2.0 Trailer #2

[Mug]

Well, the main complaint about the first trailer was the lack of actual gameplay footage, so I doubt we are the reason he decided to get another CGI trailer made.

[Tricksy]

The twat here was the SE marketing exec who approved of the first voice over. The entire point of A Realm Reborn came out of our suggestions. Are you saying that we should have just given up on FFXIV 1.0 and let it die? Why are you here if not to talk about the game? You seem to contradict yourself. We speak, they listen... what could be better than that for any and all MMO's.

You need to rethink your position.

On a lighter note; I also enjoyed the female's voice and I love Annie Lennox.

A real reborn came out of a few peoples suggestions and more strongly a desire to emulate WoW. We will see how that turns out.

I don't understand why you ask "why are you here if you dont want to talk about the game?" As I am clearly talking about the game. I think what you meant to ask was "Why are you here if you don't want to say positive things about the game?"

Lastly, "we speak, they listen" is a really bad strategy for the devs to take. As they don't know who to listen to, since we all have varied opinions. How much to listen. When to listen. How to turn our varied, uneducated (in video game design) and silly comments into constructive ideas. etc etc etc

Im not saying SE should work in a bubble, they can see whats available out here. But simply pandering to the majority or lowest common denominator will not make their game a success. They need to be on the cutting edge. They need to define that edge with their own concepts and twists on game mechanics.

FF14 1.0 was not that bad; SP, Phy lvl/class level, optimal gear, complex crafting, mob ai, the concept of leves, etc. Some really cool ideas, but almost everything was broken, laggy and buggy. They listened to people who didn't want to see these systems fixed and instead wanted "mmo standards" and we got a watered down MMO. We will see what is left of FF14 in 2.0 as they try to make it an "easy transition for WoW players".

[Viscount]

First narrator was really good, you guys tend to be way too overcritical when something doesn't sound like you imagined it should be. The first narrator was very fitting especially for what they was trying to achieve and it really brought about that tension and excitement for many. You guys wouldn't know good narration if the best of the best was standing right beside you doing it live somewhere.

yes, the narration was set to THE CRYSTAL, why shouldn't the voice actor be conveying mystery and majesty.
I don't see why people are complaining that shes too slow, its perfect. As someone pointed out she sounds abit like Galadriel, which can only be a good thing.
No pleasing some people.

[Platinumstorm]

I don't think they "listened to you" on the trailer, it's just a marketing trailer.

Personally I didn't like this trailer compared to the last one. This one was far more disjointed.

I did like them adding vocals to the FF battle victory theme though, that was pretty neat.

They have to be careful about cinematic releases. I know it isn't their full blown cinematic trailer since there is just one with two trailers cut from it, so this is more like a second announcement, but Star Wars TOR made people crazy suspicious when they wouldn't show the game and continued to show cinematic after cinematic [also over a longer period of time], so there is some residual suspicion left from that. Plenty of the game needs to be shown at Gamescon before people think they're hiding something, so hopefully they do that well.

[Krausus]

I think they should have used the guy that did spawns voice in the animated series Keith David http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202966/

[Nero]

Once again, SE spends their whole budget on making trailers instead of improving what matters: the game's actual gameplay.

And funny they won't show that in the trailer, because they know it's bad.

That gave me a hard laugh... you should check what SE is actually making money of. Final Fantasy Series is of course one of their Flagships, but hardly something they ever will put their whole budget into. Then they would have 4000 people working on it, instead of 200.

[Zaireeka2025]

You guys wouldn't know good narration if the best of the best was standing right beside you doing it live somewhere.

So, what you're saying is this guy was the best?



Cuz that's all I could picture while trying to enjoy the first trailer.

[Picoman]

Thats utter crap, if "his inner voice was nagging at him" it was because he knew people were complaining about the trailer.

I would have agreed if you said that he looked at the trailer and thought "people are going to complain" rather than a reaction to people 'complaining'.

Idk, but to cook up a 2nd trailer with new voice for 4 languages and new music in two weeks seems unlike SE.

[Tricksy]

So, what you're saying is this guy was the best?



Cuz that's all I could picture while trying to enjoy the first trailer.

First trailer guy didnt sound like a douchebag.

[Jmeat]

Loved the trailer. The music is fantastic. I'm betting the Crystal that "rests in darkness dreaming" is where our characters chill while Hydalyn is getting pwnt.