Check Out The Final Fantasy XIV Graphics Upgrade Coming With Dawntrail: Can you Spot the Difference?

Square Enix provided new information and images of the upcoming first graphical update coming with the Final Fantasy XIV expansion "Dawntrail " during a dedicated panel which TechRaptor attended in person.

[jjb1981]

🤣🤣🤣 I love FFXIV, but that upgrade looks like when a PS2 game gets a remaster on PS3.

[antikbaka]

how to show that you never played PS2 without saying you never played PS2

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

You are being disingenuous, anyway, the graphics are simple so that the game can run on more potato PCs, not many MMOs have state of the art graphics because they want as many subscribers as possible. It's a no-brainer.

[jjb1981]

Ok, fanboy. I already know that. The graphical upgrade is pathetic and should offer more options for those with higher-end PCs. This game is more than 10 years old. it's time for an actual update especially if they're charging a subscription fee. The creatures literally pop-in from a short distance and when they do, the animations run at like 20fps.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@jjb1981,

Fanboy? You wish, I haven't cared about the franchise that much since FFX, I made this account many years ago, your straw man holds no weight here. As for A Realm Reborn, I don't remember any major performance issues when I played the Starter's edition, you might like hyperbole too much. Good luck finding your MMO with Crysis/Cyberpunk-tier graphics, they're no going to waste development time and money on graphics when they can spend it on content and keep people engaged and subscribed. ARR still looks pretty good for an MMO, not everything needs to be hyper realistic and ray-traced.

[Abriael]

You really have distorted memories of what both PS2 and PS3 games looked like.

You also don't know a thing of how graphics work in relation to MMORPGs.

[jjb1981]

I had FFXIV for PS3. Even the PS4 version was hardly an upgrade. Don't let nostalgia let you catch feelings.

[Abriael]

FFXIV for PS3 doesn't look in any shape or form what FFXIV looks like now on any hardware.It was a pixelated mess.

And it certainly doesn't look in any shape or form what it looks after the upgrade.

I'm not catching any feelings. You've caught a sight or memory issue. You can pick which.

[jjb1981]

You're just in denial and actually believe this is a real visual upgrade. I guess it's better than nothing.