FFXIV 1.0 nostalgia (something that 1.0 did right & 2.0 didn't)

Some 1.0 videos enjoy :)

Opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD45euKWO1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpfrCuvBfA


Garuda:
1.0 Garuda looks scary,attack sound effects are impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKSqF9fldE
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psc4a68d58.jpg
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...ps538d3e93.jpg
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psd03f2b20.jpg


2.0 Garuda look like a bird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFz5oFH2PM
Yoshi-P told us to "zoom out",but I really think he should limit the zoom distance.

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...ps40dea8ed.jpg
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1b675ff9.jpg


Some 1.0 game play videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWjdKre5kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dvuraip7A0

The atmosphere,the attractive immersion,the relax & romance feelings. something special that 1.0 had.
it's sad that 2.0 did not successfully capture these feelings

I know 1.0 maps are copy & pasted, but I really enjoy the 1.0 atmosphere.
to me 2.0 feel......impetuous? superficiality? ....I don't know..

The only scary thing I saw in that 1.0 garuda clip was how frighteningly awkward the old combat system looked :(

Sadly the mechanics used in 1.23 vastly differ from 2.0.
1.23 was very very slow in comparison to 2.0, but a huge difference is the battle-effects.
In 2.0 we have A LOT of battle effects going off at once, you can barely see what's being attacked most of the time from the array of fireworks and explosions emitting from your enemy.


1.23 most certainly had more 'weight' to it and things seemed much larger, Ifrit, Garuda, Nael Van Darnus as a result of this. A great emphasis on realistic animations and timing helped. (Even if the combat was slow and unrealistic, at least the animaitons were) which made the weight of it all seem much more "terrifying" and thrilling in 1.23 because of the general camera position.


It's something I immediatley noticed in 2.0 once I got to Titan, where my camera was in the 1.23 position up until I fought Titan Hard Mode where I learnt to force myself to zoom the camera out, and it's been stuck there ever since.

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Originally Posted by Teeko

The only scary thing I saw in that 1.0 garuda clip was how frighteningly awkward the old combat system looked :(

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2.0 combat system looks fun in the first or two months.
but now,playing with the skill rotations over and over and over again just bored me.

1.23 combat system was more playable over the long-term

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Originally Posted by WeiShan

1.23 combat system was more playable over the long-term

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Because waiting for your PT to fill up was way more entertaining.

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Originally Posted by WeiShan

2.0 Garuda look like a bird

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... it's Garuda. It's supposed to look like a bird.

Also, bleh 1.0 combat... if I wanted slow and clunky combat I'd resub to FFXI.

Hipsters. Lol.

i liked when casters could move while casting.

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Originally Posted by WeiShan

2.0 combat system looks fun in the first or two months.
but now,playing with the skill rotations over and over and over again just bored me.

1.23 combat system was more playable over the long-term

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I'm not really speaking for the combat gameplay-wise because well...I didn't play 1.0 or 1.23. All I can base my opinions on are what I see, so :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKS...utu.be&t=2m35s

He actually faces away from her for a fair bit and casts spells on himself. It drives me nuts with how stupid it looks :(

"Here you can beat me up from the back while I stand here and cast my spells. Naw I mean it, it's cool."

1.0 vs ARR battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=575nZk2jmno

ARR battle is smoother, but it lacks the "weight", 2.0 mobs are too weak.
and the attack sound is weaker than 1.0