Copypasta XIV - What were they thinking?

[Chipmungus]

One of the major complaints regarding the initial release of Final Fantasy XIV; Eorzea was made up of copy-pasted chunks of zone, with a few set-pieces here and there.

I'm sure we all remember this video, and how many complaints were made against the game because of it.

Vidya

Now, as any Final Fantasy fan knows, monsters in new titles may resemble their counterparts in earlier entries.

For example, the bombs in FF8 (1999) and FF9 (2000):





You can see that they're recognisable as the same creature, but they're clearly different models with different textures.

I was surprised to find that a huge number of monsters in ARR have been directly lifted from both XI (2002) and XII (2006).

[Chipmungus]

Final Fantasy XI - 2002~2006

MT - Damselfly
MT - Crab
MT - Pugil
MT - Puk
MT - Giants
MT - Qiqirn
MT - Saplings
MT - Wamoura
MT - Wamouracampa
MT - Frogs/Poroggos
MT - Demons
MT - Ghosts
MT - Orobons
MT - Colibri
MT - Ash Dragon (Final boss - Amdapor Keep)
MT - Gargouille
MT - Mandragora
MT - Ochu
MT - Sandworm
MT - Adamantoise
MT - Bird / Crow
MT - Uragnite
MT - Lamia/Merrow
MT - Mamool Ja
M - Manticore
M - Flans
M - Goblins
M - Hydra
M - Atomos (Cavernous Maw)
Design - Carbuncle
Design - Goobbues
Design - Raptors
Design - Imps
Design - Opo-Opo
Design - Apkallu
Design - Peistes
Design - Soulflayer

Final Fantasy XII - 2006

MT - Mirrorknight
MT - Bull Croc / Feral Croc
MT - Dragon Aevis
MT - Miriam Facer (Qarn stone heads)
MT - Miriam Guardian (Qarn final boss)

Are there plans to replace any of these in the future? The XII models are of such a ridiculously low quality that they're actually distracting to see, in-game.

[Chipmungus]

M = Model
T = Texture

[coldreactive]

When I saw maps linked by some of my friends, I immediately noticed some of the layouts were reminiscent of Final Fantasy 12. Let's not forget that FF14 actually released before FF13 in a few places. None of this, nor what you will say will deter me from continuing to support this game (and their cash shop) however. I love the story too much to care about the models/etc. right now.

[Tarkus]

Chip here is absolutely right and has in no way coerced me into making this post.

Say what you want about "that FF feeling", but seeing all these (comparatively) low-quality models and textures in a game that once prided itself on having the best graphics since sliced cheese is pretty depressing.

[Tupsi]

Chip here is absolutely right and has in no way coerced me into making this post.

Say what you want about "that FF feeling", but seeing all these (comparatively) low-quality models and textures

You may want to boost your graphics settings or go to PS4/PC

[Tarkus]

You may want to boost your graphics settings or go to PS4/PC

I'm playing on PC with maximum settings. That doesn't change the fact that the stuff from XI/XII still looks like it did on PS2.

[Alistaire]

I'm playing on PC with maximum settings. That doesn't change the fact that the stuff from XI/XII still looks like it did on PS2.

You must have some amazing nostalgia glasses to think that.

[Aegis]

You may want to boost your graphics settings or go to PS4/PC

Can I boost it back to the texture resolution we had 4 years ago?

DX11 update isn't increasing the resolutions btw. Does anyone know when we're actually getting that? It seems to have slipped off the radar.

[Tupsi]

Can I boost it back to the texture resolution we had 4 years ago?

DX11 update isn't increasing the resolutions btw. Does anyone know when we're actually getting that? It seems to have slipped off the radar.

I wish. They said it's being released around the time of the Expansion, so whenever they decide to release the expansion.