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."

[tanshin]

I didn't want to say anything at the risk of drama, but this is why I kept secretly eye-rolling every time you posted complaining about stuff like controls in the BETA, and saying "I'm not gonna play this game because of so and so". There are many, many long, dramatic threads about these very kinds of comments in the beta forums. Did you think you were playing the finished product for free or something? Or that they wouldn't fix anything on the beta that people were concerned about? Then why have a beta?

I'm not trying to rage out, it's just you keep posting these walls of text that seem like wow-biased fully fleshed out game reviews full of invisible expectations, when they game isn't even finished yet. We could post about any game and say "this is not WoW, it can't do what WoW does". Just let it be it's own thing, ya know? Not every game has to be "the next WoW" for people to liked it, nor does it need the 9 gajillion players (or whatever WoW has) to be successful.

That aside, the more objective info you posted is much appreciated and very helpful, so thanks for that.