Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

To begin, I love ARR. It is by far my favorite game in existence. I began as a 1.0 player and unfortunately had missed gaining legacy status by only a few short weeks. When I first set foot in Eorzea during 1.0, I fell in love. Yes 1.0 was lacking many things but they did one thing right that most major MMOs still seem to leave out. What I am speaking of is realistic running animation.
I don't mean just the look of sprinting though. In 1.0 (for those that didn't play or have never seen it played) you leaned into turns and your character could not stop on a dime like they do now. It gave your movement weight and that is a feeling no other MMO ever really has had. It is something so little, but I can't even explain with words how awesome that feature was, and I know I am not alone in this thought. . Not only did you lean though. if you were sprinting and tried to stop, you would slide a little. Something so simple as this added so much to the atmosphere of the game!

it failed better.

Oh here we go again.

100% with you there, this was one of the most disappointing changes coming from 1.0 into 2.0. They sacrificed the believability of the virtual world in favor of on-the-dime movement geared specifically for Simon-says style AoE dodging.

Terribly weak decision on their part. I wish we could undo that particular decision.

Originally Posted by Musashidon

it failed better.

I can't say the game failed because of the running animations. Most people who were 1.0 players will agree the animations were much better.

Originally Posted by Avin00

all animations were simplified to partly because the game lagged terribly on anything but the best pcs of the day and even then only just.

But with how far the standard of gaming systems have come, it is probably possible to reintroduce this feature without it being an issue. just maybe .

I loved 1.0. I enjoyed the stamina bar and the gear set up screen. I also liked the huge areas that seamlessly came together. But I didn't like the run from Uldah to Limsa, the worrsst.

Comparing the Cutscenes with ARR (Not Heavensward, they improved them in the Expansion)

1.0 had far better Cutscenes with more life in them
ARR basically re-uses tons of Animations for the Cutscenes

Originally Posted by MYFATHERBEATSME

I can't say the game failed because of the running animations. Most people who were 1.0 players will agree the animations were much better.

actually my comment had nothing to do with why it failed or even running animations, it was just a joke at the title of the thread. xD