[Offical] Final Fantasy XIV (14) Online

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Final Fantasy 14 was unofficially released a few days ago when the PC Collector Edition was given the go to be sold at retails but PS3 or Standard Editions do not come out until the 30th so better get this topic underway

- Prepare to join players from across the globe in Eorzea, and awe-inspiring land of endless possibilities, Whether you chose to battle fierce creatures in the wilderness, fashion the ultimate blade in the forge, or swap tall tails in the local tavern, the history of Final Fantasy XIV will be shaped by your actions at last the story if your life

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista (32,64bit), Windows 7 (32,64bit)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, AMD Athlon X2 2.0Ghz

RAM: Windows XP: 1.5GB, Windows Vista,7: 2Gb

Graphics: 512mb Nvidia GeForce 9600 Series or 512mb Radeon 2900 Series

HDD: 15Gb of free space Download:6Gb

Recommended System Requirements

- Windows 7 (32 or 64)

- Intel Core i7 2.66Ghz

- 4Gb or more

- 768mb Nvidia GeForce GTX260 or better

Please not this will also obviously require Always-On internet connection

Collectors Edition Benefits:

EARLY ACCESS ? PC Collector?s Edition owners get access to the game, a solid 8 days prior(Sep 22) to the rest of the world, who start playing on Sep 30. (Timing of access subject to initial server capacity).

BEHIND-THE-SCENES DVD ? Get an insider look at the making of FINAL FANTASY XIV, with exclusive video content, interviews and more in this special documentary DVD.

SECURITY TOKEN ? A FINAL FANTASY XIV?branded Security Token for use with your regular password.

TRAVEL JOURNAL ? Record your travels in this beautifully bound journal filled with pages of never-before-seen concept art.

RIGHT OF PASSAGE ? Redeem a voucher to receive your fully-personalized Right of Passage Certificate, each stamped with a unique serial number.

AMANO COVER ? Special PC Collector?s Edition illustration by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano.

FREE GAMEPLAY ? Free gameplay for 30 days.

GAME DISC

GAME MANUAL

IN-GAME ITEM ? Only for Collector?s Edition PREORDERS - ?The Onion Helm?.

Final Fantasy 14 Opening Cinematic HD

I have been Playing FF14 for a few hours now and i must say in terms of graphics, it is really good a lot better then WOW hands down. though i do have some issues with the game especially with the leveling, skills system which i will explain in a bit more detail after i play and bit more...

feel free to express your thoughts...

[Snowl]

Looks good! Is there a subscription or is it like Guild Wars?

Dw. Looks like a subscription :l

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

Looks good! Is there a subscription or is it like Guild Wars?

Final Fantasy operates the same as World of Warcraft it comes with a free 30 day subscription but then a monthly, quarterly or half year subscription is then required to play the game

[Starbuck84]

This game is looking great and I'd love to play it, unfortunately the PS3 version will take a little longer to get released.

"The PS3 version of Final Fantasy 14 meanwhile will be released in March of next year, and both games are already up for pre-order online: Play.com lists upfront pricing of £34.99/39.99 for PC/PS3, although as we’ve come to expect with MMO (massively multiplayer online) titles, there will be a monthly charge: £8.99, with extra characters costing £2.10 each."

-Source

March next year. :(

[Snowl]

Final Fantasy operates the same as World of Warcraft it comes with a free 30 day subscription but then a monthly, quarterly or half year subscription is then required to play the game

I dont get the sub fee. Is it 9.99 for a month for unlimited characters? or can you pay like 3 dollars for a character? Or is it 10 dollars to access and to create a person its 3 dollars? wut? :s

I have also heard that the UI is bad and the cutscenes have no audio & story non-existent?

[Shaun N.]

I played it in the Beta and thought the feel of it sucked, I hope its got better if they think they are going head to head with WoW

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

I dont get the sub fee. Is it 9.99 for a month for unlimited characters? or can you pay like 3 dollars for a character? Or is it 13 dollars? :s

I have also heard that the UI is bad and the cutscenes have no audio & story non-existent?

Pricing is based on 30-day periods, regardless of the length of your subscription period.

Example 1:

If you add 1 new Character Option (at Euro ?3.00 per 30 days) on the 20th day of a 30-day subscription period, then you will immediately be charged 11 days of Character Option charges at Euro ?1.10 to cover days 20 ? 30 inclusive.

Example 2:

If you add 1 new Character Option (at 300 Crysta per 30 days) on the 15th day of a 90-day subscription period, then you will immediately be charged for 76 days of usage at Crysta 760 to cover days 15 ? 90 inclusive.

all the significant cut scenes have audio and yes its does have a story to it, well theres actually 3 but lead to the same place at the end though, the rest is just text you read of

[treemonster]

Pricing is based on 30-day periods, regardless of the length of your subscription period.

Example 1:

If you add 1 new Character Option (at Euro ?3.00 per 30 days) on the 20th day of a 30-day subscription period, then you will immediately be charged 11 days of Character Option charges at Euro ?1.10 to cover days 20 ? 30 inclusive.

Example 2:

If you add 1 new Character Option (at 300 Crysta per 30 days) on the 15th day of a 90-day subscription period, then you will immediately be charged for 76 days of usage at Crysta 760 to cover days 15 ? 90 inclusive.

i see they are retaining the same terrible billing system from ff11.

i think at least in ff11 it was only a dollar per extra character slot.

[Xilo]

Played since Alpha. Beta sucked. SE didn't learn from any of their mistakes from FFXI.

[treemonster]

speaking of the billing system, can anyone explain it?

the crysta system? how many you can buy in each alottment(ie 1000 or 500 iirc) and what the cost of each month in crysta is?

the alternative to it? which if iirc was going through something like paypal in the uk which charges VAT and exhange rates on currency or w/e?

i don't know the details on this but maybe somebody does?

[styxrtp]

The crysta system is a point-based system, much like XBL's point system and is used for services on Square-Enix. However, you can still use the monthly credit-card payment system. You can view more information at http://www.square-enix.com/na/account/crysta/

For those wondering about the 9.99 fee. The 9.99 fee is just for Registering FFXIV. It does NOT include registration of a character. EACH character you will register will be an extra 3.00 billed on top of the 9.99 fee.

Also, for those people who play Final Fantasy XI as well, the game is NOT billed the same way as Final Fantasy XI as XI is not billed through crysta or account.square-enix.com. However, if you do play FFXI on top of FFXIV, the fee for FFXI will be lowered to $7.00/mo

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/topics/ffxiv/

[Tharp Daddy]

So no Neowinians playing this? I've been hearing horrible things, but i really hope they release a huge "miracle patch" because it seems to have so much potential.

[x9248]

Wanted to play it but when I was in alpha/beta it was very hard to play on my PC. I need an upgrade bad... but maybe I shouldn't dump years of my life again into another MMO :p

[Minifig]

Final Fantasy will be successful for the sheer fact it's final fantasy..

Will it be successful on WoW's level?

Not a chance..

It's too niche, and the damn game repeats itself too much.

[treemonster]

i heard even the japanese hate this game. the source of the claim linked a japanese thread without a translation and hasn't responded to requests for some blurbs to be translated, so it's unverifiable.

it seems the claims that everything wrong with the game in beta would be fixed for launch were false, which is no surprise in this genre. many people are speculating that the game is in a live beta state until ps3 launch, but even then who can say if the major issues it has will be fixed by that time.

many ff11 players are saying that square failed to learn any lessons at all in any area from ff11, and that all of ff11's issues are in ff14 and actually much worse now. including bu t not limited to things in ff11 like the game running worse on newer hardware than older hardware, the billing system, the job system, grinding options, map design, crafting, UI and so on.

the people that actually like parts of the game are frustrated by the severe limitations and silly systems in place. things like needing to write down craft recipes with a pen and paper for example. although they say they see more crafters than anything else. they say exploration is fun, as caves have different kinds of mobs to kill, but if you aren't a big explorer than getting around is going to be tedious and a huge time sink.

pretty much all teh bugs and so on that were in beta are still in the game. which is not a huge surprise for a new mmo at launch tbqh. i hear even witha cotnroller, which makes the game so much less frustrating, the ui is still pretty awful and annoying to use, with things such as numerous and annoying confirmation prompts at every turn.

[johnnyq3]

I couldn't get the beta to update, and when it did. Guess what another update! The whole update system is a mess.

[Xilo]

Guess what? 4.0 score from Gamespot. Gamespot has been questioned in the past about paid for reviews and diminishing the value of scoring when everything is generally a 7+. To get a 4.0 from Gamespot is just pathetic.

Not only that, but the metacritic score is abysmal as well. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/final-fantasy-xiv-online

[Tharp Daddy]

(damn beat me to it) heres the link to the gamestop review, and from what i've read on the FFXIV forums the score fits.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfantasy14/review.html

[Massiveterra]

Damn Gametrailers ripped it apart as well

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-final-fantasy/705893

[Tharp Daddy]

So sad, hopefully they get a second chance with the Ps3 release.

[protocol7]

The Yogscast have been ripping this apart during the beta. It's so broken it's unbelievable. The first of the 15 parts:

Or if you want to see how far they got before giving up:

[Tharp Daddy]

The Yogscast have been ripping this apart during the beta. It's so broken it's unbelievable. The first of the 15 parts:

Or if you want to see how far they got before giving up:

You honestly have to question what Square Enix was thinking when they made this game. Was it due to stubborness/pride and thought it would be amazing? Was it due to them not playing any other MMOs? Did they make a bad design decision but due to deadlines they had no choice but to continue on with it? They have made FFXI into a decent MMO (though i don't like it), i read posts everwhere that if they had just taken FFXI, added the new class system and pumped up the graphics it would be a hit - but instead they took a dump in a game box and put it on shelves. I hate to sound like a WoW fanboy, but if they had sat down with WoW for 10 minutes they would have seen what polish is, and gotten a few ideas how to make a streamlined UI.

[LingeringSoul]

Damn Gametrailers ripped it apart as well

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-final-fantasy/705893

Wow, that looks really bad. It hurts to hear some of the trademark Final Fantasy songs being used for this train wreck of a game.

The part where they showed his character walking from one zone to another (in accelerated time) was brutal. The fact that you have to hear your footsteps throughout the entire journey just makes a bad situation worse. The voice acting seemed terrible as well. And when I say terrible, I mean terrible like Dynasty Warriors.

Say what you will about Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy XIII, but I believe we can safely call XIV the worst numbered FF game ever made.

EDIT: Sorry, I meant XIII. Don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that.

Edited October 10, 2010 by LingeringSoul

[Tharp Daddy]

Wow, that looks really bad. It hurts to hear some of the trademark Final Fantasy songs being used for this train wreck of a game.

The part where they showed his character walking from one zone to another (in accelerated time) was brutal. The fact that you have to hear your footsteps throughout the entire journey just makes a bad situation worse. The voice acting seemed terrible as well. And when I say terrible, I mean terrible like Dynasty Warriors.

Say what you will about Final Fantasy XII, but I believe we can safely call XIV the worst numbered FF game ever made.

Looking at Metacritic and the reviews so far i think it's fair to say the worst MMO ever made in general, the fact that it was a Final Fantasy game that now holds that honor is ironic.

I saw a funny thing on one of the forums, kinda ironic

"If you asked me 10 years ago who would have made the MMO that would expand the genre, and bring untold success and offered two choices

SquareSoft (Now SquareExix) a RPG developer

or

Blizzard (A RTS maker)

i for sure would not have said Blizzard. You people can rag on WoW all you want, but the game is good."

[perochan]

I couldn't get the beta to update, and when it did. Guess what another update! The whole update system is a mess.

i totally agreed. I was in the beta and the whole update system was a piece of crap and i just gave up and didnt play at all.