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Preview Final Fantasy 14's Graphic Updates With These Before-and-After Pictures | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imagePreview Final Fantasy 14's Graphic Updates With These Before-and-After Pictures | MMORPG.com

Take a first look at the highly anticipated graphics update coming with the new Dawntrail expansion.

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  • texhnolyzetexhnolyze Member UncommonPosts: 58

    CondarFreed said:

    I can hardly see a difference in these photos, and in a couple I couldn't even tell which was supposed to be better.



    It's confusing because the comparisons aren't consistent. The first two pics (shield & environment) show after & before, but the character models show before & after.
  • LePetitSoldatLePetitSoldat Member UncommonPosts: 153
    edited July 2023
    It's huge IMO. Updating these details isn't easy. I appreciate every producer who cares about graphical updates, especially on MMORPGs that have been on the market for a while.
    Gentrifried_ChickenGamePlay4UDekahnVidahr
  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    edited July 2023
    Cudos on them for doing it ! the first interior there's definitely the BDO Remastered vibe . As for the player models, it's kind of hard to see it.

    I see it now, the hair :)
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    F2P or DIE !
  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    RX480 , must be a lowest possible setting, I tried the game on rx580 and it was pretty chunky. They should redo the guidence too rx500 series and recommend a rx6700 as they are almost a mid tier card at a low tier price under $300
    F2P or DIE !
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  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    Have they all become female?
  • hovsep159hovsep159 Member UncommonPosts: 88

    Qbertq said:

    Have they all become female?




    everybody knows males don't exist in anime, you are either female or a femboy
    Sensai
  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,869
    Pretty subtle updates. Nothing here making me itch to sign back up. Honestly, I think if you didn't put them side by side and instead put them on different pages and asked me to pick which version was updated I'd be guessing.
    Gentrifried_Chicken
  • KeladorKelador Member UncommonPosts: 132
    I played FFXIV before the reborn rework where they reduced pretty much all the detail in texture's to improve performance what I'm seeing here is them restoring those textures now PC hardware and now console can handle them lol
  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,109
    edited July 2023
    The world environment updates are far more significant than the characters, but part of the problem with the character previews is they're shown in a best possible scenario and sterile environment making it harder to spot the differences than it is with the environments. Seeing the characters in the environment would be a better example. The updates to the engine have also enabled them to significantly increase the things they can pack into a zone compared to before, so there will be a great deal more ambient details than it currently has.


    Kelador said:

    I played FFXIV before the reborn rework where they reduced pretty much all the detail in texture's to improve performance what I'm seeing here is them restoring those textures now PC hardware and now console can handle them lol



    Not true because FFXIV 1.0/Pre-Reborn used an entirely different engine than the FFXIV we have today, they just did a good job replicating the intended art style. The materials, texture, and lighting updates are entirely new as their current engine had to go extensive updates for them to even be possible, these examples are more of a progress report than the finished state and Yoshi P referred to this as the first graphics upgrade of multiple.
    LePetitSoldat
  • GrepGrep Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    The before-after facials facing different directions, which is also changing the way the light hits their faces, you can definitely tell that there is a difference, but I hate that, it adds an extra step when I try to process it. You can certainly see the different textures used in the landscape shots and more trees, but they look like they were captured at different times in the day cycle. While you can certainly pick out the differences (soulless eyes before, expressive after) they're not exacting, and sometimes a bit confusing and make you wonder if the shadows and light sources were also moved around.
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