FFXV is one giant, connected Landmass. Important disconcerting info

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vivster said:

bigtakilla said:

vivster said:

Ever heard of draw distance? The game is focused on graphics. So unless you want to see huge pop ins, a horizon that is 50m away or a massive graphical downgrade as soon as they board the ship I wouldn't count on it. Welcome to Gen 8 where gameplay is still bound by hardware.

What they might do is make an airship service in hub towns. Essentially a glorified warp point between towns.

The sad reality of what has happened to Square-Enix. Take out controllable parties, gameplay, world size and customization because their hair needs 40,000 polygons. /sarcasm but you get the point.

FF was always about graphics. Since the SNES era. There was no game where they didn't push for the highest possible graphics at the time.

The difference now is that graphics are complex and expensive. So they have to leave out other things. Things that are technically possible but for which they have no capacities for.

I would argue art style for 7, 8, and 9 and the fact that they didn't actually push the PS1's graphics to it's limits. Look at Chrono Cross (another game by Squaresoft). It looks graphically much better than any of the Final Fantasies. Look at the Resident Evil series. Same thing, Resident Evil looks better. Same with Parasite Eve. 

Before Square had a great balance between graphics and gameplay, where they seem to have completely ditched one for the other now.