Alpha First Look: Video 2 - New Gridania - 11/08/12

[Lucavi]

Yup. I'm being cautious. ;x

Nothing wrong with that. You're being intelligent. We'll find out more when we can get our grubby mitts on it - again.

[millionsknives]

I cant people people are saying Limsa's music is too overpowering when we've all played XI. Sandoria was not subtle at all. Neither was Bastok really.

I think Limsas theme is one of the only good things about 1.0

[Gokulo]

I cant people people are saying Limsa's music is too overpowering when we've all played XI. Sandoria was not subtle at all. Neither was Bastok really.

I think Limsas theme is one of the only good things about 1.0

XI is not the only MMO out there. Silly reasoning. XI shouldn't be the only platform of comparison for the game.

[xopher]

I cant people people are saying Limsa's music is too overpowering when we've all played XI. Sandoria was not subtle at all. Neither was Bastok really.

I think Limsas theme is one of the only good things about 1.0

Limsa's theme was the worst thing about 1.0.

Also, opinions.

[shidobu]

Limsa's theme was the worst thing about 1.0.

Also, opinions.

And everybodys is invalid

limsa for best theme, suck it


actually having some feels .... So many hours in the blacksmith area lol..

[drwaffles]

I cant people people are saying Limsa's music is too overpowering when we've all played XI. Sandoria was not subtle at all. Neither was Bastok really.

I think Limsas theme is one of the only good things about 1.0

I get that people's opinions differ, but I genuinely don't think you can make the argument that Limsa's theme is less overpowering than any of the XI town themes, even Sandy's. I'm not just talking in terms of volume (you can turn it down, duh), but in terms of impact. The Limsa theme has much greater breadth and impact than the XI themes, owing both to its composition and the types of sounds used. You simply can't get the same impact using the lower-quality midi sounds used in XI's soundtrack.

Honestly I think the BGM in 1.0 kinda sucked overall, at least from what I remember. Limsa's theme was too intrusive. They wasted one of the (in my opinion) best tracks on Thanalan and it didn't even fit with the zone's aesthetic at all; when I first heard the track prior to beta it struck me as the new First Ode. Ul'dah's theme sounded like fucking POL viewer menu music. The Black Shroud's theme, at least when I played it, was pretty much completely ambient. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it didn't really fit in with the rest of the BGM. La Noscea's music was ok, but it still didn't quite work for me. Gridania's music was pretty good, although I absolutely hated it in the end because it just reminded me of the damn patcher music.

/opinions

[xopher]

actually having some feels .... So many hours in the blacksmith area lol..

Yeah I'm starting to think it's a form of Stockholm Syndrome rather than actual enjoyment.

[Cesaria]

Their marketing department needs a kick in the face as big as FFXIV's development team got. This video is still too similar in form to the original game launch.

I went to Distant Worlds last week, and on each seat was a flyer about ARR. All it had was the logo taking up the top half of the page, and then a QR code, with mention that it'll take you to an exclusive website where you can sign up for the Alpha - which took up the second half of the page. No where did it mention any of the major changes, that this was a relaunch of an entire new game, no pictures of the new game, or info what'll be happening etc. Everyone there glanced at the flyer and just threw it away. For all they knew it was just an expansion pack to a game they know got terrible reviews.

It was crazy SE just wasted an opportunity to market the relaunch to nearly 6,000 FF fans in one go. It actually made me angry because it was such a half assed attempt compared to just doing nothing at all haha!

There was absolutely NO mention of it at all - apart from a "oh here's a sneak preview of the chocobo tune from the new FF14 game" line at the Edinburgh concert at all... surprised me a LOT - I was expecting a little bit of hype about it, possibly Answers since Susan Calloway was there... but still the same black hole of its existence that there was in London the previous year.

[Grey Jorildyn]

This game needs a god damn commercial! Come closer to release date that is.

[Lucavi]

Yeah I'm starting to think it's a form of Stockholm Syndrome rather than actual enjoyment.

I've been saying this for awhile now.

If you want "good" overpowering, Heaven's Tower from XI and Griffins Never Die from [S]Sandy, but, as others have said quite succinctly, XI isn't the only MMO on the block, so its silly to use it as the only measuring board against 1.0.

I'm in the same camp as the others who say that 1.0 had maybe 2-3 good songs. I know that its only a single, stand-alone title and if you look at other stand-alone MMOs without Xpacs, there aren't a ton with truly groundbreaking music (IMO WoW's didn't REALLY get good until TBC and WotLK, although Naxx's construct wing still goes down as one of the best songs ever).

Not a bad debate, though.

[Spider-Dan]

I don't know about the Stockholm thing. I never liked Jeuno's music, but I still love Whitegate. I spent some of the most tedious moments in my XI career camping Lizzy but Gustaberg's music is awesome; I thought Limbus was one of the best activities in the game but I thought CoP had the most annoying Tough Battle music.

I thought 1.0's music was... comparable... to vanilla XI. A couple of diamonds, but mostly not that memorable (good or bad).

[Seravi Edalborez]

Most of the "good" music in XI (or more accurately, nearly any good theme in any MMO) was great until you heard it for the 1000th time. I remember hating Whitegate theme for a long time, but it's not as grating anymore since I don't hear it every week. I always enjoyed Gustaberg and Ronfaure out of nostalgia + not being in the zones too often.

For XIV 1.0... didn't feel much except for Coerthas field theme.

[Niiro]

Castrum Novum
Garuda
Darnus (both, the V1 song takes some time to build up but it's nice once it gets going)

Majority of the battle themes have been extremely forgettable.

[solracht]

I thought Primal Judgement was one of the coolest FF boss themes until the 50th+ Ifrit Extreme wipe.

I actually liked a lot of the themes from 1.0, I just thought most of them were used terribly: imo a lot of songs didn't really fit the areas/events/etc where they played.

[Elcura]

Castrum Novum
Garuda
Darnus (both, the V1 song takes some time to build up but it's nice once it gets going)

Majority of the battle themes have been extremely forgettable.

Agree with these, will also had Zaharak theme and Ixali stronghold (not while in battle, just in the area) and Ifrit fight as well. Coerthas field theme and thanalan were nice, and some of the cut scene music is also good. But for the most part, the music in 1.0 isn't great. XI was the same way, most of the music wasn't great or was too strong to listen to continuously, but there were a lot of gems that were memorable and amazing no matter how many times you listen. Considering XIV hasn't been out nearly as long I suspect the chances of great music coming out for it rising as the game goes on.

[miokomioko]

I've always wanted to replace any and all XI/XIV boss fight themes with XII's Esper Battle.

[Niiro]

I find the Ifrit theme to be ridiculously bland, you can barely tell when it starts and ends.

If there was ever a song I'd be desensitized to it would be that one though.

[Xanthe]

Can't forget the King Moggle Mog XII fight music, either.

[miokomioko]

Yeah, gotta' admit... the music that started being added to the game since Yoshi has had a chance to have his hand in it has been pretty damn solid (Black Shroud, Grand Companies, Prima/Boss battles, etc.).

[Niiro]

Can't forget the King Moggle Mog XII fight music, either.

No matter how badly you want to, unfortunately.