shoddy work of squareenix

[Bourne_Endeavor]

1.0 had more wrong with it then just graphics, which ultimately was SE upper management fault for pushing out the game too early, the 1.0 director was just the fall guy for it.

Yes and no. 1.0 had numerous design decisions that were inherently flawed from the get go. There are interviews with the dev team who outright laughed at the idea of adding something as simple as jumping because "it's not gonna be needed." SE's insistence on releasing it prematurely guaranteed the forthcoming financial disaster but Tanaka and Komoto share a large portion of the blame too.

[Lexia]

Yes and no. 1.0 had numerous design decisions that were inherently flawed from the get go. There are interviews with the dev team who outright laughed at the idea of adding something as simple as jumping because "it's not gonna be needed." SE's insistence on releasing it prematurely guaranteed the forthcoming financial disaster but Tanaka and Komoto share a large portion of the blame too.

Are they at fault some yes? I don't think they share majority or even large part of the blame cause I'm sure there were people above them over seeing their work. If there was then they knew a crap product was being made and hence should of never been released in that state. So ultimately SE upper management takes most the blame. They shoved it out earlier (September 2010) to compete against WoW new expansion Cataclysm (December 2010) and lost that battle along a lot more then just their pride.

[Saccharin]

Notice the horribly banded background on system menu. It is present on some GUI windows but not everywhere. Notice how the Party window is smooth without color banding/artifacts.

I never noticed that until I see this post. One thing I really do hate about this game is the ugly menu systems. Reminds me of my Amiga 1200.

Are they at fault some yes? I don't think they share majority or even large part of the blame cause I'm sure there were people above them over seeing their work. If there was then they knew a crap product was being made and hence should of never been released in that state. So ultimately SE upper management takes most the blame. They shoved it out earlier (September 2010) to compete against WoW new expansion Cataclysm (December 2010) and lost that battle along a lot more then just their pride.

Has this been confirmed. I find it hard to believe that a Japanese game was worried doubt a western release, even if it was WoW.

[Lexia]

Has this been confirmed. I find it hard to believe that a Japanese game was worried doubt a western release, even if it was WoW.

Back in like 2009, which the game was released less then a year later two months before a WoW expansion came out.

Taking that to heart, Wada believes that, despite WoW being "tough competition", Final Fantasy XIV could definitely become a "serious rival" to Blizzard's juggernaut.

Asked if he thought Final Fantasy XIV was a serious rival to World of Warcraft’s throne, Wada said “yes, but the flipside is that they are a tough competition.”

http://www.develop-online.net/news/f...s-wada/0105940

http://kotaku.com/5428344/final-fant...to-take-on-wow