Thread: FF14 2.0 Initial Concept Graphics Vs. ARR/Retail Graphics

People can cry about PS3 limitations all they want but they fail to realise that not many Japanese have gaming PC's like we do in NA/EU. Oh, and the game is Japanese by the way, so yea it's never going to change. Might want to get used to it.

The original ffxiv 1.0 ran like a dog on my computer, and it was a pretty high end one at the time, although a year old when released. It's one of the reasons i quit, besides the real lack of feeling like there was a point to playing anymore. Yeah, looked great at the time, if i maxed everything and got 10fps. To be playable to me i had to lower to close to half or less settings, and it looked average then. This game runs great maxxed for me now, and i realize not everyone has as good a computer. that's the point, the more people that can play, the better. I do hope they upgrade the graphics at some point, there are some oddities i don't get, but i'm happy. Look at WoW, being able to be played on even relatively low end pcs has helped them more than hurt them.

Also, concepts are never real life, it's to show a feeling, or an idea of what the goal is. I'm betting not one thing in the concepts are even animated, using higher mesh models, effects, all that. Just compare to concept cars shown at auto shows, you will most likely never see one hit the road for consumers, the only one that really has is the New Beetle by VW, mostly because it wasn't as over the top as most concept cars. Same in gaming. Only upon release will you know what it really is like.

Originally Posted by rabbitzero

The original ffxiv 1.0 ran like a dog on my computer, and it was a pretty high end one at the time, although a year old when released. It's one of the reasons i quit, besides the real lack of feeling like there was a point to playing anymore. Yeah, looked great at the time, if i maxed everything and got 10fps. To be playable to me i had to lower to close to half or less settings, and it looked average then. This game runs great maxxed for me now, and i realize not everyone has as good a computer. that's the point, the more people that can play, the better. I do hope they upgrade the graphics at some point, there are some oddities i don't get, but i'm happy. Look at WoW, being able to be played on even relatively low end pcs has helped them more than hurt them.

Also, concepts are never real life, it's to show a feeling, or an idea of what the goal is. I'm betting not one thing in the concepts are even animated, using higher mesh models, effects, all that. Just compare to concept cars shown at auto shows, you will most likely never see one hit the road for consumers, the only one that really has is the New Beetle by VW, mostly because it wasn't as over the top as most concept cars. Same in gaming. Only upon release will you know what it really is like.

World of warcraft also spent a long time optimizing their code so the game ran smoothly on all types of machines, poor or great. It was not so early in the game's life, and they did improve on it, but the fact remains that improvements were made. The same thing can be done here, even with this style of graphics instead of the cartoon style WoW uses, but I understand that it wouldn't be as much of a priority at the moment as pure content and server stability.

Weren't there talks of releasing a hi-res texture pack alongside the DX11 upgrade as well? I *vaguely* remember it, so don't take it as fact :/