Thread: 2.0 lore/story

Originally Posted by Rokien

You do know ps3 can't run multiple programs right...


I shouldn't have to go to a stupid website to find something about the world. It should all be in game.

God I hate agreeing with Rokien but he is technically correct. I just tried this with a disc-based game. You can't run the browser while playing the game, it says you must quit the game to do so.

Lore on lodestone works fine, SE isn't the first nor only current developer of MMOs that utilize their website for lore related posting, some other MMOs don't even bother with lore, just stupid fetch quests that's "supposedly related to x lore". This was the purpose of the Playonline Viewer, a hub type program which ran on the consoles too. That way they can easily go to Vana'diel Tribune and boom..read the latest lore articles lol.

Maybe SE already has something in mind 2.0's launcher with the PS3 that could be similar to POL. Thing is though, if it's in-game you can expect it to be largely ignored by players, especially the players SE is trying to ensnare for 2.0, unless of course it gives you gil and exp for reading it, then people will care for it -.-

Originally Posted by Rokien

Ya but wouldn't you enjoy it more if you could buy a weekly/monthly news paper in game?

Make lodestone available in game. Problem solved. Also a lot easier than going to "X Y Z" area to go read something.

Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

Make lodestone available in game. Problem solved. Also a lot easier than going to "X Y Z" area to go read something.

as I said, in game newspaper.

Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

Make lodestone available in game. Problem solved. Also a lot easier than going to "X Y Z" area to go read something.

Even MMOs with in-game FAQ/Newspaper modules get no love from most players lol.

"How I mine for fish?"

"..The FAQ tells you how to mine for fish, it's located with the ? Help button next to your settings (gear icon)."

"Why would I read something? I'm here to play a game not read!"

etc.

As I said, if they make something like POL for XIV's launchers, they can easily attach Lodestone articles to it, that solves that issue.

Originally Posted by Rokien

as I said, in game newspaper.

So what you want is.... the lodestone available in game but it not be the lodestone but be a newspaper instead. I'm going to assume you don't understand the pointlessness of this so I'll spell it out for you.

I do not want my sub fee money going towards developing a news paper system when there is already the lodestone and it would be a LOT easier if they just made the lodestone able to be accessed in game at any time in place of your news paper idea.

Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

So what you want is.... the lodestone available in game but it not be the lodestone but be a newspaper instead. I'm going to assume you don't understand the pointlessness of this so I'll spell it out for you.

I do not want my sub fee money going towards developing a news paper system when there is already the lodestone and it would be a LOT easier if they just made the lodestone able to be accessed in game at any time in place of your news paper idea.

Sub fee? I was just talking thinking gil. The newspaper can have other things as well, like who killed what when stuff like that.

How interesting would Xenogears have been if you had to read all it's information on a website rather than in-game?

The game should tell you the story, not a website. This is why the grand company leaders are so boring to me. Yes they have a cutscene that makes them look cool, but if you want any information about, instead of doing it in awesome quest line where you fight/talk with them. You have to go to the website.

That is how you get attached to characters. I used to not like the Ul'dah grand company leader, till I say that he seemed like a pretty cool guy when he swore his loyalty to that little, adoreble, queen/princess of Ul'dah lalafel.

Or Hildibrand, you don't read about him on the website, you see his actions in game and he is a riot. Which is why I like him.