This is what Final Fantasy XIV looks like
by Majed Athab 
{ Jun 2nd 2009 at 9:00PM } 
Final Fantasy XIV was quite a big shocker to come out of Sony's press conference today. In fact, it drew out some gasps from the crowd and it got them thinking SCEA's Jack Tretton made a mistake with his numbers. But no, Jack knew exactly what he was talking about, as he presented this debut trailer with a wily grin across his face. The MMO from Square Enix is very much real and will be going to both PS3 and PC (a press release confirmed the PC version later today).
So, enjoy the trailer and make sure you take a gander at the 14 screen shots in the gallery below. 14, eh? What an interesting number.
So, enjoy the trailer and make sure you take a gander at the 14 screen shots in the gallery below. 14, eh? What an interesting number.
Gallery: Final Fantasy XIV
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Darkdoom123 @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:04PM
Looks jaw dropping.
Zach @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:49PM
I wonder if any of that was real time? The stormy boat scene looks like it could have been.
Massmass @ Jun 2nd 2009 10:06PM
yeah, I'm confident that scene is from the game engine. It basically looks like XI just shinier. Still early and it's not like MMOs are known for their graphics anyhow.
Mal F4cti0n @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:06AM
Yep, CGI usually is.
Blizzard has some AWESOME cinematics for WOW, but it don't look like that when you play it.
Cellien @ Jun 3rd 2009 10:16AM
It looked like a mix of CG and gameplay.
Proteus Zero @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:04PM
Hopefully they'll remedy some of the shortcomings that made FFXI a bit too much of a tedious chore when reaching higher levels.
KrisnWo420 @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:25PM
If it makes you feel happy
I heard it's supposed to be less of a LFG LFG LFG mob killing grind fest, and more of a WoW type xp system of xp from quests. So you won't be totally dependent on 5 others to level up anymore, you can go off and run solo quests. Then obviously the raid type groups for epic encounters.
Misfit Toy @ Jun 2nd 2009 10:50PM
If that is true it will be enough to get me to buy the game. I like the universe of FFXI...but MAN if that game wasn't punishing. Especially the XP hit you took from dying. I remember trying to solo at like level 25 or something and I lost nearly two hours of my life in XP from dying ONCE! That is horrid.
I don't think they could possibly add more audience members without addressing that issue first and foremost. People don't like moving backwards. Most people just don't have the time for it. Not to mention the patience for the slow grindfest and absolute dependance that game had on partying up with others.
Most MMOs these days realize there is a large chunk of people who like the fact that there are lots of live bodies in the world, but don't necessarily always want to play alongside all of them. Lord of the Rings Online is one of the better examples of a current MMO that is solo friendly.
Xvnine @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:04PM
Still have my FFXI beta game =o, wasted my whole summer on that game.
Jwblizzard @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:07PM
I was so excited for this it was insane...and then the word Online popped up...MMOs shouldn't be numbered with the other final fantasy games.
Josh @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:10PM
Why not? The story is just as deep/good as the single player FFs, from what I've heard.
AAaaaanyway, looking so forward to this.
Marrvia @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:34PM
I agree, I hate that the online ones are in the numbered series. Damn, I am a really disappointed, because the setting and characters looked to possibly make a great single player FF, but this is another FF I will not play now, and now I have to wait even longer for the next real FF game.
By the way, the music in that trailer seemed pretty cheap and mediocre. I hope that is not indicative of the music for the game. Although I don't really care, because I will not play FFXIV.
Saria the Cat @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:00AM
:( It was quite a disappointment for me too.
aristokrat @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:19AM
How does it possibly affect you though? It's not like you're going to miss out on the *real* FFXIV because of this, you'll just play FFXV when it comes out. I don't like FFVII just because of the VII in the title.
Marrvia @ Jun 3rd 2009 2:48AM
It affects me because they are spending precious time developing a game that I have no desire to play. In other words, this news is basically that the next FF game is going to be delayed at least an extra 2 years.
They can have as many spinoffs as they want, I don't care, but it bugs me that they are whoring out the main numbered series. It's like if the Superbowl next year, had a soccer game instead of a football game and called it Superbowl 44 and had no football game whatsoever. It would piss a lot of people off. I personally wouldn't care because I don't like football or soccer, but I understand that people would get mad.
Nick @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:06AM
@Marrvia, They aren't wasting time on this game that could be spent on something else because it's an entirely different design team. If you check the official page on the game you will see that the director is the same guy that is in charge of FFXI. He has his own people that have nothing to do with the single player games. That's the whole reason this game will be able to launch the same year as FFXIII. There will be an entirely different team working on FFXV that won't be hindered in any way by FFXIV. I mean this should be obvious. The current MMO is 7 years old with 4 expansions and 3 smaller mission expansions. Do you think the same team could have been doing all that while making FFXII and FFXIII? Obviously not.
Saria the Cat @ Jun 3rd 2009 4:26AM
@aristokrat: Well, I'd say it affected me since I squealed with excitement only to be let down a couple seconds later. It's unfair of them to send me through roller coasters of emotion! :P
Haohmaru (PSN - DimmuBurgerKing XBL - A Real Puppet ) @ Jun 3rd 2009 8:09AM
So if you don't think an FF MMO isn't worthy of being a "numbered" entry in the series, don't treat it like one. It's coming out around the same time as FFXIII and is being done by an entirely different team than that of the main series - the same team who created FFXI Online, in fact - so it's not like you can say they "wasted" their team making this game.
I still think you naysayers should keep an open mind and at least TRY the game. FFXI was amazing with a great storyline for those who cared to follow it, and if XIV improves upon that game's formula with more solo-oriented material as well as the things that made parties so satisfying, I'd be happy to give them the money I'm currently spending on my WoW subscription. I just hope they're keeping the job change system; that was my favorite thing about FFXI, being able to switch to a different job to quest with a friend of mine just starting the game or just for a change of pace without rolling an alt.
aristokrat @ Jun 3rd 2009 11:39AM
Touche, Saria. Touche.
Otherwise, like those above me said, it's not the same team, and they're still making the game whether you prefer it be called FFXIV or FFMMOII or FFOMGWTFBBQ.
Face it, their numbering system is basically arbitrary. There's no reason they couldn't have just sequentially numbered every FF game they ever made, from X-2 to Tactics to Crystal Chronicles to the FFVII compilation collection. In that case we'd be at FFLXVI or something. These numbers mean nothing, and should be interpreted as that. I understand there is this idea of the main series, but what the main series has meant has changed over time (varying gameplay, consoles, graphics type, setting, etc.).
If you want, tell me when you buy FFXV and I'll come over to your house and draw a little I in between, and you can pretend that none of this ever happened.
whowhatme @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:46PM
@marrvia: the music is an arrangement of the theme of final fantasy, and considering this is the first trailer and most people's first taste of FF14, they probably used something familiar to make a bigger impact. you're damn right you don't know if the music is indicative of the whole soundtrack. it's 2 minutes long.
incidentally, nobuo uematsu is the music director for this game (from http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/). does that name sound familiar to you? probably not, considering your taste in music.
umm....hello??? @ Jun 3rd 2009 1:57PM
was excited for this until they said "online". stupid squeenidos. this is the 2nd game I won't be buying from them.
Gabriel Lamarre @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:20PM
I think the problem with having them numbered like the main games is that... they're not the same as the main games.
It wouldn't have been a problem if Final Fantasy XI was called Final Fantasy Online and XIV called Final Fantasy Online 2 or something like that. They should be distinct from the other games the same way Final Fantasy Tactic and Crystal Chronicles are because of how different they are from the other games.
carg0 @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:07PM
*laughing*
i was interested until the word "online" appeared underneath the title...
rohan @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:30PM
same
Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Jun 2nd 2009 10:32PM
I wouldn't want two FF games in the main series right after one another, it would make me feel like it was rushed. Plus it would burn a whole in my pocket :/, but I don't think the online games should be numbered.
The second he said "final fantasy XIV" my comp messed up and I had to restart it. I almost threw it out a window, lol.
Btw, FF VII and medal of honor is now on the PS store.
Jimmy @ Jun 3rd 2009 1:18AM
UGH, i'm also planning on skipping this... Why should I pay every month for a game? Guess I'm in for a long wait for Final Fantasy XV
CH3BURASHKA @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:07PM
I don't like MMO's because of the time constraints, but DAMN, I'm intrigued...
MariusElijah (Only on PlayStation 3) @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:08PM
At first I was like wow, then I saw online i was like ok, the I heard subscription fees...
Velsar @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:10PM
Online? Check.
FF? Check.
Repetitive Rehash of another online game...? Check.
Potential? Sorry the marker ran out of ink...
Sigh...
el serpiente @ Jun 2nd 2009 10:33PM
Not coming to Velsar's console? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Lionbacker steamID: detfan1957 @ Jun 2nd 2009 11:35PM
Pssst... Serp....
Keep it on the DL, but you're secretly my favorite
Velsar @ Jun 2nd 2009 11:38PM
I hate MMO's... though I might try The Old Republic...
So it's not about consoles, I hated FF Online on the Xbox as well.
Way to jump to assumptions...
So Serp, you're stupid to think that, especially after posting on my other comment as well, which proved what I've just restated.
el serpiente @ Jun 3rd 2009 1:13AM
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
fakingmyself @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:11PM
I've been playing WoW for 3 years now , but for the last 4 months I've been playing less and less of it , maybe it's time for a new mmorpg .
FFXIV looks extremely interesting , hope it's not far from FFXIII's release .
@proteus zero : I believe playing almost any good mmorpg out there most of the time feels like a chore .
Residentevil72501 (PSN: rankore) @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:16PM
Same with me bro,been playing over 4 years I am about through Ulduar, and already have great gear and sometimes it is sort of a lul! But! Hang in there man because Blizzards new mmo should be announced soon! Hopefully, they will announce it at Blizzcon, but I love WoW even tho sometimes I have to take a break when I get burnt out.
TwistedBishop @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:26PM
Right, it's sort of the nature of MMOs. There's not an infinite amount of content. If you play regularly you'll max out a character in a couple months, leaving you to grind raids, daily quests, or PvP. Or roll up a new character and do it all over again.
My personal tendency is to swap between MMOs every now and again. There's a lot of good stuff out there and never enough time to play it all. Also, most games offer semi-regular content updates, so you can often just come back when there's new stuff.
Rhamsey @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:12PM
I was so mad that only ps3 would get the next FF cause during the video, it looked better than XIII (which, in all honesty probably wont be that great, I wasnt a fan of XII either), but then I saw that it was online, and now I dont mind missing it.
NT_ @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:13PM
Honestly, I was most captivated wondering how they managed a mashup of an Arabic font with Japanese characters.
Nineteen88 @ Jun 3rd 2009 1:28AM
I don't think that's an Arabic font, I'm an Arab & I checked the video again..
Sure you're sober when you wrote that?
Anyways, what you said is irrelevant imo.
Cheers.
Rhamsey @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:13PM
Star Wars The Old Republic
Blank-Mage @ Jun 2nd 2009 11:06PM
You saw that too, huh?
Ezio Auditore de Firenze [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:14PM
was i the only one that was reminded of monster hunter while watching that video?
Kenny Powers Fastball (PSN johnnynumber5) @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:57PM
No I thought of the same thing to be honest. The PS3 is going into uncharted territory with lots of MMO's this year and next year. It will be interesting to see how they all work out with a console. I'm kind of digging this megaton. This was really the biggest megaton of the E3 conferences. I guess the Metal Gear Rising being on the 360 could be as well but we didn't know what the game was until it was announced.
Sony stole the show in my opinion ... Kind of cool they shows real time demos of three games announced at last years E3 (Uc 2, MAG & GoW 3) and hopefully it's a trend that will continue. Oh and Uncharted 2 FTW. I'm going to be on at midnight checking it out for realz.
Ezio Auditore de Firenze [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:51AM
it's up now
headkicker @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:15PM
So this must be why there are three FFXIII's.
Sasuke Uchiha @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:16PM
I swear, I sent in the tip for the NA website URL and they don't even post it. Shaaame.
Nick @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:18PM
buying this shit asap.
Copland @ Jun 3rd 2009 1:45AM
I'm also looking forward to this.
I haven't played FFXI Online cause I don't own a Xbox360,
but this, I will definitely like to try it out.
But I do understand some feel disappointed about it (FF to be a MMO).
Because everybody has their own taste.
I personally don't like WoW, although its really a blockbuster title for western countries :p
Oh, by the way, people who don't like MMO's,
remember we still have an exclusive FFXIII versus,
which Mr.Nomura says the taste of it is more like the FF in the old days, like FFVII.
I'm surely looking forward to FFXIII too though :)
james @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:18PM
so wait, xbox gets XIII but not this one? gheysz
Mazrael @ Jun 2nd 2009 9:46PM
I don't think MMO's survive very well on 360.. could be partly because of the gold fee.. I only play Phantasy Star Universe 2 months, I could never get a party for being low level (and it being close to a ghost town), it seems, that you need to join at the start or not at all.. So I played other games.. FFXI looked too out of date, and the beta ended before I got online so I missed out..