583]

I've seen their analysis. They even suspect Crystal Tools is the problem. As I said, as long as you don't care about frame rate you're good to go.

 

That is true. As I said, the game is playable. But saying it is a good port is a lie. It lacks many features expected of a PC game and has very poor performance for such an old game. Half-assed port by Square Enix.