Alpha First Look: Video 3 - The Black Shroud

[Triairy]

We're pleased to present "The Black Shroud," our third entry in the Alpha First Look video series!

In this video, we take look at both the Central and North Shroud areas that are housed within the Black Shroud, the vast forest that includes the city-state of Gridania. The beautiful landscapes of the Black Shroud include lush, sweeping vistas with exciting landmarks peppered throughout. On this guided tour through the Shroud, adventurers will visit an aetheryte camp, where they'll spot a mysterious balloon floating above an adjacent building, and take in a gorgeous view of a nearby waterfall and the surrounding foliage.

The video also showcases the fact that in A Realm Reborn the map will gradually reveal itself as your character reaches new locations.





Enjoy the video and be sure to let us know what you think!

[Psykotsu]

Oh cool, hope I enjoy.

[Hysterior]

that will force exploration
it's great idea to me

[ShinigamiKayla]

-thumbs up- I LOVE IT

[Dhalmel]

720p only?

[leomike35]

Funny just as I was wondering when the next vid would be released browsing youtube and this popped up. Perfect timing was hoping for South shroud as I love that bgm to that zone hope it makes it into final release.

Edit: Lol nvm the music i like plays around 3min ish mark yay!!!

[Nix]

The music was awesome, reminiscent of FF12 which is always cool!

Really looking forward to seeing more, the alpha is looking so promising!

[Trenma]

Not that I didn't already know this from screenshots and Live letters; but damn it's nice seeing those zones re-made and not being so suffocating like the old ones.

It's amazing how well the Mobs blend in with the environment, looks so clean.

Really looking forward to exploring now (Please provide more videos )

[Nuru]

The music was awesome, reminiscent of FF12 which is always cool!

Really looking forward to seeing more, the alpha is looking so promising!

Thats what i was thinking! Has a Hitoshi Sakimoto vibe to the music, which is more than welcome! Hitoshi Sakimoto and Akihiko Yoshida belong together!

ah... i mean..

yeah!

[LunaticVoice]

It looks and sounds beautiful. I love the look of the area, though I hope there are some more mysterious and dark parts of The Black Shroud as well.

Some personal opinions...

Many others have most likely said this before, but I really dislike the new movement animations. Falling from high distances and landing without even flinching, magically floating in place as the character rotates, and starting and stopping without any momentum. It just looks out of place in an otherwise beautiful and believable setting. I wish they'd just use the old animations.

I hope there's a way to remove that obnoxious party window on the upper left-hand corner when playing solo. It displays exactly the same information as the status/action bar on the bottom and just gets in the way of the scenery.