Because everyone loves a screenshot comparison, here's some recently released images that show the graphical improvements between the alpha and beta testing periods of Square Enix MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV. Plus, a load of other new screens of Limsa Lominsa, one of the key cities in the games realm Eorzea.
The latest video we’ve just received for Final Fantasy XIV shows some improvements made after the development team level-upped their title from the alpha to beta stage. Most of the differences we spotted were subtle, like slightly sharper shadows cast from character models, a shorter draw distance, and (wait for it)… IMPROVED FLOOR TEXTURES!
Square-Enix has taken the controversial decision to limit players' ability to level up in Final fantasy XIV - by imposing an 8 hour a week time limit. This doesn't mean you have to stop playing the game after your eight hour Sunday stint until the next weekend - you can still play and converse with other players and complete quests as normal. But it does mean you won't be able to play the game non-stop as soon as you get back from the midnight launch and hit the level cap before some people have even got the wrapping off. This is, in my view, a very good thing.
This morning we began downloading the client and patches in preparation for tonight’s open beta test of Final Fantasy XIV. We waited, and waited, and after waiting on one of the smaller patches for over three hours, we finally figured out the problem: the Final Fantasy XIV open beta test has been indefinitely postponed. Balls...
Early reviews for Final Fantasy XIV Online have not been very positive. So far, the game has received a 54/100 rating on Metacritic. But most MMO players don’t own 1% of Square Enix stock. According to Japanese news site Yucasee Media, a disgruntled stockholder and Final Fantasy fan may have sold over $26 million dollars worth of Square Enix stock due to his disappointment with the MMO…
PS3 owners are eagerly (er, some of them, maybe) awaiting their chance to play the latest Final Fantasy MMO when FFXIV comes out next year. But they'll start with one distinct advantage - all the PC players, who will share the same online world, have already been playing the game for several months...
'Tis the season for New Year's resolutions, and that sentiment is not lost on Naoki Yoshida. The director and producer of Final Fantasy XIV has reiterated, in a New Year's message, that he will do whatever he can to make the flailing online game a success...
Above: The Kanto region has been subjected to rolling blackouts following the disaster. Since then, Square Enix and others have shut down servers for online games to conserve power
Following the quake and tsunami that hit Japan last Friday, officials have been asking those in Japan to save power. In response, severs for several online games, including Metal Gear Online and Final Fantasy XIV Online, have been shut down to conserve energy…
Square Enix's ambitious Final Fantasy XIV Online has been troubled by delays, poor reviews, fan ire, performance issues and subscriber woes since its inception. Even a dramatic reshuffling of the game's management team and the introduction of free trials back in December has done little to rejuvenate its tentpole MMO. Undaunted, Square Enix's CEO Yoichi Wada recently stated the studio is determined to give FFXIV a fighting chance, and is willing to start from scratch to make it work...
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