Comments on: First ever gameplay footage of Final Fantasy XIV revealed

By: Hunam

Hunam — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:41:37 +0000

I think he means pop-up, at around 20 seconds you’ll notice the tree blatantly popping in and out.

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:22:06 +0000

A crap draw distance?

You must be watching a different video to me, because from what I was seeing, you could see for miles.

By: revolting

revolting — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:14:51 +0000

There’s not enough there to already write it off as “crap” from 83 seconds of someone beating up chickens. It does look incredibly generic and recycled, though, so to say it’s crap from that alone is to niavely write off all MMORPGs as crap.

I’m not a FF fan, but that does look pretty compared to the standard MMO churn out, at least.

By: cachucha

cachucha — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:05:43 +0000

hope is not as bad as the first one. looks quite ok though

By: Torkass

Torkass — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:58:17 +0000

Considering this is only an alpha version, the game promises some great things.

By: Neolucifer

Neolucifer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:32:30 +0000

YOu guys are quite crazy , there arent many if any mmo with better graphics right now . I agree that the videos are nothing thrilling and shows very little but that’s it .

There is what otherwise standards?? Aion with highly detailled characters but pretty standards and very small backdrops , Age of conan and champions , that’s pretty much it so far …

Otherwise there is guild wars 2 without even a single screenshot yet , Blade and soul wich appeared with a stunning trailer and nothing since then …

I also dont know wth you hold against FFXI anyway . For a long time it was the best PVE oriented mmo out there , but with a few flaws and way too time consuming .

Anyway with so many ideas flowing from FFXI to current mmos , originating from the ps2 , and still alive and successful while many are eating dirt .. i think square did a quite great job on a first mmo .

By: Dr.Ghettoblaster

Dr.Ghettoblaster — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:59:50 +0000

Definitely doesn’t look like crap. Looks decent. Just wondering if that draw distance is real or 2-D background – can’t tell.

By: justiceblob

justiceblob — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:41:05 +0000

tat looks like fun, its pretty too

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:32:03 +0000

It’s a Final Fantasy MMO. It was never going to be anything but crap.

By: Doomsayer

Doomsayer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:21:10 +0000

Yep looks mighty crap to me too

By: Zarckan

Zarckan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:18:43 +0000

Didn’t they license Unreal Engine for this?! if so = FAIL

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:13:22 +0000

The camera position is really weird. And the draw-distance is crap. And there’s some hideous clipping. I hope that’s ‘not even remotely done’.