Quote Originally Posted by BelgianRofl View Post
abriel, World of Warcraft released in 2004. Not only that but the graphics in that game look retarded. FFXIV is supposed to have world-class graphics.

FFXI looks better than this game. Sure it has low res textures and polygons, but all FFXIV did was increase polygons and add ugly bump mapping. Lighting and shading makes a WORLD of difference.
Just as a point of interest if anyone has watched any of the Videos that were released prior to the game? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEybd...el_video_title) most models are crafted from digital clay and then they give it a normal map and reduce the poly-count to give a more detailed model in game.

I'm also fairly certain that if people could actually run at full settings (like me and probably only 10% of the community can) then there would be a lot less complaining. They are working on reducing the system strain though so you'll have to wait for that.

I see no problem with any of the textures, mapping or otherwise. Boats look great, water is superior to just about every other that doesn't specifically focus on the water graphics. Light reflects off the surface and from different angles and I can tell the ship is moving just fine when taking the boat trip.

Also have any of you seen what a stone city looks like? The whitewashed stone of Limsa looks more interesting than any stone building I've seen IRL. Just my opinion but I see no reason to complain about a game that does one of the best jobs in the graphics department and in terms of believability.