Stuff I Miss From 1.0

[Eshura]

Ah that reminds me..

Obviously missing the belts aside, one of the other things I miss?

The bridges.

Yes, I know the vast majority of them were there to cover up v1.0's reliance on streaming from the HDD, but all the same crossing those huge bridges into the cities - not to mention Gryphon Crossing in Coerthas - just felt.. epic, for want of a better word. And I miss just being able to hang out on them. In the late stages of v1.2x they added the ability to teleport past the bridges connecting Gridania and Limsa Lominsa to the field areas if you wanted, not to mention Ul'dah's tunnels, so crossing them wasn't mandatory. Removing them just feels.. sad. Most people don't even know Gridania connects to the central shroud by a bridge - the only way you see it is by getting yourself into a fiddly angle to look up at it from the lakeside below.

Worst of all though? Because of all this it's now obvious we're never going to get to walk the path between Coerthas and Ishgard when that city is eventually opened. I was looking forward to doing that from the very first time I saw the Gates of Judgement, but.. now they've made it very clear just being able to enjoy stuff like those crossings is never going to be part of their design philosophy.

This!! Endlessly running into Limlom and seeing the scenery spread out before you as you traveled in was breathtaking. Now we get invisible walls everywhere and loading screens.

And yeah, I agree... I feel like they cheapened the game. They should have left the old game and just revamped stuff that was needed... I still love 2.0... but somethings make me go "Why!?"

[KiriA500]

This!! Endlessly running into Limlom and seeing the scenery spread out before you as you traveled in was breathtaking. Now we get invisible walls everywhere and loading screens.

And yeah, I agree... I feel like they cheapened the game. They should have left the old game and just revamped stuff that was needed... I still love 2.0... but somethings make me go "Why!?"

1.0 was full of invisible walls. Most of them were at the top of 3 foot drops.