The new concept screenshot is a real-time in-game render!

[Krausus]

they said addons, they didnt specify how much they could do, and it is spoonfed, and this isn't real life, I don't go home to play video games to mimic real life

seeing an exact hate list is spoonfeeding information, seeing which mobs aggro and which dont is spoonfeeding information, seeing the exact hate effectiveness of an attack is spoonfeeding

it is figuring out how much is too much that the developers need to account for

there is skill in figuring out the effectiveness of strategies and smart use of abilities, hate list and the like take these away from the game

I think it might be a tad to late to complain about hate meters and aggro icons -.-

[Finuve]

I think it might be a tad to late to complain about hate meters and aggro icons -.-

I do realize that they are already there and thats not going to change, I feel that the game already gives us more information than it should, I just don't want to see it taken too far, there is joy in discovery, and MMOs seem to lack that when they used to be the kings of it

[Tonkra]

I think it might be a tad to late to complain about hate meters and aggro icons -.-

ehm there is an hate-o-meter in the game yet if you switch it on in the options.


am i the only one who is really suspicious about the new engine?

New FFXIV
Old FFXIV
Old
Well i personally dont like the screenshot at all... these colorful colors, the textures seem to me very "cartoonie" and not that sharp, no texture bump mapping like now.

it looks like an "AION", "Rift", "WoW", "Insert typical MMOrpg from today here" with these powerful colors, the big sword... i hope that this wont come true.


what i like about the screen is the typical FInal Fantasy hand cursor when targeting a target.
and the boss mob seems to have three parts which can be attacked .

are they downgrading the graphic engine to cartoonie optic to make it possible to run it on the ps3? well lets see... i dont like the shot.

[Zenaku]

ehm there is an hate-o-meter in the game yet if you switch it on in the options.


Screenshot
Well i personally dont like the screenshot at all... these colorful colors, the textures seem to me very "cartoonie" and not that sharp, no bump mapping like now.

it looks like an "AION", "Rift", "WoW" with these powerful colors... i hope that this wont come true.

ya that what i thought when i saw it but people keep saying it look better i don't understand people sometime i guess people like that type of art look. I hope we allow to change the look of the game to look more real and less colorful.

[Wynn]

ya that what i thought when i saw it but people keep saying it look better i don't understand people sometime i guess people like that type of art look. I hope we allow to change the look of the game to look more real and less colorful.

I'm one of the people that thinks it looks better. But hey, everyone's tastes are different. That's just the way it goes

[Kostya]

Well i personally dont like the screenshot at all... these colorful colors, the textures seem to me very "cartoonie" and not that sharp, no texture bump mapping like now.

I really want to know how the hell that looks cartoony. And, FFXIV currently uses Normal maps, not bump. Bump would be going a step backwards.

it looks like an "AION", "Rift", "WoW", "Insert typical MMOrpg from today here" with these powerful colors, the big sword... i hope that this wont come true.

Powerful colors? Everything looks pretty dark and muted to me honestly. And the big sword? Because big swords are something new to Final Fantasy? (Cloud, Tidus, Squall... hell Sephiroth has a freaking 6ft long sword)

[Eldaena]

I think some of the UI elements are being unnecessarily tweaked in this image (if this is a concept of what they'd like to do.) I don't need glowing bars and symbols, and I think the chat box looks even more confusing to look at than the one we have currently. Minimalistic and simple is the way to go with this game in my opinion. I want things there for me to look at if necessary, but I don't want it constantly catching my eye instead of the fight. I also don't want stuff all over the screen either. A lot of the information I get from the fight I see by just watching it, rather than reading. I know some people cannot, but I play on a large tv and can see things like when a mob is readying something or when it says "incapacitation" etc on a mob depending on what you're doing to it. And the text for that isn't over the top either. It doesn't draw too much attention away from the fight and it informs you, which is welcomed in my eyes.

Edit: Btw, who thinks they should add a "block" text over your character if you block with a shield? lol (It doesn't seem to show a proper blocking animation so you can do phalanx or something... it seems to just be doing such things blind right now unless you read your text box.)

[Answa]

ehm there is an hate-o-meter in the game yet if you switch it on in the options.


Screenshot
Well i personally dont like the screenshot at all... these colorful colors, the textures seem to me very "cartoonie" and not that sharp, no texture bump mapping like now.

it looks like an "AION", "Rift", "WoW" with these powerful colors, the big sword... i hope that this wont come true.


what i like about the screen is the typical FInal Fantasy hand cursor when targeting a target.
and the boss mob seems to have three parts which can be attacked by.

I really really really don't see the comparison to Rift or Aion or WoW. It actually looks a lot like The Last Remnant, which is another SE title, when looking at its dark colors.

[Tonkra]

I really really really don't see the comparison to Rift or Aion or WoW. It actually looks a lot like The Last Remnant, which is another SE title, when looking at its dark colors.

well you mean, when looking at its colorful colors...

or you can compare the colorful look to FFXIII-2 which dont has to be a good think.

FFXIII-2

[Answa]

well you mean, when looking at its colorful colors...

or you can compare the colorful look to FFXIII-2 which dont has to be a good think.

FFXIII-2

Those are the same colors as in FFVIII, IX, X, X-2, and XII. And Kingdom Hearts. And Dissidia.

... and NOT FFXIV 2.0