Alpha First Look: Video 4 - The Black Shroud II

[Punainen]

My favorite area so far is the village like area with the stone walls. I wish I could live there. So peaceful looking.

[BobbinT]

Amazing!!! Can't wait! XD

This also shows how bad was the damage Dalamud cause. The once lushes Black Shroud has returned to when the earth has just begun it's evolution.

[lynex]

I think the game looks so awesome!! Does anyone know how it will work when it comes out? Will I have to delete the old version and download the new one? Or does it just install over the old one?

[Velhart]

I am nothing but impressed on the detail and work put into the zones and the music. If there was anything I would of wished for out of the team, it was to give me that feeling of Final Fantasy in the old days with a online experience. Every video I see, I feel like that wish is coming true.

The music, what can I say? SOKEN and his team are just fantastic at bringing that FF feeling in simply with the music. This sounds like quality that we would get in other FF titles+1. While Nobuo Uematsu is still a brilliant composer, and even FFXIV 1.xx's soundtrack was great, it felt really out of place at times and don't feel like some themes fit into the world at all.

I look forward to how Thanalan, La Noscea, Coerthas, and Mor Dhona are handled both in the graphical and sound department. I really feel like they nailed it with the atmospheric forest theme of Black Shroud and look forward to seeing the other regions.

[Soukyuu]

Btw, mandragoras?

[Cecwhite]

Btw, mandragoras?

they're called rafflesia they are in ffxi... I'm pretty sure they're the same thing in xiv.

[Bharata_Senka]

they're called rafflesia they are in ffxi... I'm pretty sure they're the same thing in xiv.

Either that or "Ochu".

[Kiote]

they're called rafflesia they are in ffxi... I'm pretty sure they're the same thing in xiv.

If recent interviews are any hint, they have opted to call them Mini-Ochu's or something like that. =/

[Drako]

they're called rafflesia they are in ffxi... I'm pretty sure they're the same thing in xiv.

I really wish I could remember where, but I know I saw these monsters before when looking at FFXIV material. It was on a previous trailer or something. Maybe it was concept art they had released for realm reborn awhile back. I just know I've seen them before now lol. Anyhow it looks like they are making significant progress.

It would be silly to play music over the top of the game, and not have the players expect to hear it in game. Doesn't mean they have to make it a part of the game, but they kinda would have to think on it, if its not already part of the game.

I won't complain about things like animations and whatnot. SE has already made a multitude of comments regarding this. Plus like others said it's alpha. This stage of the game isn't about looks as much as its about stability. Beta, that is when we are truly allowed to scream and yell as much as possible. And if they do what they said they would, "LISTEN". Then we should be good lol.

And to the comment about lv 20, and not being able to explore. Common, it's not hard for them to give us a on/off switch for god mode. So that we can thoroughly explore for issues.

[Reinheart]

Btw, mandragoras?

LOL no... Ochu

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Ochu