New Alpha Video

[Riv]

Wow Grid looks awesome. I like how they kept some stuff the same, and it looks laid out better especially with the aetheryte right there. And the aetheryte reminds me of the town crystals in Crystal Chronicles. I was also pleasantly surprised with how cool the jumping was.

HOWEVER, i really hope the camera is not always locked behind you like that. And i really hope there will be a turning animation instead of your character just....sliding....in circles....

[Hysterior]

I like the zone change and name appearing a la FF 12
Gridania looks much better like that
we can jump cliffs, nice
Happy ^^

[Ingolf]

Why do we always get so many duplicate threads? I mean you have to have seen the main page to post here.

[Denmo]

Why do we always get so many duplicate threads? I mean you have to have seen the main page to post here.

UGH BUT POSTING IN OTHER FORUMS AND USING THE SEARCH FUNCTION TAKES SOOOOO MUUUUUCH TIIIIMMMME >

[Punainen]

ARR Gridania looks amazing. It looks the same enough to 1.0 Grid to be believably the same place, but different enough to coincide with the radical changes that happened in the world and the time that has passed. Love it, love it, love it. I still don't regret having chosen Grid as my starting area.

[casker]

Just stopping by to say the animations still suck. And I'm not going to keep it contained to one thread or whatever. I'm going to make a big stink about it, every time they show a video, and I see it, and the animations are still bad, I'm going to raise a stink about it so long as I still have access to the forums. That way maybe hopefully the mods around here will know that some of the non-apologists around here won't take this downgrade lightly, and they can relay it back to the devs.

Not even kidding. The animation is some of the worst I've seen in an mmo in a while. The pivot, the way they rebound-slide after a jump, the awkward halt, etc.

I hated on GW2 animations a lot (many of their animations still suck) but now, FFXIV looks even worse. FFXIV went from being unparalleled, blowing other games out of the water, to some of the worst in the industry. NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I expect the utmost quality from Final Fantasy. I expect attention to detail and artistry, intricately crafted minute details that the usual pleb wouldn't even notice or appreciate. That is one of the things that can set this game apart from the crowd, and they are compromising it, and people around here trying to defend SE are compromising it too.

You can say well the lighting looks better, so overall it looks better, so it's okay that the animations suck. SCREW THAT NOISE. I want better lighting and I want my impeccable animation quality back.

In other news I like the zone transitions. It's much more classy than having a gigantic warp portal for no effing reason (gw2).

[Denmo]

Just stopping by to say the animations still suck. And I'm not going to keep it contained to one thread or whatever. I'm going to make a big stink about it, every time they show a video, and I see it, and the animations are still bad, I'm going to raise a stink about it so long as I still have access to the forums. That way maybe hopefully the mods around here will know that some of the non-apologists around here won't take this downgrade lightly, and they can relay it back to the devs.

Not even kidding. The animation is some of the worst I've seen in an mmo in a while. The pivot, the way they rebound-slide after a jump, the awkward halt, etc.

I hated on GW2 animations a lot (many of their animations still suck) but now, FFXIV looks even worse. FFXIV went from being unparalleled, blowing other games out of the water, to some of the worst in the industry. NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I expect the utmost quality from Final Fantasy. I expect attention to detail and artistry, intricately crafted minute details that the usual pleb wouldn't even notice or appreciate. That is one of the things that can set this game apart from the crowd, and they are compromising it, and people around here trying to defend SE are compromising it too.

You can say well the lighting looks better, so overall it looks better, so it's okay that the animations suck. SCREW THAT NOISE. I want better lighting and I want my impeccable animation quality back.

In other news I like the zone transitions. It's much more classy than having a gigantic warp portal for no effing reason (gw2).

Am I an apologist if I disagree with you?

If that's the case, I apologize!

[casker]

let's just say, if you disagree with me then yes you are an apologist, while I am a troll.

[wind]

Edit: in response to casker, quoting you makes my post look to big rofl

You might be a troll (tbh cant tell/dont care haha) but there are people who whole heartily think its a downgraded version of the game JUST because of the stupid animations. That lets be honest with ourselves.. you aren't even going to be paying attention to while you're trying to avoid Amun's AoEs or battling through the crystal tower, killing behemoth, odin, levi, enjoying the new revamped hamlets/behests, etc...

Server stability: same or better for certain servers
Regional Servers(FINALLY): upgrade - 300-700ms just isn't up to standards
Graphic engine: upgrade - luminous's offspring (AMAZING)
Combat system: upgrade - increased pace, removed animation lock, fluid
Music: ok tbh I usually play my own in the bg but still, upgrade (soken lovers)
Content: upgrade - basically everything is revamp'd so everything is new content + "true" new content
Insignificant Animations: "downgrade" - removed or tweaked

Listed just a few fundamentals, of course there are plenty of other amazing stuff such as; basically new world, housing, jobs, FC's, Golden Saucer, content finder, bigger bust sizes barely :P, etc etc

[casker]

This is sounding like cognitive dissonance to me.

So, the animations suck now, well, animations are stupid and significant anyway! Who needs animations!

When trying to rationalize how to deal with the animations, instead of demanding quality, just say they don't matter.

I think that is sad.

Y'all are walking down a dangerous path. A path that does not lead to the game being the best it could be. A path that leads to the game being crap. A compromise here, a compromise there...

They may have made improvements elsewhere (some of that is up to debate) but that doesn't excuse a massive downgrade to 2007 free korean mmo animation. I expect trash tier from Elder Scrolls Online maybe, but not Final Fantasy.