1.0 Reminiscing

**TheGrimace** · 04-19-2014 12:05 PM

I too miss my Path Companion. I forget what I named her since its been so long, but she reminded me a lot of Shantotto due to her speech patterns. Whereas Shantotto rhymes all the time, my path companion used tons of alliteration.

And, generally, I miss all of the 1.0 storyline- both Path of the Twelve story and the Grand Company storyline. I remember that the very last Path of the Twelve storyline had my Path Companion and the Students of Baldesion preparing to fight Gaius van Baelser in Mor Dhona, and then... nothing. I've been wondering if they just dropped that whole plot link from the canon.

By the way, Uematsu's soundtrack for 1.0 gave the game a far different feeling. "Twilight over Thanalan" is so very calming. Thanalan in 1.0 was huge and very sparse of flora, and that song did an excellent job complimenting that. Every song related to Limsa Lominsa was tremendously adventurous, and Gridania was very provocative by giving an aura of both the forest and of uneasiness.

**TohruHonda** · 04-19-2014 12:28 PM

I dunno 1.0 just had this feel man...

**Magis** · 04-19-2014 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

I miss the character animations. Like holy hell when I see old videos I legitimately get sad

The weighted animations owned. Run at full speed and suddenly stop? Your character "slows down" like you would IRL.

**NefarioCall** · 04-19-2014 02:49 PM

I miss Coerthas.
Knock the so called copy pasta all you want, and yeah, there was a lot of that in the 1.0 world, but the little parts of it that were finished and not copy pasta were so memorable, and i suppose Coerthas and Mor Dhona were by far the more finished regions. The truth is that no experience for me in 2.0 so far is as memorable as my first trip to the edge of 'The Lance'. I know, it was just an 'empty area', but that's not the point. It was 'The Lance' *stare* you know?

I'm happy we're here, and i know that 2.0 is for the best and i am looking forward to a lot of things, but i really truly miss 1.x
It's not just Rose Colored Glasses. If you add up every little 'finished' hamlet in the 1.x overworld and rubbed out the copy pasta parts it would still be as big or bigger than the current world and it was just full of such fantastic art design that it can never be forgot. I used to get lost for hours exploring.

It was good.
And that's the truth.
Despite all its terrible flaws,
the good parts of 1.x were damn good.
Some things the kind of good that 2.x hasn't been able to touch yet.

**LioJen** · 04-19-2014 03:30 PM

I never played 1.x, but somehow watching those videos gives ME nostalgia.

**TohruHonda** · 04-19-2014 03:33 PM

Worth checking out if you miss 1.23

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

Not my project, just sharing.

**MonoChan** · 04-19-2014 06:02 PM

I actually kind of miss having to find a full party to start instances... Sure, it was a pain in the ass at times, but it also created.... comradery, in a way.
I made so many friends just pugging for moogle or ifrit.

I also miss my old linkshell buddies, but that has nothing to do with changes with the game, just personal choices.
Well, maybe slightly to do with changes, since my old server became a JP server.

**Velera** · 04-20-2014 12:32 AM

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.

**Purplenum** · 04-20-2014 12:57 AM

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

**Gramul** · 04-20-2014 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by Purplenum

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

It was a bit of give and take. There's a lot I miss. A whole lot. But there's also a lot that is improved too.

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