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Final Fantasy XIV: GC 2009: New Info, Gameplay Videos!
MikeB
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The folks over at FFXIVCore have been amassing a ton of footage, information, and pictures of Final Fantasy XIV coming straight out of GamesCom '09. There are several gameplay videos, a short emote video, information on the Gladiator's abilities, the compass, and more!
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Some facts they've gathered on FFXIV:
Few quick facts:
- Currently you can't jump, but a developer told me they are considering to add it
- I wasn't able to find water just yet, so not sure if you can swim
- I will have an interview up tomorrow Thursday
- The combat system is interesting, reminds you of FFXI, you select a target with TAB, then take up your weapon with F and X locks on it. Then use the numbers from your hotbars to use abilities. The first two abilities I had generated combat points to use the AOE attacks etc, I'll get back on what class I played later
- Game is polished, very smooth combat and performance
- It was played on a PC (I think), with mouse and keyboard
- I did a kill mob quest, kill 6 peacock-like creatures, they were very easy to kill
- Square Enix points out several times that the game is in alpha, so keep this in mind. For being in alpha, the game has come very far and I'm quite impressed. Check back for a write up later.
- I tried running off further on the map and met many invisible walls.
The treasure trove of FFXIV media can be found here.
Comments
This looks way better than KOTOR, which feels like a Wii game.
First off, stop being a troll. You don't know anything about SWTOR (not KOTOR). If you want to complain about that game(which will be awesome) go to the appropiate forums.
Secondly, I can't wait for FFXIV, It will be awesome. Between XIV and SWTOR , I may just lose whatever social life I might of had in 2010/11
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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Lmfao at the combat.
Oh lord.....
This is great news! Thank you SE for making another amazing game...i was never worried >.>.....what?! honest i wasnt! ^^
It is an early Alpha build...
Don't play it if you think it is lame.
It is a lot farther along than I was expecting so I am pretty happy with the videos.
Ok, I know it's early, and I could see there were a couple of things improved over the last game (quest log signifying "WoW-type" questing), and an actual mouse cursor.
HOWEVER, either A, these guys playing doesn't have a clue how to control a character, or B, once again the Asian's prove they don't know crap when it comes to implementing movement controls.
It's simple people.....W A S D plus MOUSE!! Just go log into the WoW account that we know you all have, and COPY the movement scheme from that. Then your game will be ok. I swear to god, I can't fathom how these people simply cannot get the controls right. I'm not calling for a WoW clone, but come on, you can't argue with the controls. They're spot on.
Did anyone complain when they implemented mouselook with Quake as opposed to Duke Nukem 3D? Hell no, because it was an IMPROVEMENT of the genre! Now, the same type movement is used in ALL FPS's.
It is an early Alpha build...
Don't play it if you think it is lame.
It is a lot farther along than I was expecting so I am pretty happy with the videos.
A lot further along? Its been in development for like 5 years...in most mmo dev cycles it would have already been released. On a side note, probably the most imporatant thing in the majority of MMO's is the combat side, it should be the first thing "completed". I was pretty dissapointed with the videos for that reason. Its not like they were showing off some test of some revolutionary combat mechanics, it was normal mmo combat, just more boring. I won't even get started on the "go here kill 5 chickens" quest...
Or maybe they gave a simple quest cause the people playing only had 15 minutes to play. It's not like they gonna give you a quest that has you go get a drop from some mob 4 zones over. "Kill these things so you have a reason to see what the combat is like." That's all it was.
I guess you don't know german... the guy was just talking while the character was standing there, he wasn't showing off 'gameplay' I swear I have never met so many stupid people outside of the WoW boards as I have on here.