yeah it does look like FF9 doesn't it... but you know that the difference here is that FF9 was 2D Rendered, this is full 3D.
The depth you see is REAL depth and atmosphere, not a 2d pre-rendered trick.
and i don't think this even is capable of the full graphics of the game...
i mean to me HL2 has nice effects, but it has no atmosphere that kills the look for me. FFXI just oozes atmosphere, especially with the highend soundtrack from Yoko Kano :-P
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