Its the little things... (post what you like)

[ArcheustheWise]

I love the night sky. How the stars twinkle. The lighting effects in this game are amazing in so many places. How the sunlight filters through the trees in Gridania, the lights of Ul'dah at night from a distance, and especially how your character model reflects light. It's all just lovely.

The sunrays? Oh yeah. i love that. In central shroud it was dusk and the sky was an orange and the rays were breaking through the tree leaves and moving as i did, as it would in real life, my hats off to them, It was quite beautiful.

In all honesty, SE could have done a lazy job and left out so many details. But no, they added in so many things that make the world believable and immersive. It's unfortunate that many players take these for granted and all they care about is getting to endgame and grinding. Why so materialistic?

Agreed. They could have done sprites all over the place but its amazing the level of detail and craftmanship once you just stop and smell the roses. Fishing was actually an eye opening experience. I was sitting there fishing in multiple places and i noticed things such as the float place i keep talking about not only was there a waterfall but there were leaves coming down and falling to the patio i was on, i very briefly forgot it was a game, i enjoyed it alot. Then again im a stickler for details.