Official: Final Fantasy XIV Youtube channel

[Reality]

http://www.youtube.com/finalfantasyxiv

Graphics are uh, yeah
Awesome.

Assuming they will add more videos later on

(Dialogue is in Japanese)

Translation (THANKS ELMER):

First, we are introduced to Riekom, Julia and Aratam, our narrators. They are a Hyur, Lalafell and Roegadyn, respectively. They comment that the alpha test for Final Fantasy XIV is finally set to begin, and for today's video, they will give us a small tour. As the three characters stand over a balcony, the camera pans and they ask what everyone thinks of this beautiful land.
In a store, they take a look around and remark at the large amount of goods lined up on the shelves. You can see Riekom's character give an enthusiastic thumbs up. There's even a small aquarium to view, but even more exciting: "Chocobo!" the three narrators shout in unison.
"Many different people are working throughout the town," says Riekom as a Roegadyn pounds an ingot. The remark how an Elezen begins to cry as she cuts open an onion for her cooking. Some more scenes of characters cooking get Riekom even more excited. Then all three are pleasantly surprised to see a hamburg steak being fried up. Hamburg steak (hamburger meat served without the bun meatloaf style) is a very popular and
common dish in Japan.
After the cooking tour is finished, Riekom then says she'll introduce everyone to some of the character emotes.
"Lalafell! How cute! It's dancing!" they exclaim.
The video finishes up with Riekom apologizing for only being able to show eager adventurers so little this first time around. But she continues to say we can look forward to seeing more parts of Eorzea in future videos!
"Look forward to next time!" they cheer as their characters wave to the audience.

[Falcon]

God damnit, was just about to post it.

[Dantrag]

awesome DX god i wish i was in the alpha /sigh

[Makwa]

Awesome, taru /panic! lol
Game looks great, can't wait til it comes out. Only hard part is finding something else to occupy my time til then.

[Trocian]

Aww, the taru is adorable!

[TacoTaru]

OOOOH HAMBAGUU

Looks absolutely awesome. Hurray for the return of taru /panic.

[Akucaen]

This makes me more angry I'm not in the beta.

[Buttons]

So amazing, I wan't to play 14 now lol. *__* The Lalafell is adoreable and the city looks amazing.

[Eyedea-Seraph]

iMAD ...i am qqing ... i said i wouldnt ... i sucks too like the rest of you QQer's booo to mee and my emotions!!! DAMMIT!! hahahahah you lucky sob's with alpha better give me a good game!!!!!!!!


/wrists

[SilverBreeze]

So, I'm pretty sure if anyone was on the fence over playing a Taru or something else, they've made their choice now. That was so freaking cute lol.

[Spira]

lol...
*manly voice*
Julia-desu

and..

O! Chocobo..

edit: anyone else notice Aratam's spear is worn a little high for a while

[D44kpunk]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

[Dantrag]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

It's Alpha <_<; and obviously not at the highest settings

[Reality]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

it's an alpha build, so the framerates aren't quite where they'd want them to be for a later beta and final build, it's normal for how far the game is in development (not far)

also we don't know what kind of system they're running either

[Cairthenn]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

I got that feeling, too. I think they're just turning the camera slowly. There was only one point where I noticed an actual jump.

[Destinye]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

Nice sarcasm!

(I did detect sarcasm right?)

Anyway it's a cute video though.

[Eyedea-Seraph]

wow, the game does not look smooth at all

Aplpha build will be at about 50-60% of what the game will actually run like on a machine for todays standards!

i on the other hand am upgrading to a gtx480, grabbing a Noctua NH14D OC'ing to 4.5ghz and grabbing another 6gigs of RAM just incase ... lol (i know i know over kill but meh!!!) my time in Eorzea will be flawless!!

[Kurokikaze]

Just stumbled on the link from the Japanese site and was gonna post this lol. Omg the graphics look amazing. Is it just me or does the game's colors look a little washed out or too bright?

lol Send/Receive. R0 is back. Also on screen minimap is <3

[Cesaria]

Oh god... decisions decisions (hadn't let myself get excited about the game till I got into beta)... was veering toward Mithra after the JP site update but the endless hours of amusement I spent in 11 doing emotes on taru mules... hmm.

I can't see the Hume population being much now they've reinstated /panic!

Of course if they make a /punt emote from popular demand... I could be persuaded back to being a Hume.

[Reality]

Aplpha build will be at about 50-60% of what the game will actually run like on a machine for todays standards!

i on the other hand am upgrading to a gtx480, grabbing a Noctua NH14D OC'ing to 4.5ghz and grabbing another 6gigs of RAM just incase ... lol (i know i know over kill but meh!!!) my time in Eorzea will be flawless!!

I'm not trying to be a negative nancy here, and I think the GTX480 is a pretty great card when you're looking at just performance. But why spend money on the GTX480 now, when the refresh coming out in probably 3 months will have all 512 stream processors enabled, run at cooler temps, and higher clocks?

I'd wait man

If you still decide to get the 480, grats on your card