Yoshi-P lied

[CStrife912]

Yes and no? There are things that really need it like the shadows could be a bit smoother. The grass could also use a bit of Zhuzhing. When ARR came out it had to run on PS3 graphics capabilities. It's just the first thing they decided to do on their list of things to do to make the game hopefully last another decade. The ARR races are starting to show their age and a lot in the community have been asking for an upgrade for years. And if what they showed us during that live letter that gave us a sneak peek of where they are for the upgrade then I'll take it. I mean sure XIV isn't as bad as XI is but this game hasn't also been put out to the pasture so to speak.

I mean I would go a step further that the visual upgrade isn't just textures and lighting they are also expanded memory allocation to animation....they say for longer emotes but that can extend into the cutscenes for instance like its very much tools being expanded on to cater to what they like. 14 has good art direction and its textures for the most part carry the game but going that step beyond will keep it going for the next 10 years easily even with new unreal engine 5 MMOs on the horizon.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

I mean I would go a step further that the visual upgrade isn't just textures and lighting they are also expanded memory allocation to animation....they say for longer emotes but that can extend into the cutscenes for instance like its very much tools being expanded on to cater to what they like. 14 has good art direction and its textures for the most part carry the game but going that step beyond will keep it going for the next 10 years easily even with new unreal engine 5 MMOs on the horizon.

If the graphics are so good why do most people use Reshade? It's because the game is so bland with color it's ugly

[CStrife912]

If the graphics are so good why do most people use Reshade? It's because the game is so bland with color it's ugly

I never said they were so good also visual appreciation is subjective yeah it can be a bit washed out or darker colours but for the most part it is fine in my eyes. I play on PS5...I have a PC license but my computer isn't for gaming. I have a steam deck due so I can go on holiday and play it in me time I get but even then won't be using mods for it. I would like to see the stats of players on console and players on PC (I would think roughly 40/45% are likely console) and what % of PC use reshade cause I am betting granted spitballing...that the percent of players using reshade isn't massive in the grand scheme of things. I have seen so many presets and yeah the colours pop more..but so much bloom or depth of field etc just makes the image ugly. Not saying they all are but a lot of them do go real heavy on post-processing effects.