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Y'know, you keep going off on 'creative solutions' to fix stuff later, but some of us on console don't have that option lol
I will stand by my character no matter what they end up looking like.
au’ra wins the benchmark
I spend quite a bit of time looking at points of graphical fidelity in video games I mod (like Skyrim) in a vain attempt to make photo realistic gameplay.
The new stuff looks much better but I think that the better quality lighting and texture decals make all of the reflective, shiny surfaces more muted. The real problem here seems to be a lack of options in the character creator. Giving people the ability to add gloss/matte and whatever else to different areas would be one of many things they could add to the CC, including more face shapes and the ability to further-diversify the faces (cheeks, chin, jaw, forhead, etc) and parts of the faces (eye lash density/length or eye size/angle, etc).
That said, my 3090 and 10900K certainly FELT the difference in the new textures and shading methods, particularly when using the GTAO Quality shading method. Went from 300+fps at 1440p to 120 if I'm lucky lol. It does look a helluva lot better when maxed out though, imo.
LOOK MOM I'M FAMOUS!! Thanks for being fair in judging what I had to say c: Totally agree that an amazing solution would just be having more customization, like toggles and sliders.
Yoshi P came out earlier & said he knows about all of the issues! He said they are going to remake it & he will let us know! He said it has never been updated! They are going to release a newer version before Dawntrail!
These videos make me feel like I won the lottery lol. My Miqote boi still looks great and I only want to change his hair color.
The current benchmark was basically false advertising done behind YoshiP's back and somebody is definitely getting yelled at by now, he trusted them to check everything before releasing and as he said, they neglected it, now Yoshi has to hold their hand and stand behind them as they work, just be sure the benchmark 2.0 works.
I get the mods joke, but things needs to work and look good in the original game in the first place, not everybody likes the extra work they have to do, that nobody else will see.
The people that disagree with the issues, don't care about what they play as, they're most likely the type that just choose the default character, slap on some different colors and call it a day and show up only for patch content.
Or they're just trolls making fun of other peoples ''ugly characters'' because their character still looks okay, or they haven't noticed yet and when they do, then it'll be too late, lucky you.
My character also looked okay, only that now I've got missing fangs, now I have human teeth, the lips are obviously dry, I noticed that right away and the skin does look green/yellow either in the light or the shadow, if I wanted to be Shrek I would of picked green.
People like taking pictures, of themselves, of backgrounds etc. They wont be able to not notice, they see their character all the time.
When they take something away that you like, THEN you care.
Damn, Aitherea is really boring to listen to. I'm sorry but its true.
Now that she mentioned blurry I can't unsee it. Everything is blurred.
Blurriness usually comes from anti-aliasing. Did she try the different (new) options?
For a character creation that is SUPER out of date compared to games from even 5 years ago these changes look good for a 10 plus year old game. I understand the attachment to your character, but some of the nit picking is a little ridiculous lol
The eyes have the same texture as skin
My miqo'te def lost me with the update, au'ras have become my new preferred race with this update. The skin looks blurry with the old patch, the updated version looks more detailed. It's a bit too shiny, though. I def would just want more customization options, because the update so far IS vibing with me, I like most of it, but it's causing so much indecisiveness in me now, because not a single race looks as good as it could be, because the options are abysmal. Just give us more options pls.
i didn't check benchmark but now I'm terrified to check the differences…
I don't get the soul thing with the eyes. I think the eyes look better, but the other complaints I agree with.
The shading above the eyes is much darker and larger. The pupils are bigger, causing them to merge into the shadow. The pupils being bigger also makes them seem higher/the eyelids lower. The lighting on the eyes' color is lower. I, personally, am satisfied and would be satisfied with the way my character looks. But his eyes are in fact darker.
Big shadows above someone's eyes, and their eyelids being lower, and their eyes going dark are all very common tropes of showing someone being dead behind their eyes. The eye shine being calculated results in it being smaller, and less often appearing makes it even worse. Eye shine is commonly used to indicate liveliness.
Artificially added eye shine is FINE. This is ANIME STYLE. Genshin is an excellent example of this, it added so much liveliness. It's not realistic, no, but it is aesthetic and an aesthetic that has been removed. Artificial eye shine should be made toggleable.
The perspective that artificial eye shine is unrealistic and people viewing more dynamic lighting on eyes as more lively is also a valid opinion, but it's not the only one.
I totally agree with what she says about the hair, looks like they ditched the shine to flatten everything and show the texture instead. Personally Im not blown away by the benchmark but will wait to see how my character looks in Dawntrail. Scared.
New cat lips look a lot prettier
I iz a mad keeper. They taking my fangies! Give back my fangies, nao! 😭
They took so much character away from almost all lips. I think if they fix that and blend the lips into the face better so it doesnt look penciled around the edges. And fix the lighting then most people will be good.
Xiv players really will complain about anything huh? There is literally nothing wrong here…
These changes in the faces and the rest feels like what just happened in Pokemon go not long ago. The character models look atrocious now, to the point that I have not logged in to the game since a couple of days after the changes, since I can't stand the change. I hope this is not the same for XIV, I would be very sad…
people in this game complain about the stupidest shit
Why is your twitch chat being rude? Making fun of the girl because they have different opinions.
I wish they just added more options… keep the old ones, and a new ones
I have a 4070ti and the benchmark ran poorly for me. At the end, it said Im only able to run it on high. Somehow I don't trust it.
the video is showing Aura face 1(not in EN severs so no idea how community call it), if someone try other 3 faces it's much easier to find the differences between now and benchmark. as a Aura 3(or crab horn), the eyes changed so much and when i try the blue eyes with black limbal ring, under the forest lighting, it just feels dead dead.