Grass

[AlexNiculaie]

It's a video game. Who the hell really cares that much about what the grass looks like grass. I can honestly say i have never heard anyone ever talk about the way grass looks in a game. Ever. Seriously, this is such a waste of forum space.

[Shougun]

It's a video game. Who the hell really cares that much about what the grass looks like grass. I can honestly say i have never heard anyone ever talk about the way grass looks in a game. Ever. Seriously, this is such a waste of forum space.

Yeah so character models can look like crap too, and the buildings.. No wait.. they cant.

People who post like this have no idea what they are talking about. Every element is important. You dont halfass things.

[Vilhem]

Yeah so character models can look like crap too, and the buildings.. No wait.. they cant.

People who post like this have no idea what they are talking about. Every element is important. You dont halfass things.

I agree, there are people with an eye for everything, including grass.

Though I cannot say much because of NDA, I think you should wait until beta rolls around to see the difference. I'm 100% sure it'll be there

[Shioban]

Yeah so character models can look like crap too, and the buildings.. No wait.. they cant.

People who post like this have no idea what they are talking about. Every element is important. You dont halfass things.

Its normal for an MMO, even under the brand name of Final Fantasy to make compromises like this. Performance is always a concern over visual fidelity. No matter how much baby rattles his cage, its always the first consideration, "Will this impact gameplay?" In theory it could, yes.

Another problem may be that there 'are' no high resolution textures for the grass, they may have been produced at that resolution (unlikely) therefore making it a task of re-doing all the displacement textures.

Also, grass isn't really high on the "To-Do" list for a 2-year game remake, i'd say.

"Just saying"

[Shougun]

Its normal for an MMO, even under the brand name of Final Fantasy to make compromises like this. Performance is always a concern over visual fidelity.

Sure compromises happens but at what point should they exisit? SE, through Yoshida, has already stated their goal is to make the best looking MMORPG.

If anything I'm helping them achieve their goal by saying hey, you guys, your fuana, your flora, its pretty old looking.

Their compromise is that of a next gen 2005 game. At least the use of transparency and a different model style to begin with would have looked better. The way the flora is now reminds me of WoW's where its all disparate distinct elements that dont flow with the enviroment (of course they have tried to update that over time - I'm talking its original stuff, thats how I feel of ARR's).

@Gramul, thanks for the understanding.

[Gramul]

It's a video game. Who the hell really cares that much about what the grass looks like grass. I can honestly say i have never heard anyone ever talk about the way grass looks in a game. Ever. Seriously, this is such a waste of forum space.

He's entitled to have his own views about the games direction and express them. He clearly feels passionate enough to share his views in depth and try to communicate his viewpoint to the rest of the community so he can reach an understanding, and while I don't agree with the importance he puts on it, I totally see his point. The fauna encompass a pretty large chunk of the game and it's there to add to the aesthetic. If its of substandard quality, you get a substandard aesthetic flair, and why would we want that when so many other MMOs can pull it off.

I certainly wouldn't call it a "waste of forum space".
Especially with the accursed "meme" thread still active.

[Galliano]

It's a video game. Who the hell really cares that much about what the grass looks like grass. I can honestly say i have never heard anyone ever talk about the way grass looks in a game. Ever. Seriously, this is such a waste of forum space.

Considering a major part of a video game is the graphics, I think if people want to discuss the games grass or any other graphical feature on these forums, they have a right to.