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We need a compilation of all the times asmon has preached about how he doesn't care about graphics and they don't matter
"the graphics is a problem" WoW looks dogshit compared to XIV. WoW doesn't even have houses. Utter BS take.
"Bad graphics" from someone who comes from WoW that looks like playstation 2 graphics lmao
I played MMOs ever since I was a kid. I played Tibia, Ragnarok online, MU Online, Perfect World, Lineage 2, WoW, Cabal, TERA, ESO, and some other underground ones.
FFXIV has one of the most fun gameplays (not the number one) of them all. But FFXIV is not perfect, its PVP isnt that good, graphics COULD be better, its not a problem but could be better anyways.
I believe the problem with Endwalker is that players just nutted after Hydaelin vs Zodiark came to an end. And YoshiP was too focused on FFXVI. I really hope Dawntrail recovers the pace Shadowbringers achieved.
All classes feel as bad as Scholar (at level 90 SCH) does for the first like 50 levels at least. This problem will only be further exacerbated with next expansion… it's a genuine concern for the game.
"GRAPHICALLY", FFXIV isn't really that good, you can even see pixelated stuff in cutscenes and stuff. But the artstyle is great, and the game looks good, sure it can use a lot of work especially in terms of colors.
But what's annoying me about this take from Asmon is that in other videos he always emphasises that graphics don't matter and it's all about artstyle, he's contradicting himself.
New World ? That game has no artstyle, only good engine graphics, how does that make any sense lol, also as someone who played both games for a long time, FFXIV is leagues above WoW in terms of graphics.
Asmon didn't touch any content that is newer than 8 years old but he's clearly an expert. Wow characters look like someone stretched a 3 pixel texture over a stack of doorstops. I just want him to show me a single in game thing from wow, anything at all, that looks like it's half as good as the Exdeath phase change.
He's become a react streamer who makes up his "opinions" on the fly and bases the validity of his stances on how many "True" and "Yes Dood" replies appear in his chat.
2:29 ive played many mmo, and i can say that ff14 is the best in terms of combat. So i agree.
Asmon saying the combat is bad, but only played through hw/stb?
Just to add my few cents on combat from BDO long time player perspective.
FFXIV combat is just different, and it only needs class variation, more different classes thats it. It is actually really good how well they managed to balance the game and still keep combat fast-paced and interesting. What it also need is make all skills available in all content, because this is where players burnout appears, if they are playing 1 – 80 lvl with lackluster class design, it is boring and its the main reason why people think the combat is bad. Just give all skills at lvl 50 and let players figure it out themselves. Also give PVP more skills and buttons to press to make pvp classes feel like they are PVE, this is literally it. They could fix combat "issues" a lot easier than other games do.
But you know which combat is impossible to fix at this point? BDO combat.
BDO combat is not the best despite what people say about it, you have tons of skills that does nothing and class balance doesnt exist. You could do all combos in the world but whats the point, if it will be ineffective? You have a static rotation of the skills, if you go away from it you do little to no dmg, just like in FFXIV or any other game. And dont let me talk about pvp, because BDO pvp is the worst of its kind, thanks to balance some classes move freely on battlefield while some need to do stupid sht to move 10 meters and still randomly dies. The all protection rotation so you are not getting CC is what completely ruins BDO combat, because all skills have CC and you need to use offensive skills in order TO MOVE ANYWHERE, which is absurd. Some classes does not have to, and hence why class balance doesnt exist in that game.
Discussion about combat is the experience we have in the end game.
3:35 here i slightly disagree, cuz i tell people at level 30 the characters start getting fun, then it jumps at 50, 60, 70 onwards.
I also tell people that levelling is very fast so you get to 30 easy.
The route from 0-30 might take a while, but i feel like that's countered by the great levelling experience. I didnt like or keep playing wow, cuz the levelling experience was trash.
If the game isnt enjoyable from early to end game, then its not good for me.
In this comment section there are alot of triggered ff14 fanboys lmao. Go look at the game upclose, literally ps2 era textures, you might not like wows artstyle but they have higher res textures than ff14 and thats a fact
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He barely plays wow and has rose tinted glasses the entire time. He played ff14 upto heavensward. Yet almost every trial or raid he literally had his jaw drop to the floor saying this is amazing. Imagine if he wasn't playing 10 year old content. I guess it doesn't matter as he doesn't play current wow and his highest stream count was playing ff14 but he quit because of anxiety or whatever he claimed.
It's just opinion, people might prefer the western style compared to Japanese one. A friend of mine didn't play ffxiv because of that and I can understand
How do you get your ffxiv game so crisp and pretty?
sir, where can i get your ReShade setting?
They could invest the time and resources to improve the early game combat. But a player that has any experience with the game could get to level 50 in 12 hours of playtime with exp buffs, so it might not be worth it.
Very interesting reaction!!
I feel like he's clearly saying he likes WoW's art style more, not the graphics.
As a game dev, in terms of visuals wow have way worse models, VFX and textures but compensate with art style and lighting which make the whole thing look decent, and FF has decent textures very good models AND THE WORST LIGHTING OF ANY MMO, like for real outside zones looks like unrendered scenes with half baked lights it's the single thing that makes the game look trashier in the outside world than any other mmo, in boss battles it doesnt matter and everything looks amazing the rooms are small and the effect outweigh everything so you dont notice it as much. But good god I dont even want to take a step on a leveling zone. Imo the best compromise of both MMO-wise in terms of visuals is GW2 eventhough tbh it makes the game not as readable as 14 which is a bit downside, but it's the most coehrent graphically (so sad that I hate the gameplay) but nobody plays mmos for visuals let's not argue about irrelevant things people still enjoy runescape or the first guild wars.
the best MMO combat have BDO… played most all MMO's and spend many hour in them, I love FF14 best RPG sotry ever played, but GCD is a system should not exist more in MMO'S this design is from 2000 because the hardware had not the power to calculate this and servers were up on fire, but for now doesn't make sense… and tap target is really old… I wish they change it…
I mean he aint wrong
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He's definitely referring to the areas that look like shit being the areas he has been to and he only got through ARR and HW. (i there is plenty that looks good in those zones too) I definitely think those zones look a bit old but the argument still doesnt hold up because the older wow zones look bad too. I think the funny part is he says that the game should make characters look better because "people in ffxiv care only about social stuff"…like …my guy…this is the game that HAS the best looking avatars lol and people do love the game for that. That's why so many rpers love ffxiv. The plain and simple of this is that he's not a big story guy and if the story doesn't grab you by the end of HW you likely won't stick around much longer because it really doesn't ramp up again until the end of SB. I actually think Asmon might have played more if he just skipped the story and attempted ultimate raids or something.
he's not wrong tho
8:58 Asmon slept on the wrong side of the bed on this one.
I agree with your video but could you not have shown more up to date content, preferably Endwalker? The final zone of The Dead Ends or the inside of the Tower of Zot would make the point 10x stronger.
When he is talking about ff it is the same as if he was talking about wow but he only played it up until the start of wrath. The game looks like shit yes if you look at old ass contend. Has he ever bothered to watch into old wow zones? and not even in classic but in retail they never update that shit.
bro wow has terrible graphics wym
gave up on trying to understand asmon when it comes to 14, now graphics are the problem? ok sure i guess. Last i checked he loved the raids, char models , community and events but now hes semi back tracking
i wish if ffx14 had true open world and no loading screens
While I disagree with him now, I did have the same impression when I started playing FFXIV. For me it wasn't that the graphics were bad, it was that the coloring was pretty dull compared to games like WoW or ESO. It took me a while to get used to the coloring and tools like Gshade and GeForce Experience make a huge difference. I think duller coloring is what gives people the impression that the graphics are bad especially if they're coming from a game like WoW which is much more vibrant, even classic.
11:10 its not just the environments and characters that are better, its the skills and the bosses.
To me the best factors that make an mmo good are how the skills and bosses look.
Especially the combat system.
Compare the deathwing fight with nidhogg or bahamut, our dragons win.
I think he means engine not just graphics which I can see the argument
Asmon didn't reach endgame of FFXIV and he tells that this game is garbage, i dare him atleast to try to reach endgame of FFXIV, then he can start talking about the game.