Yoshi-P Gamer Escape Interview

[Theodric]

facial hair is meh. most western players look like creepy old men so other than the west no one really cared about it. but more options is always good though.

It sounds like you have some issues to address and work through if you honestly believe that and aren't just saying it to be edgy. Facial hair comes in a variety of styles and the type sported by the Warrior of Light in the trailer is popular across much of the world as it conforms to universal concepts of conventional beauty standards.

[Gemina]

I'm all for the 5 o'clock shadow on teh mens! I would've given them that before bunny outfits. Requests for each were about even, no? Less work to make it happen too. #makemensexy

[Halivel]

facial hair is meh. most western players look like creepy old men so other than the west no one really cared about it. but more options is always good though.

For me facial hair look like dirt both irl and in games/arts most of the time. It's like... 0.001% of cases when I actually like how it look. But that's me and there are players who want to have these options, so why not. Having more options is better, so characters will be more unique and players will be free to express themselves in better way (after all, all of us try to create characters that matches our preferences, even if we do it unconsciously). And, in addition, since SE's WoL has it in SB and SsB cinematics, it has logic to add it finally in game as well.

[Iscah]

If he's not just trolling with his "I wasn't aware of this; I'm sure we can do that if it was in the trailer"... I certainly hope they can do that and the programmers aren't curling up in horror because it was something unique for the trailer model, and they can't actually implement more design options for players.

[Iscah]

The most interesting thing in the interview for me is this part about the music:

Naoki Yoshida: The Warrior of Light’s adventure transcends the interdimensional rift and takes players to the First, but up until this point we have always journeyed within the Source. Our overall concept for the main theme had been “the singing voice of mother Hydaelyn,” but this time is different. The story is not about the adventures of the Warrior of Light, but the Warrior of Darkness.

The music that plays in the trailer is indeed the Shadowbringers theme song. However, there is one more theme song that will complement the song in the trailer—you will be able to hear it for yourself in game!

So up until now the theme songs have been Hydaelyn singing to us... and now we have a male voice singing to the Warrior of Darkness. Hmm.

[Maero]

This portion is what intrigued me the most "The answers to the questions I posed will be revealed through the Shadowbringers main scenario, and it is here we will really start to see the foundation of the FINAL FANTASY XIV story"

[Iscah]

This portion is what intrigued me the most "The answers to the questions I posed will be revealed through the Shadowbringers main scenario, and it is here we will really start to see the foundation of the FINAL FANTASY XIV story"

Yeah, it definitely feels like we're reaching the point in the story where we finally get the big reveals they've been vaguely alluding to for ages.

[Rydian]

I want more beard options in general. Gimme a bushy beard SE! So i can join my fellow dwarves!

[Nyvara]

If he's not just trolling with his "I wasn't aware of this; I'm sure we can do that if it was in the trailer"... I certainly hope they can do that and the programmers aren't curling up in horror because it was something unique for the trailer model, and they can't actually implement more design options for players.

I was thinking about that. It occurs to me he may have been being a smarta$$ or sarcastic. That he has been aware of it for some time since we can be so vocal about things! He just seems like the kind of man that would be like that :P

[Gula]

The most interesting thing in the interview for me is this part about the music:



So up until now the theme songs have been Hydaelyn singing to us... and now we have a male voice singing to the Warrior of Darkness. Hmm.

Thanks for giving me a reason to re-watch the trailer for the 70th time.

Maybe it's an introduction to Zoidark in a way? "I bring shadow, I bring the night. Two-toned echoes ~something something~" Thinking about it now, I'm making it my headcanon and am just dying to get to the bottom of it.