Highlights
- Final Fantasy 14's development team responded to player feedback on graphic changes in Dawntrail.
- Square Enix plans to implement gradual graphical changes based on player feedback, which will be revealed in August.
- Players continue to provide feedback on FF14's forums regarding character and environment changes.
Following the release of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail and its graphical update, Square Enix stated its plans to implement further changes to the graphics following player feedback. The Final Fantasy 14 development team responded to a thread on the game's official forums that saw players deliberate the changes made to their characters in Dawntrail.
Ahead of Dawntrail's launch, Square Enix released a benchmark that gave players both a glimpse into how their characters would look compared to Endwalker, and to see if their Windows PCs could run Final Fantasy 14's fifth expansion without any issues. The benchmark also provided options for players to test out, such as AMD FSR and Nvidia DLSS upscaling technologies, and different shadow and antialiasing selections. However, some players expressed their dissatisfaction with how their characters would look in Dawntrail, resulting in Square Enix releasing an updated benchmark in late May to assuage some concerns.
Though Square Enix has stated it would continue to provide changes to the graphics on a gradual basis, the company kept a tight lip about it. However, a Final Fantasy 14 forum post by Community Team Member Aimetrot thanked players for their feedback so far about Dawntrail's graphics. In their reply to a long forum thread dedicated to garnering player feedback about player and environmental graphic changes, Aimetrot said that the development team had seen the feedback offered in the thread, which also included bug reports. Aimetrot said that a planned course of action would be revealed in late August, nearly one month after the release of Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.05. However, no further details were shared by the community team or development team about the graphical changes Square Enix would make.
Final Fantasy 14 Confirms More Dawntrail Graphic Changes On The Way
- A long forum thread about the player characters and environments in Dawntrail gained traction.
- Final Fantasy 14 community team member Aimetrot states player feedback has been shared with developers.
- Aimetrot confirmed that a plan to implement some requested changes would be revealed in August.
- Players are asked to continue providing feedback to the FF14 development team on the forums.
In various parts of the forum thread, Final Fantasy 14 players offered some comparisons to how their characters looked in Endwalker Patch 6.58 compared to Dawntrail Patch 7.0 and 7.05. Some playable races like the Viera and the Miqo'te still had some lingering graphical issues with ear and hair textures, while a host of races such as Elezen had a thin dividing line appear on the neck when viewed at certain angles. Other players also expressed their concerns about some zones and instances that had yet to be fully updated in Dawntrail. Players thanked Aimetrot and the community team for hearing their feedback.
Between continued graphical updates and content such as Cosmic Exploration and Shades' Triangle, Final Fantasy 14's patch cycle may be one of the most feature-rich to date. With any luck, graphical changes based on player feedback will continue through the rest of the expansion.
OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Rating:86/100 Critics Recommend:92% Franchise Final Fantasy Platform(s) PC , PS3 , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S Released August 27, 2013 Developer(s) Square Enix Publisher(s) Square Enix Multiplayer Online Multiplayer Engine Crystal Tools ESRB T for Teen: Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence Steam Deck Compatibility yes PS Plus Availability N/A Cross Save no Cross-Platform Play PC, PS4, PS5 & Xbox Series X|S Expand See at Official SiteSee at Playstation StoreSee at WalmartSee at Steam
