New Alpha Video

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rQ8fHViplbE

New Gridania in video yeah :D

The lack of a turn (pivot) animation looks terrible here -_- http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=1m10s

/moved

That Final Fantasy character need to stop jumping around and start wagging her tail

/moved

HOW wonderful it looks!
The sound! Fits very nice...
Gridania!
Atmosphere!
The moogle and his hat! :D

I like it how the name of the actual place appears on the screen.

the post thou.. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...802#post878802

@Pretz

for that question about Camera Control, if my memory served me right.... is covered too. no need to worry

Again.. The mail moogle deserves its own post.
It's awesome!

(can't people just be happy instead of complaining after 10 seconds? You'll be a tester soon enough to give them your feedback)

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@Pretz

for that question about Camera Control, if my memory served me right.... is covered too. no need to worry

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Phew, thanks ^^

Can't wait!

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The lack of animation looks terrible here -_- http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=1m10s

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That didn't take long.

I think it's just anoying that the lack of animation + the pivot makes the game look more like a korean free to play game. If they plan to keep the pivot they should at least add a side step animation. I remain hopeful that they get around to adding it as everything else looks really good.

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I think it's just anoying that the lack of animation + the pivot makes the game look more like a korean free to play game. If they plan to keep the pivot they should at least add a side step animation. I remain hopeful that they get around to adding it as everything else looks really good.

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Do we need another 1000 post-thread about "back-paddel" to prove those people wrong in the end, since it is alpha? The actual build of the game is further ahead, that is the alpha client and just created to test what SE wanted to test in alpha, which is obviously not animations. There is a BIG LOGO in the bottom left corner which says ALPHA-Version.. gosh you people are hilarious.

This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-99sSSS3eP4

Maybe this helps. It's from v1.0 alpha to beta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6oiev4WTuc

Alpha. Watch the stopping animations!

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Do we need another 1000 post-thread about "back-paddel" to prove those people wrong in the end, since it is alpha? The actual build of the game is further ahead, that is the alpha client and just created to test what SE wanted to test in alpha, which is obviously not animations. There is a BIG LOGO in the bottom left corner which says ALPHA-Version.. gosh you people are hilarious.

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"it's an alpha so you are wrong" is not proof of anything.

If they went through the effort to make new animations, and they suck, then that is cause for alarm. Being an apologist isn't going to help SE.

lighting adjustments and the hud changed... animations are slightly more fundamental than that and usually are high up on the priority list. I just think it's something they would have got done before they started to show off promotional material.

How about we get back to talking about how the new Grid looks and not start another "the animations sux!!!11!!one!!" discussion?

II agree... stop with the freaking animation talks... i too am sadden, but i'll withhold em' until beta.

Holy balls...that song is incredible... :O

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The lack of animation looks terrible here -_- http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=1m10s

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Let me direct you to: http://youtu.be/LJAOSFCDOMY?t=16s

"All content shown is under development and subject to change."

Personally, the removal of that "bubble of detail" is more than enough to make up for the pivoting. The game looks leaps better than 1.0, so I'm not going to sweat stuff like "I don't turn right."

New Grid looks nice.

Now lets talk about how they can improve.

Fix the damn 2007 free korean mmo animation.

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"it's an alpha so you are wrong" is not proof of anything.

If they went through the effort to make new animations, and they suck, then that is cause for alarm. Being an apologist isn't going to help SE.

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Man, after 3° live letter was an all-range crying because back-pedaling, no stop animation, and so on, while it was very clear they were still unfinished (just look the "running on the place" animation while a pg turn). Why should be different now ? They are clearly better now, but yet far from "finished"

very nice!. was worried about all the animation worrying i was seeing on the forums but this looks quite neat. I'm sure their still working on stuff but from this i'm satisfied as far as graphics goes.

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This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy. :)

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It's not 2 Years of work, what makes you think that?

In motion it looks absolutely fantastic :O

looks better but still waiting for it to go live.

That atmosphere with that music, absolutely perfect. A new world full of this will be.. wonderful.

So looking forward to the launch of ARR! Music is so nice too :).

Oh and please folks...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZCa6RzAJ5...TheTrolls2.jpg

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This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy. :)

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C'mon guy, Yoshida didn't announce 2.0 until October/November 2011 around patch 1.19. You can read Letter 21 here which is the first letter he says the words "2.0": http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...598#post457598

But you may be right about the animations. I honestly don't focus too heavily on animations except in battle so there's the difference of opinion.

http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=2m30s

I must have looked away for a second, because I just now noticed the zone indicator! It's just like Final Fantasy XII! I'm a HUGE fan of the aesthetics of A Realm Reborn! Also, I'm happy to see the cities broken into smaller sections!

inb4 "omg small zones wah"

Haters gonna hate.

Looks and sounds amazing, can't wait to see Ul'Dah.

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C'mon guy, Yoshida didn't announce 2.0 until October/November 2011 around patch 1.19. You can read Letter 21 here which is the first letter he says the words "2.0": http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...598#post457598

But you may be right about the animations. I honestly don't focus too heavily on animations except in battle so there's the difference of opinion.

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The previous engine was in development for at least three years, So i would expect that the new one was in development fairly early.

I'm also as excited for 2.0 as much as everyone else, I just expect the best quality from Square Enix and as of this moment I'm not seeing it. If zones give us richer and more vibrant environments i'm all for it! :)
We all have different preferences, and for me that's nice fluid animations. Some people might be disappointed at other things. it's all good.

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Oh and please folks...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZCa6RzAJ5...TheTrolls2.jpg

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I really loved the video and the new looks of Gridania, and I also think that it will get even better later.

Just, I don't understand why people must say "troll" every time someone points out something he does not like.

I am Italian and this attitude reminds me of our well known ex-prime minister calling "communist" everyone not agreeing with him lol

...in case you don't know who I'm talking about, here he is:
http://danielebarbieri.files.wordpre...berlusconi.jpg

amazing for alpha.

very impressed.

finally sunshine in gridania :D

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I really loved the video and the new looks of Gridania, and I also think that it will get even better later.

Just, I don't understand why people must say "troll" every time someone points out something he does not like.

I am Italian and this attitude reminds me of our well known ex-prime minister calling "communist" everyone not agreeing with him lol

...in case you don't know who I'm talking about, here he is:
http://danielebarbieri.files.wordpre...berlusconi.jpg

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If you noticed... I never quoted anyone while posting my "Don't feed the Troll" pic. It was simply a forewarning for folks because I'm ~98.9% positive that the "Trolls" will chime in to this thread.

So once again i'll say... please folks... DON'T FEED THE TROLLS. :cool:

Very nice! I'm probably alone in this, but I wish the miqo'te panties werent quite as visible when she runs...considering I'm probably gonna go miqo'te for the new world.

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Very nice! I'm probably alone in this, but I wish the miqo'te panties werent quite as visible when she runs...considering I'm probably gonna go miqo'te for the new world.

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You are not alone. I really don't know what people have with sexy stuff in video games. I prefer reality :D
But I don't care as long as it is at a normal level.

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You are not alone. I really don't know what people have with sexy stuff in video games. I prefer reality :D
But I don't care as long as it is at a normal level.

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Same reason most men find fat women unattractive yet there's men out there who find fat women very attractive, you don't have to understand it.

Aside from the uninspired generic feel of the music, it does look a bit too bright which could be due to the lightning not being optimized yet.

cant wait to see something other then lancers running around grid

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cant wait to see something other then lancers running around grid

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You won't until beta probably, so wait a few months.

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Very nice! I'm probably alone in this, but I wish the miqo'te panties werent quite as visible when she runs...considering I'm probably gonna go miqo'te for the new world.

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That bugged the hell out of me as well.

My alt's gonna need some pants!