Quote Originally Posted by Fornix View Post
A lot of the 1.0 sceneries are terribly bland. Yes, the texture resolutions may be higher. But the worlds are vastly empty. It looks far from amazing, or realistic. It has the appearance of any random Korean grind MMO. I'm glad they took the current direction in terms of graphics. Yes, the texture resolutions may be lower however the world is much less empty in return.
Maybe I'm nostalgia-driven, but I'd give a lot to run through the old 1.x world again.
I'm no Gridania fan (Limsa all the way!) but the old Shroud is way more to my liking since playing in the new one for over a year now. It was a green Labyrinth-like forest with huge, old trees and really eerie, especially with that "music box" music during thunderstorms. Just like in Thanalan it could happen that you ran into a group of 60+ mobs and just wished they didn't see, hear or smell you!
That's also what I miss about Thanalan. It had those random caves with either tiny bats in it or high leveled monsters. Then again, yes it might've been 'empty' for some people, but what do you expect of a desert? I am actually a bit sad that only Southern Thanalan has some dunes in it and then it's just such a small area.
Mor Dhona was simply dangerous and the pink/purple mist just added onto it and told you: Better stay in the camp. At least it was that way when I started playing in 2011.
Oh and don't get me started on the old Coerthas. Let's say I only wish that the snow will melt anytime soon and we get that great Alpine area back with its nice music and mostly clear view of Ishgard.

P.S.: And is it just me, or do the clouds in ARR not even move? 1.x's sky looked quite good imho. Even with that red pulsating pimble in it.


Nevertheless, more pics!

Old THM <3



Nael all the way! Compared to him Gaius was kind of.. lame >.<










Visible belts!