How Does This Game Have Good Graphics?

[Relic]

This game has good art style, just like FFXI, but it also has pretty high polygon/textures for an mmorpg. It doesn't have that goofy clown look a lot of western mmorpgs get with their characters and environments.

[Punainen]

Playing a game just for its graphics = fail.

[Ruisu]

Yo man i luv game good grafix check it looks better dan FFVII.



The Depth of Field in this game is by far, my biggest complaint. I hope they fix that come 2.0. Well, that and clipping.

[Valmonte]

FFXIV Models look great, the landscapes are horrid in detail however do to the overuse in Alpha Textures, ex. grass looks likes its spray painted on the rocks the tree's and bushes glitter when in motion the ocean is flat and dull.

also a peve of mine is that Melee job animations are overused and often make no sense in detail to the job description.

but the models are great...if that where the only thing that made great games this would be number one.

[Griss]

FFXIV Models look great, the landscapes are horrid in detail however do to the overuse in Alpha Textures, ex. grass looks likes its spray painted on the rocks the tree's and bushes glitter when in motion the ocean is flat and dull.

Here is the thing about the ground textures. If you look at them at an angle (ie our typical perspective) then yes they do look all blury and horrible. If you move your camera so its looking directly down. then they look prety damned nifty.

Moral of the story? Square Stop using Normal mapping on every thing in the damned game.

[bobbygunz]

It's not really subjective. This game has the best graphics of any MMO.

There are certain elements like the water-rendering which is not as good as say, TERA, B&S, Archeage, but otherwise it's pretty much superior in every way.

[LittleBraver]

I just started playing this game and a lot of people say the graphics are really good, well when I look at them I think their ugly, even for 2010. Am I missing out on some settings or something?

I think you're really ugly.

[Gramul]

This game has some of the most lovingly crafted models I have ever seen in a game, expecially an MMO.

[tymora]

MMOs will always look bad compared to contemporary single player games because of the nature of the game.

[Picoman]

OP hasnt even responded. Caught, hook...line and sinker.