Alexander Appreciation Thread

[DarkmoonVael]

Nothing quite captures the power and majesty of alexander like FF9 did. This FF14 incarnation of alexander is a little underwhelming. Even FF8 summon version looks better, probably due to the fact you see him in action constantly and thus visually know what his power is like, unlike FF14 where its "oh no, this thing thats very very very very slowly coming out of this puddle is bad if it comes all the way out. We are not going to show you why its bad, just take our word for it? K thanks bye".

[Jynx]

Shame that the concept art does not represent what we received in game.

[Alahra]

The concept art is gorgeous.

The implementation of that art in the game has been atrocious. Perhaps they're going to build him up over time and he'll actually look cool later, but right now we have a few pieces of junk in a lake, and the inside is uninspired, most especially when compared to the designs of Coil of Bahamut. I went back into T1 the other day for some glamour farming and had forgotten how awesome it looks inside there. The music also leaves a lot to be desired—the trippy, pop vibe to the music makes the battles feel like a light-hearted romp or something, much like the story does.

I can only hope Midas is cooler.

[Colorful]

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They've already shown what he's going to look like when entirely out of the water, Alexander still doesn't look threatening and pales to the concept art shown above.



It's a real shame, they've managed to capture the essence of their art so many times before, to the point that the world is almost a living painting, but it fell flat here.

[Alahra]

It's a real shame, they've managed to capture the essence of their art so many times before, to the point that the world is almost a living painting, but it fell flat here.

Oh, yeah that's...that's just...I don't even care. They're already doing an awful job of conveying how much of a threat he's supposed to be in the narrative, and that doesn't look any more threatening than he does now.

[Jynx]

The goblin concept could have been cool but once they went and made them all dunces for no apparent reason any possible good story they could get out of Alexander went out the window. Hell even the non-goblin NPCs just feel like someone was out of there element.

Would it be a reach to assume the guys who write the story for the Hildy quests got assigned to Alexander because everyone else was busy writing story for the expansion?

[Sicno]

Would it be a reach to assume the guys who write the story for the Hildy quests got assigned to Alexander because everyone else was busy writing story for the expansion?

If that was the case it would have actually been a GOOD story.

[DragonSlayer45]

His in-game appearance is nowhere near as bad as his FFXIII look, but still nowhere near how threatening and ominous his concept art looks. I agree his FF9 adaption is probably the best incarnation of Alexander we've gotten.

As for the actual aesthetic, I could honestly have a field day with this one. I will just say I wish they gave Alexander to a less comic relief race, and maybe make it feel like we are exploring the interior of a primal. Alexander looks absolutely gigantic from the outside, like a castle. However, once you step inside, you are greeted with claustrophobic corridors and the standard circle boss fight arena. Its all just kind of... eh.

[Nalien]

Alexander looks absolutely gigantic from the outside, like a castle. However, once you step inside, you are greeted with claustrophobic corridors and the standard circle boss fight arena. Its all just kind of... eh.

They actually get a small thumbs up from me there, because of the vent in A4. I mean, that's a faction of what they needed to do to make it feel like I was inside a Primal and fighting with him while dealing with whatever boss there was, but it's also the best encounter, at least from a map standpoint, that they've created since they decided Rivenroad was too good for us... Well, T9 probably still beats it just for the sheer spectacle of that encounter, but T9 was still just a boring circle in the end, made somewhat disappointing by the fact that it started out as Rivenroad minus the stairs... That vent got me so bloody excited the first time, shame they wasted it on dealing with some pos add...

[Nuinn]

And let's not forget he's been trivialized to absurdity by making him an option for relic grind.