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Really disappointed with the PS3 footage, framerate looks horrible and there is heavy screen tear.

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Really disappointed with the PS3 footage, framerate looks horrible and there is heavy screen tear.

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One of the interviews with Yoshida mentioned that he was aware of this and they are still optimizing everything.

So hope still exists :P

That would probably be why it's still not ready to play test . . . .

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Really disappointed with the PS3 footage, framerate looks horrible and there is heavy screen tear.

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Lack of optimization and likely compression issues.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

Yeah, they fixed it because too many people complained =) Lavish! <3

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it's on be default for controller. but not for keyboard i think, though i think i read you can turn it on in settings even for keyboard, but not sure.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

One of the interviews with Yoshida mentioned that he was aware of this and they are still optimizing everything.

So hope still exists :P

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Thanks, that is good to know. I can accept a lower framerate but I can not tolerate screen tearing it is so distracting.

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Originally Posted by Radacci

it's on be default for controller. but not for keyboard i think, though i think i read you can turn it on in settings even for keyboard, but not sure.

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Yeah, I watched it again just now, default for gamepad is that pulling the analog stick down turns your character, whereas the keyboard/mouse is still back-stepping

I have not been this excited over a videogames in decades. I feel like a kid on Xmas, in a candystore and its all you can eat XDDDDD

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Originally Posted by Altera

I have not been this excited over a videogames in decades. I feel like a kid on Xmas, in a candystore and its all you can eat XDDDDD

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forget candy >_> All you can eat salsa and chips @_@ nyahahaa -gnoms a big bowl of salsa and chips-

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Really disappointed with the PS3 footage, framerate looks horrible and there is heavy screen tear.

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Zam article

"The PS3 version of the game is about 75% optimized, and from the video I was shown the big issue seems to be frame rates needing some work. However, Square Enix has engaged a team from Sony to assist with the optimization of the game's code for the PS3, and they are making sure that they will push the hardware to its limits in order to get the game to run the way that they and fans expect."

I would say this about sums up how i feel: http://youtu.be/VLnWf1sQkjY

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Originally Posted by Niqote

*Squeals in delight~!*

The world is so lively ~ they are doing great with the NPCs.

LOL @ female with Cid's haircut option

I think I am going to cry from happiness after watching the controller demo

Edit:
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...psd8579e74.jpg

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To the npc doing push ups.

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6...psvlc20130.jpg

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Originally Posted by Shougun

HOLY CRAP! LOL!

I was like there are no fairly.. LARGE TORTISE!

http://youtu.be/I38WppE345o?t=3m

(Pause at / ~ 3 and Look in the background, its freaking huge)

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LOL!! DAMN. I'm like what is everyone talking about. Sweet Moses... that's freaking awesome.

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Originally Posted by Westers

IT IS FREAKING HUGE!!!

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That's what she said.....lol

There's a setting for Grass Quality in the official benchmark, in case nobody noticed.

OMFG! I'm so excited now! They've done an amazing job making sure the characters look great! Remember the creepy plastic midlander? I didn't see anything like that in any of the videos!

What did everyone score on the benchmark? On maximum (1280x720), I consistently got above 3600 (High).

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Originally Posted by Tiamat

Am I the only one who think the female roegadyn are hot?

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NO you are not. They are the sexiest in game models I have seen, some many curves and their faces look like they know how to please their man... Highlander women are 2nd place.

I can't believe they made goobbues enemies T_T Who would want to kill that cute thing?

Only could think of 2 things the whole time while watching the main video:

1. Thank god I am from Limsa, the area around it looks so fantastic!
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2. Mother of god.

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Originally Posted by Lafra

http://i.imgur.com/iyUgkIL.png

Is... this a PUP and his automaton?

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It is one of the pets we will unlock playing the game. Go to the demo with Yoshi and the controller, and you will see that he has it in his hot bar along with Chocobo and a Bombomb.

I cant wait!!!

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I can't believe they made goobbues enemies T_T Who would want to kill that cute thing?

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Everyone that farmed moss, cuttings and Uppercut spell for Blue Mage in XI.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I can't believe they made goobbues enemies T_T Who would want to kill that cute thing?

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Specially when you can put a carpet on their head use a mating horn and ride on frisky in season goobbue!

:)

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Everyone that farmed moss, cuttings and Uppercut spell for Blue Mage in XI.

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Farming spells >.>, I was like yeah this is so cool farming spells (as I was really lucky and I had no idea).. then I went hours and hours on the same monster waiting for him to cast that one spell that beat the crap out of me, to kill and then sigh XD

(I liked the class regardless but RNG spurned me good lol)

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instanc...x/35213142.jpg

Lol on top of PvP, there will be CvC... is that like cockfighting? Madness!

Loving this obvious flood of information.

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Originally Posted by Biggs

Only could think of 2 things the whole time while watching the main video:

1. Thank god I am from Limsa, the area around it looks so fantastic!
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2. Mother of god.

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The area with the bridges and turtles in Black Shroud is one of my favorite scenes so far, although I'm glad we get to see more of Thanalan and La Noscea finally.

Omg, i cried when i saw Ul'dah and heard the music. I was like ;_____; so beautiful. MAI HOME!

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Everyone that farmed moss, cuttings and Uppercut spell for Blue Mage in XI.

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Ah yes the moss, it made a killings in the ah per stack... ^^

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Originally Posted by Nuru

Omg, i cried when i saw Ul'dah and heard the music. I was like ;_____; so beautiful. MAI HOME!

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Ul'dah certainly is beautiful. I'm glad I chose it as my first city state ^^
And personally the most touching scene for all the videos released today was the end of the ifrit battle, the violin was wonderful and it was touching seeing so many people become incapacitated at once... ;_;

OMG! Just OMG!! Σ(゜ロ゜; )

I am thrown back by how great this looks. I am greatly impressed! This game looks like I'll be playing it for years to come!

I literally clapped when I saw Limsa Lominsa!

Mandragoras! Be ready for perma-sleep again lol

Why does this exist

http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/g...80c5afa34b.png

This was made because people (like me) thought it was two turtles. This shows how it's one.

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Originally Posted by Nadrojj

This was made because people (like me) thought it was two turtles. This shows how it's one.

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Thats ok I thought it was a Caterpillar tortoise lol

Its awesome they can do monsters that large though. I really hope they introduce a collision system for these epic scale monsters XD

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Originally Posted by Nuru

Omg, i cried when i saw Ul'dah and heard the music. I was like ;_____; so beautiful. MAI HOME!

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yeah i love it too.. it reminds me a little bit of Final Fantasy 12.

what i was really wondering.. in the "region tour" video at around >>7:52<< there is a region called "black brush station"

what does it mean? i mean it looks like a train station.. on the other hand yoshida declined that there is going to be a train ingame. or does it just have to do with a cole mine?
for me it really looks like a station for passengers.. but well i think its just my imagination.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

yeah i love it too.. it reminds me a little bit of Final Fantasy 12.

what i was really wondering.. in the "region tour" video at around 7:50 there is a region called "black brush station"

what does it mean? i mean it looks like a train station.. on the other hand yoshida declined that there is going to be a train ingame. or does it just have to do with a cole mine?

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In a gamerescape interview I read that it is for a mine - and while there is no riding content (or fighting) for it he said it isnt impossible.

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GE- Back at E3 you showed us Thanalan and I had pointed out the railroad track and at the time you couldn’t say anything about it. Is there any information you can give us on it now? I noticed while playing, that it’s maybe just used for the mines? But will it be used as a form of transportation? Or maybe other train elements from previous titles such as Doomtrain or the Phantom Train will be brought in?

Yoshida- To be honest, that kind of element hasn’t been implemented in the game yet. But perhaps in the future so please look forward to it.

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http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ga...iv-media-tour/

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Originally Posted by Shougun

In a gamerescape interview I read that it is for a mine - and while there is no riding content (or fighting) for it he said it isnt impossible.



http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ga...iv-media-tour/

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Well lets hope this. because they named it "station" and it also looks like a train station.. kind of..


i mean that "station":

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/al...6332346237.jpg
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/al...3037316235.jpg

like if you could walk through that door and behind there (2. screen) are the tracks for a train. but well ^^ would be too nice to be true ;)

would be a REAL cool feature that no one other MMO has to offer.

by the way the graphics at this area looks amazing.. look at the architecture.. and the female lalafell. it just looks like a full 3d version of Final Fantasy 9 ^^

http://rpgsquare.files.wordpress.com...-ix-event1.jpg

ha ^^

Looking amazing. Crazy how much work they've done and how many changes they've been able to implement in so little time... Even down to the ambient noise. Can't wait!

no one notice the bard playing the harp?

Game looks amazing. I loveeeee the new customizations too! yay =)

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Originally Posted by Elexia

Yeah, it's more inline with how FF games should look. Aside PS3 issues present that's also likely compression problems on PS3 footage (recording console gameplay can be touchy) I'm waiting to see how they handle the gameplay, since as people typically say on these forums: Graphics aren't everything. If they can make ARR actually standout gameplay wise rather than it feeling like the same old routine we're getting used to in MMOs these days it'd definitely be the FFXIV they wanted to get out the first time.

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Yep, the gameplay is really going to be the "play it or move on" element for me. So far, from what I've seen, I've been underwhelmed (to put it mildly) as what we've seen so far looks like it's more of the same. Too much like what MMO developers have been pushing out for the past 6 years or so, trying to get a piece of the WoW pie, and ride Blizzard's coat-tails.

Still, Yoshi-P and co promise that there's more to come that we haven't seen yet; that FFXIV: ARR will bring some great, new content and unique gameplay systems to bear. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and hope that's the case.

Square has had a knack (at least in other games, namely FFXI since it's an MMO and most comparable to XIV), for taking familiar concepts and putting their own unique twist on them, making them interesting and engaging. I remember so many times seeing people theorizing, predicting and even claiming to "know" how some new gameplay element was going to work, only for it all to be proven completely wrong upon release. SE seldom did/do the obvious. I hope to see more of this in ARR.

They've had a knack for never doing anything half-way, or as token efforts. People asked for personal Chocobos in XI, for example. SE responded by implementing an entire system of raising them, along with related activities for them. And so on. I hope to see more of this in ARR, of them going all-in with anything they decide to introduce.

Finally, they've had a knack for keeping things mysterious. Wrapping things in layer upon layer of lore, history, and esoteric knowledge of the world and its goings-on. They've always given so much to wrap your head around. I hope to see more of this in ARR.

I'll overlook the quest markers and all the hand-holding elements if they provide enough for me to chew on and immerse myself in. If Eorzea is even half as fascinating, mysterious and intriguing a world as Vana'diel has been, I'll be quite happy. The world in a game (especially an MMO) is a huge part of the experience for me. I don't want it to be "merely a pretty backdrop". I want it to be an important and vital part of the experience. I hope to see and experience this in ARR.