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[Xmbei]

"Aion's graphics are better than XIVs" isn't an opinion.

Thank you oh all powerful, god of FFXI naysayers for the future of FFXIV. Thank you for telling us what our opinion is, from your own mouth, oh thank you oh great one!

On topic, These graphics are amazing, for a PS3 Console MMORPG. There is so much you can do. You can never compare single-player game graphics to MMORPG graphics because the infrastructure is built entirely different, and sacrifices at parts that are expected in single player games to make it run and work and look optimally.

[Starlord]

Thank you oh all powerful, god of FFXI naysayers for the future of FFXIV. Thank you for telling us what our opinion is, from your own mouth, oh thank you oh great one!

On topic, These graphics are amazing, for a PS3 Console MMORPG. There is so much you can do. You can never compare single-player game graphics to MMORPG graphics because the infrastructure is built entirely different, and sacrifices at parts that are expected in single player games to make it run and work and look optimally.

Yeah, she pulled that stunt on me last week when I was giving my honest opinion, but meh it's the internet so I could careless at this point :P.

Graphics= Facts apparently

[Coldfire]

I won't believe it until I see a normal consumer PS3 running the game with more than 30 characters on screen ;P

[Elexia]

What you're trying to state is that Aion has better graphics than FFXIV - that's reciting it like it's fact, when it's entirely not.

This.

Not such a great game/community, but Aion graphics beat the hell out of the current FFXIV graphics.

^ Explain how that's an opinion. An opinion starts with "I think/feel" and would read like: "I think Aion's graphics beat the hell out of the current FFXIV graphics." What you stated originally is basically stating Aions graphics are better than XIVs. English isn't my native language and even I know the difference. The english language has so many nuances that can completely change what you mean.

[Yucie]

Explain how that's an opinion. An opinion starts with "I think/feel" and would read like: "I think Aion's graphics beat the hell out of the current FFXIV graphics." What you stated originally is basically stating Aions graphics are better than XIVs. English isn't my native language and even I know the difference. The english language has so many nuances that can completely change what you mean.

It's has nothing to do with knowledge of the English language. It's simply a matter of AnthonyB being blind.

[Warlock]

Yeah, she pulled that stunt on me last week when I was giving my honest opinion, but meh it's the internet so I could careless at this point :P.

Graphics= Facts apparently

Here is where you failed my friend ..there are no shes in the interwebz.
on topic i'm willing to bet Yoshi-P will shut most of complainers mouth at launch the game will be amazing in every aspect.. Yoshi-P is a very demanding director/gamer he wont be satisfied with anything less than perfect

[Jennestia]

Yoshi-P is a very demanding director/gamer he wont be satisfied with anything less than perfect

This could actually be more harmful than good -- Developers who settle for "nothing less than perfect" runs the risk of not only losing hype for their game but also missing a time period for their project; For example, nowadays Shooters and 'Sandbox' type games are the rage, what if the game that wouldn't released "until it's perfect" was an older fashioned Shooter game, basically missing the boat as they say?

The whole "when it's ready" style release dates work fine but XIV is a special case because it's a relaunch, not a new game -- it's still titled Final Fantasy XIV, a name marred with negative press and bad history -- They have a lot to do and a lot of expectations to meet.

[Yucie]

This could actually be more harmful than good -- Developers who settle for "nothing less than perfect" runs the risk of not only losing hype for their game but also missing a time period for their project; For example, nowadays Shooters and 'Sandbox' type games are the rage, what if the game that wouldn't released "until it's perfect" was an older fashioned Shooter game, basically missing the boat as they say?

The whole "when it's ready" style release dates work fine but XIV is a special case because it's a relaunch, not a new game -- it's still titled Final Fantasy XIV, a name marred with negative press and bad history -- They have a lot to do and a lot of expectations to meet.

Which is precisely why Yoshida is doing his job as Producer and Director to make sure the game launches in as pristine a condition as humanly possible. Overlooking things and otherwise not having a plan for the future is Tanaka-era and we're hopefully past that now. Yoshida needs to continue doing his job, making sure things are up to his level of expectation or greater -- which is what fans would expect of the game regardless.

As for me, I'm past the 'bad hate and bad press' experience. I'm perfectly happy waiting for this game, however long it might take, so long as it's perfect and ready for launch when that time arrives. I'm sure a lot of other people feel the same.

[Jennestia]

Just posting doesn't make something an opinion or fact -- What you post does however. What you're saying in other words is you can post something like "Hey, Mcdonalds sells burgers!" and you would say that's your opinion.

[Soukyuu]

To be quite honest, I'm not even sure why everyone keeps bringing up aesthetics, it was nowhere in the discussion until someone brought it up, do you even know why the discussion was brought up?

The one who brought it up was you -.-
I tried to explain it to you twice now, I guess I'm just bad at it.

Also correct me if I'm wrong since I'm not a game designer, but im pretty sure it's a "graphics" unit that processes all these things, not an aesthetics unit.

Yes. It still doesn't change the fact that what you see as "graphics" is composed from different components, one of them being graphic quality (=what is better in FFXIV), design consistency/quality (=aesthetics=what is better in Aion) and engine optimization (=what makes NPCs appear faster and the camera lag less)