New Alpha Video

[yukikaze_yanagi]

"it's an alpha so you are wrong" is not proof of anything.

If they went through the effort to make new animations, and they suck, then that is cause for alarm. Being an apologist isn't going to help SE.

Man, after 3° live letter was an all-range crying because back-pedaling, no stop animation, and so on, while it was very clear they were still unfinished (just look the "running on the place" animation while a pg turn). Why should be different now ? They are clearly better now, but yet far from "finished"

[debola]

very nice!. was worried about all the animation worrying i was seeing on the forums but this looks quite neat. I'm sure their still working on stuff but from this i'm satisfied as far as graphics goes.

[Nero]

This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy.

It's not 2 Years of work, what makes you think that?

[Dragonheart]

In motion it looks absolutely fantastic :O

[indira]

looks better but still waiting for it to go live.

[Munba]

That atmosphere with that music, absolutely perfect. A new world full of this will be.. wonderful.

[Enyce]

So looking forward to the launch of ARR! Music is so nice too .

Oh and please folks...

[Rubicon]

This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy.

C'mon guy, Yoshida didn't announce 2.0 until October/November 2011 around patch 1.19. You can read Letter 21 here which is the first letter he says the words "2.0": http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...598#post457598

But you may be right about the animations. I honestly don't focus too heavily on animations except in battle so there's the difference of opinion.

[KiriA500]

http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=2m30s

I must have looked away for a second, because I just now noticed the zone indicator! It's just like Final Fantasy XII! I'm a HUGE fan of the aesthetics of A Realm Reborn! Also, I'm happy to see the cities broken into smaller sections!

inb4 "omg small zones wah"

Haters gonna hate.

[TohruHonda]

Looks and sounds amazing, can't wait to see Ul'Dah.