New Screenshots from E3

[Kowen]

I don't understand why they are releasing material in such a low quality.

I like the design of the areas but those screenshots (if they are that and not just some kind of concept art) look a lot lower quality than what we currently have. If they want to give us some promo shots, why not make them as good looking as possible?

You have to remember that they've only had a year and a half or so to push all of these environments out. Not only did they have to replace the game's old maps, the new ones also had to be a lot more unique and fleshed out. Of course with those constraints the texture quality is going to take a small hit.

That being said, it was definitely worth it. I'll hold total judgement until we've been shown more, but so far the areas look artistically beautiful and varied/not nearly as copy-pasted.

[echogame]

SCREAMS OF JOY oh my god my anticipation of 2.0 just shot up like 300%.

[charlemagne]

If they fix the clunkiness of the UI, which they seemingly did. Change a bit of the dynamics in terms of drop rates, and loot rules, which they partially did. And in the end, raise the level cap. From a new players perspective, to say there's not enough content is a joke, and a very laughable one at that. Honestly the game is shaping up to live up to it's expectations. But I think a defining moment will be the route they choose to take in terms of end-game content, as we already sort-of know what to expect from the journey.

I don't know how much content there will be, neither do you. A lot of existing stuff is likely to go and if we remember last time the content was poor at release. Content and the UI were the two biggest problems. I agree the UI is okay now. I hope there will be enough content at release and think there probably will be. Isn't going to stop me worrying about it though.

[Firon]

The Cait Sith design is intriguing since it's pretty much a carbon copy of the 11 design. It be interesting if it's actually related to the ones from 11, since it wouldn't be far-fetched for those who have played through the story.

Showing all these designs though I wonder if they have Gilgamesh hiding somewhere lol. Bringing up images that seem to transcend dimensions yet you don't show off the one dude who's the go to guy when it comes to that.

You mean the FF 11 is a carbon copy of FF 7?

[Darkhaund]

Who is with me that most likely Typhoon Caith Sith and Fenir could be the "lesser primals/avatars" for summoner job?

[Alkar]

But they did appear together in XIII-2

http://youtu.be/ljghWfNT6G0

So, who knows!

True but we don't know why he's in the game yet. If he's appearing as a summon (and his size kinda suggests this imo) he's probably alone.

[Dragonheart]

As i said before, the restyling itself it's awesome, but tecnically soso... texture and foliage really looks in lower res. compared to the actual game (shadows and illumination are really nice) .. I have to say that by judging these screenshots, tecnically the game is worse than Tera... But i think that the final version (or even a gameplay video) will look really better

p.s just an example (screen made by me):

http://i49.tinypic.com/296ojso.png

[Zumi]

I'll reserve judgement until I actually play it. What I want to know is how does it play. Is the lag gone, is the game more responsive? Is it much faster then it is now?

[gahoo]

If people have any questions based on these please let us know and we can see what we can work into our interview tomorrow. Here's our topic on these images: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/forums/...=14683#p331039

[Dragonheart]

I'll reserve judgement until I actually play it. What I want to know is how does it play. Is the lag gone, is the game more responsive? Is it much faster then it is now?

Eh this is the most important thing... Lag, action lock, game response... looking forward these things more than graphics!