Alpha First Look: Video 2 - Gridania

[Gemma]

Like everyone else I think it looks really good and its making me more excited to try it out, but also like others the animation while standing and turning the camera is eh. Don't like the Sliding I like how it is atm but sadly I dont think they are gonna change it.

But oh well I can get over it, it just looks weird lol (If I can get over jumping I can deal with this lol)

[elreed]

Well if they made all those changes to a place they said it was not gonna be much different than 1.0, i cant imagine how the new areas will look, im really looking forward to play 2.0, i loved how the shadowing works in this new version, the place looks more vivid i hope they add npc's that walk around town and outside areas to make it even more vivid, those little things helps a lot in the long run. especially if you dont find the quest npc in the same place all the time, like they have to keep moving to do their stuff.

i hope the transportation in 2.0 makes you actually walk to a lot of places, having less atherythe points so we can enjoy the trip.

[Gugnir]

Would be kind of interesting if the character's head turned with the camera instead of the whole body. That would look more natural, seeing as they have a neck. Anyways, my favorite afk spot behind the carpenters guild looks intact. Really happy about that

[Alteiriaa]

The sliding and the camera locked on the back bother me a little, and with a toggle the latter is easily fixed, but hey, looks good so far. Can't wait to get my hands on the game, though now I get the feeling I'll be hanging around in Grid more in 2.0. No problem with that, I like Grid.

[KoffeeBrown]

I agree on all what been said about animation. It's like there is no physics at all!
Funny thing is after 2 years there is no MMORPG that can compete with XIV 1.0 in character animation field. Why re-invent it?
I'm really worried about this since last live letter. Hoping it's just Alpha thing.

[Tiberious]

The sliding and the camera locked on the back bother me a little, and with a toggle the latter is easily fixed, but hey, looks good so far. Can't wait to get my hands on the game, though now I get the feeling I'll be hanging around in Grid more in 2.0. No problem with that, I like Grid.

Sadly I don't think this is an "alpha" thing. It is how most MMOs operate. I have decided that since i am not alone on feeling this way I am going to continue to post my gripe about the animation over and over until they fix it

..FIX THE ANIMATION. WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ROTATE A CHARACTER 360 DEGREES WITHOUT ANY PARTS OF HIS BODY MOVING.

[Altanas]

Love the music but my gripe would be:

1. I would hope for more lighting effects so that I can really feel I'm in the middle of a forest with sun shining through the leaves down to the forest floor. In turn I would hope at nighttime, I would need to rely on the street lighting and lamps scattered around the city, and the Aetheryte should give off a glow.

2. Needs more life. Can hear lots of birds chirping but dont see any flying around for ambience. Also see no wildlife, would be a nice touch to have some antelopes waltz through the town every now and again. Likewise, there appears to be no npc society/community. The city should have a life of its own and not be reliant on players. We're supposed to be adventurers afterall so we're just passing through. And what is there is static.

3. Doesnt feel like there is enough foilage/shrubs/trees within where the player walks. Yes theres lots of massive trees in the background, but it should feel like you are within a forest, not in a plaza with forest on the edge of the map.

4. I like the contrast between the aethryte area and the lead up to the conjurer guild, gives off a different vibe due to the colour. Would be nice to get more of those contrasts throughout the city.

5. Also, would be immersive and help to keep things fresh if we could experience seasons within these areas in game.

6. The gates are annoying given they open backwards into you instead of forward.

7. Lots of water by the moogle but not enough elsewhere (mostly just put into the background and not immersed in the playable area). Would be nice with trickles of water flowing down the sides of mountains through the streets, with all the associated splashes as you run through it.

8. Guilds seem too self contained. Everything is too tidy, there should be masses of raw materials etc lying around outside the guild buildings again for ambience. Shouldnt have to look at the guild sign to know what is there.

[Guevara]

Love the music but my gripe would be:

1. I would hope for more lighting effects so that I can really feel I'm in the middle of a forest with sun shining through the leaves down to the forest floor. In turn I would hope at nighttime, I would need to rely on the street lighting and lamps scattered around the city, and the Aetheryte should give off a glow.

2. Needs more life. Can hear lots of birds chirping but dont see any flying around for ambience. Also see no wildlife, would be a nice touch to have some antelopes waltz through the town every now and again. Likewise, there appears to be no npc society/community. The city should have a life of its own and not be reliant on players. We're supposed to be adventurers afterall so we're just passing through. And what is there is static.

3. Doesnt feel like there is enough foilage/shrubs/trees within where the player walks. Yes theres lots of massive trees in the background, but it should feel like you are within a forest, not in a plaza with forest on the edge of the map.

4. I like the contrast between the aethryte area and the lead up to the conjurer guild, gives off a different vibe due to the colour. Would be nice to get more of those contrasts throughout the city.

5. Also, would be immersive and help to keep things fresh if we could experience seasons within these areas in game.

6. The gates are annoying given they open backwards into you instead of forward.

7. Lots of water by the moogle but not enough elsewhere (mostly just put into the background and not immersed in the playable area). Would be nice with trickles of water flowing down the sides of mountains through the streets, with all the associated splashes as you run through it.

8. Guilds seem too self contained. Everything is too tidy, there should be masses of raw materials etc lying around outside the guild buildings again for ambience. Shouldnt have to look at the guild sign to know what is there.

WOW, nice ideas indeed.

What are you doing, Yoshi? Hire this here guy now!

[Xerius]

It looks so much better. Only criticism I have is maybe tone down the background noise with the birds I could see that getting annoying. Besides that A+!

[InuraBera]

I couldn't be a developer for this game, you do what folk ask and start showing stuff, so what happens - they pick issues and complain, complain, complain even though what is shown is of an incredibly high standard, particularly for an Alpha. I'd have shoved my head through an iron spike a while back as one of them.

Also, I don't know what MMOs you have been playing but in SW:TOR and WoW your character shuffle turns when you hold right-click to turn. Seriously though, my good mood about this video has been fried by the community and the posts that appear - the music, the animation, Jesus, why do they bother?