Dengeki Playstation 25/04/2011, new game information inside ?

[Seif]

So basically nothing to look forward to according to this article then. Btw they never said anything about the game having less copy/paste just maybe small tweaks to texture resolutions which are barely worth mentioning.

I wonder why there's no pressure from the community to CHANGE not tweak the current landscapes because as far as I'm concerned that's some of the most boring scenery design I've seen in a fantasy (especially final) game.

[Akira_Tenshi]

So basically nothing to look forward to according to this article then. Btw they never said anything about the game having less copy/paste just maybe small tweaks to texture resolutions which are barely worth mentioning.

I wonder why there's no pressure from the community to CHANGE not tweak the current landscapes because as far as I'm concerned that's some of the most boring scenery design I've seen in a fantasy (especially final) game.

There has been pressure from the community. It is an issue that is constantly brought up but we just know that it's going to be right on the bottom of the list of things to do for Square, in fact i doubt they would even consider it. I think all we can hope is that future zones are done by someone less lazy and retarded.

[Magnus]

There has been pressure from the community. It is an issue that is constantly brought up but we just know that it's going to be right on the bottom of the list of things to do for Square, in fact i doubt they would even consider it. I think all we can hope is that future zones are done by someone less lazy and retarded.

Perhaps I imagined it, but didn't Yoshi-P himself claim that redesigns of the current zones was in progress? If not in progress, then certainly in mind, however, they would just take some time.

Personally, I think the biggest problem with the zones isn't so much the copy/paste environments (many MMOs are guilty of this) but the size of the areas themselves and the fact that landmarks or areas of interest are so few and far between. On the other hand, if you do take the time to look around, there are several visually stunning spots scattered throughout like the windmill farm southwest of Camp Glory. If they kept these landmarks intact and just made the areas smaller while including better transitions between zones, the copy/paste wouldn't be so blatantly obvious.

[Abriael]

I wonder why there's no pressure from the community to CHANGE not tweak the current landscapes because as far as I'm concerned that's some of the most boring scenery design I've seen in a fantasy (especially final) game.

because
1: you're not "the community", and most of the community disagrees with that. Some asset recycling doesn't change the fact that the landscapes are lovely in looks, and just require the addition of more key landmarks.
2: because most of "the community" isn't as completely brain-dead stupid as to believe that throwing the whole maps into the bin and making completely new one is a realistic option, resources-wise.

Then there are the trolls, that are completely clueless and that think that the extensive use of bold adds more solidity to their mindless rants, but luckily those don't represent "the community".