Quote Originally Posted by BelgianRofl View Post
#1, You and Elkwood having zero understanding about what pre-rendering is does not mean everyone disagrees with me. Did you even look at the 3dMark 2005 video showcasing vastly superior real-time graphical technology?
You're showing some very selective reading. A very vast majority here says that the graphics are fantastic. Also, are you seriously comparing a benchmark program (which is not even a game) with a MMORPG?.

#2, You've posted on this thread probably about 45 times. That means my thread is epic WIN.
You have a quite wild idea of "win" if you think that being proven wrong 45 times no matter how you spin it has anything to do with winning

#3. Pause the 2005 video at 9 seconds in and examine what you see. The walls, posts etc.. of the structure do not cast shadows. Light is allowed to pass through as if there are no walls, lampposts, or rails. Hence, no shadows on the characters either. Same thing as compared to FFXIV today.
Nope, characters in FFXIV today cast shadows both on environment and on themselves. It's an entirely different effect, as FFXIV uses as the only dynamic light sources the sun and the moon.