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Final Fantasy XII having its own mythology meant that summons were all unique and sported some incredible designs.
Adrammelech in particular is so striking
For now, please appreciate Taisuke Kanasaki making new art on an older Kyle Hyde and Ashley Mizuki.
Final Fantasy 13 was made by the same people who worked on FF10, and were also involved in FF7.
An entire machine oiled up to recapture FF7 and FF10's massive success. It had an entire compilation of games, which only replicated what they did on FF7's compilation too.
The music is also great, one of the first solo albums of Masashi Hamauzu, who combined the whimsical atmosphere of SaGa Frontier 2 with a tinge of melancholy coming from the experience of the various tragedies happening to the characters. A perfect fit.
Here is an AI upscale of some of the pre-rendered backgrounds of SaGa Frontier 2, a PS1 game.
This game is really beautiful (and good!) so I hope SaGa Frontier Remastered will be a success so they can remaster this one too.
Honestly, I am still amazed that very few people even know of the existence of "Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together", when it is definitely in the discussion as some of the best written JRPG in existence.
Not to mention its deep and highly customizable gameplay system.
It kinda plays into Shinkawa's art always displaying him with intense eyes
Actually I just remembered that Raiden was the only non-MGS3 character to have received a new 3D model outside of Rising.
It was promotional material for the HD collection and I think he looks real good there.
All in all I think my favorite rendition of Old Snake going by Shinkawa's art would have been this one (left). His hair especially looks really good and very different from the one he had in the game.
He looks like someone who has nothing to prove next to Big Boss' legend.
Some concessions will have to be made due to my limited skills. I would like to offer crisp portraits but I simply cannot do this restoration process by myself as I'm neither an artist nor a graphic designer. Thankfully, there are only three portraits in the game so it should do.