Please stop showing boring videos

[Tonkra]

There is not only bad reaction and press about FFXIV: ARR.

but here is a good article about ARR, someone who actually informed himself about ARR before writing an article (and also mainly positive comments beneath it).
And he is refering to the alpha video clips ! so it couldnt be all that bad about them..


MMorpg.com Article

[The Quote is refering to the alpha videos]

Personally, I’m impressed by what we have seen so far. The new UI looks like what I’d expect from a PC based MMO. Character creation balances nicely between customization and functionality. The world (at least the Black Shroud) is more open and vibrant, in many cases creatures seem to blend naturally into their habitats. Further, there is an interesting “living” feeling to the world. It’s a high-fantasy, Final Fantasy, world – yet it seems like a plausible world (not a zone box you play a game in). I detested the Black Shroud in Final Fantasy XIV; I think I might enjoy spending a lot of time there in A Realm Reborn.

so far to your "stop posting "boring" videos"...

[strallaalaa]

lol only thing i really would love to see vids on is crystal towers or the labyrinth, even some of the smaller newer dungeons. but it's ok seeing these vids, though yes they are kinda boring. i mean the craft and gather one we already saw that stuff in the live video one. but they don't want to show much ...then you end up with a movie trailer that if you watched you realized after watching the movie you just saw the entire movie in the trailer lol. they are just trying to keep us lightly entertained while we wait so it's no biggie. they got lucky as crap that no mmo that has come out is even close to being good. by the time they launch i not sure what else is coming but it don't look like much either. very lucky.

[Eekiki]

Once beta begins and the NDA is relaxed, I think the internet is gonna be blowing up with gameplay videos. As far as marketing goes, if I was in charge of marketing for this game I'd be working out a deal with Valve to sell ARR on Steam, and hooking up with Sony to make some TV commercials for the PS3 version.

[Dannythm]

Once beta begins and the NDA is relaxed, I think the internet is gonna be blowing up with gameplay videos. As far as marketing goes, if I was in charge of marketing for this game I'd be working out a deal with Valve to sell ARR on Steam, and hooking up with Sony to make some TV commercials for the PS3 version.

FFXIV on Steam would assure LOTS of sells, more of if Square allowed them to provide 50% discounts and such on the summer sales and all, because as far as Square goes, it's way better to sell the finished game cheaper than profitable and gain a subscriptor, than sell at full price and that the person leaves after the first month.

[Eekiki]

Yep. No reason for them to not sell this game on Steam. SE already has a bunch of games for sale there, including FFXI.

[Zumi]

Maybe SE will drop the NDA in closed beta, they did for the 1.0 closed beta and people were able to promote the game make youtube videos ect.

[Warlock]

Hire Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi to do FFXIV commercials

[Chardrizard]

So to understand you correctly, you want a closed channel in lodestone that requires username and password to see alpha videos. Or no videos at all? Do you think those videos would stay unavailable to the public?
Then we would have threads all over the forum asking for videos.

That is not what unlisted means, Unlisted in youtube means the video can only be viewed if you have the url. So yes public won't be able to view unless someone link them to url, however nothing will change for lodestone viewer because the youtube video will shows just as it is.

This way, as a current player can still view the videos, judge, and whine the hell out of it and nothing will be of loss because lets be honest here, we are all here because we will be playing ARR.

However, IMHO these videos serves as terrible video if for the game, because it's boring just the same as any other MMO for people that never touched v1.0 of FFXIV.

[Joji]

That is not what unlisted means, Unlisted in youtube means the video can only be viewed if you have the url. So yes public won't be able to view unless someone link them to url, however nothing will change for lodestone viewer because the youtube video will shows just as it is.

This way, as a current player can still view the videos, judge, and whine the hell out of it and nothing will be of loss because lets be honest here, we are all here because we will be playing ARR.

However, IMHO these videos serves as terrible video if for the game, because it's boring just the same as any other MMO for people that never touched v1.0 of FFXIV.

I did not tell you what unlisted means in my reply. I simply asked you if you think the video would remain to be unavailable to the public by doing this measure? My answer is: I doubt it would.
By the way, I think the video was great. Now you will probably say how boring I am as a person, but i guess i just take it for what it is. Alpha screens have never been something to shout out "Hurray" for if you compare it to the final result.
To those who choose to judge an alpha as a final product, grow some wisdom and patience.
If I feel there is something wrong when the Beta arrives i'll be sure to put my feedback for everyone to see, but as of now I wait, because I sure as hell can't tell someone how I see the game by just looking at a video.