Was This Graphical Update Necessary?

[Gokki]

Absolutely, while i'm a little critical of specifics, i am 100% in support of this change and wish it was done sooner. There's a lot of work still needed to be done in terms of body updates (only faces are being updated atm) and items/scenery. This is a superficial update for the most part, far more could be done to further improve.

[vetch]

Of course not.

It was wanted, but that's not the same thing as being needed. People drop social games over burnout, disliked gameplay changes, or because their friends moved on and the network effects holding them to the game have ceased. They don't drop it over outdated graphics while those things still hold them, and updating the graphics won't help it hang onto players that don't have one of those other factors.

Any argument that they needed to bring the graphics from outdated-2015-era to outdated-2019-era to attract new players is unserious. You could open up new markets with just as many curious potential players by optimizing the current graphics to the point that the game runs on a lower tier of computer.

[moodud]

You need to compare to other games that came out recently.
In the age of 4k+ graphics, HD or lower is not enough for many people. For the game to attract more new players (especially younger people) graphics needs to be pretty and not look pixely old, 10 years forward.
With less limitations the devs also able to create more complicate designs, animations, cutscenes, etc.
The characters may not be perfect now but this is like a beta version, it's the first time they are doing this. All the problems that got addressed can still be fix, albeit all may not be on time for launch.
Unfortunately not everyone will be happy with this changes, but for the future of the game it is needed, yes. I personally believe we can get use to it in the end.

[Kranel_San]

Environment graphical update looks good
Armor graphical update? Appreciatable
Character graphical update? Barely any noticeable difference, and I say that while having to zoom in to see those "barely any noticeable difference"

[Araxes]

Yes it needed them badly. I wonder how much better the update could have been if PS 4 and Xbox series S wouldn't hold it back.

[Acelyn]

yes, it needed it,

at the bare minimum the AA options are worth it,

everything else is just nice bonuses.

[Luluna]

Yes it was needed I have been playing years so a nice change and fresh for my eyes. As for the character's they look so much nicer and I am glad they did it. Just a few tweaks here and there like lips gloss and cat teefs and it will be fine.

[4clubbedace]

I'm not opposed to the update.

And, considering the fact I'm playing as a FemHroth, I'm generally apathetic toward how characters will change from Endwalker to DawnTrail.

But I'm wondering if it was needed and is it a solid selling point for the game? The game already looks quite lovely from my perspective considering its age. And I wanted to politely inquire as to why the time and effort taken to tune up the graphics wasn't instead invested toward expanding upon character customization, making mount movement more dynamic - which they showcased, yes - improving upon character movement, puzzling out how to improve housing and apartments and so on.

Yes, the grass is prettier. The water does the thing.

Maybe I'm entirely ignorant and I've been living in a cave - but was the update a big ask in the community?

14s 2.0 edition was made for the ps3 , and many assets are from 11 which is early ps2 . it was desperatly needed

im only saddened that they couldnt also kill the ps4 so the differences could be stronger.

[Larirawiel]

The problem is, especially GPUs are very expensive and they become obsolete very quickly. A new problem is also, that many game devs develop and "optimize" their games with upscaling in mind. So i can understand, that SQEX is conservative here.


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