I think a lot of people where assuming Square wasn't taking this game seriously. Like they just sent some random developer and his friends on it to tweak it enough so they could charge for it or drop it when they decide it's not worth tweaking anymore. That the area redesign would just be a few tweaks like adding a fancy tree or ruins here and there and maybe opening up The Black Shroud a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinko
Wow 250 people are working on FFXIV
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10-15-2011, 03:28 AMGramul
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10-15-2011, 05:07 AMIrondude
It's just sad that outside the community, all you hear is negative articles 3 pages long, then at the end like one line (oh but they said they are working on fixing it). NO SERIOUSLY, it's a flagship game that most of the company is working to restore band name loyalty with. This will be the final fantasy Square won't soon forget.
I just hope the failure helps them to make better final fantasy games PAST 14 and doesn't end next year. -
10-15-2011, 05:15 AMAbriaelNot one bit surprised. When I told that the team was still hiring new people the usual hatemongers flew in my face screaming that it was impossible for Square Enix to actually invest resources into this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyMontana
Well, there you have it. Changes like the ones we're seeing aren't done with a handful of people.
Really now. 250 people is not really far from the average of any AAA MMORPG studio. CCP has 600. Granted, that includes administrative staff and they're working on 3 games, but 250 is definitely heard of, if not common.Quote:
Originally Posted by sWhiteboy
yeah because Square Enix has only 250 employees, and don't actually have multiple teams and more than 3300, right?Quote:
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10-15-2011, 05:19 AMzed32Yeah most... Not failure of ones that most of us thought Square was trying to brush under the rug.Quote:
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10-15-2011, 05:24 AMAbriaelA game isn't a "failure" until it closes. And if you thought that Square was trying to brush Final Fantasy XIV under the run, well, now you know you were wrong. It's not like we haven't been telling you just that.Quote:
Originally Posted by zed32
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10-15-2011, 05:25 AMWinnipegJetI'm not being naive, but this game is far from being down and out. The PS3 release is likely to bring a huge influx of new players, primarily the console gamer in Japan. Old users will be attracted back knowing that they're getting a game from free. Yes, I hope they have learned their lesson from this excursion, but enough of this bullshit doom and gloom. The right actions are being taken and no one can ask for anything more than that.Quote:
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10-15-2011, 05:28 AMAbriaelFact is that it's not news. It takes an amazing amount of naivete to think that the kind of changes we're seeing currently in FFXIV (and I mean what we've already seen so far, not in the future) can be done by a smaller team.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinnipegJet
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10-15-2011, 05:29 AMWinnipegJetYou're probably right, but I expected like 50 people... which isn't small. 250 is huge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abriael
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10-15-2011, 05:34 AMBruceyBruceyBangBang
I just realized that most of the content we've got was just filler this whole time and what they've been really working on is a new world entirely and a new graphics engine. LOL
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10-15-2011, 05:35 AMAbriael50 people is a VERY small team for a MMORPG.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinnipegJet