Naoki Yoshida at Gamescom/A Realm Reborn presentations

[Elcura]

Yes, the Japanese are the most neglected people in existence.

Whatever, SE. >_>

Stop acting like it doesn't make sense lol

[Spira]

guessing whatever video they prepare for the 25th event will be done across languages

[Lucavi]

Stop acting like it doesn't make sense lol

How does it? I don't remember any non-JP major company specifically not showing something at a foreign con to "please the fans at home".

I mean, its not that big of a deal, but that's just it; it shouldn't be big deal enough to occur, lol.

[Spira]

willing to bet its got nothing to do with anything he said and everything to do with possible t&c they took up as part of being at Gamescom.

that said, some floors don't have footstep sound effects yet. that'd be shoddy to me, coming from Square Enix and FF.

[Stanislaw]

Someone on the OF did a partial but through translation of the article, so I'll post it here because I'm lazy to translate the entire article myself:

Square Enix did a play demo for the first time of "Final Fantasy XIV: A realm Reborn" on the August 15th (local time) at the Gamescom 2012 show being held in Germany. Being unable to release footage of the play demo was extremely unfortunate, but in exchange we would like to explain the event in as much detail as possible. In addition, we also have an article detailing the screenshots introduced at the demo, so please take a look.

August 15th is a business day, so in actuality it is a limited release meant for distributors, but when it become a public release tomorrow they are planning on having a demonstration using the same material three times each day and making some great announcements for the European userbase.

At the event, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn's producer/director, Yoshida Naoki made an appearance on the main stage of KOCH Media, the company responsible for distributing Square Enix titles in Germany. After greeting the audience in German, he introduced FFXIV while showing screenshots and discussed the widespread renovations they are planning in the "Reborn Eorzea".

Regarding the graphics, Yoshida claimed they were "the best in MMORPG history" and said the content of the game was being made into a good enough quality for him to have confidence in it when he ships it out. Even regarding the story, he promised that he would present it with RPG-like qualities befitting the newest entry to the Final Fantasy series and also make sure it has the feeling of Final Fantasy.

And then Yoshida had prepared a surprise at the end of his explanation. He unveiled the plan for implementing the FFVI magitek armor, FFIII's Crystal Tower, as well as using FFVII's Golden Saucer as a casino location which he had revealed before in an interview. It's slightly long, but we have collected Yoshida's statements below.

Naoki Yoshida is completely renewing FFXIV as "A Realm Reborn" and achieving great leaps in progress. The server system, client system, map, user interface have all been renewed, and will be released as a new product with an unmistakably "Final Fantasy" feel, so please look forward to it.

Regarding the graphics, in order to give the best gameplay and story to the players we consider them indispensable, and as long as we release this as part of the "Final Fantasy" series, we are preparing it with the best graphics in MMORPG history in order to have our players enjoy it for a long period of time.

In regards to the story, before it is an MMORPG, it's an RPG from the Final Fantasy series, so we are preparing a very "Final Fantasy" story and betting our pride on it as a numbered title, so please look forward to it.

Of course it will have characters we are familiar with like Moogles and Chocobos, and we are also preparing huge and powerful summoned beasts as well. Ifrit, Garuda, TItan, Leviathan, Shiva, Odin, we are preparing every possible summon and waiting for everyone to challenge them.

But of course that's not all. We are also bringing in past elements from the Final Fantasy series. For example, the Magitek Armor from FFVI or the Crystal Dungeon from FFIII. In the future the Gold Saucer from FFVII will also be available, so I really would like everyone to look forward to the updates.

Aside from that, we are also preparing a full-blown PvP system for the first time in the series. This isn't just for the kind of core players who would do PvP though, as we also have prepared a lot of content in the public areas for casual players as well. Casual players who have busy workdays can enjoy it too and find a way to play it in accordance to their lifestyle, so please try it out.

Link

[Takiwaki]

Give me battle useable Magitek mounts for players and I will resub 10 times over, with all the doubt, this is my one weakness lol, even if its limit break, that calls mounts for everyone, for a limited time, I will still be sold

[Lordender]

I like what I see so far, just hope the game is fun.

[Elcura]

I mean, its not that big of a deal

It really isn't. Which is why I'm not going into detail about why it isn't.

[Meko]

I'm blown away. I cannot wait to pour over this info for hours reading and re-reading all of it.

[Prothescar]

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...rduo/BXX92.gif

[Sho]

Hopefully we get something like this.

Swear to God, this was the most amazing thing when I first saw it.

[Makwa]

My reaction after seeing the screenshots/video.
Can't wait for more info. I have so much to do still in current XIV, feel like every day I don't spend finishing something is a day wasted. x.x

[Thesuspect]

Yeah I'm glad I have plenty of time to save up for a laptop. Two more paychecks and I can buy that G75 asus laptop from best buy. I'm hoping that thing will be beast-mode enough to run XIV maxed out.

I just grabbed this bad boy myself. It works awesome just forget about playing unplugged for more than an hour.

[Ratatapa]

Looks good, but i cant stand the randomness of the Current Spiritbound materia system

Anyone know if they plan to change that?

[Sonomaa]

found on kotaku, its probably already posted here though

[Ratatapa]

OLD

jk lol

[Sonomaa]

yah, I went back to page 5, didnt feel arsed to check further

[Ratatapa]

USE THE SEARCH!

lol

[Mina]

Can't wait for more info. I have so much to do still in current XIV, feel like every day I don't spend finishing something is a day wasted. x.x

I know what you mean. I regret leaving and coming back like this and seeing how much content I missed out on getting done. My hope is I can get myself ready to jump on the 2.0 gravy train.

I finally finished off Globetrotter yesterday and completed 3 behest locations. If I do my math correctly I should have Limsa's behests done by Friday night? *rubs eyes* God I wish I had done at least 1 leve or behest before that announcement.

[TacoTaru]

Another interview is up at http://www.4gamer.net/games/092/G009287/20120816021/ but Google isn't helping me much with it .