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]

Here is the recommended specs to run the game smoothly at default. Pretty fucking high if you ask me. And makes no sense for a DirectX 9 game.

OS Windows® 7 32-bit/64-bit*
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz or higher
# AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
RAM 4GB or more
HDD/SDD Installation: 15GB of free space
Download: 6GB of free space on the drive containing "My Documents"
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more
# ATI HD 5830 1GB or better.
Sound Card DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connection Broadband or better (always-on)
Resolution 1280x720 (32-bit) or higher
DirectX® DirectX® 9.0c
Others Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad


Yeah wtf hexacore processor if you going with AMD!?

And anything lower than this is going to run into problems in high populated areas. I'm on a AMD Athlon 64 FX 62, 2.8 GHz, and 8800 gtx, with 2 gigs ram atm. It is not pleasant no matter how low I set the settings. It is smooth when I'm out questing, but going near a city or going to a crystal to activate a quest is terrible. It should improve as they optimize the game, or when new drivers come out after release. But, I would not recommend playing the game to anyone with less than the recommended specs for long. I'm going to be building a new system soon because my system is out of date.

[Crushinator]

Here is the recommended specs to run the game smoothly at default. Pretty fucking high if you ask me. And makes no sense for a DirectX 9 game.

OS Windows® 7 32-bit/64-bit*
CPU Intel® Core™ i7-920 2.66GHz or higher
# AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
RAM 4GB or more
HDD/SDD Installation: 15GB of free space
Download: 6GB of free space on the drive containing "My Documents"
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more
# ATI HD 5830 1GB or better.
Sound Card DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connection Broadband or better (always-on)
Resolution 1280x720 (32-bit) or higher
DirectX® DirectX® 9.0c
Others Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad


Yeah wtf hexacore processor if you going with AMD!?

And anything lower than this is going to run into problems in high populated areas. I'm on a AMD Athlon 64 FX 62, 2.8 GHz, and 8800 gtx, with 2 gigs ram atm. It is not pleasant no matter how low I set the settings. It is smooth when I'm out questing, but going near a city or going to a crystal to activate a quest is terrible. It should improve as they optimize the game, or when new drivers come out after release. But, I would not recommend playing the game to anyone with less than the recommended specs for long. I'm going to be building a new system soon because my system is out of date.

Are those the official recommended specs? That's fucking absurd, the highest I think I've ever seen before! Reeks of a poorly optimized engine to me...

Its almost like Square-Enix DOESN'T want people to play the game.