Cartoony style graphics....

[Tonkra]

well lets compare.

better partical effects
lightning effects in agnis philosophy (luminous engine) tech demo:


FFXIV ARR using the same partical effects (Luminous engine):


these lightning effects do look a lot better in ARR than we have it now. thundara looks just like a flat 2D texture in the current version (in my opinion)


and look at these shadowing of the character and environment.. it seems to be more plastic (?) (sorry we in german would say plastisch (not in the sense of Plastik the noun i cant find a word to fit the impression)



the shadowing in ARR is much more extremely.

after getting used to it i really like the new graphics engine (art style). i know what you mean, first i was sceptical.. but now.. it seems more "lively" and next gen to me.

i think many people in here will be surprised how the new engine will look in live action in front of them. at least i hope so.