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RollotamasiRollotamasi Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 898
in Final Fantasy XIV

It seems like a lot of the reports of people playing the open beta are saying something akin to "It plays like it was designed for console and the PC version is just a crappy port".   If thats the case (The game really is designed for console why is the PS3 version not coming out till march?  It seems like te PS3 version would come out first and the port to the PC would come out later.

-Currently looking forward to FFXIV

-Currently playing EvE and Global Agenda

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  • grapevinegrapevine Member UncommonPosts: 1,927

    Originally posted by Rollotamasi

    It seems like a lot of the reports of people playing the open beta are saying something akin to "It plays like it was designed for console and the PC version is just a crappy port".   If thats the case (The game really is designed for console why is the PS3 version not coming out till march?  It seems like te PS3 version would come out first and the port to the PC would come out later.

     

    They were planed to be released together.  Its only due to technical issues the PS3 version has been pushed back.  It has definitely been based around a console style game play.

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    people are saying this because it is great to play using a controller. Like a Final Fantasy from console. The camera doesn't stay behind your character. If you press W, it walks forward, if you press A it turns right, but the camera doesn't follow it so you're now looking at the left side of your char.......know what i mean? Although....I,J,K, and L control the camera, unless i'm looking through menus I have both hands on my keyboard.

  • Thomas2006Thomas2006 Member RarePosts: 1,152

    People are saying that because it plays like a Final Fantasy game and Final Fantasy games have never had controls / interfaces like modern MMO's.  They have ALWAYS been games that are best played with controllers and thats not something thats going to change. 

    I think people expected something like World of Warcraft with a Final Fantasy skin on it. I myself am glad they stuck with the Final Fantasy style of gameplay and game style. It's something simi fresh in a market flooded with games trying to be like World of Warcraft.

  • IllyssiaIllyssia Member UncommonPosts: 1,507
    WoW is very much you are lead from a to b to c while doing a bunch of quests with markers to guide you. I kid you not there are dudes who hate XIV and think there no tutorial because there isn't stuff like question marks floating over npcs heads. It just blows these guys minds.
  • grapevinegrapevine Member UncommonPosts: 1,927

    Originally posted by Illyssia

    WoW is very much you are lead from a to b to c while doing a bunch of quests with markers to guide you. I kid you not there are dudes who hate XIV and think there no tutorial because there isn't stuff like question marks floating over npcs heads. It just blows these guys minds.

     

    That's exactly what you do in FF XIV, even more tightly to be honest.  You follow the linear story line and grind on the side (either directly or through leves).  So basically by that stance FF XIV is a dumbed down WoW clone.

     

    Sorry, but WoW clones just don't exist.  Games just share common elements, its what makes them MMORPGs.

  • Thomas2006Thomas2006 Member RarePosts: 1,152

    Originally posted by grapevine

    Originally posted by Illyssia

    WoW is very much you are lead from a to b to c while doing a bunch of quests with markers to guide you. I kid you not there are dudes who hate XIV and think there no tutorial because there isn't stuff like question marks floating over npcs heads. It just blows these guys minds.

     

    That's exactly what you do in FF XIV, even more tightly to be honest.  You follow the linear story line and grind on the side (either directly or through leves).  So basically by that stance FF XIV is a dumbed down WoW clone.

     

    Sorry, but WoW clones just don't exist.  Games just share common elements, its what makes them MMORPGs.

     

    With the exception that games like FF XIV when they try to do something "different" (heavens forbid a company trys something different then shareing all the common elements with WoW) everyone and there grandma seems to pound on it for not being WoW with a FF skin.

    I hate to say it but I am glad FF XIV doesn't have quests markers over the NPC heads. I'm glad it doesnt instantly point you out and say go exactly here. 

    And I also beg to deffer about the WoW clones just don't exist.  Alganon's original developer came straight out and said his goal was to make a WoW clone with a different story / setting.  I consider any game that attempts to be so similar to another game and all they do is make the bare min effort to change artwork..  a clone of another game.

    There is no need for a game to have the almost exact interfaces, almost exact features, almost exact same art style as other games out there. Changing things up can and is a good thing even if the game itself does not do amazingly well by some peoples standards.

  • natuxatunatuxatu Member UncommonPosts: 1,364

    I love how it's the WoW haters that talks about WoW the most.... those are the people who can't shut up about the game.

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