Breaking down some of the screenshots

[bobbygunz]

I would trade it for better gameplay too, but this is irrelevant to this thread. Except if you have the ability to judge gameplay from a screenshot.

As for wanting to have it all, again it's irrelevant. The critic is "worse textures than what we currently have". So we're questioning a possible downgrade, not questioning something we didn't had from the beginning. So maybe we should focus back on the critics instead of mentioning things that have nothing to do with what's been posted?

That put aside, I would like to ask you why are you assuming those screenshots were taken in standard settings? Again, I want a reliable source. If we think about truly logically, they would do like all other companies and present the best settings possible because most people like eye-candies. Unless they stated otherwise. But if that's the case, where is that statement?

The shadows are an upgrade, but everything else looks like a downgrade, and those aetherytes are very ugly. To think S.E. shows a demo on worst settings would be a stretch of the imagination, so I think it's safe to say, they downgraded graphics.

[Dantares]

Looks like they're showing off FFXIV 2.0 to the press

https://twitter.com/Nova_Crystallis/...46496530743296

[Lurex]

Looks like they're showing off FFXIV 2.0 to the press

https://twitter.com/Nova_Crystallis/...46496530743296

Ahhh!! I want to see!!!

[Rane]

Ahhh!! I want to see!!!

You and me both, man. And just about everyone else in the forums.

[Deltara]

I think it is really cool that they are using past character names corresponding to the jobs of their test characters.

I'm really glad they brought back Zidane the carpenter...

[Elexia]

I'm pretty sure Bayo stated at one point they take vanilla screenshots, so even if it's PC they're not boosting the graphics to full, they're showing what it will look like without all the bells and whistles which still looks better than a lot of MMOs. People keep throwing around Tera when saying "best graphics"...there's a difference between bright/cartoonlike textures and photorealistic textures in terms of "better graphics".

[Ikea]

I'm pretty sure Bayo stated at one point they take vanilla screenshots, so even if it's PC they're not boosting the graphics to full, they're showing what it will look like without all the bells and whistles which still looks better than a lot of MMOs. People keep throwing around Tera when saying "best graphics"...there's a difference between bright/cartoonlike textures and photorealistic textures in terms of "better graphics".

If I would've gotten a quote from a dev about this early I wouldn't still be talking

[Lurex]

There are those that just have to focus on negatives. A negative nancy in every crowd.

[bobbygunz]

There are those that just have to focus on negatives.

Well they are screenshots, so can't really focus on much else beyond graphics (which apparently are downgraded). Excuse me for noticing.

[Starlord]

Well they are screenshots, so can't really focus on much else beyond graphics (which apparently are downgraded). Excuse me for noticing.

Eh, anything that SE shows is in Standard Settings ( which is for the people that have low end computers), and the Res. is Obviously on the low side ( to show off that this is going to be for the people that can't afford a high end computer). It is also possible that this is foe the PS3 Graphics.

Even with the graphics on the Low-side it still looks like an epic game. ( give it time, I'm sure Yoshi-P will post High res shots of the Screenshots).

Thats just how I see it.