Final Fantasy XIV

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Developer's blog sto kainourio site:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog

Epaiksa to game kapoies wres extes, moiazei poly me to WoW stous mhxanismous, dyskolefthka na synithisw thn kamera kai left-right strifes, mou thn dinei pou otan kaneis pisw o xarakthras den trexei anapoda pleon alla kanei backpedaling

Ksepernontas tous xeirismous, h maxes ontws einai grhgores, alla me ton periorismo sta levels den mporw na vgalw ena teliko symperasma, ta skills einai poly liga.
To Kainourio User Interface ta spaei, den perimena kati ligotero, ta panta antapokrinontai amesa kai xwris lag.
Telos h alpha einai gemath quests, prepei na exei poio polla quests apoti olo to palio FFXIV (den enow story quests, alla apla sidequests gia leveling) allo ena stoixeio pou phre apo to wow.

Grafika den xreiazetai na analysw
Shmera tha mporesw na paiksw parapanw

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Αντε τελεια, περιμενουμε επιπλεον πληροφορηση Ground!

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Eimai genika 100% efxaristhmenos me ta panta ektos apo to battle system.
Den mporw na katalavw to concept, ola ta skills moirazontai to idio global cooldown (3 defterolepta) alla den yparxei individual cooldown gia kathe skill WTF?

Ksekinas mia maxh me full TP (entaksei ws edw).
To idio to TP (to TP einai h bara pou xrhsimopoieis gia na ekteleseis weaponskills, san ta MP twn magwn alla gia tous fighters) gemizei over time kai oxi me ta auto attacks pleon (giati?)

Me gemato to TP kai me to idio cooldown se ola ta skills, aplws patame thn poio dynath kinhsh olh thn wra, den yparxei pragmatikos logos na epileksoume kapoio apo ta alla ths listas kai to xeirotero einai oti ta combos den moiazoun kan me combos efoson to animation twn kinhsewn den vgainei apanwta to ena pisw apo to allo epeidh exeis thn kathysterish twn triwn defteroleptwn tou global cooldown anamesa se kathe button press.

Den kserw an katalavainete ta osa lew, alla as poume oti h maxes einai grhgores alla taftoxrona varetes kai monotones patas olo: 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2...

Oi developers mas kathysyxazoun pws ta pragmata tha einai diaforetika otan tha paroume ta skills konta sto level 50 (gia thn wra to level mas einai periorismeno sta 20) alla aplws den mprw na katanohsw to reasoning me ta dedomena pou exw twra.
Akousa kai kati fhmes oti tha allaksei to systhma sthn Beta... gia na doume, elpizw na gyrisoun sto palio systhma giati ekeino htan poly fun actually :/

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Quests kai Combat:

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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/130

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Mias kai kathomaste kai den kanoume tipote, merikes wraies photoshoped eikones apo to game:

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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/135

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To koritsaki antidraei sto "End of an era", ola ta lefta xaxaxaxaxa

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Merika logia apo ton Yoshida gia thn 25h epeteio twn Final Fantasy:

25 Years ago, today, on December 18th, 1987 the first FINAL FANTASY was born.
At that time I was 14 years old. I still clearly remember that day, I bought the game on the release date and played hard without sleep.
I have never imagined at that time that I am here today commenting on the 25th anniversary. I am very happy and proud at the same time.

For myself, the part I could still not forget about FINAL FANTASY is something pretty common, but the opening scene which comes up while playing FF1.
There are many games out now, they have different methods to do the openings, but back then, at that time, this opening scene which resembled like a real movie opening touched me greatly.

Since then 25 years has passed, being a game developer until now I wasn’t involved with FF series.
I really have never predicted that I was going to lead the newest FF series title. I am really honored and I cannot express enough in words.

FF series are loved by many people, I believe it’s a title which brought the ‘first impact’ to each individual players.
The impression from FF1, the entertainment and difficulty of FF3, the huge impact from FF7, these games brought unique experiences to each individual players.

Since FF series were born it has been 25 years.
FINAL FANTASY is not only something we have built, it is now everyones Final Fantasy.
To deliver those thoughts and dreams I would like to continue making a product with everyone together.

I wish to see all you players in FF14’s world “Eorzea”

Yoshida Naoki

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http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/140

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog

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Official roadmap.
To game tha vgei to grhgorotero ton Maio kai to Argotero ton Ioulio:

http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/download/en/FFXIV_2.0_BETA_Roadmap_EN.pdf

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Leter from the producer No40:

Letter from the Producer, XL (12/27/2012)

Greetings to all of you out there eagerly awaiting FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. Yoshi-P here, back with my fortieth letter.

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for sticking by us throughout 2012. We couldn’t have made it this far without your unflagging support.

2012 will be remembered as the year the Seventh Umbral Era storyline drew to a close, and the curtains came down on the original version of the game. But every end marks a new beginning, and 2013 will see Eorzea begin a new chapter with the arrival of the Seventh Astral Era. As we’ve been doing so far, we will keep pouring our hearts and minds into the game and see it safely to rebirth.

Now, I’m sorry for keeping you waiting, but the Beta Test Roadmap has finally been released. Even as I pen this letter, we’re making revisions and adjustments to the game based on the feedback we received from our alpha testers.

You may have noticed that the new schedule deviates somewhat from our original plan. This is because we—the development team and myself alike—hold ourselves to certain standards. It is our desire to deliver quality and quantity that surpasses all expectations, and we won’t spare any effort as we move closer towards release. Please keep bearing with us in the coming year.

I can’t say this often enough, but the support of our fans the world over has been instrumental in the progress we’ve made in 2012. Next year, I will be flying around the world with A Realm Reborn, and very much look forward to being reunited with everyone again.

And that’s all from me for this letter. See you next time, on the forums, or in the Beta Test!

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Yoshida at Nico nico live:




Genika yparxoun kala logia gia to game, alla expectations "are too damn high" IMO :/
Mono ta Final Fantasy katafernoun na hyparoun kosmo toso poly wste na apogohtevei panta to outcome...
Elpizw pragmatika na ta pane kala afthn th fora...

Positive feedback:

MMORPG.com

"Game looks amazing and thats just low level content. Also really looking forward to the more traditional combat system."

"Watching this video reminds me of FF12 in a good way."

"Doesn't look like any alpha I've ever seen. No debugging messages flying, no animation glitches, no missing sections where the interior isn't finished. Pretty sweet work."

"Looks great to me, especially for alpha!"

"i love how fluid the animations and gameplay looks, Cant wait to play"

"Ditto, animation and environment art are both excellent."

"I'm so excited I can't wait!"

"Yep it looks good."

"This is turning out to look quite good."

Siliconera

"cool, i think i'm getting this at day 1, and scary dungeon bgm like crag of dem [Can I Have It ?] XD"

"definitely going to play this. music sounds awesome"

"this looks great. cant wait to try it."

"It disturbs me how pretty this game is."

"This looks so good. I cannot wait for it to release. They've been doing a lot to make it a better game and that's wonderful. By the way, does anyone know if owning a copy of the original FFXIV will immediately give me A Realm Reborn, or if I have to repurchase it?"

"The Dragoons tanking in this video looks promising! I was hoping classes would be able to perform different roles, instead of just the 'sword-and-board class can tank and only tank'. The game keeps impressing me so far, though!"

"The music and the sound effects strangely remind me of Final Fantasy 12, which is awesome because i loved that game ^_^"

"Glad to see SE improving the game instead of letting it go to waste. It looks really promising."

"Game looks like they sped stuff up a bit. I do hope that the final product retains this zippiness."

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"FFXIV: ARR looks really good actually. Very XIIish, I like it! Don’t know if it will survive with the stigma to the first XIV, but we’ll see."

"So i watched an alpha gameplay video for FFXIV Realm Reborn
It looks really awesome

And its gunna be for PS3 too

I may get this"

Kotaku

"The gameplay looks really promising. Very involving but not too much. Enough to make sure you focus but not so much that you spend unreasonable amounts of energy. Aside from that and looking fantastic, I really hope the class system is top-notch. It's going for something very fluid but yet has definition."

"I'm interested. I like the UI. Always room for change though--especially since it's Alpha. Need moar input."

"It looks pretty good so far, I'm more then likely going to check it out when it debuts."

"Wow, was that a mind flayer? Awesome, I haven't seen that since the old school ffs lol"

"I'll probably give this a shot."

"I'm so excited for this game. XI is really showing its age despite being a good game overall and it's extremely tough to get into now. Hopefully XIV is good enough to keep me subscribed for a little while longer than XI did and I love the effort that Square has put into making this a better game."

Gia ton Yoshida:

Yoshi-P is very much deserving, he is exactly who SE has needed to helm a Final Fantasy for some time. That combined with the over-all shift in development back to making games from the heart. They end up better, every single time.

I'm glad Wada is watching him closely, and I hope he's taking notes. This is the kind of attitude, dedication, and openess is the kind of tone the company as a whole needs to adopt, and adopt quickily.

Wada is watching Yoshi-P closely on how a Real FF is made! Hopefully he will be the Source that will bring FF back into the light! ( FF games have been good, just not up to the Standard of 10-20 years ago.

Not only am I impressed so much by ARR but keeping in mind their doing all this in under 3 years, while still working on 1.xx separately, while having to build their own game engine to boot, and fighting back against the reputation of a fail launch which used to always be considered a kiss of death for any MMO. While other companies who use a licensed engine fail to deliver working on one MMO in 5+ years.

Honestly who before Yoshi-P and 2.0 was announced would have ever believed this would even be conceivably possible? Never mind just months away from going live?

Regardless of how the launch goes, you just gotta give them props for the virtue of just attempting what any other sane person would declared utterly impossible before.

Kai ena teleftaio gameplay video gia ta dungeons ths alpha:

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Έχουμε ίδιο Moogle.

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Xairetismata apo ton Yoshida gia to 2013:

New Year's Greetings (01/01/2013)

Happy new year to all of you eagerly awaiting FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn! Yoshi-P here, writing to wish everyone the best for the coming twelve moons.

The outgoing year saw valiant adventurers gather to bear witness to the end of an era, and the alpha test for A Realm Reborn successfully conducted. Neither of these things would've been possible without your unwavering support, and I feel that now's the perfect time to express our gratitude anew. Thank you!

Two years have come and gone since I first announced our four keywords: fun, live, reboot, and rebuild. With these keywords close to heart, we have gone from milestone to milestone along our journey towards rebirth. That rebirth is now within sight, and this year we will see our goal of relaunch come to fruition.

In order to deliver a new and improved FINAL FANTASY XIV to fans of the game, of the franchise, and of Square Enix alike, we promise to spare no effort as we continue pressing onwards—towards release.

Now then, 2013—the year of rebirth—has arrived. But just when we thought that the cataclysm that ushered in the Seventh Umbral Era is behind us, it would seem a prophetic passage, penned by a man we all know and respect, has been discovered. And the message it bears rings ominously indeed...




To both our Legacy adventurers as well as those eagerly awaiting A Realm Reborn, we hope we can continue relying on your support this new year! (By way of a tip-off, be sure to jot January 7 down on your calendars!

An anarwtieste ti kremetai sta rouxa pou foraei o Yoshda sto art apo panw, einai o NPC pou mas edwse ena special mount gia dwro sthn prwth ekdosh.
Einai ftiagmenos etsi wste na tou moiazei giati ypotithetai pws einai o idios me to psevdonymo "Wandering Minstrel":