Breaking down some of the screenshots

[Starlord]

No one cares for SEs standards. You need some Eyecandy-pics to lure new players. Dont get me wrong, i love the new screenshots, but i also recognize that FFXIV in its current state looks much better on my PC and thats due to the obviously low settings in the released pics.

They also don't need to Falsify their Graphics, when people can't run them on their computers. So it's best to show what is possible for others, then let them be surprised when they up the graphics, simple and less of a hassle in the end.

[Exekutor]

They also don't need to Falsify their Graphics, when people can't run them on their computers. So it's best to show what is possible for others, then let them be surprised when they up the graphics, simple and less of a hassle in the end.

Well thats very honourable, but iam afraid thats not how marketing actually works. Iam not saying that you should promise too much, but why not show maxed out images? All others do it to lure masses of ppl to buy the game and i dont think that the general public will appreciate SEs "honesty".

[Starlord]

Well thats very honourable, but iam afraid thats not how marketing actually works. Iam not saying that you should promise too much, but why not show maxed out images? All others do it to lure masses of ppl to buy the game and i dont think that the general public will appreciate SEs "honesty".

Honesty goes a long way my friend.

[Exekutor]

Honesty goes a long way my friend.

I agree, i just think that SE is more honest than it should. Too much is always bad, and this does also apply on honesty.

[casker]

I'm pretty annoyed that these are probably not the highest settings. But hey, this is Squeenix one of if not the biggest graphics whores in the industry, so I'm not worried and I'm sure we can pump out some better performance.

But at the same time I bet people would find some way to complain either way. If it had really awesome graphics people would just say "SE being graphics whores as usual, nothing to see here." Or "it will probably still run like shit"

In a way, this is kind of ballsy of SE to show off the game like this. Not that it looks awful or something, it still looks really good, but I think it illustrates a little more about their priorities.

Or hey, maybe I'm wrong and this is really the best it can look.

[bobbygunz]

I'm pretty annoyed that these are probably not the highest settings. But hey, this is Squeenix one of if not the biggest graphics whores in the industry, so I'm not worried and I'm sure we can pump out some better performance.

But at the same time I bet people would find some way to complain either way. If it had really awesome graphics people would just say "SE being graphics whores as usual, nothing to see here." Or "it will probably still run like shit"

In a way, this is kind of ballsy of SE to show off the game like this. Not that it looks awful or something, it still looks really good, but I think it illustrates a little more about their priorities.

Or hey, maybe I'm wrong and this is really the best it can look.

People are already fawning delusionally over these graphics anyway, even though they're not that great . So if SE actually showed great graphics, then obviously it wouldn't have made much difference to those people. Showing good graphics would however have gone some way to alleviate concerns that people like me have over the obvious graphical downgrade.

If that was their justification, I guess they miscalculated. I hope they did, though, because graphics was the best thing about FFXIV, as every poll showed.

[casker]

omg please no FFVII arguments

[KaplanHomahru]

This thread has a very bad Bitching to Screenshot Breakdown ratio.

[casker]

not a screenshot, but this succubus artwork looks like it was done by Tsubasa Masao, rather than Yoshida. Tsubasa quickly becoming one of my favorite artists.

[Exekutor]

I think when the new site launches in a day or two we will know more.