Will the real Leviathan please stand up?

[ellohwell]

We're not really expecting to see Leviathan till at least 2.0 - the beasty didn't show up on the map where Mr Moogle and Garuda did.

Version 2.0 will be seeing a graphical system overhaul. The main quoted reason we're being offered a complimentary gender & race change is because avatars will inevitably look somewhat different under the new engine and they want people to have the opportunity to create their character's appearance in a way they like under the new system.

Like that or not, it suggests the graphical system will affect a whole range of things. I suspect the devs are using this change as an opportunity to create a new in-game model of Leviathan to sit inside the new graphical system rather than just pointlessly expand the CG version they currently have in cutscenes as well. If so, that's our draft right there.

That kind of makes sense but also suggestions that Version 2.0 is a downgrade. Also, I doubt that the new graphics engines will alter the way the game-models look, it will probably just effect shaders and colours and textures, and that's why we will be allowed to go back and alter our characters.

I'm just sad to see the FFXIV Leviathan we all know and love replaced with this generic-looking one. There's just no imagination and creativity with the new one.

[Tonkra]

I'm just sad to see the FFXIV Leviathan we all know and love replaced with this generic-looking one. There's just no imagination and creativity with the new one.

Hmm well but the old one (like we see in the above video i posted) seems to "normal" to me to fit into the Final Fantasy Universe.

read the first comments in this thread. people thought leviathan in the intro of FFXIV was just a regular special mob, and not levi. it was not recognized as leviathan.


the "old" leviathan looked also more like a "Koi fish" to me.
and Yoshida mentioned, that he thoughts FFXIV looked to uncharacteristic for an FF.. he wants to put much more real "Final fantasy" into it.
although i think you're not that false with your opinion. the new artwork looks like a very "standard" leviathan look, well i think he does look like in FF8