Did anyone see those screenshots?

[Starlord]

That's honestly the only thing we've seen that is short of stunning though, it's entirely possible that it's just not completely finished yet.

Yeah, and I honestly think to imho that the screen look amazing, yes it is a downgrade we knew this would happen, and it's FFXI is not eve close to FFXIV: ARR Graphics ( Currently), and also this isn't even Hi Rez- either.

[Hycinthus]

Not all zones are complete, and the graphics engine isn't even fully optimised yet.

I don't know why they would chose an incomplete zone to post though...probably because of the lore

I think this is not a good approach or mindset.

We're so used to disappointment by SE that we're used to justifying bad things with random explanations like these. This is Gamescom OK, they should not be showing anything that is unfinished. Showing things because of lore? If this were any other games, nobody would be close to coming up with excuses like this.

Step it up SE please. We've resorted to making excuses like "it's probably bad translation", "it's probably a poor choice of words", "it's probably because they want to show lore". while in fact, it's probably just bad design and bad marketing strategy.

Remember when we made all those excuses for "this is only beta, by release everything will be polished", and look what we got.

[AlaulaTheGreat]

SE is that big bad boyfriend we keep making excuses for after our third black eye.

[HiirNoivl]

Well, you may have forgotten this.. but Yoshi-P said they had to Downgrade the Graphics to improve Optimization and User friendly.

Nowhere did Yoshi ever say he was "downgrading the graphics".

Yoshida: It’s the opposite, if current version is high quality then we wouldn’t have recreated the graphics engine.

Link It!

The new engine is built to allow lower end PCs to display higher quality graphics and Higher-spec setups to have even higher quality. The broader range comes with even more customizable options that let you decide how much to lower your FPS when in a busy area, and how much to raise it in a empty area (such as when making HQ screenshots for your FFXIV albums.)

Yoshi's not lowering quality, he's allowing the game to be adaptable to your specific set up.

[MeeYow]

Geez, the first line was a statement of facts - which everyone already knew, the second line was a criticism.

Put the torches and pitchforks down guys.

[Arcell]

I think this is not a good approach or mindset.

We're so used to disappointment by SE that we're used to justifying bad things with random explanations like these. This is Gamescom OK, they should not be showing anything that is unfinished. Showing things because of lore? If this were any other games, nobody would be close to coming up with excuses like this.

Step it up SE please. We've resorted to making excuses like "it's probably bad translation", "it's probably a poor choice of words", "it's probably because they want to show lore". while in fact, it's probably just bad design and bad marketing strategy.

Remember when we made all those excuses for "this is only beta, by release everything will be polished", and look what we got.

Also note that it's only one part of one building in one screenshot. The rest of them are amazing.

[JillyBean]

Just so EXCITED!!!

[Hulan]

I think this is not a good approach or mindset.

Step it up SE please. We've resorted to making excuses like "it's probably bad translation", "it's probably a poor choice of words", "it's probably because they want to show lore". while in fact, it's probably just bad design and bad marketing strategy.

In our defense, it's often true. SE is just a weird company like that. Probably shouldn't be the case, but it's not like we're pulling these excuses out of thin air.

[Starlord]

Remember when we made all those excuses for "this is only beta, by release everything will be polished", and look what we got.

As far as game content is concerned ( which is a Major Factor) It was far from being polished. But were not talking about content were talking about Graphics wise. ( Everyone has there own opinion on this, no right or wrong answer) but I feel like the Graphics has been downgraded ( which was said by Yoshi-P himself). These Screens don't even look Hi-rez and they look amazing.

Also, Graphics don't make games, I'd gladly trade a downgrade of Graphics for and overall awesome game.

[Arcell]

As far as game content is concerned ( which is a Major Factor) It was far from being polished. But were not talking about content were talking about Graphics wise. ( Everyone has there own opinion on this, no right or wrong answer) but I feel like the Graphics has been downgraded ( which was said by Yoshi-P himself). These Screens don't even look Hi-rez and they look amazing.

Also, Graphics don't make games, I'd gladly trade a downgrade of Graphics for and overall awesome game.

I really think downgrade is a poor choice of words. The graphics engine changed so the overall style did as well. Unless you can link to where he says downgrade I'd say it's best to put it differently. I think these screenshots look amazing, far better than what we've got now.