Thread: Why did they changed this from version 1.0 ?

Originally Posted by Saziel

Are you suggesting ARR's graphics are cutting edge? The game looks like plastic.

The graphics may not be cutting edge, but the tech that is in the game is pretty impressive for an MMO.

The world looks beautiful with it's art style.

Then again, you're probably the type that likes to stare at a wall texture and zoom in 200% to complain there aren't enough bump maps.

This game will have the same problems as XI... you won't notice them now but think 5 years down the line, we're gonna miss out on soo many technical advances because of "PS3 Limitations"

XI was plagued because of ps2

Originally Posted by Kiayin

Eh.. that's one of the things I truly appreciate about ARR. The consistency of the areas. I always found it pretty odd to have a tropic jungle right next to an Inuit area right next to a bog right next to a desert. The world is very small right now -given time, as it gets larger and they open up new zones, it should offer the variety you seek. Forcing variety where it doesn't belong is not the answer in my opinion, the world of ARR wasn't built with that kind of climate and terrain changes in mind. That being said, I do believe we'll get to see zones like the underground ruins in the Shroud, sooner or later!

The division between Coerthas and North Black Shroud is janky. It goes from forest to all of a sudden snowy mountains. Made more sense when Coerthas was not snowy, but that's what we have now.

Originally Posted by Kiayin

That's because we currently only have the middle zone of Coerthas, I believe. They're not contiguous. ^^

Figured. It's surprising how little Coerthas changed (also it's probably the biggest of the zones) compared to everything else. That map helps a lot, I couldn't wrap my head around where the hell Mor Dhona sat, since North Thanalan was separated by 1 zone to Coerthas while North Black Shroud was right beside it.

One word: load.

PS3 limitations.

And it was really lame running for 1-2 minutes with no mobs or anything between "zones". Just because there were no loading screens didn't make it better, it just made everyone want to level a gatherer class for the speed boost ability they could get when far away from nodes and use it to just run places lol (pre chocobos).

Originally Posted by Xerich

The graphics may not be cutting edge, but the tech that is in the game is pretty impressive for an MMO.

The world looks beautiful with it's art style.

Then again, you're probably the type that likes to stare at a wall texture and zoom in 200% to complain there aren't enough bump maps.

No idea what bump maps are.