Realm Reborn = downgrade?

[Deakka]

The animations were based on the almost "Tank" like controls and camera we have now. Trust me when you're zoomed out all the way to keep an eye on AoE's and all the ever elusive "fire" that you should stand out of, you won't worry about how your character can stop on a dime to turn

[HiirNoivl]

Fallacies.

Implying people play IV-VII, and current generation Final Fantasy MMO for the same reasons.

Nostalgia is one reason people do play the old games, but in those old games, their crappy vintage graphics didn't get in the way of gameplay the way it does in 1.0. Sorry, but kiss your crappy "grass" animations goodbye.

I for one will happily bid farewell to the dumb message that "I can't cast while moving" after I've let my thumb off the key.

Good riddance.

[Elexia]

Nostalgia is one reason people do play the old games, but in those old games, their crappy graphics

Hm, guessing you're one of those 'year 200x' gamers lol. Also:

I for one will happily bid farewell to the dumb message that "I can't cast while moving" after I've let my thumb off the key.

Good riddance.

You'll still see it, it was a purposeful design change

[Kiote]

Tell that to all the Final Fantasies IV-VII which are still played to this day.

Reality does not have to conform to your conceptions. Aesthetically pleasing is in the eye of the beholder. Some of us just think it's 'grass', in the background, doesn't matter.

All of those were at the pinnacle in their time.

[HiirNoivl]

Hm, guessing you're one of those 'year 200x' gamers lol.

Give me a break! I liked the library. ; ;

All of those were at the pinnacle in their time.

Sure, gramps. Sorry for calling your beautiful game crappy.

[Alderton]

Who told you how we use TP or any other gameplay issue, is a bigger part of gameplay than the way our character moves through the map?

This is a subjective issue, let others judge it individually.

To me, movement animations play a big part, especially in an mmo, where the majority of time we see a character running around. I can deal with an unfortunate change in the battle system, but character movement is a big deal.

It isn't subjective at all. The movement animations do not change gameplay at all. I think the word you are looking for is the experience. If it is jarring and noticeably breaks your sense of immersion, it has an effect on your overall EXPERIENCE. It doesn't change HOW you play.

The mechanic of how we currently slow down and stop, and the ramifications that has on current and future movement, does effect gameplay. It became cumbersome and, while looking pretty, made movement slow and tedious at times.

If this game was played with simple dots, btw, gameplay would be the exact same. It just wouldn't be as aesthetically pleasing. To you, and many others, that could change your experience with the game, but that is all.

[VanillaLatte]

Nostalgia is one reason people do play the old games, but in those old games, their crappy graphics didn't get in the way of gameplay the way it does in 1.0. Sorry, but kiss your crappy "grass" animations goodbye.

I for one will happily bid farewell to the dumb message that "I can't cast while moving" after I've let my thumb off the key.

Good riddance.

They don't need to sacrifice transitional animation to character responses. They can well do the transitional animation when there are no further commands from the player, or else the animation will be canceled and move right away to the animation for the new user command.

[HiirNoivl]

They don't need to sacrifice transitional animation to character responses.

I'm sorry how many games have you designed?

[Firon]

I'm sorry how many games have you designed?

Everyone makes games on the Internets duh.

[Nemy]

The animations were based on the almost "Tank" like controls and camera we have now. Trust me when you're zoomed out all the way to keep an eye on AoE's and all the ever elusive "fire" that you should stand out of, you won't worry about how your character can stop on a dime to turn

Trust me, i will.

Also, most of the content is not ifrit-like encounters.