Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Alpha test now accepting applications

[Laraul]

Not like they only want to test things for high end computers. They'll need folks on the low end as well. Probably more so to be honest. There aren't that many people with super high end custom built gaming rigs. The majority of people are just using mid level Best Buy rigs.

They don't care. Right now the alpha looks more demanding than the current game anyway.

I think it'll be 1.0 all over again.

[Jennestia]

They don't care. Right now the alpha looks more demanding than the current game anyway.

I think it'll be 1.0 all over again.

It's really not -- If they optimized well it's actually less demanding with the same specs.

[Laraul]

It's really not -- If they optimized well it's actually less demanding with the same specs.

The current engine is well optimized. It's still highly demanding though. Will ARR still terminate if you ALT-TAB during full screen? Probably yes. Will you be able to change your graphic settings inside the game? Doubtful. SE doesn't do PC games. They focus on consoles, where you don't have to worry about users with very different hardware configurations.

From what I've seen the game uses basically the same engine. I'm sure changes have been made but they spent four plus years on the existing engine it would be silly not to use it.

[Delsus]

The current engine is well optimized. It's still highly demanding though. Will ARR still terminate if you ALT-TAB during full screen? Probably yes. Will you be able to change your graphic settings inside the game? Doubtful. SE doesn't do PC games. They focus on consoles, where you don't have to worry about users with very different hardware configurations.

From what I've seen the game uses basically the same engine. I'm sure changes have been made but they spent four plus years on the existing engine it would be silly not to use it.

It has been announced many times by Yoshida its a completly new engine, and SE do make PC games here's some off Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...ds=square+enix

It will not be silly not to use Crystal tools for FFXIV because its used for all FFXIII games so their hard work is still going to be used, it was however not optimal for MMOs which is why it performs very poorly here, they have made a new engine designed entirely for MMOs and can scale very well to different devices it can theoretically even run on a PS Vita.

Know the facts before you post especially things that have been officially announced many times in interviews and directly to the community.

[Yucie]

The current engine is well optimized. It's still highly demanding though. Will ARR still terminate if you ALT-TAB during full screen? Probably yes. Will you be able to change your graphic settings inside the game? Doubtful. SE doesn't do PC games. They focus on consoles, where you don't have to worry about users with very different hardware configurations.

From what I've seen the game uses basically the same engine. I'm sure changes have been made but they spent four plus years on the existing engine it would be silly not to use it.

The current engine is not optimized...

[Delsus]

The current engine is not optimized...

It is........ For PS3 and Xbox, and single player games, FFXIII and FFXIII-2 perform really well.

[Yucie]

It is........ For PS3 and Xbox, and single player games, FFXIII and FFXIII-2 perform really well.

We're not talking about those now, are we? Didn't think so.

[Jennestia]

We're not talking about those now, are we? Didn't think so.

The engine isn't optimized for MMOs, which SE themselves have stated numerous times.

[A5ko]

The current engine is well optimized.

No it really isn't.

It's still highly demanding though.

That's because it isn't optimized.

[Firon]

The current engine is well optimized. It's still highly demanding though. Will ARR still terminate if you ALT-TAB during full screen? Probably yes. Will you be able to change your graphic settings inside the game? Doubtful. SE doesn't do PC games. They focus on consoles, where you don't have to worry about users with very different hardware configurations.

From what I've seen the game uses basically the same engine. I'm sure changes have been made but they spent four plus years on the existing engine it would be silly not to use it.

WTF?
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