Ok so I am not sure if it was PS3 acting up or the game. I have been loving 2.5 despite its little flaws. But I just got to the scene where sora and Mickey meet xemnas for the first time in hollow bastion. In the scene immediately preceding the battle with 1000 heartless where sora Donald and goofy are about to confront them. The video quality dropped dramatically. It was fine once the battle started though. Is this just me or the game?

that scene is prerendered

that scene is prerendered

 

That it is. So in other words it's at a lower resolution.

That it is. So in other words it's at a lower resolution.

or if not the lower resolution, badly upscaled or poorly compressed

Why is that the one scene in the whole game that's pre rendered, why couldn't they do it like all the others? Poor choice on their part..... I'm sort of a videophile so these things really matter to me.

Why is that the one scene in the whole game that's pre rendered, why couldn't they do it like all the others? Poor choice on their part..... I'm sort of a videophile so these things really matter to me.

When the scene was made, it was probably to avoid performance issues or some other technical reason. The upscale is poor compared to RECOM.I'm a videophile too.

Yea I noticed that too. It was a bit disappointing since I was looking forward to seeing that scene in HD but meh no big deal.

Wait, what? I couldn't even notice it...

Why is that the one scene in the whole game that's pre rendered, why couldn't they do it like all the others? Poor choice on their part..... I'm sort of a videophile so these things really matter to me.

they couldn't render tat many heartless  at once

On the same subject, you'll notice that almost all the endings to BBS are prerendered as well.