CaelusTianxin: 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.

bloodmoon0746: 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.

Rhomagus: 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.

buchholzphoto27: 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.

ofanichan: 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)

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

maxvieira2595: 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.

martinosmera7529: 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..."

canderia: 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.

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

zydeox1221: 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.

meriwidget3474: I love how my lala looks now! The small shine added to their eyes is so nice looking.

ShadowFennixx: 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!

Dreded100: 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.

williek08472: 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.

lorekeepermeerah: 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

junkfolders2029: 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)!

Jul 06 2024

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