Thread: 1.0 Reminiscing

I miss the wide open spaces, feeling like you could really be distant from a town. Some of the character lighting was really amazing in 1.0, but the environmental lighting was terrible. I still can't get over how they made hair look like plastic and the way highlights used to blend with the main color to make a completely unique shade.

Originally Posted by TohruHonda

Worth checking out if you miss 1.23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgKi6LXrl5s

Not my project, just sharing.

I've logged into this just to look at coerthas again, the openness makes ARR feel like a cage.

Originally Posted by Velera

I miss the wide open spaces, feeling like you could really be distant from a town. Some of the character lighting was really amazing in 1.0, but the environmental lighting was terrible. I still can't get over how they made hair look like plastic and the way highlights used to blend with the main color to make a completely unique shade.



I've logged into this just to look at coerthas again, the openness makes ARR feel like a cage.

Yea the zone is stunning. I just remember dying a lot when trying to get the exploration achievements in there lol.
Can't wait for the next update where they plan to introduce leve quests, mobs, and level progression.

Man, 1.23 sure looked like a better game than what we have right now!

Thank god I'm not the only person missing 1.0.
Back then I used to post blogs all over the place informing ppl, showing them where 1.0 shined and where it had potential.

I have to add too that 1.0 had a feeling when playing the game either solo or in a group. You were immersed in a mysterious world, where as ARR it feels like you're playing Tetris, basically it's just a game.

Though ARR improved many things 1.0 had broken in it's design, had 1.0 only been redesigned to fix those issues rather than making a whole entire new game that feels more like FINAL FANTASY XIV-2/XVI, etc. The new graphic engine is great, crystal tools sucked, but the vision of what 1.0 could have become died with Tanaka, and that saddens me.

Originally Posted by MyKotoShi

I have to add too that 1.0 had a feeling when playing the game either solo or in a group. You were immersed in a mysterious world, where as ARR it feels like you're playing Tetris, basically it's just a game.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's the whole game philosophy that has changed. No more open world. No more alliances outside of instances. No reason to group up outside of instances. No challenges outside of instances. No use for crafters or gatherers in endgame. No need for communication between party members (except in that brief interval between content being released and people being expected to know their role or get kicked).

1.x didn't fall because its design was flawed. It failed because its execution was. But SE couldn't afford to take the same chances and fall a second time, so they played it safe, made a by-the-numbers MMO and made it well. If only the same care had gone in to version 1.

All I miss is the animation quality.

I miss...

• the fluid animation

• the music

• the music looping instead of 90% silence in the field

• having a Linkshell that played together

• having a server community that pulled together

• partying with random people who you could actually become friends with

• having wide open spaces and wilderness instead of camps every 30 seconds

• having danger in the open world

• the absolutely epic story line. I know it was epic because the world was ending, but it was grand! The elation at beating Van Darnus, and the despair when Dalamud hit. Great memories. ^^