Yay, We're Pretty Again!

[bobbygunz]

It seems like no one gets that no matter how much they try to get that point across.

To be fair, they might not have been "freaking out" though, they might just have seen something and then expressed a concern about what they saw. Which is probably more productive and constructive than sitting on their hands and just doing nothing and hoping for the best.

[KiriA500]

To be fair, they might not have been "freaking out" though, they might just have seen something and then expressed a concern about what they saw. Which is probably more productive and constructive than sitting on their hands and just doing nothing and hoping for the best.

No, people are just freaking out. Plain and simple.

[bobbygunz]

No, people are just freaking out. Plain and simple.

Pretty sure freaking out means something different than people simply commenting on stuff they observe. Besides, most people were dealt a lesson on giving SE the benefit of the doubt with version 1.0, so they prefer to be pessimistic, given the track record.

[KiriA500]

Pretty sure freaking out means something different than people simply commenting on stuff they observe. Besides, most people were dealt a lesson on giving SE the benefit of the doubt with version 1.0, so they prefer to be pessimistic, given the track record.

No, freaking out means just that. They freak out about nothing.

If you have to be pessimistic about this game, you should just leave. If it has come to the point where you have to see the glass as half empty, then you've already established the game as bad in your mind.

Also, when literally everything shown to us causes waves of tears, it's no longer about "concern," it's just plain crying. Not everything can be that upsetting.

[Starlord]

No, freaking out means just that. They freak out about nothing.

If you have to be pessimistic about this game, you should just leave. If it has come to the point where you have to see the glass as half empty, then you've already established the game as bad in your mind.

Also, when literally everything shown to us causes waves of tears, it's no longer about "concern," it's just plain crying. Not everything can be that upsetting.

Yeah when they say " Subject to change" or " In-Development" You would think people would understand that it will most likely "change". Sadly it's " what they see first is what they think the game is going to be like."

[bobbygunz]

No, freaking out means just that. They freak out about nothing.

If you have to be pessimistic about this game, you should just leave. If it has come to the point where you have to see the glass as half empty, then you've already established the game as bad in your mind.

Also, when literally everything shown to us causes waves of tears, it's no longer about "concern," it's just plain crying. Not everything can be that upsetting.

Well I didn't mean to rain on your parade. Obviously you have a very intense emotional attachment to your faith in ARR, so I hope all the people who were freaking out didn't hurt your feelings when they freaked out as they did.

[KiriA500]

Yeah when they say " Subject to change" or " In-Development" You would think people would understand that it will most likely "change". Sadly it's " what they see first is what they think the game is going to be like."

On top of that, there's a lot of people around here who have this thing where they feel their opinion should be the deciding force behind stuff. Let's use the floaty blue dots to display a zone change for example. There are people here to hate it with a passion, and honestly feel they need to be removed from the game. What this tells me, is that they've never enjoyed a single video game before...because there is NO WAY IN HELL every single detail of a game was to their liking.

Some of my favorite games have parts I hate (I'm looking at you Caves from PSO...). Does that stop me from loving the hell out of the game? Nope! Why? Because I'm an adult and I can put petty nonsense to the side if the game is fun enough.

Now, if Yoshi-P actually came out and said "Oh, we had to change the graphics to text only, and there's no music now...also it's single player, and you can't make your character..." then I'd be a little more concerned. That's far from the case though...everything done to this game has been for the better, because the game was pretty flawed.

Well I didn't mean to rain on your parade. Obviously you have a very intense emotional attachment to your faith in ARR, so I hope all the people who were freaking out didn't hurt your feelings when they freaked out as they did.

No hurt feelings here! Thanks for the concern though! <3

I'm just pointing out that maybe some people on this forum tend to take things a tad far.

[AleviaA]

They are both shown in different lights, this makes a HUGE difference.
By skin-tone he probably meant skin definition, how clear it is that its actually skin (Not just a solid colour)
The difference isn't that phenomenal from the two screenshots he's shown really.

Personally, I don't see the fuss. This game looks great so far considering how much they're having to limit it.

He's not just showing the difference between the lighting, as it is quite clear. The main difference is that, although they are in different lighting, the textures and skin definition on the alpha image looks "washed out", and that is quite noticeable. Others have mentioned that the video was on a PS3 platform, but even the pc version was similar. However, the lack of color (washed out appearance), or the shading on the character isn't defined enough. Basically, something is just different from both, and he is sharing this observation.

The differences between alpha and 1.0 shading may be drastic or minimal, but there is a difference between them. I honestly did not have an issue with how alpha's shading was presented, as it was a success considering it's 'in development' phase. However, I am glad they toned up the details and shading to where 1.0 left off. Alpha simply did not feel like the original 1.0, as far as character detailing went. Now, it feels more like FFXIV, which I must say, I am happy about.

[Tonkra]

OMG Praise the lord we have Skin tone again! The first time they showed footage of ARR, despite knowing it was unfinished, I was so worried we would be getting a Dramticly Different Character Art Style.

Alpha:



Beta:


So happy to see things have gotten back to normal and that we didn't have to sacrifice High Quality Character Models for performance enhancements.

well its just the lightning? the first character is in the spot of light and the second in the shadows?

X.X

[fusional]

On top of that, there's a lot of people around here who have this thing where they feel their opinion should be the deciding force behind stuff. Let's use the floaty blue dots to display a zone change for example. There are people here to hate it with a passion, and honestly feel they need to be removed from the game. What this tells me, is that they've never enjoyed a single video game before...because there is NO WAY IN HELL every single detail of a game was to their liking.

Some of my favorite games have parts I hate (I'm looking at you Caves from PSO...). Does that stop me from loving the hell out of the game? Nope! Why? Because I'm an adult and I can put petty nonsense to the side if the game is fun enough.

Now, if Yoshi-P actually came out and said "Oh, we had to change the graphics to text only, and there's no music now...also it's single player, and you can't make your character..." then I'd be a little more concerned. That's far from the case though...everything done to this game has been for the better, because the game was pretty flawed.

No hurt feelings here! Thanks for the concern though! <3

I'm just pointing out that maybe some people on this forum tend to take things a tad far.