4Gamer Interview: Yoshida responds to player questions/requests

[Alisha]

this is probally my favorite dungeon theme really loved the crumbling pillars In there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygCyRK84mCY

followed by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfW4FowG3cg

for primals I love the Bismarck theme just wish I had a reason to run it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shMaev-dSFI

and ramuh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDG1rIz1S7k

just a shame doing the fight in pf made me want to pull my hair out

[Rocl]

Bismarck I really should've stayed as an Alexander theme

[Spider-Dan]

All the primal themes are amazing but Shiva's theme has grown on me despite the hate for Oblivion because it dared to not be traditional.

I think some of the primal themes just weren't matched up as well as they could have been.

The flaming hell demon should have had Titan's death metal.
Garuda would have been a better choice for Shiva's girlpower rock (but her existing theme still works, and is the better of the two).
Titan seems fine in hindsight (because it was just too awesome), but something like Alex 4's goblin lyrics/music would have fit a little better (because goblins and kobolds are the same thing in this game).
Levi was perfect.
Ramuh should have had Ifrit's epic theme.
The Queen of Ice should have had Ramuh's serene music.

followed by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfW4FowG3cg

WP Hard is so underrated. I didn't really even listen to it until the Before The Fall OST came out, but it's really one of Soken's best work.

[Destinye]

I just kind of fear what they're going to do with the Fiend music..especially if they have a specific one for each.

[Rocl]

If all 3 triad use the same music:


If all 3 triad use diff music, there's enough variations to pluck out themes from here:


Soken's been pretty damn good about his homages so

[Damane]

i wouldnt mind some FFXI music remixes for future battles. like:


for a town!

or:

[LinktheDeme]

gtfo with Seekers real ffxi music or bust

[Destinye]

Considering their crossover thing and keeping iroha here and shantotto being a thing, they can use the Gold Saucer "Arena" as a means of adding FFXI fights..(for glamour of course, gotta keep the XIV progression after all) and it's a good excuse to let Mizuta/Tanioka work their magic since a lot of their songs sound amazing not being limited by the PS2.

I know this is his band version, but this version of Ark Angels was pretty cool.

[Lujei]

WP Hard's theme is amazing.

The only dungeon theme I don't like much is AKHM, but AKHM fits the atmosphere of the area.

I still vote ARF for best dungeon theme, though.

[Damane]

gtfo with Seekers real ffxi music or bust

Seekers had amazing music what you talking. its on par with the other expansions. honestly i can find in any expansion tracks that i like alot. the promathia fight music is epic too! (and also one of my favourites)

[ronin sparthos]

I'm partial to Riptide as it's an exciting return to Sastasha but The Dark's Embrace (HM Field Theme) and The Dark's Kiss (HM Battle Theme) are awesome, especially the transitions from disengaged/engaged.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I love Ravana's theme. It is matched perfectly to the fight and I enjoy that, too. It's the only dance I'm good at.

[Kaisha]

Slightly jarring considering the main Heavensward battle theme has maybe 6 variations but they sound pretty much the same.

Aren't they actually just the same file copied multiple times? I just figured it was some PS3limitations reason as to why they couldn't use one zone battle theme to share across the rest, similar to how the primal mount music was direct copies of the Primal themes with no changes to my knowledge.

[Kainos]

Wow toau town music so good, last great expansion.

[Destinye]

Aren't they actually just the same file copied multiple times? I just figured it was some PS3limitations reason as to why they couldn't use one zone battle theme to share across the rest, similar to how the primal mount music was direct copies of the Primal themes with no changes to my knowledge.

Nah, just the kind of coding they chose to go with. It doesn't surprise me in the least considering the rush job ARR was.

[Spider-Dan]

Wow toau town music so good, last great expansion.

That's one of my favorite songs in XI, and always gives me the feels when it comes up in my playlist.

Seekers had amazing music what you talking. its on par with the other expansions.

Post-75 FFXI is like Post-G1 Transformers. It technically counts, but not really.

[Silenka]

That's one of my favorite songs in XI, and always gives me the feels when it comes up in my playlist.

It actually physically hurts me to listen to because the nostalgia is so strong. Like I want to rip my entire body out of the fabric of my current timeline and somehow go back to when XI was at its peak.

[Scythiroth]

My favorite music in the game is still Ramuh's theme. >.> Didn't really fit the fight at all, but I liked it.

[Alisha]

My favorite music in the game is still Ramuh's theme. >.> Didn't really fit the fight at all, but I liked it.

I think it fits when you consider the ones with vocals are being sung by the primals followers this is even true for alexander. in shiva's case she herself id assume is singing during the battle.

[KCem]

Also it sucks seeing how nice and immersive Coil was only to get the kick in the balls that is Alex (so far)

Yeah definitely this. I really loved the cute "glitch in the matrix" at the start of t6, the elevator in t7, mini-Dalamud in t11 just to name a few. The scope and attention to detail in the backdrops was great, relevant, and enriched the experience. They even managed to re-use the allagan design aesthetic and make it look different every time, as opposed to what we have now which are very similar looking rooms with the same textures.

I really hope they can hand-wave away the submerged steam punk design. I don't dislike the look, in comparison to coil it's falling far short of the bar Yoshida and the team had set for themselves, and it's limiting the potential that we know the team has.