Blood Content in FFXIV

[LordHadi]

Hello,

This post contains spoilers for those who haven't finished the main scenario story.

How come they never display any blood content in FFXIV? Wouldn't battles look more interesting showing blood? No blood was even shown in the final scenes where they cut Raubahn Aldynn's arm off, which looked really odd.

I can't recall seeing any blood content in the previous FF series as well.

[Martin_Arcainess]

Yeah i always found that scene odd, maybe Ran is a Robot? Lol but yeah I wouldn't mind seeing some blood as long as it isn't too over the top but then again there could be a reason why they didn't add it blood. Maybe due to age rating or some other country laws. The only blood I remember in any FF games was FFCC ending.

[Evangela]

there're lots of blood in Type-0 and it's a very good game too.

[Millerna]

I think FF Type-0 used up all the blood allocated for the series

[Colorful]

there're lots of blood in Type-0 and it's a very good game too.

Offtopic, but Type-0 HD was recently announced for PC. ^^

I'm certain they just want to keep the game's rating down to keep it open for younger players.

[Eye_Gore]

Server limitations.

[Adire]

I want a facepaint that looks like running colors. One that could be red to look like blood. It would be nice to see blood effects as well. Slashing things should make blood.

[Evangela]

PS3 limitation.

[Zaft]

They actually touched on this before, but it's for regional reasons. It's easier to make one version of the game that will be accepted everywhere than try to deal with each region's censorship rules separately.

[uryell]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida mentioned a while ago that the game’s expansion Heavensward would steer towards darker and more mature themes than the original game, and the ESRB rating released today definitely seems to be going in that direction.

The expansion still gets a “T for Teen,” but the blurb describes quite a lot of rather violent scenes and blood, and the related blood got bumped up from the original “mild blood” of A Realm Reborn to “blood.”

Be aware that the blurb below may include descriptions of story scenes that could be considered mild spoilers.

Content Descriptors: Blood, Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence.

Citation:
This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of an adventurer exploring a fantastical world. Players travel through various lands, interact with characters, and engage in battle against humans and fantasy creatures (e.g., demons, skeletons). Players use swords, spears, and magic spells to kill several opponents. Combat can be frenetic at times, accompanied by clashing sounds and brief yells. Cutscenes also depict instances of violence: an extended off-screen sequence in which a character is stabbed; a character losing an arm off-screen in a swordfight; a character impaled by a magical bolt. Blood is depicted in a handful of cutscenes in which characters are injured; bloodstains also appear on the ground in a handful of levels. The game includes some suggestive/sexual material: female characters dressed in revealing outfits; camera angles that pan suggestively on bodies; dialogue that states “[s]tay clear from them two. Gave me the crotch rot, they did!” Players occasionally encounter characters who consume alcohol (e.g., “Jussone more cup, littlemann! Hic!”). The word “sh*te” appears in dialogue.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward will be released on June 23rd for PS4, PC, PS3 and Mac. The Mac version hasn’t been rated yet.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/05/...s4-ps3-and-pc/