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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:15AM (Unverified) said
WoW fans!!
Final Fantasy fans!!
WHO. IS. DEADLIEST?!!
Final Fantasy fans!!
WHO. IS. DEADLIEST?!!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 5:53PM (Unverified) said
Is Uematsu-san composing the music? If so, I'm so onboard for this.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:16AM JohnAHD said
nice...
i dont like this going multiplat ( only if in compensation whe had mass effect 2 XD)
looking good tho, not much into MMORPGs anyways
i dont like this going multiplat ( only if in compensation whe had mass effect 2 XD)
looking good tho, not much into MMORPGs anyways
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:28AM (Unverified) said
WOW. FFXIV already??!?!?. FFXIII isnt even out yet.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:38AM joystiqer said
Forgot the second s in screenshot. :p Anyway, thanks. For still being in alpha, XIV looks amazing.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:39AM (Unverified) said
My comment was edited because I thought this was a classified ad website where I can post bad links! BAM!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:42AM (Unverified) said
oh my god i wet myself! looks much better then FFXI even am veteran still love FXI but FF 14 looks way better!!
cant wait for this just hope it say 12$ a month lol
cant wait for this just hope it say 12$ a month lol
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 2:15PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I can't believe how great this looks. Hopefully Square improves the gameplay in XIV as much as they did the graphics.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Snowblind:
Many people prefer a flat subscription fee to the alternative nickel-and-diming methods for MMO revenue, which bring major problems of their own.
Then there's the odd fully free MMO, but those are hardly even the same genre. The content and service you get with those will never even approach the level of a subscription game. Those games stagnate within a matter of months, whereas subscription games have a steady stream of content, decent customer service, and stable servers for years on end.
Everything I've heard says The Old Republic will use a subscription model, incidentally. They would never be able to pay for what they're planning without one.
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Many people prefer a flat subscription fee to the alternative nickel-and-diming methods for MMO revenue, which bring major problems of their own.
Then there's the odd fully free MMO, but those are hardly even the same genre. The content and service you get with those will never even approach the level of a subscription game. Those games stagnate within a matter of months, whereas subscription games have a steady stream of content, decent customer service, and stable servers for years on end.
Everything I've heard says The Old Republic will use a subscription model, incidentally. They would never be able to pay for what they're planning without one.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 4:28PM (Unverified) said
because i have so much time and work put in to it and i have alot endgame euip and items so i wouldent bother deleting and i keep both because thats the way i want it ^_^
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 5:22AM Aziz S said
Why do I feel that "Versus" is canned?
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:36AM AkiraTenshi said
What has Versus got to do with anything? Why would it be canned?
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 10:19AM Hyams said
It hasn't been *that* long. Last we saw of it was the trailer that came with the FFXIII demo. That's, what, a few months?
I'm not shocked they didn't show it at E3 or GamesCom. As both FFXIII and FFXIV will be releasing sooner, there's no reason to show anything new of it - keep the hype focused on these two games instead.
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I'm not shocked they didn't show it at E3 or GamesCom. As both FFXIII and FFXIV will be releasing sooner, there's no reason to show anything new of it - keep the hype focused on these two games instead.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 5:48AM Bowser Rogozhin said
Final Fantasy? MMOs? This be a site of video games, is it not?
Squaresoft need to cut this crap and hurry around to releasing Space Invaders Extreme 2.
Squaresoft need to cut this crap and hurry around to releasing Space Invaders Extreme 2.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:17AM iHavePants said
I'm trying to figure out whether or not you're being serious.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:49AM Bowser Rogozhin said
Not enough people care about MMOs to justify a mention on a mainstream blog such as Joystiq, and fans of Final Fantasy are driven primarily be nostalgia rather than any genuine enjoyment of the modern incarnations. We all know that Final Fantasy died with Kefka's last laugh.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:21AM (Unverified) said
I think the Blizzcon Cataclysm announcement blows your theory away.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:40AM iHavePants said
Yeah I think my point would be that there's a far smaller audience that truly care about another Space Invaders remake.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:42AM iHavePants said
Though take note I also don't care for Final Fantasy or MMO's either, I'm just here for the screenshots and general comment swooping :)
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 9:55AM cuteSAVAGE said
Why do you insist on still calling them "Squaresoft" while acknowledging their acquisition of Taito which occurred two years after their Enix merger?
I'm glad you speak for all Final Fantasy fans though. It's good to know there are still a few pretentious twats mumbling about the good old days.
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I'm glad you speak for all Final Fantasy fans though. It's good to know there are still a few pretentious twats mumbling about the good old days.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 10:59AM Bowser Rogozhin said
"pretentious twat"
This coming from somebody who considers Mark of the Wolves as the highpoint in 2D fighting? Okay, whatever you say, bucko.
Nelson, there's a typo in the headline.
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This coming from somebody who considers Mark of the Wolves as the highpoint in 2D fighting? Okay, whatever you say, bucko.
Nelson, there's a typo in the headline.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 1:40PM RagingStormX said
WHOA WHOA WHOA..... you gonna knock MotW? MotW rules and SAVAGE has made a very valid point. He also responded directly to your comment, leave MotW out of this, if its not the topic and man up.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 5:55PM (Unverified) said
Nobuo is going to kill you in your sleep. Also, your bodybag will be covered in zippers.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 5:49AM jhowlett said
think there'll be voip?
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:22AM (Unverified) said
they've said not, to use Skype or vent instead.
Guess it has to do with cross platform compatibility. (cos PS3 and PC can both use keyboards for typing, but not the same voip solutions)
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Guess it has to do with cross platform compatibility. (cos PS3 and PC can both use keyboards for typing, but not the same voip solutions)
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:21AM (Unverified) said
I am loving this and can't wait for the release... it looks beautiful!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:39AM (Unverified) said
yeah i wouldnt mind Space Invaders Extreme 2 as well played the DS version to death.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 6:53AM BIGGEN said
YES!! giant dodo birds to hack at. i can't wait!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:10AM Hyams said
It seems kind of wrong that in the few months we've known about FFXIV, we've seen about as much as we have of FFXIII, even the latter was announced 3 years ago.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:23AM (Unverified) said
FFXIV has been in development for as long as XIII too. They showed off some of it years back when giving some tech demos of the Crystal Engine. I think it was called "rapture project" or something then.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 7:40AM (Unverified) said
Screenhots?
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 8:04AM mocax said
any chance of this landing on xbox360 or the pc?
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 8:14AM (Unverified) said
woot awesome cant wait to play this :D
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 8:23AM (Unverified) said
i hope that price wont be too high maybe i ll buy it but just in summer to enjoy it
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 9:15AM Copland said
Looking at the graphics for FFXIII, I believe theses screenshots for FFXIV are for the PC version which uses a high-end graphic board.
I'm concerned how the console version will look like.
I know that the textures would be a cut-down version of the PC version, but concerned of "how much".
For example, the following pic is a screenshot of a field in FFXIII,
and as you can see the texture for the grass and stuff are kind of low res.
I'm expecting the console version to look more like FFXIII in graphic-quality.
Or maybe Square-Enix gained a license to use the Crysis engine for FFXIV :p
I'm concerned how the console version will look like.
I know that the textures would be a cut-down version of the PC version, but concerned of "how much".
For example, the following pic is a screenshot of a field in FFXIII,
and as you can see the texture for the grass and stuff are kind of low res.
I'm expecting the console version to look more like FFXIII in graphic-quality.
Or maybe Square-Enix gained a license to use the Crysis engine for FFXIV :p
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 9:17AM Copland said
Forgot to paste the "following pic" I wrote. Sorry.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/07/504x_ff13_17.jpg
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http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/07/504x_ff13_17.jpg
Posted: Aug 26th 2009 4:18PM SquallRinoa89 said
They ARE using the Crystal Tools game engine to run Final Fantasy XIV............
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Posted: Aug 26th 2009 4:47PM Copland said
Thanks for the info.
So maybe that gives the answer.
FFXIII is also using Crystal Tools, so I guess the graphics for the PS3 version of FFXIV would look similar to FFXIII.
hmm... I really want to buy the PS3 version, but I'd have to consider the PC version too...
Thanks for the info :)
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So maybe that gives the answer.
FFXIII is also using Crystal Tools, so I guess the graphics for the PS3 version of FFXIV would look similar to FFXIII.
hmm... I really want to buy the PS3 version, but I'd have to consider the PC version too...
Thanks for the info :)
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 9:18AM (Unverified) said
It does look better than FFXI but not nearly as pretty as Aion.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 9:59AM cuteSAVAGE said
Aion seems like it has been in development forever. I thought it was released in 2006, but I'm shocked to read it still hasn't had a wide release. Always sounded like an interesting take on MMOs, might get me to play one if The Old Republic or this doesn't take hold first.
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Posted: Aug 22nd 2009 12:30PM MixedRaceJesusFreak said
Is this going to be pay to play, cus if it is gonna have to pass on this i think subs is the most stupidist thing ever and to all that say its for the servers that bull shit utter bull shit
