The Old Intros of Final Fantasy XIV ("1.0.") for those who just played ARR

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Originally Posted by Tinibou

Reminds me some good memories... those cutscenes were a far better entrance point in FFXIV than the 2.0 beginnings... But well, even if the graphics quality was better in 1.0, I do not miss its very very wide and empty areas

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I myself liked these "wide and empty" areas in the old version (reminds me of offline FF's and FFXI). Of course they are not as themepark alike like in ARR (no rollercoaster or something in it) but they feeled very real in contrast to now. And they have been similiar to that what i experienced in FInal Fantasy XI which i also liked very much.
http://final-fantasy-future.de/cms/i...8-17-10_56.jpg
http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/arti...6051542069.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zCoI2gAVvCU/hqdefault.jpg
http://evo-x.de/images/screenshots/s...20090810/4.jpg

Final Fantasy XI regions:
http://www.mmogames.com/wp-content/u...62-659x163.jpg
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...20060828033942
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20060828033841
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20060828033754

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...iren_Sands.jpg


Better than this, as it reminds me not of Final Fantasy but MMorpgs like AION or WoW:
https://jamuthatswho.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/1.jpg
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...cea_ARR_06.jpg

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its very very tiny and copied/pasted corridors like the whole shroud in Gridania... Maps in ARR were a lot better designed.

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Thats the thing i agree on. the old shroud of gridania was terrible designed. but thanalan and the limsa area i liked quiet much.

i myself hope that a future Final Fantasy MMO can get a little bit back to its own identity.. less copying from WoW and other standard MMO's. for me its partly (not in all) a shame. its a good MMO now. but cant hold on to the experiences of memories from FFXI and of the old Version from FFXIV.

as much as i respect Yoshi P.'s work.. i hope for a future Final Fantasy Online game they will get tanaka back in the boat or the best would be if they coorporate both together.. but well.. a future FF' wont be so soon.. so... :-(

I really liked 1.23B the patch i came into to play at. yes i missed the horrible things before hand and can't properly speak on them. though i found that i would of liked to stay in that type of world of 1.0. the only things they just needed to revise is optimization of the engine and have a better send receive for NPC's and items to interact with when you actually got there then standing around for 40 second+ for them to load in at times.

the attack bar i liked. i could not get into the FF11 menu selection as a MMO. for me it just did not feel right. though i do know it was made with controller in mind.

i chose archer and started in limsa. just having to run those treks across the land might not be for everyone and i agree they are not accessible to all. i really loved the open world of what was brought forth in 1.0. it felt like you were running out of the city to go on a long adventure.

Here are my thoughts as a someone who didn't play 1.0:

- Damn, design or no, the scenery looked waaaay better.
- Voice acted cutscenes appeared sooner than in 2.0 They also sounded better than what we had between 2.0 and 3.0
- There was more action. Me like.
- I may have seen hairstyles I don't recognise
- Boobs definitely were bigger
- How did a lancer start in Ul'dah? In that outfit?
- Those animations...damn. In 2.0 we sometimes get animations that aren't abilities or emotes, but I still die inside when I "show something" to an NPC.
- I don't know if its the shadows, but faces looked more real.

Can we please ditch ps3 players and get back to these visuals?