(Final Fantasy XIV – Alpha Build)

I’m impressed by the level of detail already present and there were only minor flaws, there was a lot of higher grass, bushes and flowers. Well, as you see, the camera angle is similar to the one used in Final Fantasy XI. I heard that, head developer – Mr. Tanaka – said in an interview that the game is only 40%-50% complete at this point and the demos main purpose was to show the Guildleve system (Quest system) he also said that “high detail level will be maintained even at very far distances”. In Guildleve you get your card which has some info to it like a small background story, needed skill level, issuing city, beginning position, time limit, BP cost (dunno what is that?), money reward (Gil of course!) and other bonus rewards (potions, or additional gil).
Well, we shall see how Final Fantasy XIV will look in the final version, but today it’s looking great. Keep good work Squere!

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According to official website, there are five confirmed playable races in Final Fantasy XIV, all similar to the races from Final Fantasy XI – The Hyur, Elezen, Miqote, lalafelland the Roedadyn. Each will seem familiar but their origins and motives have changed along with the settings.

Lalafell – Tiny humanoids of high agility and intelligence from the Southern regions.

Roegadyn – A large race who are a seafaring folk from the Northern regions.

Hyur – A race that is more or less human. They are divided into the Highlanders and the Midlanders.

Elezen – An Elf-like race and the original inhabitants of Eorzea.

Miqo’te – Cat-like humanoids divided by two groups: the Seekers of the Sun and the Keepers of the Moon.

In my opinion most interesting parts of website are also related to story section were we can learn about the story of Eoreza and it’s formation. It has a very indepth overview that will give potential players insight in to the world. + City States section – we can read about three nations, Final Fantasy XIV has three main city states (Ul’Dah, Limsa and Gridania). We must wait for more details about them.

Check out official website from time to time, Squere should ad more about Final Fantasy XIV in the future. Oh man I just can’t wait to see more :-)

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(Final Fantasy XIV trailer)

Just like Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online game (MMORPG) and takes place in a world called Haiderin, where we will be able to explore the land of Eorzea.
Game engine is very advanced, already used in Final Fantasy XIII (FF XIII is the flagship title of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII collection) and is called “Crystal Tools” (or White Engine) and is being developed by the same team working on Square Enix’s current MMORPG title, FF XI. It’s probably most advanced engine used in MMORPG ( probably only Crytek engine used in Aion Online: Tower of Eternity can be competitive).
The game is being produced by Tanaka and directed by Nobuaki Komoto and Nobuo Uematsu is composing the music – Uematsu is known for his previous work under soundtrack to Final Fantasy VII, FF VIII or FF X.
It’s hard to say, when FF XIV will be released, because game is currently scheduled for a 2010 release. We don’t even know, the exact time frame of beta testing, so we need to wait…damn trailer is looking really hot!

What else?
Well’ I don’t know anything about the battle system to be honest, I hope they will add some smart changes anyway. Currency should be the same – Final Fantasy gil – lets hope so.

One more thing, game will be released ONLY on PSX3 and PC, so prepare you hard drives and fingers for new adventures in Final Fantasy XIV!

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H ours of happy times with friends and family

A bundant time for relaxation

P rosperity

P lenty of love when you need it the most

Y outhful excitement at lifes simple pleasures

N ights of restful slumber (you know – dont’ worry be happy)

E verything you need

W ishing you love and light

Y ears and years of good health

E njoyment and mirth

A angels to watch over you

R embrances of a happy years!

+ many great loots, Final Fantasy gil and many online friends in FF! Well, next time i will write more about gil farming

See you next time

Final Fantasy is available exclusively through File Planet. This new release is easy to download along with 3 content IDs with which to create characters. You can play 14 days without the need of a credit card. This is great opportunity to get your friends, mates, family or anyone to test the waters of Vana’diel with you.

You can download free trial for Final Fantasy XI from here.

I’m very pleased that Squere released it’s own trial version of Final Fantasy XI, is doing good move like other companies related to most popular MMORPG (World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, City of Heroes).

According to gwn.com, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has accused Microsoft of failing to promote the Xbox 360 efficiently in Japan market. He has also criticized Playstation 3 console insisting that it is too difficult to develop for (well other developers have also a tons of problems with PSX 3).

“The machine’s architecture is tricky, and I don’t like Ken Kutaragi.”said Sakaguchi, speaking to US publication EGM. So he is resigning to never work on any game for PSX 3…
Mr Sakaguchi also add few words about Microsoft’s Windows, Lastly, “Just look at the Windows Vista commercial – it’s terrible.” ;-).

He is also suggesting that Microsoft has very bad strategy in promotion of Xbox 360 in Japan, that’s why sales of Microsoft console in the region had been relatively quite poor. Sakaguchi blames entirely on the company’s inability to communicate its products to Japanese players.