The new concept screenshot is a real-time in-game render!

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Originally Posted by Wynn

I'm having a hard time with it because of how it looks. And don't get me wrong, I like the way it looks. But zoom in closer and look at the UI and then look at XIV we have now. Then look at any other MMO's UI. UI elements are defined and stand out. In that shot it just blends seamlessly into the background as if it were painted. I'm not saying I'm right, but I really have to wonder.

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Would you take a screenshot in a bland place doing something boring where the colors do not blend with each other? No. You take the pic that'll impress the most.

And it worked.

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Originally Posted by Answa

Would you take a screenshot in a bland place doing something boring where the colors do not blend with each other? No. You take the pic that'll impress the most.

And it worked.

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I'm not sure you understood what I said. The location is irrelevant. I'm referring to the UI not standing out but instead looking like it is painted onto the scene in the background.

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Originally Posted by Daenerys_Sedai

One of my reasons for not believing that this image was an actual in-game image was that one of the characters doesn't have a last name.. but I guess it could just be a NPC.

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The char who doesn't have a last name. That not even his name that's an title just look @ the pic more closely

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

It's real, as well as:


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So it's a downgrade :) thank that all i needed to know i guess i see how the game look if it look too much like shit i just quit. Right now the game look awesome i can't believe they could not do something about it without switching the overall look -.-

I knew when yoshi-p took over his idea was to make it more western and change the overall game to his liking this is why i want tanaka or someone else. It does not even stand up too the look of final fantasy feel at all it look like a western game they better off calling it something else when it get release for PS3 then final fantasy xiv. that just how i feel about that picture it does not look as good as now i don't understand why they could not carry that over too the new tool they using if that really how it going to look they going to piss off a lot of ppl but i guess they don't care because they trying to get wow players which would just quit and return back to wow or blizzard new mmo oh well it was fun while it last i stay long enough to see more info on the new look maybe ingame video and then i make my mind about staying or not.

also by all mean i not saying it look bad it just look like shit vs ffxiv now. FFXIV look like that from 1 day then i go look awesome like hell then but seeing FFXIV 1.0 and FFXIV 2.0 i be more happy with 1.0 type of look any day of the week if that how it going to look.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

So it's a downgrade :) thank that all i needed to know i guess i see how the game look if it look too much like shit i just quit. Right now the game look awesome i can't believe they could not do something about it without switching the overall look -.-

I knew when yoshi-p took over his idea was to make it more western and change the overall game to his liking this is why i want tanaka or someone else. It does not even stand up too the look of final fantasy feel at all it look like a western game they better off calling it something else when it get release for PS3 then final fantasy xiv. that just how i feel about that picture it does not look as good as now i don't understand why they could not carry that over too the new tool they using if that really how it going to look they going to piss off a lot of ppl but i guess they don't care because they trying to get wow players which would just quit and return back to wow or blizzard new mmo oh well it was fun while it last i stay long enough to see more info on the new look maybe ingame video and then i make my mind about staying or not.

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I seriously doubt you even know what the "Final Fantasy" feel is. Also, Tanaka had his shot and it's because of him we're waist high in choco dung.

The new graphics and UI look like an improvement to me, and the interface feels more "Final Fantasy" than it does right now.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

I don't mind if other use it but when it come to gear score and DPS it become more you do low dps? get the hell out your score is 200? you need 600 to even join our endgame/party sorry goodbye that the only type of addon i dislike. Even showing DPS i don't mind but people start seeing it as oh you do low dps get the hell out right now there tools you can download to see dps but not everyone use it.

anyways we getting off topic :(

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If you do low DPS it's not the addon's fault... you should play better and do as much as your class/gear potentially can do, otherwise you are dead weight and it's good to have a tool/add-on that points out who is dead weight within the party so they can be replaced if needed.

Whenever someone complains about DPS/gearscore type addons I always think this person must either be a terrible player or a very lazy player with low gear who wants to get boosted. If you are doing your job properly you have no reason to be afraid of such addons.

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Originally Posted by Alerith

I seriously doubt you even know what the "Final Fantasy" feel is. Also, Tanaka had his shot and it's because of him we're waist high in choco dung.

The new graphics and UI look like an improvement to me, and the interface feels more "Final Fantasy" than it does right now.

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Look once again i can care less about the UI i can change that too look like FFXI like i'm doing now like FFXIV making my chat log big and setting it how i like it. But you can't sit there and tell me the graphics are a improvement from FFXIV now? If playing at 720p at high setting with DOF look awesome i wonder how my game would look at 1080p. It's not improvment when it come to the Chars if they telling us the hair and stuff may not look the same -.- it not a improvements from today ffxiv and ffxiv 2.0 the only thing that is a improvements is oh look shadows and lighting work now Don't know why they could not done that with the new Tool without losing the feel of the game looking at the screenshot when it came out both me and my gf and friends thought one thing "WoW,aion,rift,tera. not even talking about the UI talking about the coloring and the art work.

They made crystal tool work with FFXIII "Ya i know it's offline game" But they could at leave convert the type of art work over to the new one.

Tanaka said many time they needed more time and even under yoshi-p it going to take other 1year to even fix the game so you can't say that Tanaka had a shot when they did not even give it too him just left so it could save the game. He said in a interview the game not ready for 2010 i don't know how many time the dev said it but thecompany never care or listen that the company problem not the dev team. It's costing even more money just to fix old ffxiv and making a new ffxiv. The matter of the fact is the crystal tool was the issue in doing anything and the cheap servers if the old main team could use the new stuff i think it would look the same as today but still have that type of UI i be fine or even if the new team could have done that.

neizero: i play ffxiv for hours it's not that it just luck i never had luck in ffxi i did endgame for days at week and never got anything beside black belt and few good items. I just had really bad luck in ffxi and even in ffxiv when it come to finding a good linkshell or drops or just the chance of getting something over someone else. But w/e there no way i can make you believe me on that.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

But you can't sit there and tell me the graphics are a improvement from FFXIV now? If playing at 720p at high setting with DOF look awesome i wonder how my game would look at 1080p. It's not improvment when it come to the Chars if they telling us the hair and stuff may not look the same -.-

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That's exactly what I'm saying. The graphics are an improvement.

And the fact that hair and stuff are going to be different....that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It could very well mean that people will want to adjust their character further with all the upcoming customization options they are having.

And have you considered the players who can't play on max settings? Do you realize how much better these optimized graphics are going to be for those people compared to what they are playing now?

In case you didn't understand what I'm saying: "I believe the graphics in that screenshot look infinitely better than the current XIV."

I feel like nobody on these forums read the "important information" and the .pdf files within it.

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Originally Posted by Wynn

I'm not sure you understood what I said. The location is irrelevant. I'm referring to the UI not standing out but instead looking like it is painted onto the scene in the background.

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That's my point. They chose a place where they colors from the UI, its textures (of the layman variety), etc. all blend together in this particular instance of the screenshot. I think the UI looks normal and just like I'd expect a FF to provide, unlike our current uninspired UI. But that's subjectivity and we're not here for that in this topic.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the news that it's real-time, a screenshot from the game. It's still under development, anyway, and could still change from now till release.