Thread: ffxi with unreal engine 5.2 link shadow project

It has nothing to do with the team, it has everything to do with who is funding it.

If you have a game you like, why would you gamble completely ruining it to the point you don't even like it anymore for some pretty graphics?

It looks great, but it would reuire a lot of new content to make it worthwhile

"making it HD is XIV IMO"

Uh, no?
The two games play completely differently. Giving FFXI modern graphics doesn't magically make it FFXIV. There are also many other things they could improve while keeping the overall style of gameplay exactly the same. Perhaps most notably, netcode for modern internet connections. A lot of FFXI's current issues stem from the fact that the game was designed to work on dial-up internet, which a majority of people were still using when FFXI launched. This is why it takes so long for your inventory to load in and why each bag is the size it is, it's why things get really janky in activities that involve a large number of players i.e. Mieru, Besieged, etc)

A remaster would present the perfect oppertunity to fix these glaring issues that limit the enjoyability of large group content. You don't have to change the combat system, the story and lore, the art style, etc. which make FFXI what it is.