Grass

[Shougun]

I would have thought this would have been a serious issue in the Alpha forums...

It may have been, but who can say... :P

But assuming the grass hasnt gotten any better, it shall be so - maybe again lol

People can make fun of such a trival detail all they want, but ARR grass is still bad >.>

The third screenshot is amazing... but it's not ARR.

I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that the overall visual quality in ARR is not lowered too much below what we had in v1.0. I understand that they are aiming to allow more people to play it with lower spec computers and the PS3. But I'll admit that I am a very visual person and the graphics in v1.0 were a big part of what attracted me to it.

Will wait and see...

Yeah it does look pretty awesome, if anything Yoshida saying it will be a graphic update later after release is good enough for me.

Also have to see for beta, maybe its all better. I wont bother posting it if its better.

[Mikita]

The second This screenshot is amazing... but it's not ARR.

I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that the overall visual quality in ARR is not lowered too much below what we had in v1.0. I understand that they are aiming to allow more people to play it with lower spec computers and the PS3. But I'll admit that I am a very visual person and the graphics in v1.0 were a big part of what attracted me to it.

Will wait and see...

[Tonkra]

The second This screenshot is amazing... but it's not ARR.



I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that the overall visual quality in ARR is not lowered too much below what we had in v1.0. I understand that they are aiming to allow more people to play it with lower spec computers and the PS3. But I'll admit that I am a very visual person and the graphics in v1.0 were a big part of what attracted me to it.

Will wait and see...

i agree with you. for example i think that some of the new textures arent that strong like in 1.0.

but on the other side.. well look at gridania 1.0.

was it really an eyecatcher, i mean when it comes to graphics, textures or details?



just speaking about gridania 1.0. <-> 2.0. comparison

the graphics greatly improved. but well lets see how limsa and uldah look now.

[Quesse]

ARR textures do really suck from alpha screens.

Let's hope beta improves some of that but I'm not hopeful.

[Shougun]

ARR textures do really suck from alpha screens.

Let's hope beta improves some of that but I'm not hopeful.

For the ground, a well blended grass and grass quality works wonders for a bad ground texture - but SE has poorly scattered/blended grass and the grass quality itself is very low. Scratch that well blended grass works beyond wonders for everything. Maybe I'm just with environment fanaticism but quality flora and it being well dispersed has a huge impact on the overall feel of an environment.

So XD lol

ITs funny though they have a lot of tricks to make textures look great from a distance but have low costs (being low res), but they for some reason wont release high res textures like they think our computers suck or something lol. Of course 1.0's engine sucked so I guess no one could have run it. But now, I'd hope they consider a high res release.

[Wolfie]

The big question is, can we smoke it?

[Shougun]

The big question is, can we smoke it?

I'd guess the stuff from Black Shroud will be the best, but you might need a gatherer to make sure you dont get the stuff that kills you.

Just grabbing someone else's photo of better grass in an actual FF title, Ganbachi (found it from him, on a google):

[Molly_Millions]

The big question is, can we smoke it?

If you live in CO or WA, the answer is yes!

[Wolfie]

You haven't adventured in Eorzea fo real if you haven't done it after toking some grass.

[Gramul]

I would like to see optional HD textures, but its not a major request of mine.

Hope it improves, but it's not the end if it doesn't.