Is the water that bad?

[toshimoog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgw3cfEGfE

2. What don't people like about the water? It looks fine to me.. it moves.. has waves.. is semi-transparent and is reflective.... that's water, right?

The water itself looks REALLY nice, but there's one small disappointing thing:
The reflections are completely false. Square Enix seems to have faked the reflections and they don't reflect what's actually above the water. It is a false texture to make it "look like" you are seeing reflections; it is an illusion!

It's not so BAD, but I would have thought that making real reflections would be reasonable.

[Cairdeas]

The water itself looks REALLY nice, but there's one small disappointing thing:
The reflections are completely false. Square Enix seems to have faked the reflections and they don't reflect what's actually above the water. It is a false texture to make it "look like" you are seeing reflections; it is an illusion!

It's not so BAD, but I would have thought that making real reflections would be reasonable.

Its better then the "Duplicate the Topside on the bottomside to simulate mirrors."

I've seen so many games recently where if you turn off clipping and go behind what appears to be a Mirror Surface like a marble floor or waxed floor, if you go under the floor its actually just a semitransparent texture with the room duplicated and mirrored on the otherside to simulate a mirror effect on the floor.

[toshimoog]

Its better then the "Duplicate the Topside on the bottomside to simulate mirrors."

I've seen so many games recently where if you turn off clipping and go behind what appears to be a Mirror Surface like a marble floor or waxed floor, if you go under the floor its actually just a semitransparent texture with the room duplicated and mirrored on the otherside to simulate a mirror effect on the floor.

haha dang, really? I didn't know that, that's pretty funny.
Now watch, Square Enix will probably catch on and replace the "fake reflections" with exactly that xD

actually, that seems like a really smart & easy way to make reflections, because isn't that basically all you need to show? Assuming you don't turn off the clipping, it sounds like the best way to do it (unless you're standing on a slanted surface I guess, then you'll probably have to fix some stuff).