Cartoony style graphics....

[Babydoll]

I would not consider FFXI a clone of EQ at all. I've played both and both play very different.

FFXI is not a clone of EQ..but the devs and producer themselves said they used EQ as inspiration for FFXI.

Also I don't mind the "cartoony" look or whatever is going on with FFXIV. I like the anime/sorta realistic look the characters faces have. Well anyways the game is not finished yet so I'll reserve judgement until they show us something and say "Okay guys this is the final stuff, what do you think?"

[Valmonte]

FFXI is not a clone of EQ..but the devs and producer themselves said they used EQ as inspiration for FFXI.

Also I don't mind the "cartoony" look or whatever is going on with FFXIV. I like the anime/sorta realistic look the characters faces have. Well anyways the game is not finished yet so I'll reserve judgement until they show us something and say "Okay guys this is the final stuff, what do you think?"

FFXI only resemblance to EverQuest was in its underlying engine mechanics....for which i have no doubt it was chosen for its resourcefulness and was already spec'd with the PS2 in mind.

as for this game being in its early stages, keep in mind Beta starts in 2 months. what we are seeing now is no doubt whats to come, aside from any polishing of underlying mechanics SE is touting the game with a "ready to go" attitude.

[Babydoll]

FFXI only resemblance to EverQuest was in its underlying engine mechanics....for which i have no doubt it was chosen for its resourcefulness and was already spec'd with the PS2 in mind.

as for this game being in its early stages, keep in mind Beta starts in 2 months. what we are seeing now is no doubt whats to come, aside from any polishing of underlying mechanics SE is touting the game with a "ready to go" attitude.

I thought the last screens/game play we saw was when the dev team said "I did not even want to show this, this is far from a finished product" I've never seen them say the game is nearly done and its all in very final stages. I keep reading how they have to optimize it and such unless I am misunderstanding >.<;

If the game is seriously going to look like the last trailer then I am sad. Lol ._. We haven't even seen female Rogadyn in the game yet

[Shougun]

I thought the last screens/game play we saw was when the dev team said "I did not even want to show this, this is far from a finished product" I've never seen them say the game is nearly done and its all in very final stages. I keep reading how they have to optimize it and such unless I am misunderstanding >.<;

If the game is seriously going to look like the last trailer then I am sad. Lol ._. We haven't even seen female Rogadyn in the game yet

The last trailer was of older game version then that gameplay/question event you are talking about. The game looks better then the last trailer (which is why everyone says its stupid they even released that kind of content to the public) - the question still remains what is the "best" the game can look.

[Laraul]

SE has set a deadline. The original release of the game also had a deadline. They spent all their time working on textures and getting the appearence way way up and ignored the rest just to make pretty trailers for the game. The game itself though, it didn't turn out well.

Do I need to see the folds and crevices on my avatar's shirt? No. I don't even notice them and neither does anyone else. So why was time spent putting them their?

People are obsessed with the appearance right now for one reason. They are an observer, not the participating player whom interact within the game's graphically represented environment. When people play a game, they stop paying attention to how pretty things are and start focusing on the tasks at hand. So anything people say now will quickly be forgotten once they begin playing.

I'll remind everyone; the only thing you've seen up to now are incredibly short (one or two second snap shots) sequences of the game. Fit together in a trailer. You can't judge the game appearance on that.

[bobbygunz]

SE has set a deadline. The original release of the game also had a deadline. They spent all their time working on textures and getting the appearence way way up and ignored the rest just to make pretty trailers for the game. The game itself though, it didn't turn out well.

Do I need to see the folds and crevices on my avatar's shirt? No. I don't even notice them and neither does anyone else. So why was time spent putting them their?

People are obsessed with the appearance right now for one reason. They are an observer, not the participating player whom interact within the game's graphically represented environment. When people play a game, they stop paying attention to how pretty things are and start focusing on the tasks at hand. So anything people say now will quickly be forgotten once they begin playing.

I'll remind everyone; the only thing you've seen up to now are incredibly short (one or two second snap shots) sequences of the game. Fit together in a trailer. You can't judge the game appearance on that.

People are probably just annoyed that it took two years to make a graphical downgrade, that's all.

[Xmbei]

People are probably just annoyed that it took two years to make a graphical downgrade, that's all.

Funny thing about this graphical downgrade. I am playing FFXIV 1.0 currently on high settings everything on highest with AO and DoF off and funny thing is, the game looks exactly like these "downgrades" all of you people are complaining about, on my GTX 680 4GB card. As she said all you people are observing and not playing. Lighting and textures which is exactly what they said they are working on is what you guys are complaining about. BTW the only thing I see detailed better on higher settings is the armor is looking amazing. I spent a good 30 minutes in character creator and in game zooming in and out with the camera and all angles and when I get lighting directly on the face (just like in these "downgraded" pictures all of you are complaining about) they look exactly the same. So you all are looking at something I don't know what. Yes the game is beautiful but I honestly don't see a difference. When I can upload photos later (writing a college paper atm) I can show you that all of you must be looking at everything through rosey tinted glasses because I honestly see exactly the same if not better textures and images.

[KiriA500]

People are probably just annoyed that it took two years to make a graphical downgrade, that's all.

Not this crap again...

[Felis]

as for this game being in its early stages, keep in mind Beta starts in 2 months. what we are seeing now is no doubt whats to come, aside from any polishing of underlying mechanics SE is touting the game with a "ready to go" attitude.

No, no
in 2 month we are in the alpha, not beta

[Elexia]

No, no
in 2 month we are in the alpha, not beta

Which technically, means they're way behind since beta WAS supposed to be in 2 months.