Project Rapture Tech Demo City

[ARoy]

I, for one, would love to see a city like that in XIV. I was actually quite disappointed when none of the three city-states turned out to look like this. It's really unfortunate too because the concept art for areas like this lend a real sense of energy to the world it depicts.

It's too bad the towns aren't more like the opening to Limsa, when it pans over the city and you see people running from place to place and going about their own business. I would love to see a city like that. I'm not sure technically how feasible that is but in comparison the cities do feel pretty lifeless. I've never been a fan of people just standing around waiting for someone to come talk to them. Even if it was a bit of an inconvenience I'd rather see NPCs move from place to place. Perhaps when it gets dark they're not available because they've gone home. Something along those lines.

I realize realistically this probably isn't feasible but I can dream...

Actually yeah, that would be a nice touch of realism. Though unneccesary in Ul'dah because that place is always full of PCs anyway.

EDIT: speaking of realism... there hardly ever tends to be a proper amount of houses in most RPGs. You're left wondering if these people are all homeless. Even painting an urban area into a 2D background would fix this, but most games just flat out ignore it.