The new concept screenshot is a real-time in-game render!

[Dreadnought]

Do you really blame us for thinking it was too good to be true?

yes actually, look at the chocobo, see how polygonal his wing is? you can almost see the lighting filter phasing on the wing too.
if you look at the effects youll see clipping in the ground, the mages magic orb is a good example in this pic. these are both things that wouldnt be so apparent in a rendering.

[Dragon]

I'm sorry

But those Graphics are awesome and the same, It just has has a "Darker tone" as The 7th Umbra Era is lead into the "Darkness"

Agreed! I personally like the new dark undertone, as it tells me the game is probably going to become more mature.

God, any change always sends the regular crowd into the, "NO, it's becoming WoW!!!!" panic mode. It looks nothing like WoW. It looks nothing like Tera. By the way, Tu'lia was so realistic, along with Lumoria, right? Oh, and how about Promyvions? Those were realistic too! No, actually, they weren't. Big floating islands in the sky is not realistic, yet FFXI had them. Huge crystals sparkling and floating are not realistic, yet both XI and XIV have had them, along with a ton of other FF games. A zone that looked like the artist was tripping on acid while watching the Frieza saga of DBZ was not realistic, yet it was in XI.

You can have flying islands, an unlimited abyss, and all that sort and still make it realistic - which is something the FF series is known for. Mithras/Miqo'tes for instance actually do look like they'd be what such concepts would look like if they were in the real world, even if there is no such thing as a catgirl in the world. Everything in FFXI does in fact look realistic, even if the concepts themselves aren't realistic, which is what makes it realism to begin with.

It looks dark.. A bit too dark.. That may change the entire game feeling.
But I want to see more before I can definitly say that.

I hope it does change the game's feeling... we need more darker MMORPGs.

[Tsukino]

I love how everyone thought that was just a painting or artist's rendering lol

Technically it could still be touched up after the fact. The UI may not even be necessarily running, nor does it actually need to be playable to qualify for "real-time rendering."

Hopefully his short response of just "of course" would indicate there's nothing to hide there though.

[Fixy]

exactly, so why pay until it comes out?

[Alerith]

exactly, so why pay until it comes out?

Because graphics aren't everything princess.

[Liminality]

Because graphics aren't everything princess.

No one ever calls me "Princess" ; ;

[Zenaku]

-.- i like how the game look now that look more like a downgrade to me then anything how the game look now look 10x better then that on the picture i hope it's not true and we can still keep the type of look FFXIV have now.

That just look like any other game in the market even if it look better in many people eyes it look like a downgrade and look like tera,aion type of look while FFXIV right now look awesome could they just keep the same level of look and add new maps without changing the overall look of the art work .

[Answa]

-.- i like how the game look now that look more like a downgrade to me then anything how the game look now look 10x better then that on the picture i hope it's not true and we can still keep the type of look FFXIV have now.

That just look like any other game in the market even if it look better in many people eyes it look like a downgrade and look like tera,aion type of look while FFXIV right now look awesome could they just keep the same level of look and add new maps without changing the overall look of the art work .

Um... what? It looks exactly the same as it does but slightly darker and not as gray.

[Zenaku]

Um... what? It looks exactly the same as it does but slightly darker and not as gray.

Nope it look diff in many ways the type of detail and realism FFXIV have with crystal tool talking about Look of the char not the area itself look more like Aion sure Aion does not look that bad i just don't like that type of art work.

When i zoom in the picture it does look exactly the same or even better and the lighting look awesome but i don't know i'm just worry it would change how good the detail and realism ffxiv have right now.

[Aion]

Nope it look diff in many ways the type of detail and realism FFXIV have with crystal tool talking about Look of the char not the area itself look more like Aion sure Aion does not look that bad i just don't like that type of art work.

When i zoom in the picture it does look exactly the same or even better and the lighting look awesome but i don't know i'm just worry it would change how good the detail and realism ffxiv have right now.

uh, SE is famous with their details,so I think that isnt gonna move anywhere