FFXIVstuff, aka monster hunter XIV Options

[Alisha]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/04/final-fa...new-job-system/

The latest edition of Famitsu Wave recently hit newsstands in Japan, bringing with it a DVD which contains an 8-minute exposé on Square Enix's second stab at the MMO genre, Final Fantasy XIV. The whole video is posted after the break. Fret not -- it sports convenient English subtitles.

Here's some of the more titillating excerpts: The game features a reinvented character progression system which does not include experience points or leveling up. The job system from XI will make an appearance, but in a heavily altered form -- an interview with the game's director, Nobuaki Komoto, revealed that the game will place a focus on the weapons players use, explaining that your armaments will determine "the way you play" and "the way you grow." Sounds reminiscent of Final Fantasy IX. (That's a very good thing.)

In addition, FFXIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka explained that the game takes place in a new region with a more "modern" feel to it -- the mysterious Eorzea which was mentioned in the trailer. The new world features familiar races (albeit with new names), and plays host to a "deep story," which is told through cut-scenes and quests. For more FFXIV info than you can possibly handle, check the video after the jump.


sounds similar to monster hunter no?

Race Scans

Someone translated the text on BG Forums regarding the characters:

"When you make your character, aside from choosing the race, you will also be able to customize their appearance. Head, skin color, hair type etc, there will be multiple factors. Just how exact we will be able to customize their appearance is still unknown, but we mean it in a good way when we say that it seems like it will become a worry to many players."

[Scan_Man]

The changes have actually made this game enjoyable in my opinion. It went from Superman 64 terrible, because controls and UI were that bad, to the level of any decent MMO you could spend hours and hours on. They listened to the ton of US players' bitching on the forums, and did not cave into the WoW haters and FFXI fanboys. It is a sign this game might actually end up being excellent in the coming months and years.

Though, I am not so sure yet I will pick the game up at launch. I'm still very much into World of Warcraft raiding, and there is still quite a lot of content left that my guild and I have not completed. I can see I'm not going to get a break from it before the Cataclysm expansion release. Also, DC Universe Online comes out in November which looks freakin fantastic in my opinion. But definitely, I have renewed interest in this game.


As far as computer goes. It is strange that FFXIV is a DirectX 9 game, but requires a DirectX 11 video card to run well. If you are not getting a constant frame rate of 30+ the mouse pointer is very laggy, and not usable (I'm not so sure if Square is going offer hardware mouse because the software mouse is to prevent bots or something). And you kind of need the mouse pointer to do things. I recommend the Geforce 460 GTX.


Check out this nice buying guide for anyone interested in building a new rig. http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2003/1280087473915.png

This post has been edited by Scan_Man: Aug 11 2010, 03:25 PM