PS1 game that has better battle graphics than FFXIV

[Fensfield]

It would be nice if it was all placeholders. My suspicion is that they had to do 2D spell effects because of their tangled up engine.

CrystalTools was used for Final Fantasy XIII as well, you know >.>;

[ApplePie]

CrystalTools was used for Final Fantasy XIII as well, you know >.>;

And the funny thing is, many gamers loved the spell effects from that game, especially the Area of Effect spells.

In FFXIII, the basic lower level spells had mostly bland animations, such as the ones in FFXIV, but when you advanced the crystarium, the effects and spells were dramatically better. The spells in FFXIV are neither better nor more bland than FFXI's spell effects, and nobody complained about them because the graphics for higher level magic was mostly present before the vast majority of players joined the game on the NA/EU side.

My only issue with the effects are for DoW with almost each weapon skill looking the same and each Ancient Magic spell looking extremely dull compared to past Final Fantasies, and both raising spells have no animation. I'm perfectly fine with the way my current spells look. I don't want my Fire I looking like what a Firaja VI would look like. And if you actually look at the spells in those games posted above, the lower level spells are comparable to FFXIV's lower level spells.

Perhaps wait for Tier-3 spells and hope for some minor revisions for the current lackluster DoW weaponskills/AM/raise animations that SE stated they are revamping?