Quote Originally Posted by Freyyy View Post
Is it me or the whole graphic quality was way better in 1.0 ? I didn't play 1.0 but everytime I see pictures of it I find it way more beautiful than what the game looks like now.
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The lighting seems better, the shadows look better, the hair looks like actual hair, the textures seem to look better too. Looks like an upgraded version of what we have here. Wtf happened ?
Because it was better. It was also too much.



Outsourcing, lack of direction, and lack of experience with this game genre were what happened. Development back then was focused almost entirely on graphics--which is a big selling point in the FF series--but hardly anything on actually making a playable game.

Some players stuck with it, but for most, it was a disaster. And that put SE in a really bad position.

Yoshida took over and saw what was available was mostly unsalvageable. So he had development working overtime to practically remake the game from the ground up, while also pushing for improvements to make 1.0 playable until 2.0 could be released. And so it's "A Realm Reborn".