Gameplay Video ( of the Presentation) is up!

[Rane]

Thank you, Evenstar and Rukkirii. This is some really cool stuff!

Wish I could take a European vacation and drop by Gamescom....

[Kerwin]

We wanted to give you guys a peek at the backstage set up they’re using at gamescom 2012!

While Yoshida demonstrates on stage, there are three other team members backstage controlling the other party members that he meets up with in the demo. The bottom three screens you see are for the other staff members, with the raised screen being Yoshida’s character. The large screen in front shows what is currently being shown on the main stage.

They’re currently holding live demonstrations each day at 2:30pm, 4pm and 5:30pm, so I hope you’re all cheering them on through the stress! lol

That is one epic lan party! I bet those guys/gals backstage were dieing from all the heat that came off all that equipment.

[Babydoll]

Yes where is shiva? O.o

[Sabaku_Usagi]

Where is my shiva :3

[RahJah]

Joo can doo eet!

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Yes where is shiva? O.o

Seriously, where is she? I want to get one-shot again by her with a bitchslap she gave me on FFXI (I accidentally did the Lv65 fight as a SMN20; didn't trade the tuning fork to her Protocrystal).

[Punainen]

Shiva?

[Jennestia]

Shiva?

Siren.

/10char

[Punainen]

Siren.

/10char

Oh, yes that makes more sense.

[ShinChuck]

So fast so beautiful no lag and LIMIT BREAAAAK. I just cried ; ;

Thank you, Yoshi-p... Thank you

Assuming this post is serious and not a sarcastic troll, I too am glad it's starting to look like a modern MMO, but there won't be any thanks or tears of joy from me until we know it meets standards *and* surpasses expectations. Simply having modern conveniences is great, but many MMOs have them. What we need out of 2.0 is an FFXIV elevated to match gameplay standards but also differentiate itself and innovate, and the videos so far only imply the former.

Don't get me wrong, that's a good thing, and it will be hard to get the full feel for the game prior to it's release. Vanilla XIV went for innovation and uniqueness at the expense of gameplay, 2.0 needs to nail gameplay but still have an evolution to it, otherwise it's merely gone from poor to average. "Better", but not a true success.

So, at least from me, no tears of joy yet for simply, as far as we can tell, pushing XIV toward mere MMO standards. There's hope, the videos are definitely a step in the right direction. We're still a long way from dumping Gatorade on the dev team, though, because we're not even into the Second Half yet.