'Agni's Philosophy

[Earendur]

I want to know what are the specs on the PC that is running this, and how long before FF looks like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E2xR7_MSxbI

[Tobalito]

I would like to add to that question. How long before FF looks like that, and still plays like a FF game. I would hate to run down some more tunnels

[Phe]

2x GTX 770 SLI
6x i9 4,9 Ghz CPU
64 GB Ram

[Andreas-Lycaeus]

All information is here:
http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...29_575412.html

For the majority of us who can't speak Japanese though, that is:
GTX 680 graphics card, i7-3770K core processor, 3.5GHz, and 32 GB of RAM

Basically, a LOT of money, but apparently those specs aren't necessary to run it. If you want to go for such an expensive system though, it'll probably cost you around £1000! I wonder how high A Realm Reborn's specs can go.. if I have a system that powerful, it'd be nice to see how gorgeous you could make XIV look!

[Lirion]

As far as I know the demo was running on a GTX 680.

Here's a nice hair demo.

http://youtu.be/mEp47UEjxFk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih3Fjb8XB6g

[Andreas-Lycaeus]

As for when we can see games like this, well.. for consoles like Orbis [PS4], I think it's easily doable, but it's more a matter of how long it'll take for Square Enix to develop a game for a system like that, rather than whether they're capable of it. I don't know much about console specs to be honest, so the Orbis information has me baffled. Perhaps someone can make sense of it all?

http://www.vgleaks.com/world-exclusive-orbis-unveiled/

How does this fare compared to the specs I posted above?

Also:

As far as I know the demo was running on a GTX 680.

Here's a nice hair demo.

http://youtu.be/mEp47UEjxFk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih3Fjb8XB6g

This is fascinating! I love how things like this evolve. I was just looking at how they are trying to make light reflecting off skin look more realistic (translucency etc.). The only thing that irks me is that a while ago someone pointed out how the withered old man in the desert had perfectly manicured nails.. now I can't unsee it!

[Hulan]

Short answer is a very long time. Agni's Philosophy is a tech demo, which means they spent thousands if not tens of thousands of man hours perfecting every aspect of that demo. It's just not practical to spend that much effort on a game designed for release. That being said, as technology gets better, and techniques streamline the process, we will eventually see something of this quality. My Magic Moore's Ball says, 8-10 years, 6 if we are very lucky.

[Phe]

8-10 years, 6 if we are very lucky.

i was hoping for PS4 ... =(
PS5 then...? maybe..?

[Andreas-Lycaeus]

We will probably get something of a similar quality next generation, but obviously not so polished and fluid in presentation. It's wonderful having a visual representation of what to expect from the future, although it's painful knowing how long we must have to wait!

[Pseudopsia]

I saw this news last week:
http://www.examiner.com/article/ps4-...enix-re-posted