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

[Answa]

I'm having a hard time with it because of how it looks. And don't get me wrong, I like the way it looks. But zoom in closer and look at the UI and then look at XIV we have now. Then look at any other MMO's UI. UI elements are defined and stand out. In that shot it just blends seamlessly into the background as if it were painted. I'm not saying I'm right, but I really have to wonder.

Would you take a screenshot in a bland place doing something boring where the colors do not blend with each other? No. You take the pic that'll impress the most.

And it worked.

[Wynn]

Would you take a screenshot in a bland place doing something boring where the colors do not blend with each other? No. You take the pic that'll impress the most.

And it worked.

I'm not sure you understood what I said. The location is irrelevant. I'm referring to the UI not standing out but instead looking like it is painted onto the scene in the background.

[Answa]

I'm not sure you understood what I said. The location is irrelevant. I'm referring to the UI not standing out but instead looking like it is painted onto the scene in the background.

That's my point. They chose a place where they colors from the UI, its textures (of the layman variety), etc. all blend together in this particular instance of the screenshot. I think the UI looks normal and just like I'd expect a FF to provide, unlike our current uninspired UI. But that's subjectivity and we're not here for that in this topic.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the news that it's real-time, a screenshot from the game. It's still under development, anyway, and could still change from now till release.

[REDace0]

I'm not sure you understood what I said. The location is irrelevant. I'm referring to the UI not standing out but instead looking like it is painted onto the scene in the background.

In this article (search 'photoshop') the author takes a look at the screenshot in Photoshop and finds evidence that the UI was indeed painted on, so you could be right, and I think you are.

Either way, I'm excited about the new engine and floored that they've been working on it in secret for the past several months and have it working. I can't wait for the first video preview of it. I hope they don't hold off until next E3 to give us a glimpse.