Thread: Stuff I Miss From 1.0

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

I'm really freaking puzzled at what you liked so much about coerthas in 1.0.

The whole zone was the same set of grass and rock patterns repeated 1000 times. It looked nice in the same way 1.0 shroud looked nice, but the same repetitive terrain over and over killed it. I can understand liking the coerthas *music* but the zone itself?

Because it's the sort of place I would live in if I could. I don't care for the fact is was mostly repeated, but the overall tone, style, and feel was something that struck a strong chord with me.

More interesting than the land of snow covered rubble in any case.

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

I'm really freaking puzzled at what you liked so much about coerthas in 1.0.

It was the general aesthetic of the zone, it had a wild, melancholy vibe to it.


The music, haunting and ephemeral mixed in with the sounds of wolves, the sound of the wind

Coerthas theme

The dangers inherant to the zone, avoiding mobs that could one hit you.

What I loved about it was the fact that it was so huge and sparse, it's like going camping irl. It's to get away from the crowds. In coerthas 1.0 you could go somewhere and know there would be nobody there.

No F.A.T.E.S

No DoL clamouring away

No chocobo whistles insessantly going off.

It was just peaceful

I still don't know why people said that the environments in 1.0 were copy/paste repeating and boring textures. Sure there were things repeated - but a big forest is going to have repeating trees. a desert is going to have repeating rocks. Fields are going to have repeating grass. But each zone, even with the "repeats" seemed to be vast and there were many variations in the landscape. Different camps and steads, and stone archways and bridges and towers - no area in 1.0 seemed to me like it was dull or boring or without the variation. Even the "maze" landscape of gridania felt very nice. A pain to navigate with a map, but it felt very much like a deep forest once could get lost in.

Originally Posted by Uriahnool

I still don't know why people said that the environments in 1.0 were copy/paste repeating and boring textures. Sure there were things repeated - but a big forest is going to have repeating trees. a desert is going to have repeating rocks. Fields are going to have repeating grass. But each zone, even with the "repeats" seemed to be vast and there were many variations in the landscape. Different camps and steads, and stone archways and bridges and towers - no area in 1.0 seemed to me like it was dull or boring or without the variation. Even the "maze" landscape of gridania felt very nice. A pain to navigate with a map, but it felt very much like a deep forest once could get lost in.

The problem, I think, wasn't so much that it had repeated assets or even pieces of terrain. It was the fact that it was mostly just that for long expanses. Which is great for atmosphere, but no so much for gameplay. Especially for places you're going to be traveling over again and again. I personally didn't mind it, but I can see why it would be grading on other people. My problem is they completely wiped any hint of what made it so cool in the first place. I'd be fine if they just cut down the size and added in more original locations and structures.