Final Fantasy XIV @ gamescom 2009 (Updated)

[Seph]

So safe to assume this thread is useless now till TGS?

yep nothing gonna come till tgs and don't expect much from that too, SE will want to focus and market the hell outta FFXIII since it will be released like 2-3 months after TGS.

If we are lucky we will get FFXIV/FFVersus Trailers at best.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I'm sorry if english isn't my native language and if I typed too fast. If you find any more faults, please tell me.

Appreciate the translation, thank you for posting it.

[Ryuushin]

I wonder if there will be a fanfest this year and if there is, would FF14 information be there >.> I was kinda thinking TGS and fanfest are the last outlets of vast information for FF14 but I dunno..

[sephir]

Have they shown any party screenshots? or any pictures of the gear (not on the toon im talking /check) ? I'm kind of curious whether FFXIV is going to be mostly single player based or whether it will be closer to XI's group style (which I much prefer).

[Rautha]

I'm kind of curious whether FFXIV is going to be mostly single player based or whether it will be closer to XI's group style (which I much prefer).

um... well..read the 40 pages
they didn't say anything particular.
they said that it's for both casual/single and hardcore/group players.
they want to attract normal FF fans (more casual ones) and ffxi fans (more hardcore). so they will prolly make quests quite easy, some group quests with higher merits and rewards and raids mostly for hardcore players.

[Lovian]

When is TGS this year?

[Corinth]

When is TGS this year?

東京ゲームショウ | TOKYO GAME SHOW

9/24 and 25 are business days
26 and 27 are open to the public

Both Elmer and I will be there this year. (Last year it was just me.) Definitely looking forward to it! ~shopping, shopping, takin lots of pictures~

[Wolfgang]

I played the Lalafell and explored the area a bit, because at the time I was playing casting spells (and the TP gauge) didn't work. As I tried to play with the debug menu one of the, uhm, gamedudes scolded me, aww.

Also controlling the characters and the camera was somehow strange compared to similar games, did someone have the same feeling?

[HiPotion]

maybe its the shoulder view, the camera face the direction of your character
FFXI is 3rd person view, you move the camera as you wish

[Tokitoki]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tine/011-1.jpg

Pic from a few pages back... Davoi?

[xopher]

Pic from a few pages back... Davoi?

this comparison was made about 20 pages back. maybe 30

But no not really, since this is the same zone in which the people at Gamescom were playing. You can see both of those structures in the distance while they play.

[Tokitoki]

this comparison was made about 20 pages back. maybe 30

But no not really, since this is the same zone in which the people at Gamescom were playing. You can see both of those structures in the distance while they play.

Sorry didnt read through all the pages. Been going backwards and nobody commented on the post.

[Kawfee]

I've read the whole thread, but don't remember seeing any coverage of what the actual presentation on Saturday entailed. Was there a separate presentation, or was it just more of the same? If so, what happened? So far all I've found is the interview by 4gamers.net and a few screenshots.

[Kurokikaze]

It seems we've been had! Unless someones making a write up of it, nothing special happened on Saturday. ; ;

[ringthree]

I think the best halfway measure would be, let players choose their server as you can now in FFXI. Anyone can access any server.

Make the majority of them (50-70%) "International", but add in severs that are badged with a flag (JP, NA, EU). You can still join a server that doesn't match your flag, for those that can speak the language, or maybe a group of friends that wants to just go of by themselves.

The international servers would have 100% NA and EU, and the JP servers would be 100% JP.

There is a reason they want to keep the servers integrated and I think it has to do with a decent understanding of their own culture over anything else.

[Kurokikaze]

In this way, players will have a purpose to achieve by working together in the same organizations, so please look forward to further announcements. Also, we will provide a website and people will be able to communicate with each other via these websites as well. We do have a linkshell community site already, but this new version is going to be totally different, and will have more interesting tools.

Can you say? Fuck yes!

[Vuitton]

I don't recall reading this bit of information here. From the front page of ffxiv.zam.com:

Hiromichi Tanaka: Because we're using a new graphic engine, the graphics are really different from FFXI and you can see more details on both monsters and races. Regarding the races, to encourage people to shift smoothly from FFXI, you will see very similar types of classes. But if you actually make your own character, you'll be able to select your own colour of hair, skin, eye color, shape of your face, etc. There will be a wide range of variety to customize.

I really didn't expect SE to provide that level of customization. Just though it would be a larger selection of pre-set faces.

[Dantrag]

nooo height weight

[Rulke]

it does say "etc" I'd wager at least height is included in that

[Wolfgang]

Let's hope they steal the character creator from Aion or something.