Quote Originally Posted by Xmbei View Post
This is a good set up for what I was going to say. Go look at a pre finished refined Pixar movie, (omg ugly) then look at that final product and OMFG that looks amazing it is all there.

Now on your comment on your basing off what you saw in FFXIV 1.xx thats the problem that is a finalized on the shelf edition, and for all purposes in this discussion, ARR is at the same stage as 1.xx was in pre release alpha stage, in development. You can't expect them to be on a new engine and code to be at the 100% already in development when they have stated they are far from it and working hard to get there. In some (not all like yours) posts I have read in this long train of thought we have developed, that this stage should be at 100% and they should already be working on patches and expansion packs and going for that 150% complete feel. We can't expect that till they have had their testing started and underway with feedback.

Again Zai, I am not saying you, because you admit it and show logical understanding... Sadly most have not, and with the past 8-10 pages specifically from the OP they are not... Like really... comparing that masterpiece to a Korean MMO???? They are reaching far now to try and win this discussion, on a alpha video.... I look at it right now and see nothing like a Korean MMO I see expertise that puts games like Aion and Tera to shame. So it is offensive to me and to the rest of us who have faith in Yoshi-P and a huge insult to him to call all this work he and his team have worked the past 1.5 years on for US to enjoy, and turn around and call it a Unreal engine, 5 minute copy paste build Korean mass produced MMO... That as much as it shouldn't... really upsets me... I appreciate the work this team has put into this game to make it amazing playing experience for us... and have someone that is trying to find a footing in a discussion, to call it a poorly thought out and hastily made Korean MMO... just makes me discredit the idea that this person is actually arguing for the better.

Because again, I think we can all, well almost all, agree this does not look like the games the OP is saying it does....

.... sorry that turned more long winded than I originally planned... lol
I understand where you're coming from. I remember reading the Korean MMO slippery slope comment. Whoever made that comment was probably overexaggerating what they fear the game will appear like to them. I personally don't feel that way because I know Square Enix is making this game. I also appreciate the hard work the team has put into the game, and it will be a masterpiece of graphical achievement regardless of whether they implement the missing animations or not. What made FFXIV 1.xx so unique compared to other MMO's was it's stellar and unique animation quality. We simply want to preserve that for ARR as well if at all possible.

My concern revolves mostly around the fact that the pre-alpha footage from Gamescom 2009 of FFXIV shows that animations are what gets done very early in development. And this is the animation we got for FFXIV from that point on.