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

[kyuven]

I remember getting a whole new computer for 1.0...and then replacing THAT one when ARR came out due to...different reasons.
IMO a game can look as pretty as pretty will allow, but that's all worthless if the game isn't fun.
1.0...wasn't very fun in the long run. There was one reviewer back at launch that really highlighted the game's problems: those gorgeous cutscenes segued into some of the most boring, slow, and tedious battles in MMO history. Being able to start the game as a gatherer or crafter was cool...being forced to fight jellyfish with a pickaxe wasn't.

[KarstenS]

NAEL van Darnus (final story cutscenes before "crash")

Look at her eyes. Thats interesting. Thought it happened after the crash.

[Tonkra]

I remember getting a whole new computer for 1.0...and then replacing THAT one when ARR came out due to...different reasons.
IMO a game can look as pretty as pretty will allow, but that's all worthless if the game isn't fun.
1.0...wasn't very fun in the long run. There was one reviewer back at launch that really highlighted the game's problems: those gorgeous cutscenes segued into some of the most boring, slow, and tedious battles in MMO history.

Well as someone coming from FFXI.. and having in mind that FF had turn based combat battles.. i myself enjoyed the battles really much. Now we have a more or less standard gameplay.

a little pitty, that most of the players seem to enjoy the same combat system over and over. I mean i am fine with what it is like now.. but i enjoyed battles in 1.0. also. (if you blend out the enormous lags it had)

being forced to fight jellyfish with a pickaxe wasn't.

haha that was stupid yes *rockthrow* at gobbuue for example^^ these crafting and gatherer classes werent made for combat it wasnt good that you could start as a crafter, too.. where you had to fight through the tutorial battles like any other fighting class.

The amount of time it took to make these cut scenes. The real life motion capture, amazed me. The tacky riding in on a chocobo cart/ship intros we have with the old geezer is nothing compared to these. Thanks for sending me back into 1.0 nostolgia.

yup we have to admit, that Yoshi P. and his team had much less time to make these intros.. in contrary to the 1.0. team.. which i think had about 4 years(?) to develop the game...

Yoshi P. had just 2 years.. for that they did a really great job. lets see what "Heavensward" can offer

[Doki]

Gridanian Intro really had an impact because in 1.0 if you faced off against a treant, even at level 50 with a full PT, you were likely to lose, if not one-shot entirely.

[Haoma]

Back when treants were level ?? and jacked your shit up if you weren't tip-toeing.

[Warlyx]

i always loved the limsa intro was just awesome

[HakuroDK]

Look at her eyes. Thats interesting. Thought it happened after the crash.

I think the most interesting part is that everyone thought Nael van Darnus was a man. She really did have the Samus Aran effect, didn't she?

[kyuven]

I think the most interesting part is that everyone thought Nael van Darnus was a man. She really did have the Samus Aran effect, didn't she?

AFAIK the Nael from 1.0 was male, while the 2.0 Nael was female due to...shenanigans?

[HakuroDK]

AFAIK the Nael from 1.0 was male, while the 2.0 Nael was female due to...shenanigans?

Wait, what? That's... bizarre. Did Nael ever show his face in 1.0?

[kyuven]

Wait, what? That's... bizarre. Did Nael ever show his face in 1.0?

no, but he has a masculine voice and mannerisms in a culture that doesn't discriminate against someone based on their gender.
And in 2.0, a certain force really futzed with his body. Since he was dead.