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Post by masaia on Aug 17, 2012 5:28:02 GMT -5
Still no gameplay? Yeesh, maybe the new MMO is an interative movie that they charge you for montly! Seriously though, show some gameplay.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 17, 2012 19:52:42 GMT -5
Seriously! How do you expect people excited about a game if you show just FMV footage. Tell people whats new. SHOW people whats new. You can't buy customers by telling them to look at the pretty pictures.
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Post by Yvondith on Aug 17, 2012 21:27:16 GMT -5
SE's been doing this for years. >.> Here, look at some FMVs! Don't you wanna buy the game now?
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Post by masaia on Aug 18, 2012 10:55:18 GMT -5
Just saying when your series name is at its lowest point in forever after 13, and 14 looks like the same old shit you've been shoveling for the last few years, you may want to re-think your business model Haven't played a FF chronicled game since XI. I'd like to keep supporting them, but they need to throw in more game with their movies. Seven was a spectacular hit. Thirteen could have been too, since its battle system was at least interesting. Ah well, rant over. Key thing is, when your game was considered the WORST MMO to disgrace the series (again, with games like freaking maple story beating you out), you should really put some effort into selling your product better. Just saying!
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Post by Yvondith on Aug 18, 2012 16:14:33 GMT -5
I'm in total agreement. The "Here, lookit the FMV" crap is past it's ability to get us to buy. But I swear that's what SE prides themselves on the most, is the damn FMVs in the games.
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Post by Caller on Sept 5, 2012 12:15:16 GMT -5
They finally gave us a gameplay trailer...sorta. www.g4tv.com/videos/60602/final-fantasy-14-online-a-realm-rebornlimit-break-gameplay-trailer/The first thing I noticed is how very lo-res it looked, at least compared to how it was when it first launched where was no lo-res option. And they dramatically improved the animations, so there's that. But they still didn't really show much in terms of how each job functions as a whole, but then again, I guess we can ascertain that from our experiences in XI.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 5, 2012 20:46:32 GMT -5
Dude! The video's pre-advertisement was for a new Resident Evil movie that I had no idea they were making. I just jizzed all over myself!
About time they showed some gameplay. Although I never played the original so I have no idea how it looks compared to it. I hope this succeeds either way. I hope its good. I know SE is capable of delivering good shit.
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Post by Yvondith on Sept 5, 2012 20:55:54 GMT -5
Dude! The video's pre-advertisement was for a new Resident Evil movie that I had no idea they were making. I just jizzed all over myself! CLEAN THAT UP! Or at least put down a Wet Floor sign.
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Post by Caller on Sept 6, 2012 13:09:12 GMT -5
The combat system in XIV works almost identically to XI. If I remember correctly there are no auto attacks, but instead each vocation as an ability that accrues TP upon hit. Then, stronger moves require various amounts of TP to use. These "limit breaks" are probably along the same concept, and probably have a long cooldown. What FFXIV sorely needed, and perhaps has now since I quit, were abilities that served the party as a whole. There were no AoE attacks, no group heals, no crowd control...not even a provoke like ability (though I'm almost positive that one's in the game now).
The game's ideas were intriguing. To be able to switch your Job with your weapon and still level independently was brilliant and very similar to FFT. But it's just like they cut the dev time in half or even a fourth before the game was even ready and released it because so many concepts weren't there. We need more exposition to tell us that yes, they've changed all this. I don't expect a video to tell us blatantly everything, but those of us who gave up on the game (and for good reason) shouldn't have to read through the tomes of patch notes to see what all they changed. I'd like a simple table format at the least saying "Hey, this is how it used to be, here is how it is now."
Dunno who I'm preaching to, but these pretty videos still aren't convincing me.
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Post by Caller on Mar 11, 2013 21:19:52 GMT -5
Without getting too much into detail as to how I know this, let it suffice to say XIV has been substantially and significantly improved. SE is doing a piss poor job of keeping this game in the news and hyped, but I am thoroughly impressed how far this game has come. After I'm allowed to discuss how I know these things, I will tell everyone more, but look forward to it. It's good news. EDIT And I'm being vague because I'm under a Non Disclosure Agreement. So...that should give you an idea but I can neither confirm nor deny anything yet.
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Post by Yvondith on Mar 14, 2013 10:19:09 GMT -5
I put in my beta application, I figured why not. Though I'm not considered a legacy application. Unfortunately there was no slot for "I played FFXI since 2003!" I left them a link to this website since they asked for it, so behave!
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Post by Caller on Mar 14, 2013 15:17:16 GMT -5
*hides the birthday goat*
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Post by Yvondith on Mar 16, 2013 3:03:56 GMT -5
As long as no one is caught doing unspeakable acts to the poor thing (this is the south, afterall) we're fine.
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Post by Caller on Apr 8, 2013 23:24:07 GMT -5
I am not at liberty to say how I know this either, however, FFXIV open beta should be in a little over a month. The ninjas have spoken. SO SIGN UP.
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 16, 2013 4:38:47 GMT -5
Guess what?! PICS!!! Unfortunately I had to resize and change them to jpegs, because of file size. But the beta now allows us to take screenshots! ♥Das mai kitty and my taru, erm lalafell. Will hopefully have more next weekend. I'll ask Caller to post his as well. Attachments:
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