Crisis Core was not only my favourite game on the PSP but also my first. Probably sunk in 1000 hours replaying the game since I didn't know what emulators were back then. I'm currently playing the game on my Steam Deck @ High settings and it runs just great after shaders have compiled. There are times were it will flicker and you'll see some minor graphical glitches but it's neither noticeable or common.

Anyways I noticed some differences over the original I don't necessarily... like. The voice acting just doesn't sit well with me as I'm so used to them sounding different. Sephiroth, Genesis, and Hollander are maybe the only voices I don't mind since they sound closer to the original than the others. I personally just set it to Japanese until someone releases a voice mod(or not). Zack just sounds like Sonic and I've decided to call him Zonk whenever he's in English.

Another difference which just took me aback a bit was that Angeal. Zack, and Sephiroth at least have a slightly different shaped face from the original Crisis Core though that's to be expected as this is a higher-level remaster.

I also noticed that the music was different. I don't mind it; sounds more orchestral. I do however wish that they had added the option to toggle between the original music and the remastered tracks like Final Fantasy X did. Like I actually preferred the older boss and battle music.

Some misc. stuff: It looks like you can still avoid encounters by hugging the walls and dodging everything isn't as easy as in the original. The enemies feel a lot more responsive which is great! Also having to manually use your Limit Break is going to take some getting used to but it doesn't break the flow of battle and it allows you to use it on specific enemies or to weaken/break abilities which is really useful.

All in all though, this is still a super solid game which I hope more people pick up. If you haven't played the FFVIIR, you can still play this one and not skip a beat. This is a prequel to FFVII after all(though not the first in the timeline; we're never getting that game...)

Crisis Core was not only my favourite game on the PSP but also my first. Probably sunk in 1000 hours replaying the game since I didn't know what emulators were back then. I'm currently playing the game on my [b]Steam Deck @ High settings and it runs just great after shaders have compiled. There are times were it will flicker and you'll see some minor graphical glitches but it's neither noticeable or common. Anyways I noticed some differences over the original I don't necessarily... like. The voice acting just doesn't sit well with me as I'm so used to them sounding different. Sephiroth, Genesis, and Hollander are maybe the only voices I don't mind since they sound closer to the original than the others. I personally just set it to Japanese until someone releases a voice mod(or not). Zack just sounds like Sonic and I've decided to call him Zonk whenever he's in English. Another difference which just took me aback a bit was that Angeal. Zack, and Sephiroth at least have a slightly different shaped face from the original Crisis Core though that's to be expected as this is a higher-level remaster. I also noticed that the music was different. I don't mind it; sounds more orchestral. I do however wish that they had added the option to toggle between the original music and the remastered tracks like Final Fantasy X did. Like I actually preferred the older boss and battle music. Some misc. stuff: It looks like you can still avoid encounters by hugging the walls and dodging everything isn't as easy as in the original. The enemies feel a lot more responsive which is great! Also having to manually use your Limit Break is going to take some getting used to but it doesn't break the flow of battle and it allows you to use it on specific enemies or to weaken/break abilities which is really useful. All in all though, this is still a super solid game which I hope more people pick up. If you haven't played the FFVIIR, you can still play this one and not skip a beat. This is a prequel to FFVII after all(though not the first in the timeline; we're never getting that game...)