Breaking down some of the screenshots

[Ikea]

I told you it was an Alpha build right after you posted, low rez textures on ground and fauna are gonna change

Well, I guess I should have replied to you and asked where you got the info that they are gonna change etc? I am having a hard time taking someones word on forums, since most stuff is made up. But if it's official that's great, just what I wanted to hear.

Edit: Not trying to sound hostile and saying you're not trustworthy, but just in general that's the case, hope you understand.

[Whoamiki]

I'm a bit curious about the 'empty' slots in the PT list...



We don't see them in:



EDIT: they must be part of the mission/quest/leve that the player is on in the first SS.

I'm more curious about "Lulu" having no last name!

[MrKupo]

I think my favorite thing about the screenshots is the use of more natural barriers and boundaries. Rather than having everything on a plateau or in a little canyon, we see trees and shrubbery blocking the way to places not intended to be reachable. Right now, I find myself having to look up to see the scenery. These seem way more natural and just plain beautiful.

[redmage]

I'm more curious about "Lulu" having no last name!

Lulu from FFX has no surname.

[Holy_Dragoon]

It's official, I'm running an alt to re-experience this game from 0 on one of the blank servers. This looks too good.

[Whoamiki]

Lulu from FFX has no surname.

I'm aware of that, but with how this game is, you can't not have one. This shows otherwise.

[redmage]

I'm aware of that, but with how this game is, you can't not have one. This shows otherwise.

Considering it's a dev screenshot... I'm sure they can make it not show one easily. That said, they could allow us to not display last names or no longer needing surnames.

[Elexia]

I'm aware of that, but with how this game is, you can't not have one. This shows otherwise.

Chocobos can only have singular names from what I know of. Surnames are here to stay.

[Otaku]

Well, I guess I should have replied to you and asked where you got the info that they are gonna change etc? I am having a hard time taking someones word on forums, since most stuff is made up. But if it's official that's great, just what I wanted to hear.

Edit: Not trying to sound hostile and saying you're not trustworthy, but just in general that's the case, hope you understand.

I understand around here, I have played a couple alpha/beta builds of games and on small things like ground and fauna textures they just run low rez then put the high rez ones in after debugging and testing, it looks to me as they already have the high rez textures on the character and mob models so I'm thinking they are moving along nicely and we should expect the beta on time but you never know what could happen between now and then.

EDIT: Heck SW:TOR didn't even have high rez textures in till weeks after the release, almost forgot about that ><

[Quesse]

It's Alpha, def not on high settings, still looks amazing

It has the possibility of looking amazing if the textures aren't crap. I am a bit worried that making a more accessible game engine also means dumbing down the graphics. Hopefully it simply means streamlining or making the code more efficient. While I agree it is probably 'alpha' I find it hard to agree that someone would purposely take screenshots on medium settings. As is, the textures are pretty hideous x_x