Wow! FFXI footage on xbox 360...

[Ockman]

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1689

I checked out the video footage on this page entitled "TGS 2K5 Cam Gameplay HD" naturally the HD version is better, cause it's a much higher resolution video. I can definately tell I'm going to be loving FFXI on xbox 360 from this video! It's such an amazing upgrade from the PS2 version that I've been playing for a while now. I'll especially be able to appreciate it more now that I got a HDTV. The textures look so good!

PC players will naturally say that they're isn't much difference, and they're probably right in terms of graphically, however to me, because my PC isn't perfect, the game has always LOOKED great, but the framerate hasn't always been the best experience for me on PC, which is why I don't even bother to play the game on PC anymore, because I could easily make too many mistakes in battle. The PS2 version, while low res, has always maintained a nice frame rate for me (except in jeuno sometimes), and what I'm most looking forward to about the xbox 360 version is the fact that finally be merging the beautiful looks of the PC version, with the great frame rate of the PS2 version, because with consoles, there isn't compatibility issues, there isn't "my processor isn't good enough" or "i dont have enough memory" problems that occur. It's optimized for the system, and it's gonna be great!

[Altae]

It does look more smoothly run than PC. And alot brighter and more colorful.

[fastcart]

That vid doesn't really do it justice. They should have demonstrated Sea or Sky. The wide screen looks nice tho.

[Jei]

the texts are blown out, so the brightness and vivid color probably were adjusted in post effect.

[Macht]

I'd have to agree with fastcart the video doesn't do it any justice. As far as brightness and color though that looks to be due mainly to the TV settings which they were recording that off of. The TnL being shows though on the game you are capable of achieving on the computer with a good enough graphics card and the know how to adjust it right.

It's isn't a clear enough video display to really get an aspect of how far a draw distance the Xbox version is suppose to be capable of. It does show a mob vanishing out of range (around 32-33 sec. of play), it's really hard to see though on this video of how far it was though before vanishing.

Area looks like it's La Tiene Plateu the distance the sheep vanishes though still seems to be about the same distance as it has been, still though hard to tell on that video.

[Pai Pai Master]

It's not supposed to keep the monster in view like you want, Macht.

While the draw distance is greatly improved over the PS2 and PC versions, it's only so for the environment. Square Enix intentionally allowed for players and NPCs to pop out of vision like that to keep it fair with the other versions of the game.

It is looking pretty darn good, regardless. Hopefully Tanaka was serious when he said the PC version would get an optional upgrade for graphics like that.

[WishMaster3K]

Just a note, FFXI is what sold me on the 360 *sulks* My laptop is too weak for prolonged play (read: weak), the PS2 version is just plain painful, and at the very least I'll still have the 360 for all its other, multiple and nifty do dads like, games and things.

Oh, and yes, it does look good. Any idea if I can get some sort of input card and connect my Xbox to the display on my computer? *preferably a PC card for laptops*

[Macht]

Oh? Heh, thought it was done for more then just that. Still not good enough to see that being done either way.

[Xhaztol]

You can kiss your overlay resolution goodbye, however, if you don't have an HD TV.

[Juiced]

Hopefully Tanaka was serious when he said the PC version would get an optional upgrade for graphics like that.

Amen to that, brotha. He did also state that to aquire optimal display from the update that you will need a very high end card One of the main reason's Im buying my Radeon x850 XT (That and for F.E.A.R.) I just pray that its enough to handle it, which from the looks of the video's I just witnessed, seem's like it will be fine.

[kuu]

It is just me or did they add motion blur to it? Whenever the camera moved, things seemed to blur.

This I suppose really helps with the fps perception when you go HD with progressive scan. Though might be a little hard on the eyes if you over do it.

OR it could just be the video encoding.

[Xhaztol]

It is just me or did they add motion blur to it? Whenever the camera moved, things seemed to blur.

This I suppose really helps with the fps perception when you go HD with progressive scan. Though might be a little hard on the eyes if you over do it.

OR it could just be the video encoding.

And in any case, MOST of the footage shown is cinematics anyway. And I've seen plenty of motion-blurring ALREADY with FFXI right now. They're not adding motion blur to the standard gameplay engine, it's just stuck in there for dramatic cinematic effects.

[Pai Pai Master]

I think they've added motion blur to EVERYTHING on the 360. Must be a requirement by Microsoft, like having every game be Xbox Live compatible.

[Rones]

Hopefully Tanaka was serious when he said the PC version would get an optional upgrade for graphics like that.

PC should most definitly get that upgrade considering that demo was being run on a pc and not an actual xbox360. Just an fyi for anyone who saw demos for the new consoles back at E3, all of those were being run on PCs too (Apple G5 for xbox360 and a regular PC with sli video card setup for the PS3). Xbox360 version of ffxi is just an upgraded pc version.

Edit: Just saw the date on this. Sorry for the Necro.

[Jolatola]

I'm not really impressed, with a little tweaking FFXI can run just as well on a high end computer as it will on 360, however, if you don't have the money to put into a computer like that, then yeah, it's pretty good