PS1 game that has better battle graphics than FFXIV

[Neptune]

Not that good graphics are a bad thing, but I was talking with someone lately and we both agreed that it seemed like the games released nowadays aren't like what they used to be.

And I mean in the sense that they're all graphics and show, and story and content has been sacrificed for it.

In FFXIV's case, they also got lazy with the layout of the graphics.

Yeah I don't know what happened - SE got particularly lazy and carried away with movie-making. Just because you can make it into an interactive movie doesn't make it a good game. Like Tetsuya Takahashi said, that kind of game making is done. At least back in the day they had to work to convey a story and experience. The battle effects I just don't get though. We get a hetergeneous (I'd say homogenous - lol) 2D overlayed blob de jour instead of actual elements in shapes. Chrono Cross puts FFXIV to shame. I'd be happy if those exact PlayStation graphics were copy and pasted into FFXIV. The graininess of it would look so awesome compared to the 2D blobs.