Will FFXIV 2.0 graphics engine still have high quality graphics options?

[tiarnia]

http://www.ffandmore.com/?p=2623

here are the E3 screen shots they are again NOT even up to top level settings but look O SO good

and the new engine is going to be great it will allow me to use high end for my main PC but allow me to play on my laptop finally for on the road play ^^

[Deku]

http://www.ffandmore.com/?p=2623

here are the E3 screen shots they are again NOT even up to top level settings but look O SO good

and the new engine is going to be great it will allow me to use high end for my main PC but allow me to play on my laptop finally for on the road play ^^

Thanks for the link, now I really can't wait for 2.0 lol...

[KiriA500]

...because Bobby Gunz is the source of all that's true and good.

[Neptune]

Here's a screenshot comparison. Tell me what YOU think.



The textures and polygons counts look like they have been downgraded in favor of displaying more character models at the same time. If you read between the lines of the recent interviews two things emerge:

-When asked about the graphics quality it was stated that they're going for maximum characters, i.e. invoking the tradeoff between quality and quantity. That's like if I ask if your health is good and you answer that you bought a 3DS to pass your time at the hospital.
-When asked about the texture quality it was stated that what you see in the screenshots is "pretty much set".
-The E3 demo was stated to be running at "high" quality.
-When asked about the "graphics pillar", accessibility was emphasized, not quality.

So, I don't think it's looking good and I think that's very disappointing. How disappointing the final product is going to be is unknown, but it will probably be somewhere between a big bummer and mass rage quits.

With that said, I hope future screenshots prove me wrong!

[AsterBarnivere]

It's still looks good regardless of the downgrade, it's "Hardly" noticable, to be honest it looks like they just stripped gear of it's reflective lighting.

Now if they changed the graphics to this:


Then I'd probably quit.

[Eekiki]

Keep in mind that what we're seein' is a tech demo mock-up. It was confirmed somewhere (I ain't lookin' it up. Do your own research!) that the systems running the tech demo at E3 were kinda low end.

[darkm0d]

It's still looks good regardless of the downgrade, it's "Hardly" noticable, Now if they changed the graphics to this:
Then I'd probably quit.

Thug Lyfe.

[Yucie]

Here's a screenshot comparison. Tell me what YOU think.



The textures and polygons counts look like they have been downgraded in favor of displaying more character models at the same time. If you read between the lines of the recent interviews two things emerge:

-When asked about the graphics quality it was stated that they're going for maximum characters, i.e. invoking the tradeoff between quality and quantity. That's like if I ask if your health is good and you answer that you bought a 3DS to pass your time at the hospital.
-When asked about the texture quality it was stated that what you see in the screenshots is "pretty much set".
-The E3 demo was stated to be running at "high" quality.
-When asked about the "graphics pillar", accessibility was emphasized, not quality.

So, I don't think it's looking good and I think that's very disappointing. How disappointing the final product is going to be is unknown, but it will probably be somewhere between a big bummer and mass rage quits.

With that said, I hope future screenshots prove me wrong!

The E3 screenshots look perfect to me. As long as the engine is optimized and the graphics can scale anywhere from super-low-end to high-end (which is what they're aiming for, especially to get a wider demographic, I think) I'll be happy.

Hell, I've never been a big graphics buff. I still play all of my PS2 games, and most of my PC games are pretty low graphics grade.. Dawn of War, for example.

Lesser graphics = much more playability.

[Eekiki]

It's still looks good regardless of the downgrade, it's "Hardly" noticable, to be honest it looks like they just stripped gear of it's reflective lighting.

Now if they changed the graphics to this:


Then I'd probably quit.

Hey, at least WoW uses DX11 shaders.

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ppthptptpBAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh geez, I couldn't hold it in any longer!

[Skies]

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WOULD you believe I said the only difference I noticed was the chin? And that i'd pretty much attribute that to the Miqo'te build.

I guess in the belt detail the gold plates seem less like a piece that's floating above the character's model and more like part of it in the 2.0 image as well? But I had to scrunch up far clsoer to my screen than I can reliable play as to do that.