When i read news about FFXIV getting graphics update, i was very excited.
But when Dawntrail got released, i got very disappointed to see how poorly the graphics update is made and it clearly shows that the graphics update is made in hurry without any quality checks.
The new lighting is really bad that makes many of areas looks either way too dark or way too bright, no matter what kind the lighting condition is in the area.
Shadows are mostly broken that makes most shadows looks very boxy no matter what shadow settings i use, there is few areas that are missing shadows completelyt and in some old areas the shadows are shown incorrectly.
New textures in many old areas are quite bad when some textures are way too shiny no matter what lighting condition is, some textures looks even worse then it did in Endwalker.
(for example, in level-80 dungeon Anamnesis Anyder, the final boss new floor textures is so shiny that makes seeing the unnatural ripples mechanic really hard)
Characters face update is terrible that made my character look like a lifeless doll and character expressions are so bad that i really wish i had ability to turn expressions off.
By far worst thing in graphics update is always on FSR upscaling that using 3D resolution scaling at 100 makes game look bit soft and 3D resolution scaling at 99 - 50 makes game look too sharp. (Note: I can't use DLSS because my GPU doesn't support DLSS).
Other thing i hate is that glare setting can't be turned off and i really turn glare opff when glare is simply way too bright.
Lastly the bloom is by far most annoying graphics effect that in some areas there is huge very bright glow on light sources and it can't even turned off.
Right now i really wish i had ability to revert back to Endwalker graphics that in my opinion did look lot better then Dawntrail does.
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But when Dawntrail got released, i got very disappointed to see how poorly the graphics update is made and it clearly shows that the graphics update is made in hurry without any quality checks.
The new lighting is really bad that makes many of areas looks either way too dark or way too bright, no matter what kind the lighting condition is in the area.
Shadows are mostly broken that makes most shadows looks very boxy no matter what shadow settings i use, there is few areas that are missing shadows completelyt and in some old areas the shadows are shown incorrectly.
New textures in many old areas are quite bad when some textures are way too shiny no matter what lighting condition is, some textures looks even worse then it did in Endwalker.
(for example, in level-80 dungeon Anamnesis Anyder, the final boss new floor textures is so shiny that makes seeing the unnatural ripples mechanic really hard)
Characters face update is terrible that made my character look like a lifeless doll and character expressions are so bad that i really wish i had ability to turn expressions off.
By far worst thing in graphics update is always on FSR upscaling that using 3D resolution scaling at 100 makes game look bit soft and 3D resolution scaling at 99 - 50 makes game look too sharp. (Note: I can't use DLSS because my GPU doesn't support DLSS).
Other thing i hate is that glare setting can't be turned off and i really turn glare opff when glare is simply way too bright.
Lastly the bloom is by far most annoying graphics effect that in some areas there is huge very bright glow on light sources and it can't even turned off.
Right now i really wish i had ability to revert back to Endwalker graphics that in my opinion did look lot better then Dawntrail does.
Continue reading...