FFXIV Dawntrail Graphics Update Before and After Detailed Comparison

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5 күн бұрын

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail Early Access is here and the new graphics update looks amazing!
I recorded some character models, lighting, cities, landscapes and glamours before and after the Dawntrail patch so we can see the changes easier. We have some big upgrades to textures, lighting and models especially! Here are some detailed comparisons, my first impression and thoughts on the FF14 graphics update!
What do you think about the FFXIV Graphical update? Do you like your Warrior of Light's new look? Share your thoughts in the comments down below!
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@buchholzphoto27 3 күн бұрын

My middie Hyur looked like I hadn't slept in three days and had been crying. Puffy bags under the eyes. As long as the Fantasia has caffeine in it, I should be fine.

@Person-lh5fp 2 күн бұрын

My Catboy got bags under their eyes and looks like they've not slept in days. And also more mature for some reason. It's top tier.

@bloodmoon0746 3 күн бұрын

This update gave me a huge glow up. I play as a dark skinned midlander, and I can attest to square giving dark complexions some love, and it really toned my muscles. I almost look hot for a middy.

@Glacier_Noir 3 күн бұрын

Same~. Male miqo'te with dark skin. The lighting made his skintone more bouncy and organic as well as better muscle apparenteur. Also the lips and mouth corners became more expression-able. 😙👌👌 Ps. Our WoL's eyes slightly twitch and wiggle too~.👀👁

@Dmyx9724 3 күн бұрын

Same ! I can finally see my back character 🤣

@scolamiero28 3 күн бұрын

@@Glacier_Noir wth

@CaelusTianxin 3 күн бұрын

The graphical update made my male Xaela go from scary Yakuza boss to how my wife describes it, "Bad Boy with a soft side Daddy vibes" and she wont stop simping. It made her Raen a trillion times more adorable and protectable though so its only fair. Its insane how much better the update made our characters look.

@junkfolders2029 3 күн бұрын

Like many others, I believe that the facial adjustments still need some work. But I have faith that the team will deliver. The environmental updates were a breath of fresh air, especially the work on the shadows (no more 10 fps shadow movement)!

@TheGameKat 3 күн бұрын

That setting switch from 100-->99 makes a surprisingly large difference! tysm

@Froggsroxx Күн бұрын

Yes, it's actually bonkers

@HikingFeral 20 сағат бұрын

it looks terrible and costs performance

@natebroadus8474 3 күн бұрын

What surprised me is how subtle changes can make a huge difference with this update. My old Highlander was perfect, but he didn't feel right in Dawntrail and I couldn't figure out why. I realized the old eyes I chose were just slightly smaller in the update. The result: his face looked chunkier. I used my Fantasia, colored his eyes more of blue steel, sorted through the options and switched from #1 eyes to #6 eyes--suddenly, my boy looked like my boy again.

@meriwidget3474 3 күн бұрын

I love how my lala looks now! The small shine added to their eyes is so nice looking.

@Rhomagus 3 күн бұрын

I ran Copperbell Mines yesterday and it was gorgeous. After doing that dungeon I've seriously considered doing another run through the story in New Game +. The shine on the rocks, especially in the wet areas, was phenomenal.

@0Fyrebrand0 3 күн бұрын

I went through Halatali, and I couldn't believe how good it looks now! The new lighting system is working wonders in all sorts of areas.

@SuperEffector 3 күн бұрын

This is also partially because Copperbell got a huge rework not long ago, so they likely remade it with the graphics update in mind. I reckon Thousand Maws is the same, that place already locked amazing after the rework.

@starlagirls Күн бұрын

now time to find out how Lakshmi looks-

@velvetkit69 2 күн бұрын

The mounts leaning/rolling when turning applies on the ground as well as in the air. Regarding my character, I've noticed something odd with the update: limbal rings sometimes appear dark, and sometimes appear to be practically glowing. I don't know yet if the difference is determined by the angle the light hits them at or what, but I've seen both effects in and out of cutscenes.

@noOtherFs 2 күн бұрын

I loved the upgrades. I know they did say that it's gonna take them some time to upgrade literally everything and they mention some things take priority over others, but I am kinda disappointed when I found out that apparently the Exarch isn't one of that priority list considering that 1) he's an important MSQ character which they mentioned would be high in priority, 2) he has crystalline textures all over his body that would look just stunning if it matches the update the aetheryte crystals get. Heck when I checked the cutscenes with him in it, his staff actually got an update and not a single pixel on him did

@Marinterre 3 күн бұрын

My elezen man’s face changed and some small details are off. The previously flat eyebrows have an arch now. It seems insignificant but it really alters his look and makes him look expressive. The old brows gave him a very fae and unaffected look. Overall I’m satisfied with the update but I wish we could have the old brow option.

@2sigi 11 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much for the comparisons. It's wild how subtle changes can improve how an area or a character looks so much. The point where i realized the update did a lot of work was when I ran the Crystal Tower raids on an alt and saw Syrcus Tower. The crystals, the gold, and the lighting combined made me actually catch my breath for a moment. I was like "oh... oh, the Allagans really did have something going here with the Crystal Tower's design" lol

@adtsiriusstarr112 3 күн бұрын

The first thing i noticed was now my avatar has eye bags. Eye bags perhaps were already there at least since Shb/ew, but in DT more visible

@Gadgadashvara 3 күн бұрын

Type "BOB ROSS????" into wrong chat. Man disappears. Pan camera to angry face... Genius. Diamond encrusted golden morsel of comedy you gave us at 8:40ish.

@CrystalCatArt 12 сағат бұрын

I was already obsessed with my femRoe, but the update made me even MORE obsessed with her she is just gorgeous ^w^ i've loved noticing all the small details and how something like lighting and reshading has drastically improved how things looked. And my girl has darker grey skin as well and she looks so good~ also the INFAMOUS PRAETORIUM SCENE NO LONGER LOOKS AWFUL LOL I was shocked

@justoxalyde9122 3 күн бұрын

Ngl the update made my catboy look good as fuck. Even I had to stop and appreciate the change XD

@samus20018 Күн бұрын

I didn't spend much time as male Elezen I found I had a fantasia in my chocobo bags and used it to become female Hrothgar. Stumbled on the quest for the free fantasia in Ul'dah later in the day while doing stuff in the markets so I can change race again when I feel like it without spending real world money on one.

@ShadowFennixx 3 күн бұрын

As soon i loged in It was raining in Limsa. I was like holy crap the cobble stones when it rains was freaking pleasing to see!

@martinosmera7529 3 күн бұрын

I started the game about a week ago. I log out in Ul'dan and yesterday when I log in I was like "Oh something is different... The game suddenly doesn't look so bad..." 😆 So I found your video. Thank you for comparsion. 😊

@ofanichan 3 күн бұрын

The update completely changed my hyur... Like the character I've been playing for years is no longer the same person, and I am trying to get used to it... Cuz I wanna get through MSQ with the girl whose been doing all the work. They changed her eyes completely, and nerfed her chin hard. I'd argue the change made her prettier, but it's still weird. (Midlander face 3 if anyone is curious)

@Zadamanim 3 күн бұрын

Everyone's eyes are more marble-like now, with reflections and stuff. Before, the eye-shine was just painted on and wouldnt move if you turned your head.

@dains6623 3 күн бұрын

Hyurs got the worst of it. My midlander was ruined so I went catgirl lol.

@ofanichan 3 күн бұрын

@@dains6623 i was thinking of going miqote, but they changed my backup's eyes so her energy went from a brat to a trophy wife

@ofanichan 3 күн бұрын

@@Zadamanim it's more than just the shine. Her eyes are smaller and more "droopy" and it gives her a completely different energy. I have a before and after picture, but I sadly cant post in on KZfaq

@MaraFFXIV 3 күн бұрын

The exact same thing happened to my hyur, with face 1. She was everything to me and now I can't even stand to look at her. I'm happy for the people who like their characters post-update, but it's also hard to not feel alone and left out seeing everybody talk about how great it is, meanwhile people like us are losing motivation to even play the game.

@thomasheller4629 3 күн бұрын

I don't think my Rava Viera has changed much, except... with the graphics update some hair styles, especially those with "long straight lines" look like paint on the head. It's hard to explain but those don't look natural, but like "one solid block". And the mount tili feels... odd...

@bluelagoon4 2 күн бұрын

Perhaps because it's smoother and polished?

@AlexSuns 3 күн бұрын

Update messed up my character's face, probably gonna fanta. The environment textures /lighting/ shadow updates are really nice. However, i feel like there is something wrong with the anti aliasing. Seems to be more jagged edges than before. Also, i can't understand how some armor pieces that got texture updates have low and high res textures on the same piece of armor. it makes the low res texture part stick out like a sore thumb. looks so bad.

@maxvieira2595 3 күн бұрын

Female au ra face 4 lost their soul with this update, I liked how they had sharp eyes in endwalker, now they just have dead fish eyes in the portraits, you can barely see the limbal ring in it. When they said that au ras would be able to keep their "dead inside" look, I didn't expect them to force it on every au ra.

@AiroDusk 3 күн бұрын

I feel mine went through the update fine. Maybe just unlucky?

@bluelagoon4 2 күн бұрын

I also have fem Au Ra (Xaela) and she looks so fine, she has white limbal rings and it's still catching

@rpglover101 13 сағат бұрын

New Gridania looks absolutely amazing now, the lighting and color changes alone would have made me happy.

@Dreded100 3 күн бұрын

I wasn't all that excited about the graphics update from the benchmark. It looked nice, but not OMG this is a HUGE difference to me. Then I saw a cutscene very early in DT where the sun was shining on my Au Ra through a window, and her horn was glowing from the sun shining through it. That was my "A Ha" moment for this update. That and I love how her umbral eye rings glow at night now.

@AmazingLube Күн бұрын

Sadly I absolutely hate how my character looks after the update. Not just my character but the entire Au Ra race, so I'll have to do drastic changes

@guidoblok 3 күн бұрын

But the real question is: how do the grapes in labyrinthos look has anyone checked those out yet?! 😬

@JadonTheEternal 3 күн бұрын

I can report, they have not changed, or if they did it's unnoticeable

@villa_art 3 күн бұрын

They should be the same. If I'm not wrong, they did an interview a few months ago and were talking about the update and mentioned the grapes. They said that the overall geometry of their environment will stay the same, so the angular grapes stay the same

@bean2122 3 күн бұрын

I hope they don't change the grapes 😂 they prob will but the laughs and memories 😂.

@grizzlybear6377 2 күн бұрын

Wait! We're looking at _fruit?_ 🍇

@Sk8trgod420 3 күн бұрын

Love your videos♥. Also i must mention that Female Miqo'te Face 3 + Mouth 4 makes me sad after the DT update. I now have an ugly under-bite if you look at me straight on. (Side profile is still cute but not same). you can check many facial expressions and they all look ABSOULTELY HORRIBLE. They gave me plastic surgery to my lips and "Philtrum" that i didn't ask for. Idk if i want to play msq anymore at this rate. I lost motivation today.

@zazikeldragonofchaos2765 3 күн бұрын

Most of my characters came through alright but my Duskwight Elezen got hit a bit hard. He went from being very dark skinned to be almost weirdly glowing blue. xD I have no idea what went wrong there. I'm working on fixing him.

@EmiruStar Күн бұрын

Characters have really bad dark circles under their eyes. It does look indeed as our WOL had no chance to sleep since we met the scions. I hope they fix this lighting because it's horrible. My male Viera looks so fuckin done with his life 😢 Other than that I do love the graphics update but it's an extreme change to my dark skinned Viera face that will take some time to get used to ngl

@OjiOtaku 3 күн бұрын

You can fantasia all you want but that won't help if you had slanted eye as a lala. none of the eyes look like the ones i had before and all of the faces are fatter. just my take on Lala.

@codsamanta Күн бұрын

Not a big fan of what they did to midlander ladies to be honest. My character looks different in a way that completely shifted her vibe. I tried to make her look more like herself but it's impossible with the features we currently have. Also, very disappointed that we got 2 new hairstyles and both are short. :

@getjinxed6128 2 күн бұрын

I love the update except for the fact that I have the only female Miqo'te face bugged Moon Tribe face 4 has eyebrow color issues... I look super dumb, like my head is empty because my eyebrows does not match my hair and they blend with my skin - making me look eyebrowless... Besides that, my only other issue are facial expressions : they look weird. I had to change my portraits because the mouth is odd now, the corners looks puffy as if I was carrying food in my cheeks like a hamster or something.

@ocendaca 3 күн бұрын

My female Mi´qote seems to have bigger eyes/irises than before. The texture on clothes are really amazing. But I noticed that in crystarium enemies pop up in the distance instead of slowly growing larger when nearing them. Playing on PS5,

@Naryoril 3 күн бұрын

Looking at old screenshots, you are right. I did use a fantasia because i wanted to make some minor adjustments to my female Mi'qote, like changing the eye color and voice (or the god while i was at it). While I was doing that I didn't like how big the irises were, so I changed that from large to small. It never bothered me before, but I think you are right. I'm looking at old screenshots now and i'm pretty sure the irises there are smaller than they were in the character editor, seems like they were pretty close to what they are now.

@nicolefrench2968 3 күн бұрын

I dont like my character and some things are looking grainy to me. Haven’t figured out what setting to change. Love the areas though - old a new, instanced and open world - all look amazing. Overall what a great improvement.

@Zedonus0 Сағат бұрын

I have mixed feelings. Everything else is amazing, but I miss my Au Ra eye glow. I will say that cutscenes now give me more emotions and facial expressions than before and I did go in first person and stare at people to see their differences and noticed if you looked at the eyes, they actually have little animations now in idle stances.

@Naryoril 3 күн бұрын

In general i like the graphics update, but there is room for improvement. The mount tilting is great when flying, but when running on ground it seems weird when e.g. a horse tilts that much. The resolution of self shadows is still really really low. For example look at the shadows your hair casts on yourself, it's extremely pixelated. And for female characters, the breasts can still cast really strange shadows. Also, that metals and such look so much better probably isn't due to upgrades to textures, but a result of the changes in the lighting system, how the light interacts with metal surfaces.

@jayr7613 Күн бұрын

Without even watching the video, I can honestly say the game looks like the right side of the thumbnail. It's NEVER looked like the lest side in the least bit.

@Demmrir 19 сағат бұрын

The only graphical change I'm sad about is the reduced reflection on surfaces, particularly wood and granite floors and walls. My house used to have a stunning floor but now it's very flat. The last snippet in the video comparison also showed a very reflective stone floor versus what is now a rather matte one. Not a fan of that change.

@Demmrir 19 сағат бұрын

Put in a "maybe this is a bug" way, I don't think I've seen SSR for anything but water post-patch. The shine probes have been improved but actual SSR is gone.

@canderia 3 күн бұрын

It feels like they smoothed out the fem roe faces. Less jagged edges. But the mount leaning looks ridiculous when you're on the ground.

@foxdavion6865 3 күн бұрын

the leaning is fine when it's a bike. But if it is a 4 legged cat or monster, they shouldn't lean and chocobos shouldn't lean at all.

@AlleluiaElizabeth 3 күн бұрын

@@foxdavion6865 Well, chocobos should lean a bit. They should also ruffle their wings for balance. But as it is now, yeah, way too much lean on the birds on the ground.

@komododragons4553 3 күн бұрын

@@foxdavion6865it looks amazing on clouds bike

@z0h33y 3 күн бұрын

The leaning looks so strange, maybe ill get used to it.

@Shikori_Tsuru 3 күн бұрын

Yeah, for flying mounts leaning is perfect, but when it comes to grounded ones it's kind of hit and miss, depends on a mount.

@Ryotsu2112 2 күн бұрын

3:44 I beg to differ on the reflections. There are no more glossy reflections on wood flooring. You can see it in your comparison, where in the old video you see a light reflected on the wood floor, and in the new version it’s just flat with barely a sheen. This is one thing I don’t like, but the rest is great. EDIT: You can see it at 7:55 as well. Look at the reflections on the floor on the left. I miss that a lot.

@CrystalCatArt 12 сағат бұрын

also wait what server are you on? Because I SWEAR I saw someone in an outfit similiar to yours doing that slapping and then petals in front of the fantasia guy lol. That would be really funny if I saw you XD

@avycatte 11 сағат бұрын

I play on Mateus!

@CrystalCatArt 11 сағат бұрын

@@avycatte haha ok so wasn’t you but very funny I saw something similar!

@FFXIDrago Күн бұрын

The new graphic looks awesome. Unfortunately they did not work on the models of the playable and unplayable characters - so many curvy parts on the bodies do no look curvy. For example the shoulders: they look like back in 2010 and not any close to a modern game. But i think such things will be hard to improve without giving trouble to our console players - I still remember the crashing console players due to too much effects in Final Fantasy XI ...

@sqidvishus 3 күн бұрын

I want to add that iridescent colorations look AMAZING as well.

@yanoamustamu2390 3 күн бұрын

This is probably one of the better comparison videos I've found out there; splendid work!! o/

@RyldsGirl 3 күн бұрын

As a dark Elezen duskwight I’m so happy. My boy was always cute but capturing him because of the lighting was so hard! The before/after of him is incredible. Not only that but my WoL wears glasses… and now I can have hats and glasses. I’m so happy!

@maw4734 Күн бұрын

Femroes now have eye bags, just a bit. It's not awful but it does make me consider tweaking my eye shape. Everything else looks *fantastic*, though.

@MIKEHUNT7531 21 сағат бұрын

I like the update textures and lighting is great and also our skin is just way better I have a darker skinned char but slightly lighter and I swear I can see the blood in the cheeks during certain lighting which is great. I know someone people wanted a more intense update but they wanted it to look even more the same. Personally I feel they should have updated the hairs a bit but that would have been a lot more work. I think some hairstyles need to be adjusted but yah not bad at all

@lyletaylor3728 2 күн бұрын

My character looked good both before and after the update, except for the eyes. The lower eye lid is too thick. I didn't like looking at her eyes after the update - they just looked wrong. I switched to an Au Ra (because my Viera couldn't show most headwear), and that one looks ok. Just a few tweaks from my saved character data from before. The eyes still aren't perfect, but not as bad (or at least not as noticeable) as before.

@Klaudiuszeg 3 күн бұрын

My aura, hyur, elezen were ruined by this update tbh. Miqo survived it but they changed actual eyebrow shape on her and made her angry. Luckily found viera i could play on which looks better than chars i had before, female viera got the best rework lol

@clemi5051 3 күн бұрын

I love your video, you can really see the differences of the textures ^^ I just recently started playin FF XIV and found all the helpful videos on your channel. Please keep up the great work!

@williek08472 3 күн бұрын

The biggest change I noticed for my mooncat was that the irises are particularly well-defined and have little lines in them. Also, her fangs are thankfully not as short as I was fearing.

@Shanyetta23 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for doing a comparison! It helps so much to see them next to each other.

@Ednaxx 3 күн бұрын

Hi! Can someone tell me what chest piece is that at 6:05?

@TheSindara 3 күн бұрын

Its the reward from the FF16 crossover event (now ended) - specifically the Metian Vest.

@Ednaxx 2 күн бұрын

@@TheSindara noo I missed it D: Ty anyways!

@sam.246 3 күн бұрын

great video comparison, thanks!

@JoseSoulitario 3 күн бұрын

I had a small weird look with my miqo'te but now with each cutscene I look on amazement haha it vastly made my WoL look much better. Currently about halfway through shadowbringers so gots a LOT to look forward to besides msq now haha

@lorekeepermeerah 3 күн бұрын

my husband's catboy was massacred. He fantasia-ed to a viera and has been really depressed about it. My mooncat looks very different too and its kind of upsetting to look at her. they totally messed up mooncat face 4 v_v I’ve been a mooncat on on my main the entire time, and I don’t want to switch… v_v just sad

@grizzlybear6377 2 күн бұрын

I'm to hear that you and your husband are going through this. I'd feel the same if I were in your shoes

@RoadkillRemii 2 күн бұрын

Hm really? I love my face 4 moon cat! Sorry to hear ); I did make a sun cat with face 3 for my alt and it's gorgeous. Maybe..switch to a sun kitty? The eyes are amazing!

@snuffle2405 2 күн бұрын

I love the new graphical update! Also your accent is so cute!!!

@foxdavion6865 3 күн бұрын

Before update my GPU: *sleep* After update my GPU: *The Fans are Active!* In all seriousness, these are the drastic changes which happen simply from adding parallax mapping (making 2D surfaces look 3D), global illumination, double the polygon count on character models, double the texture resolution and also add on top of that AI calculated texture scaling (FSR/DLSS). - If you have a powerful Multicore CPU like an AMD Ryzen 7 or 12th to 14th gen i7/i9 Processor, all of which have 20+ cores, use FSR instead if you're using an Nvidia card, it increases your framerate since the game engine only uses 1 core, freeing up your CPU to handle FSR on the other cores if you're not multitasking, also DLSS implementation is bugged.

@AkaTheJoker1 3 күн бұрын

How is DLSS bugged? Usually FSR looks terrible in any game I've ever tested it in, I only flicked it on for a sec on here and didn't notice a diff between fsr and dlss but it was only a min, except framerate went up like 10fps with fsr.

@foxdavion6865 3 күн бұрын

@@AkaTheJoker1 The way it is implemented is bugged, if you have a powerful GPU or you don't play on 4K you wouldn't notice. If you have DLSS on always and set it to 100% with fps limiter disabled (not synced to monitor), the engine will prioritize framerate, so DLSS will do weird things like downscale 4K textures till they are 360p smudges during cutscenes, repeat old textures, do odd things in the old pre-Shadowbringers zones. In other words, it is incorrectly implemented. Also, DLSS uses the Graphics Hard hardware to run, which again impacts fps, since the game engine itself doesn't use much of the CPU, better to use software upscaling with FSR for the time being. I am aware DLSS is superior; Also most people forget to set DLSS to only activate on low FPS too. It is mostly there to upscale the old ARR,HW and Stormblood textures for 4K, because they were added back when 1080p was the norm and haven't been updated. If your fps is synced to your monitor refresh it takes pressure off the GPU and CPU, either 75fps or 144fps, In that situation DLSS "bugs" don't occur.

@AkaTheJoker1 3 күн бұрын

@foxdavion6865 Ahhh okay thanks. Yeah I wasn't sure if I should switch to FSR bc of this, especially bc I heard good things about the TSMCC, AA or whatev it's called before this came out. I have a new 7700x but only have a 3060ti with it, so I've been running it at 1440p and not 4k.

@foxdavion6865 3 күн бұрын

@@AkaTheJoker1 Yeah I wouldn't *dare* use DLSS on a 3060TI, I mean if it was a 3070 or later, it's fine. But yeah as of right now it even causes a 4090 to drop from 500fps down to 120 when active at 100%. Like I said, the developers haven't implemented it correctly. It isn't their fault, it is a 10 year old game engine and NVidia is terrible at explaining their software to developers, for example I have a Canadian friend who used to work for bE (Behaviour Interactive) and he described NVidia PhysX as "A Nightmare to deal with" and "Even our Graphics Programmer struggled" Now, DLSS isn't PhysX, but it is I'd imagine just as obtuse because NVidia don't document their code because their higher ups are worse than Adobe - they make more money from developers than they do from us card buyers, ultra protective of their source code. FSR - devs are allowed to tweak it, DLSS - NVidia wants 100% control over it.

@AngelTerri Күн бұрын

Thumbnail is a bit disingenuous with the apparent blurring of the before side ...

@Gwydion_Wolf 2 күн бұрын

I love how with the quest in Uldah for the free Fantasia, they basically cannonized that potion as being an actual thing in-game XD

@meyatetana2973 3 күн бұрын

So was FFXIV's goal to make Miqote have a blank stare like the Au'Ra have? Why is their expression so badin this graphical update?

@kmeanxneth 3 күн бұрын

with the new crystal textures/light system, Crystal Tower look like is kinda not the same game anymore. XD

@MyndZero 3 күн бұрын

I don't know if it counts as a detailed comparison if you couldn't line up the lighting and what not. Like.. that's when you be patient and wait it out if you want a detailed comparison, otherwise it's a surface level comparison.

@GroovyDean 3 күн бұрын

To enjoy the graphical updates more, and to see what's what, I choose to WALK most of the time. Seeing the texture on the ground, on the grasses, on the wall, on everything, the best way is to do just that... when you pass by so fast, you can hardly see anything in detail. for me who have played since ShB, the changes are very visible to me, and like you, Avy, I cant help but feeling excited about it.

@NPDStudio 3 күн бұрын

Delighted with how my Au'ra looks! She's grown up so much ❤ Love the graphics update so far - anytime I think that it was underwhelming, I find something that makes me say "Damn, I can't remember this game ever looking this good!" Love how every basic NPC now looks totally on point 👌 Hoping for more improvements down the line. I love going back to old dungeons and seeing the differences :)

@bebekkurus 3 күн бұрын

I hate my Au’ra face after update, but thanks god they give us free Fantasia. I tweak it a little and somehow get my old Au’ra face from using other parts of her face. I love her now!

@ShallieDragon 3 күн бұрын

My WoL (a lala) looked a little off when I got in the game for the first time. Like, just looking at her standing there, she looked... strange. Like, something felt wrong. But when I started seeing her moving around and doing stuff more, especially in cutscenes, it started to grow on me. This was further helped by a trip to the Aesthetician to update the colors on the hair and makeup. Overall I'm pretty happy with it, and I feel like I'm only going to like it more with time. I guess the thing that's throwing me is how much of a difference lighting makes now. Like, the ambient light levels make a MUCH bigger difference, in terms of color perception and saturation. The new system is much more responsive and dynamic, which feels unusual at first when you're used to very flat static colors. But I'll get used to it. I'm too enamored with ALL THE INCREASED DETAILS NOW. Like holy crap everything looks so sharp and crisp!

@MauricioPlaza 3 күн бұрын

most things pre 7.0 looks outdated AF, the twins gear is updated but thancred looks pixelated.

@Pihnes Күн бұрын

Sadly, a lot of stuff was left untouched.

@Sk8trgod420 3 күн бұрын

Use Anamnesis for time of day and weather type (i always click skip update so that i can use it immediately after patches with chance of game crash) *but omg i typed that before you said a thing so i will be quiet and watch now ♥

@roseredxoxo830 3 күн бұрын

Wait I'm the Au'ra in the front at 3:38. I didn't know if it was actually you I was too scared to say something plus I'm on trial but I love your videos :3

@CCKaraoke 2 күн бұрын

It's mind blowing.

@MrAxelyeager 2 күн бұрын

Idk why but the eyebrows on miqo hurts to look at in cutscenes sometimes supper jarring over all I like the new looks of everything but I need that free Fanta

@Rasayon 3 күн бұрын

Just amazing Video and amazing graphic Update :3 ❤

@WGSXFrank 3 күн бұрын

If you have an Nvidia card, you could swap to dlss, then use the Nvidia overlay to apply sharpness. You can even adjust the sharpness to your liking. I personally have mine set to 45%

@jayr7613 Күн бұрын

There's next to no noticeable difference really.

@u45uify 3 күн бұрын

as a dark skinned bnuuy lady, i was already hot, this update just made me even hotter, my lipstick was made darker and more like lipstick instead of lip gloss, and i now have TOES

@JoseSoulitario 3 күн бұрын

I look so in detail during cutscenes now from this update lol I had a weird look with my miqo'te face before but this update vastly improved it! Almost halfway through shadowbringers so I gots LOT to look forward to now besides msq

@DICEBOY22 3 күн бұрын

maybe its cause my current graphics card is a 710 ti and can somehow run the game although at 40 fps... but I don't notice to big a difference on my end.

@octapusxft 3 күн бұрын

did they just fix the flickering on the folliage?

@cattysplat 3 күн бұрын

Old: Flat shading with grey blacks, bright popping colors and very comic book-esque. Suited 2000s era MMOs to compete with WoW but very outdated now. New: Deep shadows, much more 3D depth. Darker colors, more realistic. That metal and crystal upgrade is huge though and the new eyes are so good.

@TachyKusanagi 3 күн бұрын

Oh, looks like you forgot to raise one setting: The shadow softness. That one can now go to "Softest", which makes shadows have proper shadow-fuzziness effects applied to them. Especially at 3:31 you can see that setting missing, as the sun-shadows appear rather crisp and aliased; they flicker a little bit. Oh, and give DLSS a try! Just keep the frame rate threshold to under 30 and it will look pretty good.

@villa_art 3 күн бұрын

Finaly, someone that actually did a good comparison video. Im curious to see more areas from a realm reborn, since those would be the biggest visual changes. Especially since the said the graphical update will start from the outside in, starting woth A realm reborn and dawntrail.

@zydeox1221 3 күн бұрын

My catgirl got butchered like crazy with the updated ngl. Horrible feeling to ditch a character I've attached myself to for years, I'm a fem Raen now since au'ras got a really pretty treatment in the eyes.

@GameGod77 3 күн бұрын

You know you can get a free fantasia to change facial details right?

@GleamingGarmore 3 күн бұрын

@@GameGod77 Yeah but the details we want back are gone now.

@zydeox1221 3 күн бұрын

@@GameGod77 I used face 2 from miqo'te which is an ugly face by default, but with the eyeshape 6 for me It made it the most beautiful catgirl face. None of the other options are valid therefore there is no option for me and I was not going to use a free fantasia to change some minuscule details. When I said I'm a fem Raen it meant that I used the free fantasia to become au'ra.

@hybridpsycho 2 күн бұрын

It's a nice polish but given the first images they showed of characters it feels underwhelming. I'd be ok with if they just said "HEY WE'RE GONNA JUST POLISH THE GAMES GRAPHICS SLIGHTLY, DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH". But they called it a "Graphics update". :( I'm not too upset, just a little.

@danielferrell3838 3 күн бұрын

I thought it was super cool when i noticed some mounts like the horses also tilt when you take turns even when on the ground

@jaykay5838 3 күн бұрын

I noticed while staring at someones face upclose, that the eyes moved slightly, like they were reading something off in the distance. These guys went deep into it.

@sunray501 2 күн бұрын

I have a female face-3 (the 'mermaid' horns) Raen and the texture update for her horns and scales are amazing. Skin tone was kept true to form too, but i still wanted to fantasia just for a different skin tone anyways, even before the graphics update. (I found this pale stone-y pink color near the top i wanted to rock for a while)

@Bingus_Jamz 3 күн бұрын

Does anyone know if they reduced pop in?

@rkat 3 күн бұрын

The lines look worse on my PlayStation. There is no anti aliasing at all and when you look at line work close up, the lines look jagged. It's terrible. They need to fix it soon because if I was a new player I would not be impressed. Some of those graphics settings you show are not available to console.

@christafart4202 3 күн бұрын

I feel u. And honestly I've been considering getting a PC cause we are missing out on so much from so many games graphically. I saw a streamer that had a 1440p res and it looks so much better then my ps5 😢

@rhiethreal 3 күн бұрын

I prefer the old look.

@JayBigDadyCy 3 күн бұрын

the @235 comparison, look at the background. That looks amazing. That's the changes I was more interest in. I've played a little so far, but the ques kept me away so Elden Ring it was most of the weekend lol.

@Sparksol 2 күн бұрын

I had to do a little touch-up with a Fantasia for face reasons, but it's all fine now.

@sweepingtime 3 күн бұрын

Since forever, my highlander always looked like she had her mouth open because it so happened that the lighting effects are too bright on her lips. The update fixed this now and my character doesn't look slack-jawed in cut scenes, lol.

@Brykun777 22 сағат бұрын

Thank you SO much for making these side-by-side comparison videos! They help my bad eyes appreciate the changes more xD

@SeiaiAnkoku 2 күн бұрын

I had a great time seeing all sorts of new graphic updates, even in the oldest maps due to the lighting and universal material/texture changes. Thanks for the video! This is very handy for my friends that have difficulty noticing the changes.

@S0ulC41ib3r Күн бұрын

for some reason when I set the res scaling to 99 it actually causes an overlay of circles across my screen that makes it hard to look at

@_Magnuss_ Күн бұрын

I think the graphics upgrade looks decent but the performance cost they are pushing is seriously stupid. It looks like the changes of a Skyrim mod but it needs the performance of a last of us and that game looks 1000 times better.

@iPlayOnSpica 3 күн бұрын

Hint for PC users on improving your graphics: 1. For Resolution, switch to AMD FSR and set the resolution scale's slider to 99 (not 100), to remove blur issues. 2. For anti-aliasing, select TSCMAA + Camera Jitter Edit: Never mind, AvyCatte, you covered it about 5 min in ^_^