Cartoony style graphics....

[KiriA500]

Chocobos look like they got hit with a more roundy plastic model/texture, just me? Lost their fluffyness and look very sleek.

The only noticeable difference is the tail feathers. They have a softer edge in the current game.




Otherwise, the models look identical.

[Shougun]

The only noticeable difference is the tail feathers. They have a softer edge in the current game.




Otherwise, the models look identical.

And the eyes, and the color, and -all- the feathers not just the tail - all together the newer model looks as I said, in my opinion plastic-y and rounded

[Rokien]

And the eyes, and the color, and -all- the feathers not just the tail - all together the newer model looks as I said, in my opinion plastic-y and rounded

yaaaa I don't like the new look of things, keep the same graphics and add the fancy shading and BAMB AMAZINGNESS!

[Starlord]

In the New Adventures trailer I would agree with everyone saying that there is a graphical downgrade, but the latest build is the live letter build of the game, which you can "hardly" notice any differences, ( only for the extreme picky people). They aren't even done optimizing yet, so its going to look a lot better than what it already is.

As I said before in other threads: "Doom and Gloom must be the new fab these days"

[Valmonte]

In the New Adventures trailer I would agree with everyone saying that there is a graphical downgrade, but the latest build is the live letter build of the game, which you can "hardly" notice any differences, ( only for the extreme picky people). They aren't even done optimizing yet, so its going to look a lot better than what it already is.

As I said before in other threads: "Doom and Gloom must be the new fab these days"

SE has failed to deliver time and time again, any expectations i have for XIV "ARR" way below normal. Give me Something to be optimistic about.

[Starlord]

SE has failed to deliver time and time again, any expectations i have for XIV "ARR" way below normal. Give me Something to be optimistic about.

Well, your not looking hard enough at what they have shown. People are being blinded by the bad launch ( understandable) that they can't see what's in front of them, and they automatically think the game is going to suck regardless of what they tell everyone.

[Valmonte]

Well, your not looking hard enough at what they have shown. People are being blinded by the bad launch ( understandable) that they can't see what's in front of them, and they automatically think the game is going to suck regardless of what they tell everyone.

aside from the things we already knew 4 months ago i see nothing new or exciting,

wow choco's can jump, we have zones and there's been a shader overhaul at the expense of texture quality whoopie.

[Starlord]

aside from the things we already knew 4 months ago i see nothing new or exciting,

wow choco's can jump, we have zones and there's been a shader overhaul at the expense of texture quality whoopie.

This post just furthers my point even further. We know a lot already, there's only so much they can tell us.. the rest is just a "wait and see" thing.

People are being blind by launch in 2010. Graphics do not make games, Play FFXIII if you think that, because that's what that game was all about but the game itself was bare. Same thing here except its an MMO.

In fact, I don;t want them to tell us everything, because if they did, it wouldn't make the launch of the game exciting. I rather things to come as a surprise, then to tell us all now and then its not as exciting because the surprise factor is gone.

I'm not stopping you from thinking the way you are, do what you like. However, when the game is way better then what your making it out to be ( another failure by your tone), you will surely be way surprised then, and didn't give Yoshida hard long days without any sleep work any thought and all.

Things we know already:

-Crystal tower
- 3 Story Arcs (Garland/Primal/7th Umbra era)
- Golden Saucer
- New Genders for races
- New summons
- New Job/class
- New overhauled areas + New areas I'm sure
- PvP (Frontlines etc)
- Chocobos/mounts can jump
- New Mounts
- Dungeons will be 3 times as large as they are now
- Lots of New Quests
- Roaming Primals
- Free Companies ( With a Ranking System)
- Housing system ( each area will have it's own theme)
- Content finder ( to make content easier to find when you don't have a lot of time)
- Limit Break
- Summons you obtain in a free company can be used by filling up a bar and using it before time limit is up)

So many things to be "excited" that I'm not going to list them all, just people being blind to not see them all.

[Andrien]

SE has failed to deliver time and time again, any expectations i have for XIV "ARR" way below normal. Give me Something to be optimistic about.

curious, what will make you optimistic?

[Valmonte]

curious, what will make you optimistic?

A Successful Launch that holds its subscriber base longer than 3 months, from what im seeing people will start dropping off in about 2. We played this bare bones game first, content later card...it didnt work so well for tanaka.