PS3 UI Screens

[Elexia]

Posts like these makes me wonder why you are here.

Sorry that everyone isn't happy with everything SE does, once you're done questioning the fact people may not be happy with everything, reread this part of his post:

Meanwhile other games are making non-instanced housing systems, and combat with active blocking/dodging, and so-called dynamic quests. Yoshi might be ambitious in his own head, but vision he certainly lacks. Unless by vision you mean copying WoW any chance he gets.

While few MMOs are like this, you have to admit, all YoshiP is doing is making XIV how MMOs were back in 2004-2006 era, not really doing anything new. Tanaka had vision (XI was successful), Tanaka had ambitions, everything he tried to do was usually for the sake of trying to make something new for MMOs, the ideas were half implemented or else it probably would have went over a lot better.

[Starlord]

Sorry that everyone isn't happy with everything SE does, once you're done questioning the fact people may not be happy with everything, reread this part of his post:



While few MMOs are like this, you have to admit, all YoshiP is doing is making XIV how MMOs were back in 2004-2006 era, not really doing anything new. Tanaka had vision (XI was successful), Tanaka had ambitions, everything he tried to do was usually for the sake of trying to make something new for MMOs, the ideas were half implemented or else it probably would have went over a lot better.

You have your way of thinking, and I have mine. and the way he said it makes me "believe" that he has absolute zero faith in the game. Don't pull the "He wouldn't bother be here if he didn't have faith". saying Yoshi-P has lacks in vision at this stage of FFXIV A Realm Reborn, he shouldn't even be here with that kind of mentality of thinking. Vision means the "broad scope of the game itself" He says he lacks in his Vision. He's entitled to his opinion and I respect that. However, that leads me to question:

If you or anyone else truly think his vision is a bunch of crap( which is basically what he's saying when he says "lacks in vision"), at this stage of development when everything is complete and ready to be tested, then why are you even here? I couldn't say this a year ago because his vision wasn't 100% completely set in motion. However now that were at the home stretch, and you don't like his vision as it stands, I wouldn't even waist your time. Taking away or adding things will only delay to come out even further.

I'm not trying sound like a jerk and I am sorry if I am. just it frustrates me when He or anyone else thinks this game isn't going to make it, and stays here like everything is going to be sugar and rainbows.

At this point you have to ask yourself:

Do you think FFXIV ARR is going to succeed or fail at launch? If no, I highly suggest you go and find a game that suits your expectations.

Again sorry if I sounded like a jerk, I have a cold I'm really congested, I have a ruptured eardrum and I'm extremely cranky. So excuse my behavior if I offended any of you.

[lshumaker]

Sorry that everyone isn't happy with everything SE does, once you're done questioning the fact people may not be happy with everything, reread this part of his post:



While few MMOs are like this, you have to admit, all YoshiP is doing is making XIV how MMOs were back in 2004-2006 era, not really doing anything new. Tanaka had vision (XI was successful), Tanaka had ambitions, everything he tried to do was usually for the sake of trying to make something new for MMOs, the ideas were half implemented or else it probably would have went over a lot better.

You say that Tanaka had vision and ambitions, but then say that Yoshi-P has none because he is copying WoW. Ironic, considering that FFXI was a clone of EQ1 with a FF skin. Also, if you read the latest interview with Tanaka, you would find out that he just let the development team do what they wanted. He basically says that he did not come up with the ideas that made it into the game. So, if none of the ideas were his, how can he have had ambition for FFXIV?

On the subject of the PS3 UI, it looks great. This was one of my main concerns, as I have a friend who could not get a PC strong enough to play FFXIV. It will still be hard to communicate on PS3, but at least actions look easy and fast to access. Also, it can hold a good deal of actions (128), which was another concern as PC versions (of other MMOs) tend to have had more action slots available than their console counterpart.