Quote Originally Posted by Ghost_of_Ebina View Post
I've watched videos of Yoshi-P saying 1.0 graphics were so highly defined that it drained a lot of resources just to keep the world running. He said he downgraded the graphics significantly to make sure the game would run without significant lag, so the faded-out / downgraded look was definitely intentional.
Crystal Tools was never meant for an MMO. As well as XIII holds up today, it just wasn't the right engine for XIV.

And it had to run on the PS3...