Hmm.. Judging those photos again.. This may not be the case but one thing I remember about the original FFXIV (1.0) was about its graphics, seamless world, and how it challenged even the beefiest PCs on med to high setting. The results of this is having low character counts viewable on screen (NPCs, PCs, Enemies) and pop-ins. I wonder if they're doing this in FFXV.