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FFXIV Hands-On Impressions
12 years ago
So while I was eating I decided to check my e-mail, and I got this message saying: I got accepted to the PS3 Beta Test of Final Fantasy XIV. (And just so everyone knows, I applied for it awhile back. That is how I got it.)
Anyways graphics are beautiful, it seems to run in a more stable 30 fps and will seem a little choppy that it's PC/(and soon PS4) counterparts with I think can run it at 60... I'm not sure yet. The game handles real well though, Square-Enix making CGI movies great as always (I wish they could just make animated films of the Final Fantasy series and I'd be happy).
It starts of pretty slow, a lot of backstory and beginner fetch quests. After you level up once or twice you should have a small stack of quests to finally go fight. Seeing as I started a Conjourer (Mage-type) I quickly learned that my auto-attacks seem near worthless and really made me concentrate on my magicks. At first I thought this was a bit odd and offputting, but it helps emphasize the role you're going to be playing.
Controls take a bit to get used to, but thanks to the design of the main actions with the hotbar: it makes doing actions relatively easy, maybe even more friendly than Keyboard/Mouse. Finding quests is a bit difficult since there's no real waypoints or an indicator to lead you. Again, at first I was offput by this but this allowed me to start remembering names a little more and pay attention to my surrounding a bit better.
The game is great, looks great and seems to have quite a bit to offer. Any questions you might have I'll try and answer them~
Here's a screenshot or two I took of it:
Character Selection: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....-screencap.jpg (Genevieve Latanakaniko was 1-2 character too long... so I changed the last name to Wuffie)
In-game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....screencap2.jpg (It's rainin'! =D)
~GL
ps- Yes I'm still at work on my art ;)
Anyways graphics are beautiful, it seems to run in a more stable 30 fps and will seem a little choppy that it's PC/(and soon PS4) counterparts with I think can run it at 60... I'm not sure yet. The game handles real well though, Square-Enix making CGI movies great as always (I wish they could just make animated films of the Final Fantasy series and I'd be happy).
It starts of pretty slow, a lot of backstory and beginner fetch quests. After you level up once or twice you should have a small stack of quests to finally go fight. Seeing as I started a Conjourer (Mage-type) I quickly learned that my auto-attacks seem near worthless and really made me concentrate on my magicks. At first I thought this was a bit odd and offputting, but it helps emphasize the role you're going to be playing.
Controls take a bit to get used to, but thanks to the design of the main actions with the hotbar: it makes doing actions relatively easy, maybe even more friendly than Keyboard/Mouse. Finding quests is a bit difficult since there's no real waypoints or an indicator to lead you. Again, at first I was offput by this but this allowed me to start remembering names a little more and pay attention to my surrounding a bit better.
The game is great, looks great and seems to have quite a bit to offer. Any questions you might have I'll try and answer them~
Here's a screenshot or two I took of it:
Character Selection: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....-screencap.jpg (Genevieve Latanakaniko was 1-2 character too long... so I changed the last name to Wuffie)
In-game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....screencap2.jpg (It's rainin'! =D)
~GL
ps- Yes I'm still at work on my art ;)
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