Lackluster Graphics in FFXIV

[Zenaku]

You do understand if you play on low setting vs high you do see how good the game is? top of that it's working on DX9 for my understand SE said they update it in 5years or less take a chill pill the game still looks good for a mmo you can't compare to a offline game or -.- wow.

They made it dx9 so window xp can play the game for users who still play on that system. i'm guessing they update it when window 7 become more mainstream later on maybe the first Pack of the game. The game have no limit vs ffxi because they said they would update it for pc to dx10 and dx11 later on.

So at the end this is a pointless topic.

[Martin]

You do understand if you play on low setting vs high you do see how good the game is? top of that it's working on DX9 for my understand SE said they update it in 5years or less take a chill pill the game still looks good for a mmo you can't compare to a offline game or -.- wow.

They made it dx9 so window xp can play the game for users who still play on that system. i'm guessing they update it when window 7 become more mainstream later on maybe the first Pack of the game. The game have no limit vs ffxi because they said they would update it for pc to dx10 and dx11 later on.

So at the end this is a pointless topic.

Yup it is useless, so why don't we ask a mod to close it up?

[Zenaku]

Yup it is useless, so why don't we ask a mod to close it up?

Because i may find it a useless topic on something SE said base on the information of interview does not mean that others may find this a pointless topic. My point is that game look nice for a mmo, Rift look nice but i find FFXIV too look better on max setting. When they add dx10 and dx11 eyecandy the game would need a much better Video card which wont be out too 2-5years so it may be best to hold on it for now. top of that DX9 was best to allow window xp to play this game which it seem a lot of user are still using.

[Martin]

Because i may find it a useless topic on something SE said base on the information of interview does not mean that others may find this a pointless topic. My point is that game look nice for a mmo, Rift look nice but i find FFXIV too look better on max setting. When they add dx10 and dx11 eyecandy the game would need a much better Video card which wont be out too 2-5years so it may be best to hold on it for now. top of that DX9 was best to allow window xp to play this game which it seem a lot of user are still using.

Never said it didn't looked nice, read what I wrote way up (back) on this thread that everyone ignored, the game is FINE, but nobody cares and keep complaining, whinning and q.quing about game graphics, and compare them to other game's ones and bla bla bla... they end up becoming trolls... TROLLING this nice game's forums :/

[Zenaku]

Never said it didn't looked nice, read what I wrote way up (back) on this thread that everyone ignored, the game is FINE, but nobody cares and keep complaining, whinning and q.quing about game graphics, and compare them to other game's ones and bla bla bla... they end up becoming trolls... TROLLING this nice game's forums :/

By all means i was not pointing what i said about you am just giving my point of view about this topic. WoW came out 2004 and FFXI is 2years older and look better. FFXIV look better then any mmo out there i saw video and clips of Rift and it look like any other mmo out there it really look like Aion and a free mmo i played but with better graphics. FFXIV water look very nice on high setting and by far best looking mmo out there.

Now graphic wise i think ppl just like the look of other mmo but does not mean it graphic are better then ffxiv.

the only thing that i hate about FFXIV is when you walking in the city you see the walls loading up and as you move so at first everything far look bad then they look nice when you load them. But i'm guessing this is due to the fact there no zones like ffxi so we have to load the city walls and image as we move in the world.

[Randis]

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The World Graphics - most notably in Limsa Lominsa - are very sub-par.

Light is allowed to shine through walls and objects. Buildings/Landscapes do not cast shadows or reflect on water like they should. The inside of helmets light up when it should be dark.

Repeating textures are worse than in world of warcraft - again, most notably on Limsa Lominsa cliffs.

FFXIV also has some of the ugliest water graphics of any game made in the last 10 years.

**** http://i.imgur.com/nmxe9.jpg **** <- Click Here to see an evolution of graphics throughout the years.

I don't understand what happened between FFXIV 2005 and FFXIV 2010...

[BelgianRofl]

Game-set-match
Cause you ppl actually TRY to hang on details to find a reason to bash the game instead of stop playing it.
If you're gonna complain about the water in FFXIV then Ill complain about the caracters in other MMOs.
If you're gonna complain about the shadows in FFXIV I'll complain about the lack of detail in about everything else in any other MMO.
You talk about details, I talked about major stuff like your whole damn character.

FFXIV lacks serious basic stuff like keyword search in retainers, or mounts, or mail system, or working stats, or working hate and battle system, or content for that matter and people like the OP worry about petty details that can be worked around after FFXIV starts making sence gameplay wise.

Do you really think that right now is the time for S-E to focus on these petty details and not in actual gameplay aspects?
I for one do not, and that's the main reason why I am completely against this topic.

In a few words: I don't give two s**** if they ever fix shadows or water, what's curently there works fine as long as they fix the stuff I already mentioned.

Just because SUCK is the standard in MMOs, doesn't mean everyone has to settle for it. The technology is available. There's no reason SE couldn't implement it - especially if they had used a better game engine.

[BelgianRofl]

They made it dx9 so window xp can play the game for users who still play on that system. i'm guessing they update it when window 7 become more mainstream later on maybe the first Pack of the game.

Unreal Tournament 3 was a DX 10 game. It works just fine on Windows XP systems. Not only that, but DX9 supports reflecting water and shading..... why is it not here?

[BelgianRofl]

And what's with all you people giving me grief about comparing a 2010 MMO to single player games? Wave Race 64 released 15 years ago on a .064Ghz processor with 4 megabytes of ram... it had reflecting water...

[Martin]

And what's with all you people giving me grief about comparing a 2010 MMO to single player games? Wave Race 64 released 15 years ago on a .064Ghz processor with 4 megabytes of ram... it had reflecting water...

Stop double-posting plox - Why don't you guys end this nonsense?, what's the point of debating this kind of irrelevant topic of "Which game looks the most badass"? ATM for me FFXIV just looks FINE, and barely needs some graphical improvements, if you feel like argueing over this for the rest of your days, you're free to do so but do it in PM thanks (Spamming nonsense just to increase your post counts won't make you look any better guys ^^ )