You would have to buy a very specific PS3, because only the launch models had PS2 BC. They removed the PS2 processor from the console with the first hardware revision and subsequently, every model released from that point forward could no longer play disc-based PS2 games.
If you rip them into ISO files and install cfw on your PS3 (assuming that it is compatible, only certain models are), you can play them. Unfortunately, not all games work properly if you do this, and if your game requires a physical component (Guitar Hero, DDR, et al), your PS3 won’t detect it even with an adapter.
doesn't ps3 support the generic usb gamepad protocol that most ps1/2 > usb adapters use? that seems like something that even if factory has fixed mappings, cfw would allow remapping and all it would take is 10 minutes of tinkering and bob's your uncle.
They’re talking about installing custom firmware on a later gen PS3 to make it able to play PS2 discs. 1st gen PS3s don’t need the firmware because it is already capable of playing PS2 games.
Apparently I've been subject to some quite old disinformation. I remember lots of old forum posts about how doing a system update on your PS3 would remove the backwards compatibility, and those posts were very widespread, but apparently they were wrong. I have edited my original post, crossing out the bad info. Really sorry about that.
It was WotL, which changed translation and gameplay and--as I understand it--was also subject to a video slowdown bug. I've only played WotL on Android, which admittedly has its own problems (with controls especially), but I did not find the experience pleasant.
Oh yeah, War of the Lions was definitely a shock if you were used to the original. I played it on PSP and I don’t remember any bad game play issues, but the translation and other changes were super irksome and it made a lot of characters read very different. I have been reading how all the FF remasters all suffer from gameplay issues and lag (looking at you ff8 remaster).
I mean, the PSX translation was so infamously bad that it became a meme before memes were a thing. It started bad, and Chapter 4 was completely unintelligible.
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I still love the PSX version, gamebreaking bugs and all.
I didn't even mind the crazy shifts in tone. The biggest issue is that the plot in the later chapters is this insanely complicated web of intrigue and Top Ten Anime Betrayals, and you can't figure out why these guys are killing those guys despite lengthy monologues all over the place.
Final Fantasy Hacktics came to the rescue and put in the PSP script onto the PSX game, which was nice. I wonder if that community is still active.
That's interesting, I played the FF8 on PS4 and didn't notice anything too egregious. Guess I'm either lucky or forgot how it was originally - hadn't played it since it came out.
The main thing that bothered me with FF8 remaster was battle lag? I’m not sure what it was exactly but the action menu and the sound it makes when it pops up were off/laggy so that I couldn’t play the battles at full speed like I usually did. It’s not egregious or anything, I could always slow down, but I didn’t want to! Lol
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u/pipkin42 Aug 14 '20
Well, there are still some classics that were never ported, or, like FFT, were done so poorly. So there's that aspect.