PS1 game that has better battle graphics than FFXIV

[Jennestia]

It has flashier particle effects, not graphics. Even XI (a 2001 PS2 game) has better particle effects and continues to. In essense the magic/ability effects suffer from what the rest of the game suffered from -- rushed release. A lot of it literally screams placeholder if you've ever done particle design before.

[Neptune]

It has flashier particle effects, not graphics. Even XI (a 2001 PS2 game) has better particle effects and continues to. In essense the magic/ability effects suffer from what the rest of the game suffered from -- rushed release. A lot of it literally screams placeholder if you've ever done particle design before.

It would be nice if it was all placeholders. My suspicion is that they had to do 2D spell effects because of their tangled up engine. If you look around at Chrono Cross there not just particle effects but polygonal battle effects as well, unifying nicely under the umbrella term graphics.

[Fensfield]

It would be nice if it was all placeholders. My suspicion is that they had to do 2D spell effects because of their tangled up engine.

CrystalTools was used for Final Fantasy XIII as well, you know >.>;

[ApplePie]

CrystalTools was used for Final Fantasy XIII as well, you know >.>;

And the funny thing is, many gamers loved the spell effects from that game, especially the Area of Effect spells.

In FFXIII, the basic lower level spells had mostly bland animations, such as the ones in FFXIV, but when you advanced the crystarium, the effects and spells were dramatically better. The spells in FFXIV are neither better nor more bland than FFXI's spell effects, and nobody complained about them because the graphics for higher level magic was mostly present before the vast majority of players joined the game on the NA/EU side.

My only issue with the effects are for DoW with almost each weapon skill looking the same and each Ancient Magic spell looking extremely dull compared to past Final Fantasies, and both raising spells have no animation. I'm perfectly fine with the way my current spells look. I don't want my Fire I looking like what a Firaja VI would look like. And if you actually look at the spells in those games posted above, the lower level spells are comparable to FFXIV's lower level spells.

Perhaps wait for Tier-3 spells and hope for some minor revisions for the current lackluster DoW weaponskills/AM/raise animations that SE stated they are revamping?

[Zantetsuken]

It has flashier particle effects, not graphics. Even XI (a 2001 PS2 game) has better particle effects and continues to. In essense the magic/ability effects suffer from what the rest of the game suffered from -- rushed release. A lot of it literally screams placeholder if you've ever done particle design before.

Exactly.

The graphics engine can do amazing stuff but they haven't really used it yet.

Also, there is no point in working on enhancing the spell effects until the list of spells is finalized in accordance to changes in the battle, class and job systems.

My guess is that the tweaks (level up fanfare, 'larger' spell effects, etc) we've had over the last few months have been attempts to keep players involved while they work on the big stuff. When the FFXIV team unveils the class/battle/terrain changes and the subsequent tune-ups following them, the game will start looking very nice indeed.

Just have to be patient.