Will the real Leviathan please stand up?

[Arcell]

Look at the picture carefully.

The red dots on the picture on the right indicate places where you can target and "Break" off. the pieces in the right hand corner are the broken piece, they fit into the slots.

The picture on the left is how the battle begins, the picture on the right is how the battle ends.

Not unlike Monster Hunter, the breakable spots even match most of the breakable parts from Lagiacrus.

The creature in Limsa's opening IS Leviathan. I believe they even mention him by name a few times during those starter quests, not to mention the fact that the Sahagins summon him in the 3rd Limsa intro quest. It's definitely Leviathan.

[ellohwell]

Not unlike Monster Hunter, the breakable spots even match most of the breakable parts from Lagiacrus.

The creature in Limsa's opening IS Leviathan. I believe they even mention him by name a few times during those starter quests, not to mention the fact that the Sahagins summon him in the 3rd Limsa intro quest. It's definitely Leviathan.

The plot thickens...

I guess it was just too hard to animate. The devs said it was hard to animate for the cutscenes, if i recall, so maybe that's why they simplified him.