Dawntrail graphics update is very disappointing.

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Originally Posted by SophiaDL

This community has such low standards it's actually not even that funny anymore, with that said the fact people call this a "graphical update" is absolutely comical.

Same vibe as "Here's a desk"
*adds one snowflake to the desk*
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THAT'S SO GOOD !!!!!"



I have an idea

Dont release an incomplete graphical "update" and release an actual complete product.

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Except you’re not a developer working on a game that has accumulated 11 years of assets and issues, and it was simply impossible for them to do it all at once.
Therefore, they preferred to adapt the expansion as it is and mostly rework the older content afterward, and they will continue to do so later.
Why is it a problem if it’s easier for them?

People have been asking Naoki Yoshida for a graphical update for years, and for years he has been explaining that it was difficult to implement.

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Originally Posted by remiff

Except you’re not a developer working on a game that has accumulated 11 years of assets and issues, and it was simply impossible for them to do it all at once.
Therefore, they preferred to adapt the expansion as it is and mostly rework the older content afterward, and they will continue to do so later.
Why is it a problem if it’s easier for them?

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It's called having standards and expecting a complete product.

But sure, you enjoy your half baked (that's me being nice, saying half) graphical "update" all you'd like.

You might have no expectations and standards, some people expect an actual proper complete product.

Stop pretending that SE is a small indie company please for the love of god lmao, they had 11 YEARS, you said it yourself, this should have been a complete product.

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Originally Posted by remiff

Therefore, they preferred to adapt the expansion as it is and mostly rework the older content afterward

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https://i.imgur.com/6KyeaUD.png

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Originally Posted by SophiaDL

It's called having standards and expecting a complete product.

But sure, you enjoy your half baked (that's me being nice, saying half) graphical "update" all you'd like.

You might have no expectations and standards, some people expect an actual proper complete product.

Stop pretending that SE is a small indie company please for the love of god lmao, they had 11 YEARS, you said it yourself, this should have been a complete product.

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I’m not defending Square Enix at all; it’s just that you don’t realize how tedious and excessively expensive this kind of work is.
They weren’t obligated to do it, and if they chose to, they have always been very clear about how they would do it.
So why complain?
Would you have preferred to wait until they finished the work in version 9.0?

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Originally Posted by cutestfox

https://i.imgur.com/6KyeaUD.png

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And that's why the third point exists.
Thank you for highlighting it.

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Originally Posted by remiff

I’m not defending Square Enix at all; it’s just that you don’t realize how tedious and excessively expensive this kind of work is.
They weren’t obligated to do it, and if they chose to, they have always been very clear about how they would do it.
So why complain?
Would you have preferred to wait until they finished the work in version 9.0?

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Yes

I would have preferred for them to take until 9.0 to have a complete product. You are very much right.

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Originally Posted by SophiaDL

Yes

I would have preferred for them to take until 9.0 to have a complete product. You are very much right.

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Likewise.
I would much rather give them the development time needed to release a proper, quality, bug-free product than rush them to throw out something because "they had to"

I'm happy to wait as long as it takes to get a quality product

What we have gotten so far is very disappointing. Even more so when you consider they delayed the expansion half a year for this.

I kept my expectations in check, it's still just a PS4 (and now Xbox) game after all but oh boy, my game legitimately looked better pre Yawntrail when I was still using ReShade.

yeah all the hype up for a graphical upgrade and its barely any better than increasing saturation in your graphics card is funny to me

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Originally Posted by remiff

Would you have preferred to wait until they finished the work in version 9.0?

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Yes? Is this a trick question? I think most of the gaming community thinks things are better off released finished if Cyberpunk or No Mans Sky were any indication. I would rather they had not done the graphics update alongside developing a whole expansion. Rather, I think it would have been better to focus on the graphical update and set the target of doing Dawntrail another year out at least. At the end of a long story arc and before a new one is kind of the perfect time to pause and do that.