did we ever get a flood of information?

[Cynthis]

If you're "very, very frightened" about anything, then you're taking it all way too seriously, and you're also assuming the worst.

It's more important that these features are done right than be released immediately.

Well, very, very frightened in the context of this being a video game of course...

I do agree that it is more important to get these features right but the mere promise to see them in the future will most likely not be enough to retain players who try the game so better then to hold off on the release until they are done properly.

[Ruisu]

How does 8 and 10 tie for the worst Final Fantasies?

Junctions, drawing, level scaling, I could go on. 8 was dogshit.

10 wasn't bad, but it wasn't very impressive.

13 was far from the worst in the series, same with 13-2. They're very lacking titles, but they're not as bad as say, FF8/2.

[Matsume]

They have to show WHY FFXIV ARR is unique and WHY someone has to prefer it over GW2, Wow , ecc ecc.

Example, GW2 PR: Gw 2 will be revolutionary! never seen super massive PVP, NO queue on servers, no class trident (tank healer dps), no quests but dynamics event, hybrid action combat with a lot of customizzable skill and weapon, dungeons with 4 ways to follow each, ALL servers wide AH , almost NO maintenance, a lot of point of interest on map, jumping puzzle, a lot of e-sport, a lot of colors to customize you amor on fly, great graphics and... all this FREE TO PLAY!!!

...

SE PR: Buy FFXIV, you'll have a deep story, chocobos, airships, and we're raising shadows from the pasts FF cuz we don't know what FFXIV has to be. All this.. for 10.99€ / 12.99€ monthly !

...


Common gamer: GTFO XIV, Welcome GW2.

GW2 Group of People:


FFXIV ARR Group of People:


GW2 Battle:


FFXIV ARR Battle:


GW2 Upclose:


FFXIV ARR Upclose:


Content aside, I prefer FFXIV graphics details and textural quality. If you look at the original non resized GW2 images the resolution isn't that great and the images tend to be slightly pixelated. The GW2 character models look like emotionless manequins lacking facial exressions. Oh, and the grass doesn't look any different.

[Dragonheart]

GW2 Group of People:


FFXIV ARR Group of People:


GW2 Battle:


FFXIV ARR Battle:


GW2 Upclose:


FFXIV ARR Upclose:


Content aside, I prefer FFXIV graphics details and textural quality. If you look at the original non resized GW2 images the resolution isn't that great and the images tend to be slightly pixelated. The GW2 character models look like emotionless manequins lacking facial exressions. Oh, and the grass doesn't look any different.

I don't know if you're currently playing GW2 , and of course "tecnically" is XIV is slighlty superior.

Anyway you selected the worst screens ever lol.. I'm playing GW2 and graphically it is very good. It has a very beutiful and big world, a lot of character and monster on screen, a lot of particulars, best water ever and most important thing.. The world feels "alive". A lot of review stated that Tyria (GW2 world) is one of the most beutiful of an mmo.

And speaking about lifeless face... NO WAY. GW2 has the best idle animation that i have ever seen in an mmo, the face, eyes, eyebrown, the skin, the mouth are always animated. And i hope that they add these animations in ARR too, they really bring life even if your character is simply standing. Atm i think the opposite. FF character looks like dolls without expression, 0 idle animation, no face movement, eyes always look in one point etc.

I really hope that they add idle animations like GW2, really they're great and with the character design of FFXIV they could be even better.

[Matsume]

I don't know if you're currently playing GW2 , and of course "tecnically" is XIV is slighlty superior.

Anyway you selected the worst screens ever lol.. I'm playing GW2 and graphically it is very good. It has a very beutiful and big world, a lot of character and monster on screen, a lot of particulars, best water ever and most important thing.. The world feels "alive". A lot of review stated that Tyria (GW2 world) is one of the most beutiful of an mmo.

And speaking about lifeless face... NO WAY. GW2 has the best idle animation that i have ever seen in an mmo, the face, eyes, eyebrown, the skin, the mouth are always animated. And i hope that they add these animations in ARR too, they really bring life even if your character is simply standing. Atm i think the opposite. FF character looks like dolls without expression, 0 idle animation, no face movement, eyes always look in one point etc.

I really hope that they add idle animations like GW2, really they're great and with the character design of FFXIV they could be even better.

Nope, I haven't played the game. I' got the screenshots from the game's website, likewise for ARR. I admit it probably does not do he game justice and I have no understanding of the game's content other than what was mentioned in that previous post. However I do admit that one screenshot in particular struck me as impressive in regard the game's environment:



But it looked a little "doctored up" when compared to:



Again, these are the screenshots presented by the games own website under the media section. Maybe they weren't running it on highest resolution are haven't updated recently?

Edit: you have to look at the non resized images to see the noticable difference in graphic quality between the two images.

[Dragonheart]

ehm the first one it's an artwork, here is the real screen for halloween event



btw we are OT, but i assure you that in motion GW2 sometimes looks even better than current XIV,
if you look at static screenshots probably XIV is better, but ingame not.

Simply because as i said before, GW2 looks like an alive game, lots of character everywhere, a tons of monster on screen, nice atmosphere etc, nice illumination (like the one we're getting in ARR) if i have time, i'll do a short video to show my character idle animation, so you'll see what i mean and why i want them in ARR too

[Jinrya-Geki]

Junctions, drawing, level scaling, I could go on. 8 was dogshit.

10 wasn't bad, but it wasn't very impressive.

13 was far from the worst in the series, same with 13-2. They're very lacking titles, but they're not as bad as say, FF8/2.

8 you had full control over everyone in your party. You could specifically design each characters role, or make them all super strong in everything.

13 You could do the same, but you did not have full control. The game forced you to play with different characters. I hated Vanille, her constant annoying accented monologue was too much, atleast Tidus wasn't as repetitive as her. What I am getting at with her is, I could have anyone in my party in FF8 or 10.

In order to kill a certain enemy you NEEDED Vanille, you couldn't do this mission without her. The Ochu Mission, you HAD to play as her because the AI was too god damn stupid to cast Death over and over. The AI is too stupid to cast deprotect on a mob/boss that is highly susceptible to deprotect, instead it uses it's time spamming fog. AI is dumb.

If you died, you could pheonix down and recover, what happens in FFXIII? Instant game over if leader is taken down... lame.

You would chose a dumb ass AI over full control over a character that you could build yourself?

[Fated]

Look at all the info that's on Loadstone today! What a flood of regurgitation!

[Matsume]

ehm the first one it's an artwork, here is the real screen for halloween event



btw we are OT, but i assure you that in motion GW2 sometimes looks even better than current XIV,
if you look at static screenshots probably XIV is better, but ingame not.

Simply because as i said before, GW2 looks like an alive game, lots of character everywhere, a tons of monster on screen, nice atmosphere etc, nice illumination (like the one we're getting in ARR) if i have time, i'll do a short video to show my character idle animation, so you'll see what i mean and why i want them in ARR too

I detest when game developers put concept art in screenshot sections. It gives me an impression of being decieved. SE does this too by using cutscene shots as "screenshots" when in reality the in game graphics pale in comparison to cutscenes.

Edit: I did see a screenshot of a player fighting an ogre in knee high water and I must admit I was impressed by the reflection in the water.

[Molly_Millions]

Look at all the info that's on Loadstone today! What a flood of regurgitation!

All of that info is important in case anyone missed it. Not everybody reads the lodestone every day and could have easily missed any one of the posts linked to in the new topic. Was it new info? No. Was it needed? Absolutely.