TESO the biggest rival for ARR?

[Tonkra]

After reading some news it looks like that "The Elder Scrolls online" also is going to get released around june/july this year.

they are starting beta applications very soon also... almost like FF: ARR.
do you think TESO could be the biggest risk for the reboot of FF14?

All people staring at the release of TESO? TESO the centre of the attention in the MMorpg genre?


why in the name of god they have to release it almost in the same time table?.... damn it..


what do you think? Is FF14 ARR going to receive enough attention from other players except final fantasy fans? i think now it is going to be much harder for Yoshi P. to make the reboot widely known and recognized.

[Zezlar]

I don't know really, but one game I have been eying if A Realm Reborn fails or isn't my cup of tea, is Blade & Soul. Combat in that looks pretty fun.

[Tonkra]

I don't know really, but one game I have been eying if A Realm Reborn fails or isn't my cup of tea, is Blade & Soul. Combat in that looks pretty fun.

Well i think B&S is not such a big trademark like the big names "Final Fantasy" and "The Elder Scrolls" (looks at the skyrim and oblivion hype). i am very sure B&S wont be a big deal or will play a big role (especially after playing it myself)

but i think there is a very huge fanbase for the Elder scrolls franchise (Oblivion, Skyrim)

[Warlock]

I don't know really, but one game I have been eying if A Realm Reborn fails or isn't my cup of tea, is Blade & Soul. Combat in that looks pretty fun.

you just want to see chicks almost naked

[Zezlar]

you just want to see chicks almost naked

Actually no I don't. I don't need to get off on some pixels.

[3Jane]

Actually no I don't. I don't need to get off on some pixels.

A blatant lie lol.

[Solace]

you just want to see chicks almost naked

Naked chicks? Where do I sign up? lol.. j/k
FF is FF. Nothing will ever take that spotlight.

[LlenCoram]

I doubt anything is going to happen at all. TESO has been known for a long long time; people who were interested in playing it were going to play it regardless. Those people who still want to check out ARR will do the same. The timing might make a few players have issue if they're only able to play one game, but in the end quality, not timing, will decide which is "the victor" if you want to break it down to that.

Nothing will happen. Every time a new MMO is announced a thread like this pops up.

[Tonkra]

I doubt anything is going to happen at all. TESO has been known for a long long time; people who were interested in playing it were going to play it regardless. Those people who still want to check out ARR will do the same.

yeah and im not talking about people who already follow FF14 ARR. there are many casual gamers, who never heard of FF ARR.. but i think there are much more that heard of TESO.

i hope that the campaign for ARR wont get overwhelmed by new facts and commercials for TESO. especially because they are in the almost same time table. TESO offers with the traditional Elder scrolls gameplay a slight different MMO standard that we are used to. FF14 in contrast maybe seems to traditional for many others from the outside? do you think FF14 can "win" the fight against TESO? unfortunatley i doubt it..

but i hope the best for the reboot personally.. lets get our fingers crossed


and also Yoshi P. has to prove that FF14 offers much more traditional Final Fantasy elements like FFXIII and co. which is much disliked by fans. he not just has to "repair" the name of FF14 he has also to repair the name of the Final Fantasy franchise in generel. Many FF fans are sceptical against modern Final Fantasy titles.

this is going to be maybe the biggest competition

[Duelle]

I doubt anything is going to happen at all. TESO has been known for a long long time; people who were interested in playing it were going to play it regardless. Those people who still want to check out ARR will do the same. The timing might make a few players have issue if they're only able to play one game, but in the end quality, not timing, will decide which is "the victor" if you want to break it down to that.

Nothing will happen. Every time a new MMO is announced a thread like this pops up.

The big fear I have with TESO is that you may have a munch of people who will jump at the game expecting it to be like Skyrim only to find out there's no dhovakin during the period of time the game takes place. Skyrim was an awesome game, but it also created a set of expectations for the series and gave it a huge exposure it did not have prior.