Next-gen Square Enix engine (article)

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

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I wonder if they could apply Luminous to FFXIV? Also is this new engine better than Crystal Tools?

[LoydTallister]

hmmm looks interesting but I don't see them redoing FFXIV after it has only been out for a year. They already did the best they could to keep the graphics future proof for a time. So anyway don't hold your breath

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

hmmm looks interesting but I don't see them redoing FFXIV after it has only been out for a year. They already did the best they could to keep the graphics future proof for a time. So anyway don't hold your breath

Yeah, I'm sure they won't move over to the new engine, but if the new system was better optimized and could be applied to XIV in a reasonable timeframe I would want them to do it. Also (and I'm not sure about this) I think Crystal Tools can't support DirectX 11.

[Dreadnought]

well remember guys, SE also announced they started working on another large scale MMO. im wondering if they are gonna use this new engine with the new MMO as well as making the new MMO more of a dynamic hack and slash to keep up with the trends.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

well remember guys, SE also announced they started working on another large scale MMO. im wondering if they are gonna use this new engine with the new MMO as well as making the new MMO more of a dynamic hack and slash to keep up with the trends.

Actually that's entirely possible, their next MMO could be running on the new engine.

[Gramul]

Perhaps they will use less giant blocks of cut and paste with this engine.

[Dreadnought]

Perhaps they will use less giant blocks of cut and paste with this engine.

im sure there gonna do things alot differently. i have a feeling the new MMO will be PC based if not exclussive and will cater to a faster paced action environment. a few new MMOs coming feature some amazing aerial moves, i wonder if the new worlds will be more on the side of grand theft auto as far as interractivity goes.

[Seif]

I'm sorry but calling it next-gen is pretty hilarious since it's only made for 360 and ps3 in mind.
Next gen will be the consoles happening after these. Regardless of their tech-specs. Seems a bit of waste of resources though since they only used the crystal tools for a handful of games so far and like all engines CT has probably also been updated several times by now. Luminous is most likely just the 2.0 version of Crystal Tools anyway.

I know I'm not the greatest fan of XII's non-gameplay but one thing I'm absolutely sure of is that XIII is still the most Jaw droppingly gorgeous game when it comes to the technical side of the graphics.

[Zenaku]

The new mmo could be like WoW base only on PC giving you two sides to pick from but great storyline and Base of both PVP/PVE which would be a good idea seeing how Aion,wow,rift don't really have a storyline within the game like FFXI/FFXIV if you call the few CS and small storyline plots a storyline then i don't know what a storyline anymore lol.

[Dyne]

well remember guys, SE also announced they started working on another large scale MMO. im wondering if they are gonna use this new engine with the new MMO as well as making the new MMO more of a dynamic hack and slash to keep up with the trends.

Hmm, if SE is already working on another large scale MMO, it sounds like plan B when they scrap this game lol.